SBA: Call for Comments on NAFTA Modernization and Economic Impact Panel Participants
On May 18, President Trump formally launched the re-negotiation of NAFTA. The SBA wants small businesses to get involved by commenting on how NAFTA has impacted your businesses. The deadline to submit comments is June 12, 2017. Submit written comments or written notification of intent to testify along with a summary of your testimony to…
SBA: Veterans Small Business Advisory Committees to Host Public Meetings June 7th and 8th
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Small Business Administration’s Interagency Task Force on Veterans Small Business Development (IATF) and Advisory Committee on Veterans Business Affairs (ACVBA) will hold their second public meetings of 2017 on June 7 and 8 at SBA headquarters in Washington, D.C. “These meetings are critical in helping us understand veterans’ workforce opportunities and…
SBA: $18 Million in Funding Announced to Support Small Business Trade Growth
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Administrator Linda McMahon, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration, today announced an $18 million funding opportunity to support export growth among U.S. small businesses. The funding opportunity will be awarded through SBA’s competitive State Trade Expansion Program (STEP). States interested in putting in proposals should go to Grants.gov and download the funding opportunity…
SBA: SBA Partners with Synergy Solutions to Launch Cybersecurity Online Training Initiative
WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Small Business Administration announced its partnership with Synergy Solutions to launch a free, new comprehensive series of web-based cybersecurity training containing up to 10 modules to educate 7(j) eligible small businesses about cybersecurity and steps they can take to protect their company’s assets and intellectual property. While the classes are…
SBA: SBA Administrator to Deliver Keynote Address at International Entrepreneurship Summit in New York
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Administrator Linda McMahon, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration, will deliver the keynote address at the first-ever Micro, Small and Medium Sized Enterprises Knowledge Summit Thursday, May 11 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City. The MSME Knowledge Summit is organized by the International Council of Small Businesses, a…
SBA: NASBP and SBA to Hold Surety Bonding Credit Seminars for Small Businesses
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Small Business Administration’s Office of Surety Guarantees (OSG) and the National Association of Surety Bond Producers (NASBP) are partnering to offer a surety bond training event for small business owners on May 18, to provide greater contract bonding access to small contractors. The half-day seminars, titled “Your Path to Surety Bonds:…
SBA: Critical Data and Best Practices Report Released in Evaluating Federal Business Assistance Program
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. Small Business Administration, on behalf of the Evaluating Business Technical Assistance Program working group, today released a report on “Building Smarter Data for Evaluating Business Assistance Programs – A Guide for Practitioners”. The report is authored by program practitioners, economists, statisticians, and evaluation and policy…
SBA: Competition for Organizations Providing Federal Procurement Training to Veteran Entrepreneurs Announced
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Small Business Administration today announced the Veteran Federal Procurement Entrepreneurship Training Program (VFPETP-2017-01) funding opportunity competition. The funding will be given to a U.S.-based organization to expand an existing program providing federal procurement entrepreneurship training to veteran-owned small businesses and service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, while building the capacity of VOSBs and SDVOSBs…
SBA: Hawaii Entrepreneurs Honored as 2017 National Small Business Persons of the Year
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As part of National Small Business Week, Linda McMahon, Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration, today recognized this year’s Small Business Person(s) of the Year and other national award winners at a ceremony and reception at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C. “It is my extreme pleasure to announce that…
SBA: President Trump Proclaims Small Business Week
WASHINGTON – National Small Business Week celebrations commenced in the nation’s capital at the US Institute of Peace with more than 85 national award winners from across the country and U.S. territories convening to be awarded and recognized for their major accomplishments. The two-day award ceremony will conclude with the announcement of the National Small…