Product Description
Legislation covered includes: National Small Business Regulatory Assistance Act of 2001; Native American Small Business Development Act; Vocational and Technical Entrepreneurship Development Act of 2001; Small Business Technology Transfer Program Reauthorization Act of 2001; Small Business Emergency Relief and Recovery Act; Small Business Opportunity Enhancement Act of 2001; Small Business Advocacy Improvement Act of 2002; Microloan Improvement Act of 2001; Small Business Investment Company Amendments Acts of 2001; Veterans Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development Act of 1999; Small Business Reauthorization Act of 2000; Women's Business Center Amendments Act of 1999.
Small Business Issues coverage includes: Small Business and its Role in the Economy; Women and Minority-Owned Enterprises; Employment; Small Business Share in GDP; Small Business Role in Federal Funding.
SBA Program Oversight and Small Business advocacy issues covered include: 7(a) General Business Loan Program; Certified Development Company Program; Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) Program; Microloan Program; Small Business Development Centers (SBDC); Disaster Loan Program; Historically Underutilized Business Zones (HUBZone); New Markets Venture Capital Program; SBA Office of Advocacy; Veterans Business Development; Technology and Research Assistance; Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program; Small Business Technology Transfer; Federal Procurement and Small Business; Government and Non-Profit Competition with Small Business; Regulatory Flexibility Act; Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act; Truth in Regulating Act; Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act (SBREFA); Paperwork Reduction Act; Government Regulation; Taxation; Electric Utility restructuring; Government Performance and Results Act; Program for Investment in Microentrepreneurs (PRIME); E-Commerce and Technology; Telecommunications; International Trade; Self-Employed; Home-Based Businesses; Agricultural/Rural/Farm Issues; Review of Specific Regulations; Assistance for Small Businesses Recovering from September 11, 2001; Oversight of Consumer Issues.
U.S. House of Representatives Small Business Committee coverage includes: Schedule; Hearings and Testimony; Legislation; Press; Democrat Minority; Newsletters; Special Projects; Committee Membership; Subcommittee Membership; Small Business Facts; Links; Oversight Plan; Budget Views and Estimates; Committee Rules.
U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship coverage includes: Members and Committee Information; Legislation; Hearings, Roundtables and Forums; Hearing Testimony; Press Office; Photographs; Republican Minority; Agency Letters to SBA, EPA, IRS, OSHA and other Federal Agencies.
GAO Reports include Private Health Insurance: Number and Market Share of Carriers in the Small Group Health Insurance Market; Tax Abatements: Better IRS Data Could Benefit Small Businesses and IRS.
These documents are reproduced using Adobe Acrobat PDF software - allowing direct viewing on Windows and Apple Macintosh systems. Reader software is included.
Our CD-ROMs are privately-compiled collections of official public domain U.S. government files and documents - they are not produced by the federal government. They are designed to provide a convenient user-friendly reference work utilizing the benefits of the Adobe Acrobat format to uniformly present thousands of pages that can be rapidly reviewed, searched by finding specific words, or printed without untold hours of tedious research and downloading. Vast archives of important public domain government information that might otherwise remain inaccessible are available for instant review no matter where you are. This book-on-a-disc makes a great reference work and educational tool. There is no other reference that is as fast, convenient, comprehensive, thoroughly researched, and portable - everything you need to know, from the federal sources you trust.
