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Unemployment UNM

WIA

Contacted: Small Business Administration (SBA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); General Services Administration (GSA); SENATE; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Small Business Trade Issues Trans-Pacific Partnership

Contacted: Small Business Administration (SBA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Treasury, Dept of; General Services Administration (GSA); SENATE; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Health Issues HCR

Health IT

Contacted: Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Small Business Administration (SBA); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); General Services Administration (GSA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of

Insurance INS

Proposals to provide special consideration for health care coverage for small businesses

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); General Services Administration (GSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Small Business Administration (SBA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Workforce training issues Workforce Ivestment Act (WIA) re-authorization IT training America Works Act

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Small Business Administration (SBA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); General Services Administration (GSA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Treasury, Dept of; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP)

Computer Industry CPI

Funding for IT training within Workforce Investment Act Reauthorization IT training

Contacted: Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Treasury, Dept of; Small Business Administration (SBA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Defense, Dept of (DOD); General Services Administration (GSA); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Homeland Security HOM

Cybersecurity regulations Government Agency IT security, workforce standards Credit Card Act of 2009, H.R. 627 (Section 507, Small Business Security Task Force) Public-private security task force for small business issues

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Labor, Dept of (DOL); General Services Administration (GSA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Small Business Administration (SBA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: H.R. 627 (111th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

H.R. 275, To repeal the imposition of 3% withholding H.R. 1083, Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2009 H.R. 4213, American Jobs and Closing Loopholes Act of 2010 H.R. 5297, Small Business Jobs and Credit Act of 2010 Taxation of government procurement Small business expensing Bonus depreciation Business activity tax Research and development tax credits

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; General Services Administration (GSA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Treasury, Dept of; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Small Business Administration (SBA)

Bills named: H.R. 5297 (111th), H.R. 1083 (111th), H.R. 275 (111th), H.R. 4213 (111th)

Small Business SMB

Full funding for SBA programs Promotion of funding and reauthorization of SBA Small Business Innovation and Research (SBIR) programs SBA Small Business Information Security Task Force SBA Strategic Alliance Memorandum H.R. 5297 "Small Business Lending Fund Act of 2010"

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); General Services Administration (GSA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Small Business Administration (SBA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Bills named: H.R. 5297 (111th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Federal spending for small business programs

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Small Business Administration (SBA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Treasury, Dept of; General Services Administration (GSA)