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Insurance INS

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

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

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

Patent Reform: S. 515, S. 299, H.R. 628, H.R. 1260 Patent Quality Federal Programs to educate the public on intellectual property matters

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

Bills named: H.R. 628 (111th), S. 299 (111th), S. 515 (111th), H.R. 1260 (111th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Federal spending for small business programs Stimulus funding

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

Veterans VET

Obtaining excess federal IT equipment for veterans

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

Small Business SMB

Full funding for SBA programs Promotion of funding and reauthorization of SBA Small Business Innovation and Research (SBIR) programs

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

Homeland Security HOM

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

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

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

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Free Trade Agreements (U.S. - Korea) Small Business Trade Issues

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

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Workforce training issues Workforce Investment Act (WIA) re-authorization IT training

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

Computer Industry CPI

Funding for IT training within Workforce Investment Act Reauthorization Internet regulation IT training

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

Health Issues HCR

Health IT

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

Environment/Superfund ENV

E-Recycling American Clean Energy and Security Act, H.R. 2454

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

Bills named: H.R. 2454 (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 Taxation of government procurement Small business expensing Bonus depreciation Business activity tax Research and development tax credits

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

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

Unemployment UNM

WIA

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