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2008 Hearings

October

Creating Opportunities for Small Businesses in an Economic Recovery

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

September

Small Business Competition Policy: Are Markets Open for Entrepreneurs?

Thursday, September 25, 2008

Small Business Recovery from the Midwest Disasters of 2008

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Making Health Care Reform Work for Small Business

Thursday, September 18, 2008

Disaster Savings Accounts: Protections for Small Businesses During a Disaster

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Examining Expiring Tax Incentives and the Needs of Small Business

Thursday, September 11, 2008

July

Cost and Confidentiality: The Unforeseen Challenges of Electronic Health Records in Small Specialty Practices

Thursday, July 31, 2008

Regulatory Burdens on Small Firms: What Rules Need Reforms?

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Economic Stimulus for Small Business: A Look Back and Assessing Need for Additional Relief

Thursday, July 24, 2008

The Impact of Predators in Long-Term Care on Small Business Operators

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Contracting Programs and Recent GAO Examination of Programs

Thursday, July 17, 2008

Ensuring Continuity of Care for Veteran Amputees: The Role of Small Prosthetic Practices

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

The Role of Green Technologies in Spurring Economic Growth

Thursday, July 10, 2008

June

How the Air Transportation Crisis is Hurting Travelers, Entrepreneurs and the Economy

Thursday, June 26, 2008

The Impact of Online Advertising on Small Firms

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Small Business Exports in the Current Economic Climate

Thursday, June 19, 2008

S-corps: Ensuring Parity, Growth and Development for Small Businesses

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Electronic Payments Tax Reporting: Another Tax Burden for Small Businesses

Thursday, June 12, 2008

Second Generation Biofuels: The New Frontier for Small Business

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

The Housing Crisis: Identifying Tax Incentives to Stimulate the Economy

Thursday, June 05, 2008

May

RESPA and its Impact on Small Business

Thursday, May 22, 2008

Competitive Bidding for Durable Medical Equipment

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Food Prices and Small Businesses

Thursday, May 15, 2008

The Impact of CMS Regulations and Programs on Small Health Care Providers

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Medicare Physician Fee Cuts: Can Small Practices Survive?

Thursday, May 08, 2008

The DTV Transition and Small Businesses: Small Firms Contributing to a Big Change

Wednesday, May 07, 2008

Rail Transportation Access for Small Businesses and Family Farmers

Thursday, May 01, 2008

April

Effect of the Credit Crunch on Small Business Access to Capital

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

The Role of Small Businesses in Stimulating the Economy

Thursday, April 24, 2008

Minority and Hispanic Participation in the Federal Workforce and the Impact on the Small Business Community

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Maintaining Public Lands for Hunting, Fishing, Ranching and Small Businesses

Thursday, April 17, 2008

Ensuring Small Businesses Have Fair Access to Federal Contracts

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Modernizing the Tax Code: Updating the Internal Revenue Code to Help Small Businesses Stimulate the Economy

Thursday, April 10, 2008

The Impact of Increasing Gas Prices on Small Businesses

Wednesday, April 09, 2008

The Role of Credit Cards in Small Business Financing

Thursday, April 03, 2008

March

Field Hearing: The Impact of the 2006-2007 Drought on Georgia’s Economy

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Legislation to Reauthorize the Small Business Innovation Research Program

Thursday, March 13, 2008

Oversight of the Entrepreneurial Development Programs Implemented by the Small Business Administration and National Veterans Business Development Corporation

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Are New Procurement Methods Beneficial to Small Business Contractors?

Thursday, March 06, 2008

Improving the SBA’s Access to Capital Programs for Our Nation’s Small Businesses

Wednesday, March 05, 2008

February

Improving the Paperwork Reduction Act for Small Businesses

Thursday, February 28, 2008

Markup of Budget Views and Estimates: SBA Budget for FY 2009

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

State Strategies to Expand Health Insurance Coverage for Small Businesses

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Business Activity Taxes and their Impact on Small Businesses

Thursday, February 14, 2008

SBIR: Advancing Medical Breakthroughs

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

The Small Business Administration’s Budget for Fiscal Year 2009

Thursday, February 07, 2008

January

SBIR: America’s National Technology Development Incubator

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Limited Health Care Options for Small Businesses in the Small Group Market

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Oversight of the U.S. Export-Import Bank’s Implementation of its Small Business Mandate

Thursday, January 17, 2008

The SBA’s Progress in Implementing the Women’s Procurement Program

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

2007 Hearings

December

Legislation to Improve the Regulatory Flexibility Act

Thursday, December 06, 2007

November

Reducing the Regulatory Burden on Small Business: Improving the Regulatory Flexibility Act

Thursday, November 15, 2007

“Program Harmonization in Rural America - How the Small Business Administration and U.S. Department of Agriculture Can Work Together to Better Serve Small Businesses

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Medicare’s Reimbursement Cuts: The Potential Impact on Solo and Small Group Practitioners and the Businesses They Run

Thursday, November 08, 2007

The State of the Small Business Economy

Wednesday, November 07, 2007

Evaluating the Impact of Pending Free Trade Agreements on U.S. Small Businesses

Thursday, November 01, 2007

Competitive Bidding for Durable Medical Equipment: Will Small Suppliers Be Able to Compete?

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Health Insurer Consolidation- The Impact on Small Business

Thursday, October 25, 2007

Pension Parity: Addressing the Inequities between Retirement Plan Options for Small and Large Businesses

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Small Business Energy Priorities

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

The Impact of the 700 Megahertz Wireless Spectrum Auction on Small Business

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

A Hearing to Consider Legislation Updating and Improving the SBA's Contracting Programs

Thursday, October 04, 2007

The Internet Tax Moratorium: The Potential Negative Impacts on Small Businesses of Allowing Moratorium to Expire

Wednesday, October 03, 2007

Hearing on Legislation to Provide Funding Levels

Thursday, September 27, 2007

Small Business Renewable Energy Tax Incentive Possibilities

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

A Hearing on SBA Contracting Programs

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

A Hearing to Consider Legislation Updating and Improving the SBA's Investment and Surety Bond Programs

Thursday, September 06, 2007

August

The Cost and Availability of Energy and the Effect on Small Business

Friday, August 31, 2007

How Can Small Businesses Best Address the Healthcare Needs of Their Employees?

Thursday, August 30, 2007

The SBA's Response to the July 5 Floods in Beaver County, PA

Thursday, August 23, 2007

"Disaster Planning and Recovery: Are We Ready for Another Katrina?

Thursday, August 02, 2007

Ensuring Prompt Payment for Small Health Care Providers

Wednesday, August 01, 2007

Competitive Bidding for Clinical Lab Services: Where is it Heading and What Small Businesses Can Expect

Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Medicaid Drug Reimbursements: Are CMS Cuts Bad Medicine for Small Businesses and Beneficiaries?

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Legislative Hearing on the SBA's Microloan, PRIME and International Trade Programs

Thursday, July 12, 2007

Small Businesses at the Forefront of the Green Revolution: What More Needs to Be Done to Keep Them Here?

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Assessing the Impact of the Copyright Royalty Board Decision to Increase Royalty Rates on Recording Artists and Webcasters

Thursday, June 28, 2007

SBA Investment Programs

Thursday, June 21, 2007

Meeting the Workforce Demands of Small Bio-Energy Businesses

Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Small Business Administration’s Microloan and PRIME Programs

Thursday, June 14, 2007

U.S. Trade Policy and Small Business

Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Family Farmer and Rural Small Business Priorities for the 2007 Farm Bill

Thursday, June 07, 2007

Data Security: Small Business Perspectives

Wednesday, June 06, 2007

Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404: Will the SEC and PCAOB's New Standards Lower Compliance Costs for Small Companies?

Tuesday, June 05, 2007

Expanding Small Business Health Insurance Coverage Using the Private Reinsurance Market

Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Liability Reform and Small Business

Thursday, May 17, 2007

Energy, Veterans Entrepreneurship, and the SBA's Entrepreneurial Development Programs

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Immigration Policies and their Impact on Small Businesses

Thursday, May 10, 2007

Impact of Renewable Energy Production in Rural America

Thursday, May 03, 2007

Is the Veterans Corporation Prepared to Provide Entrepreneurial Development Assistance to Service Men and Women Returning from Iraq & Afghanistan?

Wednesday, May 02, 2007

Examining the Tax Gap

Thursday, April 26, 2007

Markup on Procurement

Tuesday, April 24, 2007

General Procurement

Thursday, April 19, 2007

Field Hearing: Small Business Participation in the Rebuilding of the Gulf Coast in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina

Thursday, April 12, 2007

Small Business Field Hearing in Cincinnati: New Market Tax Credits

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

The Importance of Patent Reform

Thursday, March 29, 2007

The Value of Health IT to Solo and Small Medical Practices

Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Hearing on 3% Withholding on Government Contracts

Thursday, March 22, 2007

Implementation of the Women’s Procurement Program and Federal Government Efforts in Contracting with Women-Owned Businesses

Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Hearing on Small Business Disaster Relief and Access to Capital

Thursday, March 08, 2007

Hearing on Small Business Access to Capital

Thursday, March 01, 2007

Hearing on the Small Business Administration Budget for FY’ 08

Thursday, February 08, 2007