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Landing page summary:  The SBA Office of Advocacy is holding a symposium called "Small Business Capital Crunch: Debt and Equity" on September 15 at the Senate Visitors Center.

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Bethesda, Maryland (PRESS RELEASE – August 18, 2010) – The Interface Financial Group (IFG), North America’s largest alternative funding source for small businesses, knows that during these economic times of tightened credit, small businesses are looking not only to financial institutions, but also to their suppliers, as sources of funds.

A recent Small Business Association (SBA) Office of Advocacy study documents trade credit as almost as pervasive as bank credit in both incidence and volume.

Over a recent 15-year period, small businesses created some 65 percent of the net new jobs in the private sector, according to conservative estimates cited in a new report, Analysis of Small Business and Jobs, from the SBA Office of Advocacy.

On February 27, 2009, the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Office of Advocacy (Advocacy) submitted comments to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) on TSA’s Proposed Large Aircraft Security Program Rule.

On February 6, 2009, the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Office of Advocacy (Advocacy) submitted comments to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding a proposed ban of the sale and distribution of refrigeration and air conditioning appliances that contain several designated refrigerants that adversely affect stratospheric ozone.

On February 3, 2009, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Advocacy (Advocacy) submitted comments to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on NHTSA's proposed Early Warning Reporting Regulations.

NHTSA's proposed rule would raise the early warning reporting (EWR) threshold levels for light vehicle and trailer manufacturers from 500 to 5,000 or more units annually.

On January 16, 2009, the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Office of Advocacy (Advocacy) submitted comments to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) on OSHA’s Proposed Cranes and Derricks in Construction Rule.

On November 6, 2008, the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Office of Advocacy (Advocacy) submitted comments on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s (MSHA’s) proposed Alcohol- and Drug-Free Mines: Policy, Prohibitions, Testing, Training, and Assistance rule (“Drug and Alcohol Testing” rule).

WASHINGTON (July 28, 2008) - The U.S. Small Business Administration is re-launching one of its primary entrepreneurial training divisions to broaden its focus into a one-stop shop for information on how to start, maintain or grow a small business, including an emphasis on financial literacy.

The newly renamed Office of Entrepreneurship Education (OEE) will be a division of the Office of Entrepreneurial Development, which provides small business training, counseling and access to resources.