Small Business Management and Technical Assistance Training Programs.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Government Division.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Government efficiency.

Small business.

Women--Employment.

Women.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (35 p), digital, PDF file)

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2012.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This report is one in a series of updates. For the most recent coverage of this report series, please see 12-R4-1352a in the 2012 issue.

Examines historical development of SBA small business management and technical assistance training programs; describes their current structures, operations, and budgets; and assesses their administration, oversight, and measures used to determine their effectiveness. Discusses women's business center (WBC) and small business development center (SBDC) finances and their capacity to meet Federal matching requirements and to maintain client service levels. Examines provisions in P.L. 111-240, the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010, which authorizes additional funds for SBDCs to provide targeted technical assistance to small businesses for various specified activities. Discusses H.R. 2352, the Job Creation Through Entrepreneurship Act of 2009, and S. 3967, the Small Business Investigation and Innovation Act of 2010, both to authorize several changes to SBA administration and oversight of its management and technical assistance training programs, measures used to assess program effectiveness, and funding WBCs and SBDCs.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed May 2014). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

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Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Government Division. Small Business Management and Technical Assistance Training Programs

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