Passport Fair in San Diego on February 13, 2009

The SBA will post information that is important to the small business
community from other government agencies. Sorry but we can not post any
commercial notices for products and/or services.

The Los Angeles Passport Agency and the United States Postal Service will be
holding a Passport Fair at the Caltrans building in San Diego, CA on February
13, 2009 from 9:00 am until 2:00 pm to provide information on the new U.S.
passport card and travel document requirements, and to accept passport
applications.

The U.S. Department of State has begun production of the new U.S. passport
card, a convenient, wallet-sized document to be used for re-entry into the
United States at land border crossings and sea ports-of-entry when arriving
from Mexico, Canada, the Caribbean and Bermuda.

As part of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI), travelers will be
required to present a single document denoting both citizenship and identity
when entering the United States through land or sea borders. This requirement
will go into effect June 1, 2009
.
Information on the cost and how to apply for a passport book and/or passport
card is available at travel.state.gov. Customers may also obtain passport
information by phone, in English and Spanish, by calling the National Passport
Information Center toll-free at 1-877-487-2778.

Event: Passport Fair
Date: Friday, February 13, 2009
Time: 9:00 am – 2:00 pm PDT
Where: Caltrans Building
4050 Taylor St.
San Diego, CA

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January 2009 Newsletter

Here's our January newsletter for San Diego.

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Building Profitable Relationships Seminar 2/5/09

Our District Director, Ruben Garcia, will be speaking at this event. We will
have a booth at the event to speak to people about SBA Programs and
Services.

The City of San Diego is pleased to launch "Building Profitable Relationships in
2009" on Thursday, February 5, 2009 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Balboa Park
Club. This is a wonderful opportunity for networking with professionals from
the construction, consulting and vendor communities to discuss ways to
compete successfully and strengthen small companies.

The SBA is participating in this event and wants the small business community
to know about these meetings.

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2009 National Financing & Bonding Summit Las Vegas NV

This summit provides small business with an overview of both Financing and
Bonding.

National banks and lenders will provide on the spot financing to include low
value loans, lines of credit, and credit cards for working capital.

Bond producers and surety bonding companies will provide training & bond
counseling that will improve your chances of obtaining or increasing your
company's bonding level.

Venture capitalist will participate in speed meetings to look for and entertain
new business opportunities to fund.

Industry experts will conduct business development training to address the
financial and bonding needs facing established and emerging contractors.
Federal contracting officers will offer one-on-one sessions to identify current
and forecasted contract opportunities.

As an additional bonus, we have designed networking sessions to facilitate joint
ventures and mentor protégé opportunities.

For event details, please contact: www.ncdo.biz or 866-277-7055

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Newsletters - Utah

 

 

Nancy Byerly

Business Development Specialist

US Small Business Administration

125 South State Street, Room 2227

Salt Lake City, UT 84138

Phone:  (801) 524-6831

Fax:  (801)524-4160

 

FW: 09-01 SBA Ombudsman Can Help Businesses with Regulatory Actions

FYI

Steve Price
801-524-3215

-----Original Message-----
From: SBA Press Office [mailto:press_office@SBA.GOV]
Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 7:14 AM
To: PRESSOFFICE@newganges.sba.gov
Subject: 09-01 SBA Ombudsman Can Help Businesses with Regulatory Actions

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U.S. Small Business Administration

-- News Release --

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Release Date: Jan. 12, 2009
Contact: Carol Chastang (202) 205-6987
Release Number: 09-01
Internet Address: www.sba.gov/news

Office of the National Ombudsman Is Available to Assist America's Small
Businesses with Federal Regulatory Enforcement Actions

WASHINGTON - When America's small businesses face unfair or excessive
federal regulatory enforcement actions, the Office of the National
Ombudsman
at the U.S. Small Business Administration is available to ensure
fairness in the
enforcement process.

Created by Congress through the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement
Fairness Act, the Office of the National Ombudsman's primary function is
to
work with small businesses and federal agencies to ensure that
regulatory or
compliance actions are handled and enforced fairly by all federal
agencies.
The National Ombudsman is empowered to receive, substantiate, and report
to
Congress complaints and comments from small business owners regarding
regulatory enforcement actions taken against small businesses by federal

agencies.

"The National Ombudsman helps small businesses navigate the seas of
federal
regulatory enforcement. With a strengthening regulatory paradigm, it is

essential that regulatory enforcement be effective, and not excessive,"
National Ombudsman and Assistant Administrator for Regulatory
Enforcement
Fairness Nicholas N. Owens said. "The National Ombudsman's focus will
continue to enhance transparency for small businesses served, and
strengthen
the relationship between the small business community and the
government."

It is the primary mission of the Office of the National Ombudsman to
assist
small businesses when they experience excessive or unfair federal
regulatory
enforcement actions, such as repetitive audits or investigations,
excessive
fines, penalties, threats, retaliation or other unfair enforcement
action by a
federal agency.

Also, the National Ombudsman's office works with 10 regional fairness
boards
whose membership is comprised of 50 small business owners from across
the
country. The ONO works closely with more than 35 federal regulatory
agencies
to resolve complaints about excessive enforcement of federal regulations

brought to the attention of the National Ombudsman during hearings and
roundtables held in cities nationwide.

Additional information about the Office of the National Ombudsman is
available
at www.sba.gov/ombudsman.

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FW: MA09-01 SBA Web Chat on Helping Small Business With Credit Crunch

FYI

Steve Price
801-524-3215

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From: SBA Press Office [mailto:press_office@SBA.GOV]
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 11:02 AM
To: PRESSOFFICE@newganges.sba.gov
Subject: MA09-01 SBA Web Chat on Helping Small Business With Credit
Crunch

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U.S. Small Business Administration

-- News Release --

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Release Date: January 8, 2009
Contact: Cecelia Taylor (202) 401-3059
Advisory Number: MA09-01
Internet Address: http://www.sba.gov/news

SBA Helps Small Businesses with Economic Recovery

SBA's Live Web Chat with Eric Zarnikow, Associate Administrator for
Capital
Access, Will answer economic recovery questions,
Thursday, January 15, 2009, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., ET

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Small Business Administration's Web Chat series
starts the new year with a focus on small businesses and the credit
crunch.
SBA Associate Administrator for Capital Access Eric Zarnikow will help
small
business owners and entrepreneurs get answers to their questions about
credit and borrowing and other resources to help them access credit.
SBA
offers a variety of resources and referrals to small businesses
uncertain about
what to do in the current economy on its Web page on Economic Recovery
at
http://www.sba.gov/helpingmainstreet/index.html.

SBA also offers free online training courses on "Surviving in a Down
Economy"
and "Strategic Marketing: How to Win Customers in a Slowing Economy,"
and "Retool & Reposition your company - How to Prepare a Business Plan."

These courses are available at
http://www.sba.gov/services/training/onlinecourses/index.html

WHO: Eric Zarnikow, Associate Administrator for the Office of Capital
Access
at the U.S. Small Business Administration will host the SBA's January
Web chat
on the topic "How Small Businesses can Deal with the Credit Crunch."
Participants can chat online and ask questions about real-world
strategies to
employ during economic downturns, and how they can sustain themselves
through the credit crunch.

WHAT: SBA's Web chat series, providing small business owners with an
opportunity to discuss relevant business issues online with experts,
industry
leaders and successful entrepreneurs. Chat participants will have
direct, real-
time access to the Web chats via questions they submit online in advance
and
during the live session, with instant answers.

WHEN: January 15, 2009, 1 p.m. ET
Zarnikow will answer questions for one hour.

HOW: Participants can join the live Web chat by going online to
www.sba.gov,
and clicking "Online Business Chat." Web chat participants may post
questions
for Zarnikow before the January 15th chat by visiting
http://app1.sba.gov/livemeeting/jan09/index.cfm, and posting their
questions
online.

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