Washington Business Journals: Bill strips VA of authority over veteran small business contracting program Thursday, July 30, 2013 By Jill R. Aitoro U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, R-Colo., will introduce a bill this week that strips the Department of Veterans Affairs of its control over a program that decides who qualifies to bid for contracts set aside by the agency for veteran small… Read more »

Restaurant Shift: Sorry, Just Part-Time By Julie Jargon, Brenda Cronin and Sarah E. Needleman Ken Adams has been turning to more part-time workers at his 10 Subway sandwich shops in Michigan to avoid possibly incurring higher health-care costs under the new federal insurance law. He added approximately 25 part-time workers in May and June as he reduced some employees'… Read more »

Wall Street Journal: Health-Insurance Costs Set for a Jolt For the Healthy, Rates Could Soar Under New Law; Sicker Consumers to See Relief. By LOUISE RADNOFSKY Healthy consumers could see insurance rates double or even triple when they look for individual coverage under the federal health law later this year, while the premiums paid by sicker people are set to become more affordable,… Read more »

Bloomberg BNA By Kendra Casey Plank (BNA) -- House Subcommittee Hearing on Mobile Medical Apps Key Point: Health IT vendors are not voluntarily adopting common interoperabilty standards. Chief Concern: Vendors are awaiting final guidance from FDA on mobile medical apps oversight. The health care technology industry is not lacking interoperability standards for health information and… Read more »

Health-Insurance Exchanges Are Falling Behind Schedule By Louise Radnofsky and Sarah E. Needleman June 19, 2013 Government officials have missed several deadlines in… Read more »

CQ: GAO Warns the Administration is Lagging in Progress on the Health Care Law By Emily Ethridge, June 19, 2013 The Obama administration is behind schedule on some key activities required to set up the federally-run individual and small business health insurance exchanges, the Government Accountability Office said in two reports issued Wednesday. The GAO said in both reports that the… Read more »

Insurers Not Rushing to SHOP Exchanges By Jason Millman June 12, 2013 Obamacare’s new insurance marketplaces for small businesses, which have already stumbled before getting out of the gate, are facing another pressing question just months before millions can sign up for benefits: What happens if insurers don’t show up to… Read more »

Red Tape Record Breakers By Wall Street Journal May 19, 2013 President Obama is opposing a bill passed by the House last week that would require the Securities and Exchange Commission to better measure the costs and benefits of new regulations. That's no surprise considering that the latest annual index of federal rules shows that Team Obama is now the red tape record… Read more »

GSA failed to pay thousands of small government contractors since 2008 By J.D. Harrison, The Washington Post May 16, 2013 An investigation by House lawmakers has revealed that the U.S. General Services Administration failed to fully pay thousands of small federal contractors in the past five years. GSA officials confirmed the error,… Read more »

GOP: Insurance tax hurts small businesses By Paige Winfield Cunningham, Politico May 9, 2013 House Republicans homed in on the health law’s insurance tax Thursday, saying it’s yet another blow small businesses will have to endure as a result of the law. The health insurance tax will have calamitous effects as insurers pass down the cost to purchasers in the form of higher… Read more »