Bloomberg BNA: GAO Report Finds Gaps in Collaboration On Federal, State Export Promotion Efforts By GAO Report Finds Gaps in Collaboration On Federal, State Export Promotion Efforts i June 4, 2014   Export Promotion Efforts Key Development: The Government Accountability Office releases a report examining state, local and federal collaboration on export promotion efforts. Next… Read more »

CQ Roll Call: GOP Presses for Information on Health Law Exchanges By Melissa Attias June 3, 2014  House Republicans continue to scrutinize the rollout of the health care law, sending two letters to the Obama administration Tuesday requesting information about funding for the state-run health insurance exchanges and details about those set up for small businesses. GOP leaders… Read more »

Bloomberg BNA: House Committees Seek Information On ACA Insurance Marketplaces By Sara Hansard June 03, 2014 June 3 (BNA) -- House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican leaders asked Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius June 3 for details about how the HHS supervised state-based health insurance marketplaces that have encountered serious technical… Read more »

Bloomberg BNA: Uncertainties Trouble Lawmakers, Businesses Looking at Clean Water Act Jurisdiction Rule  By Alan Kovski May 29, 2014    A proposed rule to delineate Clean Water Act jurisdiction was pilloried during a May 29 congressional hearing as a measure creating far too much uncertainty and potential cost for small businesses, despite statements of the Obama… Read more »

Bloomberg BNA: Committee Claims EPA Failed to Analyze Water Rule's Impact on Small Businesses  By Amena H. Saiyid May 27, 2014 The House Small Business Committee wrote May 23 to EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy and Assistant Secretary of the Army Jo-Ellen Darcy, urging them to withdraw the joint proposed waters of the U.S. rule, saying it failed to include an analysis of the… Read more »

Committee Says Water Rule's Small-Business Impact Not Weighed By Bloomberg Government The House Small Business Committee wrote May 23 to EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy and Assistant Secretary of the Army Jo-Ellen Darcy, urging them to withdraw the joint proposed waters of the U.S. rule, saying it failed to include an analysis of the impacts on small businesses. “We believe the… Read more »

E&E News: House GOP calls on admin to withdraw Clean Water Act rule until impact on small business is assessed By Annie Snider Friday, May 23, 2014 Republican members of the House Small Business Committee are accusing the Obama administration of ducking its obligations to assess the impact on small entities of a major regulatory proposal dealing with the scope of the Clean Water… Read more »

EPA Open to Revising Economic Analysis Of Proposed Jurisdiction Rule, Adviser Says By Amena H. Saiyid, Bloomberg Government The Environmental Protection Agency remains open to revising the cost-benefit analysis of the proposed rule that would clarify the extent of Clean Water Act jurisdiction over the nation's waters, an agency adviser said May 22. “Like all aspects of the… Read more »

Contracting Provisions in the House Defense Bill By David Hansen and Jeff Kinney, Bloomberg Government Service-disabled veterans would have to navigate less bureaucracy before winning government contracts under legislation that’s been folded into the House defense authorization.  The appeals process for small business programs intended to benefit those veterans would be… Read more »

House FY 2015 Defense Authorization Bill Includes Contracting Provisions to Help SBs Bloomberg Government The fiscal year 2015 defense authorization bill (H.R. 4435) the House Armed Services Committee is scheduled to mark up May 7 includes language to increase small firms' access to federal contracting programs. Included in the measure is language: • restricting use of reverse… Read more »