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 »

House Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) today announced that the Committee will hold a hearing with acting IRS Commissioner, Daniel Werfel, on Wednesday, July 17, 2013 at 1:00pm titled The Internal Revenue Service and Small Businesses: Ensuring Fair Treatment. The purpose of the hearing is to identify how the agency selects, classifies and audits the tax returns of small… Read more »

Small Businesses Are Still Burdened By Obamacare, Even With A Delay … Read more »

Leading States For Business Offer Advice to Washington on How To Grow Small Businesses and Create Jobs “Our business community has lost faith in the federal government”   WASHINGTON, D.C.—  … Read more »

The House Small Business Committee will hold a hearing titled Beyond the Beltway: Successful State Strategies for Small Business Growth tomorrow, featuring CNBC's three of the top five states for business, announced today.  1) South Dakota 2) Texas 3) North Dakota 4) Nebraska 5) Virginia and Utah *tie* The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony from state officials on… 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 »

Subcommittee Chairman Collins Goes On the Record with Greta Van Susteren to Discuss Obamacare Delays   WASHINGTON, D.C.— Last night, Small Business Subcommittee on Health and Technology Chairman Chris Collins (R-NY) appeared on Fox News' "On the Record… 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 »