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  • 22-05-2012 10:23pm
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    Capri
    Registered Users Posts: 4,499 ✭✭✭


    Maybe Small Biz here could do with this -

    http://www.sba.gov/

    Working On Your Behalf

    Advocacy

    The voice of small business on Capitol Hill since it was created in 1976, the Office of Advocacy works to protect, strengthen and represent the interests of the nation’s small businesses within the Federal Government.


    Ombudsman

    If excessive fines, penalties, or unfair regulatory enforcement by federal agencies are problems for your small business, you have a voice in Washington, D.C., through SBA’s Office of the National Ombudsman.


    Inspector General

    The Office of the Inspector General conducts audits, investigations and other reviews to deter and detect waste, fraud and abuse in SBA programs and operations and to promote agency efficiency and effectiveness.


    SBA Programs

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    SBA Honors Outstanding Disaster Recovery Efforts
    Release Date: Tuesday, May 22, 2012
    Release Number: 12-26
    Contact: Carol Chastang (202) 205-6987
    Internet Address: http://www.sba.gov/news
    WASHINGTON – A restaurant owner in New Jersey who rebuilt after Hurricane Irene last year, a Mississippi mayor who led recovery efforts after a tornado destroyed the entire town, an emergency manager in Texas who organized the response to the worst wildfire in the state’s history, and a North Carolina volunteer who coordinated the rebuilding of a small town devastated by tornadoes were each presented with Phoenix Awards today during the U.S. Small Business Administration’s National Small Business Week 2012 celebration.
    The awards were presented this afternoon during a luncheon sponsored by Prudential, in Washington, D.C.
    “These individuals displayed tremendous courage and resourcefulness in the midst of several devastating disasters,” said SBA Administrator Karen G. Mills. “The Phoenix Award acknowledges their heroic efforts, and is a token of appreciation for their contributions to the economic recovery of their communities.”
    Barry O’Donovan of Cranford, N.J., received the Phoenix Award for Outstanding Small Business Disaster Recovery. O’Donovan was planning a celebration to mark the third anniversary of his Kilkenny House restaurant, named after his boyhood hometown in Ireland, when Hurricane Irene’s floodwaters hit on August 28, 2011. The storm left 12 feet of water in the basement, which housed the restaurant’s office, electrical system, food prep and refrigeration area. Losses reached nearly $300,000. In order to support the recovery of local produce vendors and the small brewery in town, he secured an SBA disaster loan and set a goal to be open for business by October 15. Only six weeks after the flood – a week before his deadline, O’Donovan and his staff of 22 reopened Kilkenny House


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