SBA: National Small Business Week 2018 to Feature First-Ever Virtual Conference
Conference will feature webinars, mentoring sessions and business resources As part of National Small Business Week, April 29 – May 5, the U.S. Small Business Administration and SCORE, mentors to America’s small businesses, will host the first- ever National Small Business Week Virtual Conference. The conference will include educational webinars, mentoring sessions and business resources. National Small…
SBA: National Small Business Week 2018 to Kick-Off in Nation’s Capital on April 29th
Leading organizations join forces with SBA to make the week possible National Small Business Week 2018 kicks off at the end of this month with an awards ceremony in Washington, D.C. where national award winners including the naming of this year’s national Small Business Person of the Year will be recognized and awarded for their…
HUD: VA and HUD Team Up to Help Homeless Veterans Find Permanent Homes
HUD-VASH vouchers to provide housing for 5,211 veterans WASHINGTON – In a continued effort to end veteran homelessness, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) today announced $43 million to 325 local public housing agencies (PHAs) across the country to provide a permanent home to…
FDIC: Use of Technology in the Business of Banking Forum on May 7th in Arlington, VA
The FDIC will host a forum on the Use of Technology in the Business of Banking on Monday, May 7, 2018. The forum will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. Eastern Time in the FDIC’s Sheila C. Bair Auditorium, 3501 Fairfax Drive, Arlington, Virginia, 22226. Registration is required to attend. The forum also…
SBA: Small Business SBA 504 Loans Now Available with 25-Year Maturity
SBA Administrator Linda McMahon has announced that the U.S. Small Business Administration is offering a 504 Loan and the Debenture that funds it with a 25-year maturity. This new 25 year Debenture will be made available for 504 Projects that are approved on or after April 2, 2018. The new 504 Loan term complements the…
CFPB: Request Issued for Information on Consumer Financial Education
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) today issued a Request for Information (RFI) on consumer financial education. The Bureau is seeking comments and information from interested parties to assist the Bureau in assessing the overall efficiency and effectiveness of its consumer financial education programs. This includes the Bureau’s delivery of financial education through online tools,…
HUD: Commemorating Fair Housing Month and 50 Years of the Fair Housing Act
Nearly 50 years ago, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1968 and fair housing became law. In signing the landmark measure, President Johnson declared, “Now, with this bill, the voice of justice speaks again. It proclaims that Fair Housing for all, all human beings who live in this country, is now part…
SBA: National SBIR Road Tour for Innovative Entrepreneurs to Stop in Jackson, MS on April 19th
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) recently launched an 18-state road tour, with a visit scheduled for Jackson, MS on Thursday, April 19, 2018. This will be the fourth year of the SBIR Road Tour, led by the SBA’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs, with participation from the…
CFPB: Bureau Debuts New Official Seal
We are proud to unveil a new seal today at the Bureau. The seal reflects the Bureau’s mission through American imagery and references to the nation’s founding documents. It also aligns the Bureau with the seals of other federal financial regulators. The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Financial Protection Act gives the Bureau the…
Census Bureau: 2020 Census Planned Questions Submitted to Congress
Today the U.S. Census Bureau delivered its planned questions for the 2020 Census to Congress, which include age, sex, Hispanic origin, race, relationship, homeownership status, and citizenship status. By law, the Census Bureau must deliver decennial census questions to Congress two years before Census Day, with the next one occurring April 1, 2020. “The goal…