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Advocacy Chief Counsel Nominee Remains in Limbo

Jul 13th, 2010 | By Dawn Rivers | Category: Podcasts

Sometimes, Washington still has the power to surprise me.
Take this debacle with the nomination of Dr. Winslow Sargeant. Personally, given that it is not required by statute for the Chief Counsel of the SBA Office of Advocacy to be a lawyer, Senator Olympia Snowe’s intransigence about it strikes me as being a bit unreasonable … [...]

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Congress Still Works Same Ol’ Contracting Puzzle

Mar 29th, 2010 | By Dawn Rivers | Category: Podcasts

Covering small and microbusiness news often gives you a feeling of “deja vu all over again.”
There are a few issues, not really very many. There’s taxes and regulations and federal procurement and technology-related stuff and access to capital.
These issues never actually go away. The just get recycled every year.
Lawmakers never seem able to [...]

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