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March 2, 2004
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National
News
How to Improve
Regulatory Accounting:
Costs, Benefits, and
Impacts of Federal Regulations - Part
II
SBA
News and
Information
AA-OSBDC Bridget Bean
Reassigned
New SBA Update
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March 1, 2004
Enterprise
Florida News
Enterprise Florida Board
of Directors
Outlines Legislative R ecommen-dations for F urther Diversifying Florida's
Economy
Technology
Programs
and Initiatives
Call For Proposals--
Small and Medium
Enterprise Research
Feb 2004--New
Initiatives Announced
by States to
Stimulate Technology Growth
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Your Information
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National News
How to Improve Regulatory Accounting: Costs, Benefits, and
Impacts of Federal Regulations - Part
II
Attached is a copy of Chief
Counsel Thomas Sullivan's testimony which will be given on "How to Improve
Regulatory Accounting: Costs, Benefits, and Impacts of Federal Regulations
- Part II" before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on
Government Reform, Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Natural Resources and
Regulatory Affairs. Click
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SBA News and Information
AA-OSBDC Bridget Bean
Reassigned
Bridget Bean has been asked to go on a
detail to the Office of Government Contracting and will begin that
assignment immediately.
New SBA
Update - Mar. 1, 2004
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Enterprise Florida News
Enterprise Florida
Board of Directors Outlines Legislative Recommendations for Further
Diversifying Florida's Economy -- Board Focuses on Implementing Strategic
Imperatives of "Roadmap to Florida's
Future"
ORLANDO, Fla. (March 1, 2004) - In
preparation for the upcoming legislative session, the Enterprise Florida
Board of Directors - made up of representatives from Florida's preeminent
corporations - today outlined its strategic recommendations for further
diversifying Florida's economy. Read
more...
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Technology Programs and Initiatives
Call For Proposals--Small and Medium
Enterprise Research
SAP, a leading provider of
business software solutions, is issuing a
call for proposals on topics
related to Small and Medium Enterprises. They are extending the call to
Small Business Development Centers and leading researchers in this field,
inviting you to submit research proposals on the following
topics:
* The adoption of technology for integration between large
enterprises
and their smaller subsidiaries or suppliers: Research for
this topic should focus on the degree to which large enterprises are using
technology for information and integration with their smaller subsidiaries
or suppliers, the advantages of such integration and/or the pain points
caused by lack of integrated systems in these relationships.
*
Information technology buying habits of Small and Medium
Enterprises:
Research for this topic should focus on the factors that influence the
information technology buying habits of Small and Medium Enterprises,
particularly focusing on business management applications. Factors that
should be examined are key business process needs, marketing influencers,
support services, and barriers to adoption.
* Technology trends for
the Small and Medium Enterprise market: Research for this topic should
focus on technology trends that will
have a significant impact on the
SME IT landscape and the way SMEs manage their business processes. Areas
of interest could include RFID technology, mobile applications, Web
services, and security.
If you are interested in responding to this
call for proposals, please
submit your proposal(s) along with funding
requirements and a brief
biography of the principle investigator(s).
Additionally, please feel free
to invite colleagues that are interested
in this topic to respond to the
call as well. Click
for submission guidelines. Submitted proposals will be reviewed for
funding considerations by an SAP panel. The submission deadline is Friday,
March 26, 2004. Proposals should be e-mailed to:
Stacy Comes, Directory
of Research Alliances, SAP University Alliances at stacy.comes@sap.com.
Feb 2004--New Initiatives Announced by States to
Stimulate Technology Growth
Delaware Gov. Wants
$34 Million for Tech-based ED: As promised in her 2004 State of the State
Address, Governor Ruth Ann Minner released a New Economy Initiative last
week that includes several new elements to encourage economic growth in
Delaware. The $34 million package is expected to generate at least $16
million more in federal and private match. Many of the elements of the
plan were recommended by the governor's Strategic Economic Council. The
largest component of Governor Minner's proposal is a new $12.5 million
Delaware Competitiveness Fund to make one-time investments in companies
modernizing their production facilities. As presented in the governor's
press materials, the uses for the fund could be quite broad: provided
matching grants for implementing new manufacturing processes; bring in new
product lines; abate taxes; find buyers for idled facilities; support
employee training; and bring R&D results into manufacturers'
operations. Read
more...
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National
Dialogue on Entrepreneurship
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on Entrepreneurship and E-News is an electronic newsletter sponsored by
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entrepreneurial economy. Through E-News, they bring you short summaries
and analyses of various trends driving the innovation economy. Please feel
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