SBIR Reauthorization Moves Ahead
November 30, 2011Last night, the U.S. Senate approved by voice vote an amendment (S.A. 1115) to the National Defense Authorization Act (S. 1867) that would incorporate the Senate’s compromise language to reauthorize the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs for eight years. Assuming the...
READ MOREExtension to Budgets, SBIR for Six Weeks Likely
September 21, 2011Both the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate this week are expected to consider a short-term continuing resolution (CR) that would extend appropriations for the federal government for the first six weeks of the new Fiscal Year, which begins Oct. 1, 2011. At the end of the current legislative week,...
READ MOREPresident Signs Patent Reform Bill
September 20, 2011President Barack Obama last week announced that he was ordering all federal agencies to accelerate their payments to their small-business contractors. To implement this order, Jack Lew, the director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), issued a memorandum to all executive branch departments and agencies, requiring them to...
READ MORESupreme Court Ruling Protects Small Businesses
June 10, 2011In an important victory for innovative small businesses throughout the U.S., the Supreme Court announced last week their ruling in favor of i4i—a small high-tech company—in their patent infringement suit against Microsoft. The unanimous ruling requires Microsoft to pay i4i $290 million. The case originated in 2009 when i4i sued...
READ MORESenate Fails to Act on SBIR Bill
May 9, 2011The U.S. Senate last week failed to act on the SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of 2011 (S. 493). A motion for cloture offered by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) failed to garner the needed 60 votes, leaving the bill’s outlook in limbo with less than three weeks before it is...
READ MORESenate to Consider SBIR Reauth Bill TODAY
May 4, 2011The U.S. Senate this week is considering the SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of 2011 (S. 493). The legislation has been stuck since March on the floor of the Senate, as the chamber sought to deal with an avalanche of non-germane amendments to the bill. Please click here for more information on the bill. The...
READ MOREAmendments Stifle SBIR Reauthorization Consideration
April 6, 2011The U.S. Senate’s consideration of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technical Transfer Reauthorization (STTR) Reauthorization Act of 2011 (S. 493) stalled this week, as the legislators wrangled over a series of amendments—most unrelated to the SBIR program—to the bill. It appears the Senate is poised to vote...
READ MORESenate to Consider SBIR Reauthorization Bill
March 23, 2011The U.S. Senate next week is slated to consider the SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of 2011 (S. 493). The National Small Business Association strongly supports the legislation and urges the Senate to quickly adopt it. Please click here to read NSBA’s letter of support. The highly-successful Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, which studies have demonstrated is responsible...
READ MORESenate to Consider NSBA-Supported SBIR Bill
March 16, 2011The full U.S. Senate is slated in the near future to vote on the SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of 2011 (S. 493). NSBA strongly supports the legislation and urges the Senate to quickly adopt it. Please click here to read NSBA’s letter of support. The bill reauthorizes the highly-successful Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program for eight years....
READ MORENSBA-Supported SBIR Bill Introduced
March 8, 2011The U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship is scheduled on March 10 to markup the recently introduced SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of 2011 (S. 493). NSBA strongly supports the legislation and urges the Senate to quickly adopt it. Please click here to read NSBA’s letter of support. The bill reauthorizes the highly-successful...
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