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Letter to President Obama Commending Kristina Johnson A letter drafted by the SBTC and delivered to the White House Commending Department of Energy Under Secretary Kristina Johnson for promoting and creating new opportunities for small businesses at the DOE. |
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Rep Van Hollen Small Business Investor Tax Credit Dear Colleague Letter |
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DOE Advisory Group Phase III White Paper The Department of Energy (DOE) Advisory Group, a group of small-business owners with experience working with DOE, has crafted two papers highlighting key issues that need addressing within the DOE. |
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DOE Advisory Group Cost Sharing White Paper The second of the two papers devised by the Department of Energy (DOE) Advisory Group, this paper addresses cost-sharing issues within the DOE, its unintended consequences, and how it puts small businesses at a competitive disadvantage to larger businesses. |
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DOD Authorization Bill Includes $500 Million in New Funding for Small Businesses Created in the 2011 authorizing language for the Department of Defense is a new program called the "Rapid Innovation Program" which would create a new $500 million pool of funding for small business competition. |
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Letter to Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Hoyer The SBTC has sent a letter to both Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer asking them to continue to oppose Rep Jason Altmire's attempts to include his SBIR reauthorization bill in the jobs creation package currently being debated in the House. |
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Pew Report on Public Trust in Government and Small Business The Pew Research Center recently conducted a study that analyzed the level of public trust in the government and the satisfaction with the current economic situation. They found that, while the Federal government and wall street were rated very poorly, small businesses received very high marks from the public, especially tech-oriented firms. |
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SBTC Recommendations for DOD SBIR Upon request from the Department of Defense, SBTC developed a list of recommended improvements to the DOD SBIR program. |
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SBTC Concerns with House-Passed SBIR Reauthorization Bill A comprehensive and detailed list of the myriad problems with the House-passed SBIR reauthorization legislation. |
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White Paper on the Importance of SBIR White paper developed by Roland Tibbets, the founder of the SBIR program, detailing the successes of, and need for the SBIR program. |
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SBTC Data on Job Creation - Updated Updated SBTC analysis of Census Bureau data to show the role of small buisness in U.S. job creation. |
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The Importance of High-Tech Small Businesses SBTC data showing the importance of small buisness in federal R&D - March 2008. |
SBIR Resource Center
SBTC is the oldest and largest nonprofit organization representing small, technology-based companies in diverse fields. Since its inception, SBTC has played a crucial role in providing valuable data and research on the highly successful SBIR Program. In addition to being the lead advocate on the Hill for small-business technology issues, SBTC has built unprecedented support across the federal government for the SBIR program. This resource center provides detailed analysis and critical data on the SBIR program and other key small-business technology issues.