Archive for August, 2008
S.3362 SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of 2008
SBIR: Small Business Innovation Research
STTR: Small Business Technology Transfer
The US Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Technology administers the SBIR and STTR programs, which were established to provide small high-tech businesses with access to the federal government’s R&D funding opportunities. More detail can be found at http://www.sbir.gov/index.html Even so, according to the Senate Committee on [...]
Expanded offshore drilling or no FY09 budget?
I’ve been on vacation visiting family – had expected to have time to keep up with blogging but — I was wrong! Finally took a day off of vacation to relax and blog
So – it’s been generally expected that essentially no budget bills (with the exception of defense) would make it through congress [...]
Can bi-partisan rank-and-filers push through an energy policy bill?
The Democrats and the Republicans in Congress butted one another to a standstill on energy policy, and left DC for the August break without agreeing on an Energy bill – despite some claims for weeks that it was one of the most important things needed for us, the public.
However two bi-partisan groups of rank-and-file members [...]
