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Small Business Resource Center

Small Business Administration
Programs and services to help you start, grow and succeed
http://www.sba.gov

Small Business Development Center National Information Clearinghouse 
Meeting the information needs of the SBDC community in the United States and its territories
http://www.sbdcnet.org

Small Business Resource Center
Find a wealth of information about many subjects that affect your small business, from planning and financing to marketing and insurance
http://www.sbrcbaltimore.com

Business.gov
Business.gov helps small businesses understand their legal requirements, and locate government services supporting the nation’s small business community.
http://www.Business.gov

Internal Revenue Service
Applying for an employer identification number [EIN]
http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=98350,00.html

United States Department of Labour
http://www.dol.gov/

US General Services Administration
For Vendors Seeking Government Contracts Events
http://www.gsa.gov/Portal/gsa/ep/eventView.do?audienceId=1168&byAudienceId=y

Federal Contracting Resource
Federal, state and local governments offer businesses the opportunity to sell billions of dollars worth of products and services.
http://www.business.gov/expand/government-contracting/

Caribbean Headlines

10% pay cut for TCI civil servants Pay packets for people who work for the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) government are going to be lighter from next month. Keep the food and bring other aid, says Haiti President Haiti’s President René Préval doesn’t want any more food aid from outside for the 1.2 million displaced residents of the earthquake-ravaged country. Bribery added to list of charges against gun-accused cop Already facing charges for his alleged involvement in a gun theft and sale racket, a police sergeant in Jamaica is in deeper trouble, now accused of trying to coerce his colleagues into letting him go free when the illegal items were found in a house he was in. Barbados PM makes second Cabinet reshuffle Two Senators are out and several changes made to the Cabinet in the two-year-old Democratic Labour Party (DLP) administration in Barbados – the second reshuffle announced by the Prime Minister since taking office in January 2008. St Lucia denies plan to import water from Dominica The St Lucia government is denying that it’s making any plan to import water from neighbouring Dominica. Suriname wants illegal route to Guyana made valid Suriname is proposing to turn a route currently being used illegally by hundreds of people moving between that country and neighbouring Guyana daily, into a legitimate passage, complete with customs and immigration setups. Antigua and Qatar sign MOU Antigua and Barbuda and Qatar have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that will lead to broader bilateral cooperation between the two countries. Jamaican teacher accused of being accessory in murder case A high school teacher in Jamaica has been charged as an accessory after the fact, in a murder case in which is nephew is now charged. More pressure on Antigua over Stanford debacle One motion is still awaiting a vote, but another resolution has been introduced in the US House of Representatives to pressure Antigua and Barbuda into cooperating with Allen Stanford’s jilted investors. Jamaica counters US report on anti-drug efforts Jamaica’s Minister of National Security, Senator Dwight Nelson, has blasted the findings contained in the recent International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) as not accurately representing the efforts being made by the security forces and the authorities to crack down on international drug trafficking and organized crime.

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