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Late Tuesday, Aug. 11, Treasury issued a final rule effectively dismantling Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) reporting as passed under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA).

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NSBA continues to support productive, commonsense small-business regulatory policies from Washington.

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Apply today to become a leader of smarter small-business policy with the nation's oldest small-business advocate: NSBA.

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When consumers check their credit score online, it’s easy to assume a score is simply “your credit score.” But the reality is more complicated. Not all credit scores are the same, and not all scores are used by lenders when making important financial decisions. Here’s why understanding the difference matters — especially if you’re planning to apply for a mortgage, small business loan, or credit card. For the small businesses and self-employed folks we work with and represent, that...

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NSBA urges Congress to advance all efforts that would permanently repeal the Corporate Transparency Act for American Small Business.

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NSBA and SBA's Office of Advocacy support the DOL's proposed joint employer rule, arguing that a clear, consistent standard will help small businesses navigate labor compliance with confidence.

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NSBA commends Congress for its commitments to ensuring strong small-business support in legislative agenda.

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NSBA continues urging Congress, the Department of Labor (DOL), and entire administration to support commonsense regulatory policies best serving of small business, including the latest joint employer rule.

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NSBA and our Small Business Technology Council (SBTC) continue urging Congress and the Administration to ensure clarity and certainty for small-business participants pursuing critical technology or research and development under SBIR/STTR programs.

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In April, NSBA filed to have SCOTUS take up NSBA’s case against the Corporate Transparency Act - DOJ now has until June 22 to reply and indicate if they support moving the case forward with SCOTUS or not.

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Former Counsel to the SBA Office of Advocacy, original author of critical small-business programs, like SBIR/STTR, and, now, exec director of SBTC, NSBA and our entire council family congraulates Mr. Glover on this honor and achievement.

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NSBA and our Small Business Technology Council (SBTC) are privileged to lead the fight for SBIR/STTR permanency.

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Watch the SBTC recording of this important webinar helping small businesses navigate the new SBIR/STTR realities at the Pentagon.

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NSBA is grateful to work with partners who support small business, including Amazon.

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NSBA commends the SBA Office of Advocacy for working to ensure it is fully staffed to better support small business.

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NSBA is pleased to the CORCA Act advance with its endorsement, and we continue urging Congress to act to protect small businesses in these increasingly difficult economic times.

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NSBA supports Congress' efforts to support opportunities for small business and small-business contractors.

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NSBA congratulates our Leadership Council member Christine Hopkins, owner of ASCI Services, based in Anchorage, Alaska, on her back-to-back win, as an SBA Business of the Year for Alaska, once again during National Small Business Week.

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NSBA and our Small Business Technology Council (SBTC) are continuing the fight for SBIR/STTR permanency - critical programs driving life-saving research and technology development.

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The end of this litigation removes near-term uncertainty but signals a new rulemaking phase, meaning NSBA members and small-business owners should expect continued policy shifts on overtime and prepare for potential changes to this rule.

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NSBA continues to urge Congress to codify and the Administration to limit its changes to rules and definitions related to' independent contractors and employee/employer standard definitions.

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NSBA applauds Congress for taking steps to repeal the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA).

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NSBA continues urging Congress to act on our Priority Issue to repeal the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), including deleting the unconstitutional database created as part of its undue regulations.

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NSBA is grateful for the leaders from Congress to the White House pushing to revive this important conference convening small-business leaders to discuss the realities of policy and their effects on the nation's most important economic community.

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Fighting against the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) for more than a decade, NSBA is taking its challenge of this unconstitutional law to the Supreme Court in a new petition filed this week.

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NSBA and our Small Business Technology Council (SBTC) commend the Administration and President for signing the 5-year SBIR/STTR reauthorization into law - crucial innovation and research development programs driving life-saving defense and health technologies, as well as providing crucial small-business innovation opportunities.

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NSBA works every day to ensure small businesses are supported by a comprehensively funded administrative resources and support and continues to monitor reception of the President's FY27 budget proposal on Capitol Hill and across our community.

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NSBA and our Small Business Technology Council (SBTC) are grateful to Congress for their prioritization of small-business support in critical fund designations for technology research and development under the SBIR/STTR programs and urge the President to sign the S. 3971 reauthorization into law without delay.

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NSBA and our Small Business Technology Council (SBTC) continue urging action on S. 3971 - a 5-year reauthorization plan to reinstate the SBIR/STTR small-business technology and development programs - without delay.

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NSBA and our Small Business Technology Council (SBTC) continue urging action on the S. 3971 5-year reauthorization plan - further delays will add to harm caused by lapse of SBIR/STTR programs.

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In our 20th year of conducting an Economic Survey and publishing a corresponding Economic Report, 2026 data from NSBA provides a comprehensive look at small-business uncertainty and its impacts on growth, hiring, financing, policy, and a host of other key indicators.

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NSBA's Small Business Technology Council (SBTC) are privileged continue leading the fight for small business to reauthorize and permanently enact SBIR/STTR programs to support better technology and R&D development opportunities for the nation's most important economic community.

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After five months of arguing, the Senate advanced and the House passed a 5-year bill to reauthorize SBIR/STTR for small-business technology research and development.

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NSBA continues to monitor tariff developments from D.C., urging Congress and Administration to remember how constant shifts in regulations harm small businesses, and supporting legislation to provide an exemption for the nation's most important economic community.

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Following the SCOTUS tariff ruling, NSBA continues to advocate for common sense, small-business policies providing clarity and stability, and we are closely monitoring developments to ensure small-business voices remain front and center as the effects from the decision evolve.

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NSBA continues urging the Administration to remember the regulatory burdens small-business owners face from the constant shift of definitions and rules, including the joint employer rule, commending leaders in Washington for pursuit of common sense standards best serving the nation's most important economic community.

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NSBA and our Small Business Technology Council (SBTC) commend the Senate for reaching a unanimous agreement to reauthorize the SBIR and STTR programs, with continued passage expected in the House.

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NSBA and SBTC commend Congress for working to reach a viable solution to reinstate SBIR/STTR funding - critical funding for small-business research, development, and innovation, creating life-saving drugs and technologies.

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NSBA applauds the benefits won for small business under the current administration, and we are looking forward to working with our members to furthering opportunities for the nation's most important economic community after tonight's State of the Union.

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A long-awaited decision, on Feb. 20, 2026, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) issued a ruling against President Trump's use of tariffs under IEEPA authority, easing burdens for small businesses and NSBA members.

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NSBA commends the SBA Office of Advocacy for investing in tools to support small-business owners, including the Red Tape Hotline, which is designed to streamline action that results in reduced, more effective small-business rules and regulations - a Priority Issue for our members in the 119th Congress.

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NSBA small business regulatory protections burdens

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The SPARK Act invests in community-based support and direct financing to help minority, rural, and underserved small businesses launch, grow, and compete.

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NSBA and our Small Business Technology Council (SBTC) continue urging Congress and the Administration to prioritize federal action to better support small-business innovation, research, and technology development, including immediate action to reinstate SBIR/STTR programs.

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NSBA will continue to support accountability and common sense compliance for small business on every level.

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No matter how brief, shutdowns always harm small business - NSBA applauds Congress and the Administration for working quickly to choose compromise, ending the partial closure this week.

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No matter how short or record-breaking, shutdowns always harm small business - get up to speed on the latest government funding plan from Capitol Hill and Washington with this week's episode of Hardwired.

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At an urging from NSBA and our Small Business Technology Council (SBTC), this week, Congress stepped in to stop a policy that would have quietly shut small businesses out of DOE research funding, restoring fairness, predictability, and access for America’s innovators.

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With a Jan. 30 deadline now expired, Congress is once again dealing with a shutdown as DHS funding negotiations remain stalled.

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Small businesses are intensifying their push for relief from rising credit card swipe fees as the Senate Agriculture Committee prepares to consider cryptocurrency market structure legislation this week.

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NSBA continues urging Congress to work to pass a funding package to avert another shutdown, which always harms small business.

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NSBA continues urging the Administration and Congress to formalize a full repeal of the unconstitutional Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) for its undue, unnecessary reporting requirements exclusively for small businesses.

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Shutdowns harm small business - NSBA is continuing to urge Congress to choose common sense and compromise in pursuit of a spending plan to fund the government beyond the Jan. 30 deadline.

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Investment scams cost Americans more than $5.7 billion last year, and an increasing share of these attacks now target small business owners through highly convincing online ads - here’s what entrepreneurs should know from NSBA's partner Bitdefender about how these schemes work, and how to tell real opportunities from fraudulent ones.

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NSBA and our Small Business Technology Council (SBTC) are continuing to urge Congress to act to pass the House-approved H.R. 5100 or a long-term plan for reauthorization of the critical SBIR/STTR small-business research and innovation programs.

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NSBA and our Small Business Technology Council (SBTC) continue urging support for SBIR/STTR programs on Capitol Hill and across the country.

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NSBA continues urging Congress to remember the regulatory burdens small-business owners face from the constant shift of definitions and rules, including the joint employer rule, commending leaders in Washington for pursuit of common sense standards best serving the nation's most important economic community.

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Pennsylvania’s Bill Belknap to Lead NSBA Board in 2026.

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NSBA and our Small Business Technology Council (SBTC) continue to urge Congress to formally act on reinstatement of funds and longer-term reauthorization of the SBIR/STTR programs - critical research and technology development programs supporting small-business innovators.

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There's a 2.5 cent difference as we say 'goodbye' to 2025, and, with the 2026 tax filing season speeding down the road ahead, small businesses should take note of key federal tax provisions affecting fuel use, mileage, and vehicle costs.

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New year, same problems lingering on Capitol Hill, with work cut out for Congress returning from the holiday break.

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NSBA commends Representatives Davis and Finstad for their leadership in bringing momentum back to a White House Conference on Small Business—an overdue and critical priority NSBA has championed with small businesses nationwide since the last conference convened in 1995.

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Happy Holidays from the small-business advocates at the National Small Business Association - NSBA is privileged to be the voice for the nation's most important economic community, and we look forward to continuing our productive work with Congress and in Washington for 2026!

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As 2025 comes to a close, it’s time to look back at the major policy battles and developments that shaped the small-business landscape this year - from stalled innovation funding to economic uncertainty and federal gridlock, NSBA remains on the front lines advocating for our members.

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NSBA is privileged to speak as the voice for small business with Congress and in Washington - this holiday season, we are grateful for the chance to look back as a basis for planning ahead for our continued wins in 2026.

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NSBA and SBTC stand strong with small business, fighting to reinstate SBIR/STTR funds, urging Congress to act to reauthorize these critical funds driving innovations and research programs today.

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NSBA will continue to monitor what these reverses mean for our community - follow us for updates on the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), including our work urging Congress to codify repeal of this unconstitutional law unduly affecting small business.

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NSBA will continue to monitor this breaking news related to the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) and these latest ruling reversing the small-business win previously secured over this unconstitutional regulation.

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NSBA and SBTC continue urging Congress and lawmakers in Washington to reinstate the SBIR/STTR programs, ending ongoing threats to our nation's critical defense systems, including Space Force and the Department of Defense.

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NSBA and our Small Business Technology Council (SBTC) continue to urge Congress to act to reinstate the SBIR/STTR programs, applauding recent efforts to revive the critical innovation and development funds.

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NSBA and the Small Business Technology Council (SBTC) continue to urge Congress to act to reinstate the SBIR/STTR programs, which provide critical funds to small-business researchers and innovators driving life-saving technologies.

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As Congress charges toward year-end, dueling health care plans, stalled ACA subsidies, and a packed NDAA defense agenda are converging into a high-stakes week that could dramatically shape costs and stability for small businesses nationwide.

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NSBA supports bipartisan legislation that will provide a common sense solution to ensuring small business can comply with ADA rules and avoid unfair and costly litigation.

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Among NSBA's top Priority Issues is how to ensure small-business' access to capital - a factor at the center of today's expected announcement from the Fed.

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Aimed at unlocking capital for entrepreneurs and emerging companies across the country, the INVEST Act is a bipartisan effort from the House with big potential to reshape how small business can go from Main to Wall to Every Street.

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As Congress barrels toward another funding deadline, lawmakers are locked in an increasingly urgent fight over the future of Affordable Care Act (ACA) premium subsidy plans, which is an issue with immediate, tangible consequences for many NSBA members and America’s small businesses.

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NSBA and the Small Business Technology Council urge Congress to act to reinstate SBIR/STTR funds, including options to work in the reauthorizations in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).

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It's NDAA week on Capitol Hill, with the first draft House and Senate compromise authorizing $900.6B for defense, including key provisions primed to affect small business.

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Small Business identity theft is a fast-growing form of fraud in which criminals impersonate a company to open credit lines, reroute funds, or take out loans. Here’s how it happens, the warning signs, and the steps small business owners can take to protect themselves.

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NSBA commends Congress for its commitments on prioritizing conversations on realities facing small-business owners across the country, including an exponentially increasing threat of digital and physical attacks.

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NSBA applauds Congress for its work to activate our Priority Issues, including bills to reduce unnecessary, cumbersome regulatory burdens on small-business owners nationwide.

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As lawmakers return to Washington for the final stretch of the year, Congress faces an exceptionally crowded agenda with major implications for small businesses, especially around health care affordability, federal funding stability, and defense policy.

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Small businesses take center stage on Capitol Hill this week, with more than a half-dozen bipartisan bills from the House Small Business Committee scheduled for consideration.

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NSBA and SBTC continue to lead the fight for reauthorization and permanency for the SBIR/STTR programs, which are critical small-business research funds driving life-changing technology and innovation - watch this special member webinar discussion any time.

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This holiday season, NSBA is thankful for big companies prioritizing and supporting small business as a central part of their mission.

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Gobbling up stuffing and savings for small business this holiday season with NSBA's Partners.

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For small and midsize businesses, strong relationships are often the key to growth. While digital communication makes it easier than ever to connect, nothing replaces the trust and understanding built through in-person meetings.

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As a small-business owner, every minute and dollar counts - the right software can help NSBA members streamline operations, boost productivity, and scale your business, but the wrong system can hold you back.

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NSBA and SBTC continue leading advocacy urging Congress to reinstate the critical SBIR/STTR funds for small-business research and innovation.

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Shutdowns always harm small business - NSBA thanks Congress for choosing compromise to end the shutdown and urges action on innovation programs that remain lapsed.

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Shutdowns always harm small businesses - NSBA commends Congress and the Administration for their work toward compromise to reopen the federal government.

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Stand with NSBA and the Small Business Technology Council (SBTC) in our fight to ensure reauthorization and permanency for SBIR and STTR programs - critical research and innovation funds for the nation's most important economic community.

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Welcome Christopher Wojcik and his data tools expertise to support NSBA's continued small-business membership and development.

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Last week, NSBA released a survey of more than 400 small-business owners showing just how deeply the record-breaking government shutdown has hurt America’s small-business community; with the House returning today to vote on legislation to reopen federal operations, the spotlight falls on small-business owners scrambling to recover.

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New labor reform push could reshape small-business workforce dynamics - advocacy matter now more than ever for NSBA and the nation's most important economic community.

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Shutdowns harm small business - 40 days later, there is some light at the end of the tunnel.

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Shutdowns harm small business - insights from NSBA's latest survey prove it.

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Big business is often made possible by small and independent sellers - read more about NSBA's big partner for small business with Amazon and their new resources for the nation's most important economic community.

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Sustainable travel is no longer just a trend for small business - it's a necessity.

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NSBA's Small Business Technology Council (SBTC) continues to be a key driver for SBIR and STTR programs across the country, including rural and underserved states.