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One location for Federal Forms
Lost and can’t find the Federal form you need? At Forms.gov you can search through more than 5,400 federal forms from over 172 federal agencies. You can search by the general topics such as: Taxes, Small Business, Social Security, Veteran benefits, and FEMA. You can also search by agency, form name, form number and by keyword.
Forms data is continually added and updated by agency partners.
Top Ten Nebraska Lenders For 2009
Small Business Administration News Release
OMAHA - Ten of Nebraska’s leading lenders have been recognized by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) for providing SBA lending to small businesses throughout the state during SBA’s fiscal year 2009 which ended September 30. Read more
Who is Using Social Networks?
The social network dynamics are constantly changing, from who is Facebooking to who is Linked-in. These dynamics impact how you conduct your online business. To help capture what is happening with the online social network phenomenon, the Pew Internet & American Life Project is publishing multiple reports that explore the impact of the Internet on families, communities, work and home, daily life, education, health care, and civic and political life.
Twitter and Status Updating, Fall 2009 by Susannah Fax, Kathryn Zickuhr, Aaron Smith.
- Some 19% of internet users now say they use Twitter or another service to share updates about themselves, or to see updates about others–up from 11% in April.
- Thirty-seven percent of Internet users age 18-24 use Twitter or another service, up from 19% in December 2008.
The Pew Internet project posts data on numerous topics such as : Teen Use, Broadband Issues, Health and Technology Trends, Social Networking Use, Web 2.0 Integration, and Technology/User Types.
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Statement from CDFI Fund Director
Statement from CDFI Fund Director Gambrell on
White House Announcement Related to Lower Cost Capital for CDFIs
October 21, 2009
Washington, DC – Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund Director Donna J. Gambrell issued the following statement on the Small Business lending Initiative announced today.
Energy Projects Rev Up in Nebraska
United States Department of Agriculture • Rural Development
Phone: (402) 437-5563 • Web: http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/ne
Lincoln, Neb., October 23, 2009—Grants and loans for the 2009 federal fiscal year have resulted in $5,599,799 awarded to 171 Nebraska recipients for energy efficiency improvements, feasibility studies, energy audits and renewable energy development assistance.
“USDA Rural Development in Nebraska continues to be a lead state in promoting and receiving Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) applications for guaranteed loans. Through our positive working relationships with Nebraska lenders, we were able to more than double the energy dollars, from $2,265,829 in the 2008 fiscal year to $5,599,799 in Fiscal Year 2009,” said Nebraska State Director Maxine Moul, USDA Rural Development. “I am also pleased that eligible Nebraska entities have taken advantage of the newly funded Feasibility Study and Energy Audit/Renewable Energy Development Assistance program opportunities.” Read more
Visual Merchandizing
Glenn Muske, Oklahoma State University, takes us on a tour of ways that business owners can create compelling visual displays that will draw the interest of customers without breaking the bank. This is an adobe connect webinar courtesy of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension.(http://www.extension.org/) To access the webinar, click on the title below.
Economic Gardening
Chris Gibbons, Director of Business & Industry Affairs for Littleton, CO discusses the opportunities and challenges in economic development rooted in growing jobs through entrepreneurship rather than chasing jobs by recruiting companies from outside. This is an adobe connect webinar courtesy of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension. (http://www.extension.org/) To access this webinar, simply click on the title below.
U.S. Religious Landscape Survey
There is an excellent new tool available to business owners who are interested in targeting individuals with religious beliefs or need to know more about their current market’s religious practices. The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life conducted a survey of more than 35,000 American age 18 and other to obtain information about their religious makeup, religious beliefs and practices as well as social and political attitudes of the American public. The data shows that religious affiliation in the U.S. is both very diverse and extremely fluid.
Market Research Tool
Need local market research information? Headwaters Economics, an independent, nonprofit research group based in Bozeman, Montana has developed an Economic Profile System (EPS) that is free to the public. The easy-to-use website allows users to produce socioeconomic profiles of their communities, counties, and regions. The information is available through a downloadable software package or you can select to receive a finished PDF version.