{"60739":{"#nid":"60739","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Boston Testifies Twice Before Congress","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Economics Professor, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.econ.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/boston\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EThomas D. Boston\u003C\/a\u003E, delivered two rounds of testimony in September before separate House and Senate Committees.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOn September 11, 2008, Boston spoke to the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship chaired by Sen. John Kerry. The hearing focused on    Business Start-up Hurdles in Underserved Communities: Access to Venture Capital and Entrepreneurship Training.    \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBoston   s remarks focused on the important contribution to the U.S. economy made by businesses that participate in the government   s Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB) program and put forth recommendations for adjusting the program to allow minority firms to    move to the next level of growth.    His testimony concluded,    This committee could facilitate a tremendous leap forward for minority firms in gaining access to capital, bonding and venture capital funding if it would simply make adjustments to one of the federal government\u0027s own regulations. By this I mean altering the [sic: $750,000] personal net worth ceiling that is used as criteria for eligibility in the SDB program.   \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOn September 24, Dr. Boston, delivered similar testimony before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform\u0027s Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives. That discussion centered on    how information policy affects competitive viability in minority contracting.    Boston made recommendations for replacing the personal net worth ceiling with    more industry specific and business development criteria.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Economics Professor, Thomas D. Boston, delivered two rounds of testimony in September before separate House and Senate Committees.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Boston Recommends Changes to  the Small Disadvantaged Business P"}],"uid":"27167","created_gmt":"2008-10-16 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:19","author":"Rebecca Keane","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2008-10-16T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2008-10-16T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/oversight.house.gov\/","title":"House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/about\/profiles\/boston.html","title":"Thomas D, Boston"},{"url":"http:\/\/sbc.senate.gov\/hearings\/testimony\/080911-Boston-testimony.pdf","title":"9\/11\/08 Testimony"}],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"155","name":"Congressional Testimony"}],"keywords":[{"id":"3942","name":"danny boston"},{"id":"171017","name":"Small Disadvantaged Business Program"},{"id":"1881","name":"testimony"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERebecca Keane\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIvan Allen College of Liberal Arts\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=rkeane3\u0022\u003EContact Rebecca Keane\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-1720\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}