Regulatory Issues

HUBZone Empowerment Contracting Program(SBA): The HUBZone Empowerment Contracting Program stimulates economic development and creates jobs in urban and rural communities by providing Federal contracting preferences to small businesses. These preferences go to small businesses that obtain HUBZone (Historically Underutilized Business Zone) certification in part by employing staff who live in a HUBZone. The company must also maintain a "principal office" in one of these specially designated areas. For more information, visit the website at https://eweb1.sba.gov/hubzone/internet

NAICS information (SBA office of size standards): The Small Business Act states that a small business concern is "one that is independently owned and operated and which is not dominant in its field of operation." The law also states that in determining what constitutes a small business, the definition will vary from industry to industry to reflect industry differences accurately. For more information, visit their website at http://www.sba.gov/size.

US Dept of Labor is a web site used by subs http://www.dol.gov.

Occupational Safety and Health Administration ( OSHA): OSHA's mission is to ensure safe and healthful workplaces in America http://www.osha.gov.

A D&B® D-U-N-S® Number is a unique nine-digit sequence recognized as the universal standard for identifying and keeping track of over 80 million businesses worldwide http://www.dnb.com.

Central Contractor Registry: This is the Central Contractor Registry needed to get a CCR number http://www.ccr.gov

Evironmental Protection Agency: The EPA's mission is to protect human health and to safeguard the natural environment — air, water, and land — upon which life depends. For 30 years, EPA has been working for a cleaner, healthier environment for the American people http://www.epa.gov.