Small Business Issues

This page offers an easy way for policymakers to access small business research and analysis that is relevant to current Congressional agendas. For more in-depth information, visit the Law and Business Research Area. For additional information, to request documents, or to arrange a briefing, contact the RAND Office of Congressional Relations at ocr@rand.org or (703) 413-1100 x5395.

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Testimony

April 26, 2007
Improving the Department of Defense's Small Business Innovation Research Program

Bruce Held

Testimony presented before the House Science and Technology Committee, Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation.

January 4, 2007
Nanomaterials in the Workplace: A Summary of the RAND Policy and Planning Workshop on Occupational Safety and Health

Eric Landree

Testimony presented to Public Meeting on Research Needs Related to the Environmental, Health, and Safety Aspects of Engineered Nanoscale Materials.

Briefings

For more information on these and other Congressional briefings, contact the Office of Congressional Relations.

Better Understanding the Health Insurance Issues that Small Firms Face

Presented by Susan Gates and Christine Eibner
April 4, 2008
1:00 A.M. – Noon
304 Cannon House Office Building

How Does Sarbanes-Oxley Affect Firms' Decisions to Stay in the Public Market or Go Private?

Presented by Pinar Karaca-Mandic
February 25, 2008
1:00 P.M. – 2:00 P.M.
304 Cannon House Office Building

Small Business and Worker Fatality Risk

Presented by Christopher Nelson and John Mendeloff
April 28, 2006
2:00 P.M.
2360 Rayburn House Office Building

Fact Sheet

The following fact sheet encapsulates selected RAND publications, creating quick and easy references on a variety of Small Business policy issues.

How Will the Affordable Care Act Affect Employee Health Coverage at Small Businesses? — Sep. 10, 2010

Publication Profiles

The following PDF publication profiles list relevant research studies in various areas of public policy interest, creating a quick and easy reference guide of research in that area.

Highlights of RAND Research on Small Business and Entrepreneurship

Archived Newsletters

RAND regularly sends newsletters to update Congress on highlights of recent work about small business issues.

To view the topics of each newsletter, place your cursor over the month to see a list of work featured in that issue (requires Javascript).

Civil Justice and Public Safety newsletters

Small Business Newsletter
This newsletter is no longer published.

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Rules Allowing Small Businesses to Opt Out of Health Reform Should Have Minor Impact on Insurance Cost — Feb 8, 2012

Rules that allow some small employers to avoid regulation under the federal Affordable Care Act are unlikely to have a major impact on the future cost of health insurance unless those rules are relaxed to allow more businesses to opt out.

Obama's NDAA Makes It Harder to Fight Terrorism — Feb 1, 2012

Much of the debate over this bill has focused on the political issue of executive authority versus rule of law. In doing so it has overlooked the indirect and insidious effects the new law may have on the United States' largely successful counterterrorist campaign, writes Brian Michael Jenkins.

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