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continual from Page 7 percent going to women-owned businesses. • The agency’s surety bond program backed more than 4,650 bonds valued at $911 million; through these bonds, the SBA guarantees contracts up to $1.25 million for small business contractors who cannot obtain surety bonds through regular commercial outlets. • The SBA published the first Annual report on Implementation of the Recommendations of the 1995 White House Conference on Small Business, a report detailing the unprecedented response of the Clinton Administration and Congress to concerns voiced by entrepreneurs at the conference held last year. • An estimated 850,000 small business entrepreneurs received management training and counseling from SB As national network of business education and assistance programs, including clients of the Service

Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE), 950 Small Business Development Centers (SBDC), 37 Business Information Centers and 54 Women’s Demonstration Sites. • The agency’s home page, SBA ONLINE, registered 370,000 hits per week. ‘The accomplishments of the SBA this year have helped record numbers of Americans start or expand their businesses, despite two government shutdowns that closed our doors for a month,” said Lader. “In fact, in this administration, the SBA has matched both the number and amount of loans made in the previous eight years combined. “We recognize the enormous contribution small businesses make to building and maintaining a strong economy. Today’s SBA is fully committed to championing the best interest of America’s entrepreneurs.”

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