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PROUD MEDIA SPONSOR OF SOUTHBRIDGE AREA RELAY FOR LIFE! SERVING OUR READERS SINCE 1923 WEDNESDAY , M AY 13, 2009 (508) 764-4325/VISIT US AT: www.theheartofmassachusetts.com Newsstand: 60 cents TODAY’S QUOTE A busy June ballot CANDIDATES FOR COUNCIL HEAD LIST “My closest relation 10 BY GUS STEEVES is myself.” NEWS STAFF WRITER SOUTHBRIDGE — For the — Terence last several elections, Southbridge has bucked the tendency of local races to be TOMORROW’S fairly humdrum. This year T ’ is no exception. WEATHER In fact, the June 30 ballot promises to be the most crowded in recent years. Ten people are running for three seats on the Town Council, five for two school committee seats, and two for town clerk. 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  • FY 2011 408 Report to the Congress

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    U.S. Small Business Administration Office of Business Development FY 2011 408 Report to the Congress Karen Mills Administrator U.S. Small Business Administration A. John Shoraka Associate Administrator Office of Government Contracting and Business Development CONTENTS Page SECTIONS Statute 1 Abbreviations 3 Executive Summary 4 Program Initiatives 5 Net Worth of Newly Certified Program Participants 6 Benefits and Costs of the 8(a) BD Program to the Economy and Government 11 Evaluation of Firms that Exited/Completed1 8(a) BD program 13 Compilation of Fiscal Year 2011 Program Participants 16 8(a) Revenue and Non 8(a) Revenue for FY 2011 18 Requested Resources and Program Authorities 20 Dollar Obligations for 8(a) Contract by NAICS Codes 21 LIST OF TABLES Table I: Total Personal Net Worth 8 Table II: Total Adjusted Personal Net Worth 10 Table III: Firms Exited/Completed 8(a) BD Program during Three Previous Fiscal Years 15 Table IV: 8(a) Revenue and Total Revenue 19 APPENDICES A. 8(a) Contract Dollars Obligated by NAICS2 B. Certified 8(a) Participants with Obligated Contract Dollars by Firm Name, Region, State, Ethnicity/Race, Entities and Gender3 C. 7(a) Loans to 8(a) BD Program Participants D. 504 Loans to 8(a) BD Program Participants 1 This section of the Report examines firms that exited the 8(a) BD program within the three preceding fiscal years of the Report year and that completed the full nine years of the business development program. 2 The data in this section represents 8(a) contract dollar obligations by North American Industry Classification (NAICS) for 8(a) firms regardless of when the firm was in the 8(a) BD program and was pulled from Federal Procurement Data System – Next Generation (FPDS-NG).