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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Small Business Administration leadership in getting money into the hands of business users is important the economic recovery of the Nation. As of 9/24 - there are no appointed regional administrators in place for the SBA. The patronage - or executive appointments of the President or any other leader - are usually difficult to manage. While there are not many appointments in the federal system anymore - when there are, and they are not made on a timely basis - a Presidency is weaker than it should be and programs fail.

     The current problem with the SBA is not only a matter of priorities, but symptomatic of internal squabbles in the appointment process. Presidential-Appointments.org sources say that the SBA Administrator, Karen Mills, an Obama appointment, is in a scrap with the White House appointments staff - she wants certain people, and they want other people in the Regional Adm. jobs.

     While this conflict is not unusual in the patronage process - somebody has to resolve these issues - somebody with Presidential muscle. The slow appointment process is developing heat in the lending industry, and needs to be fixed now to prevent embarrassment for the President and damage to the SBA presence in the economic stimulus effort.

      The President is seven months into his new administration with economic development being a major goal. To date - he has not appointed a single regional administrator to the ten Small Business Administration regions. Given that support for smaller businesses is of major importance to the economic recovery, his staff is asleep at the switch in priorities not having these people on the job early in his administration.  09-24-09

   At www.Presidential-Appointments.org we track both confirmation nominations and other Executive appointments. The Obama Administration has yet to appoint any of the "Regional Administrators" in the 10 regions of the Small Business Administration. With a major emphasis on economic recovery a main part of the President's agenda, the failure to make these appointments cripples the way the SBA works with regional banks and District SBA districts. Our inquiries suggest they may be trying to appoint all 10 at one time, but so far, their selection process is way behind in some regions. Considering how long it takes to get a new appointee up and running, this endangers all the important SBA initiatives, the new stimulus ones in particular. We are getting a significant number of inquiries on these appointments. 09-23-09

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