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        Compliance Guides for Small Businesses
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                InternshipsThe Office of Communications Business Opportunities promotes competition and innovation in telecommunications ownership and information services. The office also supports opportunities for small, women-owned, and minority-owned communications businesses.
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            Possible Revision or Elimination of Rules under Section 610 of the RFA
                June 29, 2023
      
                    
        
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            OCBO Reminds Small Businesses of SBA's Office of National Ombudsman
                March 9, 2022
      
                    
        
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            OCBO Reminds Parties of SBA's Office of National Ombudsman
                September 27, 2021
      
                    
        
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            Acting Chair Rosenworcel Announces Staff Changes
                April 21, 2021
      
                    
        
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            FCC Releases Agenda for April 28 Tech Diversity Opportunity Symposium
                March 24, 2021
      
                    
        
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            One-on-One Networking Featured at April 28 FCC Virtual Fair


    

  
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            Recognizing Innovators During Black and Women's History MonthFor Black History and Women's History Month, we celebrate and highlight entrepreneurs and innovators who have contributed to the evolution of technology. These inventors created tools that are not only at the forefront of devices that we use, but underlie technologies and communications that are woven into the fabric of our daily lives.Roy Clay Sr.*, Developer of Hewlett Packard’s First Minicomputer*Marian Rogers Croak, Ph.D.*, Inventor of VoIP*W. Lincoln Hawkins*, Polymer Cable Sheath*Shirley Ann Jackson, Ph.D.*, Telecommunications Research*Victor B. Lawrence, Ph.D.*, Signal Processing in Telecommunications*Valerie L. Thomas*, Satellite Image Technology*James E. West, Ph.D*, Acoustical Science Inventor, Electret Microphone*December 6, 2022FCC and DOL Issue Joint Communication on Guidance to States on Addressing the Workforce Needs and Safety of the Telecommunications Industry
              
              
              
              
              
              
              
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Monday, May 2, 2022 - 10:45 am
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  Jessica Rosenworcel | Chairwoman

  Small businesses employ nearly half of the U.S. workforce, create hundreds of thousands of new jobs each year, and serve as...
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            March 29, 2022The Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau & the Office of Communications Business Opportunities Offers Online Cybersecurity Tools and Tips to the Small Business Community

December 16, 2021Apache Log4j Vulnerability Guide

September 2, 2021CISA, FBI, and NSA Release Joint Cybersecurity Advisory on Conti Ransomware

April 13, 2021Microsoft Releases Alternative Mitigations for Exchange Server Vulnerabilities

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