‘‘(1) PLAN FOR ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOP-
MENT AND JOB CREATION STRATEGY.—The Admin-
istrator shall develop and submit to Congress a plan 
for using the Small Business Administration’s entre-
preneurial development programs as a catalyst for 
job creation for fiscal years 2009 and 2010. The 
plan shall include the Administration’s plan for 
drawing on existing programs, including Small Busi-
ness Development Centers, Women’s Business Cen-
ters, SCORE, Veterans Business Centers, Native 
American Outreach, and other appropriate pro-
grams. The Administrator shall identify a strategy 
for each Administration region to create or retain 
jobs through Administration programs. The Admin-
istrator shall identify, in consultation with appro-
priate personnel from entrepreneurial development 
programs, performance measures and criteria, in-
cluding job creation, job retention, and job retrain-
ing goals, to evaluate the success of the Administra-
tion’s actions regarding these efforts. 
‘‘(2) DATA
COLLECTION
PROCESS.—The Ad-
ministrator shall develop and implement a consistent 
data collection process to cover all entrepreneurial 
development programs. Such data collection process 
shall include data relating to job creation, perform-
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ance, and any other data determined appropriate by 
the Administrator with respect to the Administra-
tion’s entrepreneurial development programs. 
‘‘(3) COORDINATION AND ALIGNMENT OF SBA 
ENTREPRENEURIAL
DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAMS.— 
The Administrator shall submit annually to Con-
gress, in consultation with other Federal depart-
ments and agencies as appropriate, a report on op-
portunities to foster coordination, limit duplication, 
and improve program delivery for Federal entrepre-
neurial development programs. 
‘‘(4) DATABASE OF ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVEL-
OPMENT SERVICE PROVIDERS.—The Administrator 
shall establish a database of providers of entrepre-
neurial development services and make such data-
base available through the Administration’s Web 
site. The database shall be searchable by industry, 
geography, and service required. 
‘‘(5) COMMUNITY
SPECIALIST.—The Adminis-
trator shall designate not less than one staff member 
in each Administration district office as a commu-
nity specialist who has as their full-time responsi-
bility working with local entrepreneurial development 
service providers to increase coordination with Fed-
eral resources. The Administrator shall develop 
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benchmarks for measuring the performance of com-
munity specialists under this subsection. 
‘‘(6) ENTREPRENEURIAL
DEVELOPMENT
POR-
TAL.—The Administrator shall establish a Web- 
based portal that provides comprehensive informa-
tion on the Administration’s entrepreneurial develop-
ment programs. The Administrator shall— 
‘‘(A) integrate under one Web portal, 
Small Business Development Centers, Women’s 
Business Centers, SCORE, Veterans Business 
Centers, the Administration’s distance learning 
program, and other programs as appropriate; 
‘‘(B) revise the Administration’s primary 
Web site so that the Web portal described in 
subparagraph (A) is available as a link on the 
main Web page of the Web site; 
‘‘(C) increase consumer-oriented content 
on the Administration’s Web site and focus on 
promoting access to business solutions, includ-
ing marketing, financing, and human resources 
planning; 
‘‘(D) establish relevant Web content aggre-
gated by industry segment, stage of business 
development, level of need, and include referral 
links to appropriate Administration services, in-
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cluding financing, training and counseling, and 
procurement assistance; and 
‘‘(E) provide style guidelines and links for 
visitors to the Administration’s Web site to be 
able to comment on and evaluate the materials 
in terms of their usefulness. 
‘‘(7) PILOT
PROGRAMS.—The Administrator 
may not conduct any pilot program for a period of 
greater than 3 years if the program conflicts with, 
or uses the resources of, any of the entrepreneurial 
development programs authorized under section 
8(b)(1)(B), 21, 29, 32, or any other provision of this 
Act.’’. 
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