Small Business Survey

1. During 2011, have you been able to obtain credit you need to operate your business?
 
2. If you needed credit during 2011, was the reason (please mark all that are applicable):
 
3. If you obtained credit, was it through any of the following (please mark all that are applicable):
 
4. In 2012, do you expect your company’s profitability to increase, decrease or generally stay the same when compared with 2011?
 
5. In 2012, do you expect your company’s purchases of such items as buildings, machinery, fixtures, computers, etc. to increase, decrease or remain roughly the same compared with 2011?
 
6. In 2012, do you plan on hiring additional employees, reducing your workforce or generally having the same workforce?
 
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Reducing taxes for employers who hire new workers who are veterans or currently unemployed?
           
Extending an already existing program that allows small businesses to access low-interest refinancing without the requirement of expansion?
           
Temporarily increasing federal payments to local and state governments to prevent layoffs?
 
If there is a single most important problem facing your business, is it: poor sales, tight credit, taxes, regulations, competition from larger businesses, cost of labor, other (please describe)?

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Does your business contract with the federal government? So you want to be able to contract with the federal government. If you answer “yes” to either of these questions, are there ways in which the contracting process could be changed that would make it easier for your business to access contracting opportunities?

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Has your business utilized any programs aimed at assisting small businesses such as the Small Business Administration, Commerce Department, the Export-Import Bank, an SBIR grant, or any other federal program or agency? If so, which programs did you use and was your experience a success? How could this program have been improved? If you wanted to use a federal program and you were unable to do so, is there something about the program that could be changed to make it useful to you?

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What steps could the federal government take that would be most beneficial for your business in the coming year?

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