Small Business Stories - Taking Charge on Capitol Hill

We decide 2008 WIPP Ivy Hartman: Our nation’s capital serves as the perfect death drop to the 2008 Annual Women Impacting Public policy conference and women business leaders take the capital hill in an effort to initiate change. This year these omen come equipped with more than just passion and legislative know how. They have a blue print, an economic blue of where business in this country for women should be headed. Ann Sullivan: So we’ve identified ix areas that we are asking the congress and the next administration to take action to help omen business honor’s grow. Female: What other scenario? Ann Sullivan: Health care, procurement, taxes, TELE communications, energy. Ivy Hartman: With energy on the minds of many businesses owner’s with us is considering adding another legislative community. Cat Shrier: For one in franchise and engineering have spent a lot of time gaining experience, gaining education to recognize the role that they have in contributing on a public policy side. Particularly when there are so many critical issues and energy in the environment right now with climate change with rising energy crisis and the need to explore new fields as well as new ways to manage the actual resources. Ivy Hartman: Another initiative was brought to the forefront at WIPP this year procuring government contracts. WIPP is partnering with the credit card giant to raise awareness about the central contracting registration data base or CCR. Susan Sobbottt: Like its evacuating awareness. There are only 67,000 women business owners who are registered today on the CCR which is the database and so our objective is to have at least 5,000 more. We hope we can do better than that. It is such a small number came at 10 million plus woman on visiting and its 2:30 so we’re really excited that we’re working again lots of them to enroll on this data base. Ivy Hartman: Of course, WIPP played their part as the advocate to small business owners and innovation. As Christine Bummer walked away with $2500.00 and a point in an advisory org and a national founder membership to WIPP as the Elisabeth 2:53 with honors from their excellent and federal procurement. At sbtv.com CEO, Susan Wilson Solovic was awarded the innovator of the year award from AT&T. Susan Wilson Solovic: AT&T, thank you. You have been with us actually since 2004. Ivy Hartman: Even if they are united as women business owners who are looking to change public policy, they are often in disagreement when it comes to politics. Emotions are running especially high during the historic election year. Betsy Meyers: Barack is a very principle person and these are the kinds of things that leaders are better 3:38 very curious and interesting about Barack and in this context, we started to study Barack Obama as a new generational transformational collaborative leader. Judy Black: And I came to believe that John Mackain is one of the finest leaders that I’ve ever known. He is willing to take positions that are not particularly popular in his own party because he does want to reach across the isle. Ivy Hartman: Overall, hundreds of women came together for this event of this year and this talented, intelligent and powerful women are ready to charge forward for continued reform in the world of business for women. I’m Ivy Hartman reporting for sbtv.com, small business is our only business.