SBA Announces Public Hearings on Size Standards SBA has set eleven public hearings across the country on its proposed revision of size standards. The hearings are the latest round in a prolonged rulemaking process that has pitted small business groups against one another over a key issue: How small is small? The schedule: June 2, Seattle and St. Louis; June 7, Portland, ME; June 9, Atlanta; June 14, Denver; June 16, New York; June 17, Washington; June 20, Chicago; June 22, Dallas; June 28, San Francisco; and June 29, Los Angeles. For exact locations and times, see the notice at www.sba.gov/size. Pre-registration is required. In a December notice of proposed rulemaking, SBA asked for comment on 11 issues: *The approach to simplify size standards; *calculation of number of employees (including how SBA defines an employee for size purposes); *use of receipts-based size standards; *designation of size standards for federal procurement; *establishment of separate size standards for federal procurement programs; *establishment of tiered size standards; *simplification of the affiliation regulations; *simplification of small business joint venture eligibility regulations; *possibility of grandfathering small business eligibility; *impact of SBA size standards on other agencies; and *participation of businesses majority-owned by venture capital companies in the Small Business Innovation Research program.