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By Harvey Lipman/The Record
February 13, 2012

About two dozen times a year, officials of Children’s Aid and Family Services fill out the forms they must submit as part of their contracts with the state.

Even though many of those contracts are with the state department – and even with the same division within that department – the non-profit must file duplicate copies of |the same documents over and over again.

“Every time we renew a contract, the state wants a list of our board of trustees, our tax-exempt organization certificate, our proof of certification with the Department of the Treasury, our audited financial statements, the certification of our accountant, our conflict-of-interest policy and on and on,” said Elizabeth Mason, the chief operating officer of the Paramus-based human-services organization.

“It would certainly be a significant benefit if all this material could be stored by the state in a central location,” Mason said.

The governor’s Red Tape Review Commission agrees. The commission’s report, issued last week, points to a number of regulatory and legislative actions taken last year by New Jersey government that reduce bureaucratic requirements for non-profits. It also recommends additional steps to make life easier for them.

By Ken Tarbous/NJBIZ
February 8, 2012

The climate for the state’s businesses has improved as efforts to establish a more efficient and business-friendly regulatory environment, streamline government, and cut costs for companies have made progress over the past year, according to a Red Tape Review Commission report released today.

“For business, onerous and burdensome red tape is like death by a thousand paper cuts,” said Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno, who chairs the commission, in a prepared statement. The report, she added, “outlines future steps to further reduce the regulatory burden on business and make it easier for them to grow and hire workers.”

By Kelly Waldron/NJ101.5
February 8, 2012

Small business owners in New Jersey think big corporations don’t pay their fair share of taxes. This according to a scientific nationwide survey of small business owners by the American Sustainable Business Council, Main Street Alliance and Small Business Majority.

“Real small business owners don’t have the funds to pay corporate lobbyists which puts them at a disadvantage. They can’t take advantage of the same loopholes big businesses can,” said Jeff Brown of New Jersey Main Street Alliance.

By Andrew Tangel and Hugh R. Morley/The Record
February 4, 2012

Better fortunes on the horizon could point to more hiring this year, some North Jersey business leaders said, buoyed by Friday’s Labor Department report that showed strong job growth in January.

Employers added 243,000 workers to their payrolls last month, the largest increase since April 2011. Sectors seeing the biggest gains included professional and business services, health care and manufacturing. In a separate report, the unemployment rate declined to 8.3 percent.

A meeting of the Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority has been scheduled for Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at 7:00 pm at the Tinton Falls Municipal Building, 556 Tinton Avenue, Tinton Falls, New Jersey 07724. Formal action may be taken at this meeting. The proposed agenda can be found 48 hours prior to the meeting at the websites of the Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority: www.nj.gov/fmera, and the New Jersey Economic Development Authority: www.njeda.gov.

The New Jersey Economic Development Authority’s next public Board Meeting will take place at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at 36 West State St., Trenton, NJ 08625. A copy of the proposed agenda can be found prior to the meeting at www.njeda.gov/Board. Following the Board Meeting, minutes and the full agenda will also be available at www.njeda.gov/Board.

The New Jersey Economic Development Authority’s next public Board Meeting will take place at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 36 West State St., Trenton, NJ 08625. A copy of the proposed agenda can be found prior to the meeting at www.njeda.gov/Board. Following the Board Meeting, minutes and the full agenda will also be available at www.njeda.gov/Board.

A meeting of the Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority (FMERA) Board has been scheduled for Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at 7:00 pm at Maple Place School, 2 Maple Place, Oceanport, NJ 07757. Formal action may be taken at this meeting. A copy of the proposed agenda can be found 48 hours prior to the meeting at the websites of the Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority: www.nj.gov/fmera, and the New Jersey Economic Development Authority: www.njeda.gov.

A meeting of the Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority (FMERA) Board has been scheduled for Wednesday, December 21, 2011 at 7:00 pm at the Tinton Falls Municipal Building, 556 Tinton Avenue, Tinton Falls, NJ. Formal action may be taken at this meeting. A copy of the proposed agenda can be found 48 hours prior to the meeting at the websites of the Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority: www.nj.gov/fmera, and the New Jersey Economic Development Authority: www.njeda.gov.

The New Jersey Economic Development Authority’s next public Board Meeting will take place at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, December 13, 2011 at 36 West State St., Trenton, NJ 08625. A copy of the proposed agenda can be found prior to the meeting at www.njeda.gov/Board. Following the Board Meeting, minutes and the full agenda will also be available at www.njeda.gov/Board.