Government Affairs

Upcoming and Recorded Events:

• Full Federation Update Call – Friday, October 13th (Virtual) - Please join us on Friday, October 13th at 12:00 pm ET / 10:00 am MT / 9:00 am PT / 8:00 am Alaska for our next update call for the latest from Capitol Hill and Washington, D.C.  Click here to register.
  

• America's Top Small Business Summit: Ready. Set. Scale. - Thursday, October 19th (In-Person) - Join us next month in Washington, D.C. for America's Top Small Business Summit. At this special celebration of small business owners, come network with your peers, learn from some of the world’s most successful leaders, and pick up tips for your business. Hear from Google, Walmart and Meta executives who will share trends and technologies that impact small businesses, and more.  Click here to register.

Weekly Economic Updates:

• Small Business Weekly Forecast – Monday, October 9, 2023

Recent blog posts to USChamber.com:

• Scaling Up Skills-Based Employment Practices for American Businesses – Friday, October 6, 2023
• We Don’t Make Anything Anymore' and Other Myths About U.S. Manufacturing – Friday, October 6, 2023
• Deadline Looms For U.S.-EU Steel, Aluminum Deal – Thursday, October 5, 2023
• Online and On Point: E-Delivery is a Winner for Investors and Business Alike – Thursday, October 5, 2023
• The FTC's Amazon Paradox – Wednesday, October 4, 2023
• Introducing the Seven Finalists for America’s Top Small Business 2023  – Wednesday, October 4, 2023
• Data Deep Dive: The Workforce of the Future – Wednesday, October 4, 2023

Recent Press Releases:

• U.S. Chamber of Commerce Announces America’s Top Seven Small Businesses – Wednesday, October 4, 2023

CHAMBER DRIVEN ADVOCACY TOOL FOR BUSINESS

Knowing what’s happening in Montana’s state legislature just got as easy as using Google. Six Montana Chambers of Commerce pooled resources to support Open  Montana’s deployment of the  Council Data Project for the Montana state legislative session. This tool will perform the following services for every citizen, business, state agency, and organization in Montana:

• Transcribe the approximately 9,000 hours of video that are expected to be produced during the state legislative session
• Make these transcripts searchable and rank results by relevance by issue or Bill #
  
• Let users easily jump to the most relevant portions of videos
• Allow users to share links to a specific moment in a video
• Integrate with the 2023  Capitol Tracker, which tracks the progress of bills through the Montana state legislature (coming soon)

This tool will help our members, businesses, state organizations and the general public understand and react quickly to developments in the legislative session. We believe this will result in better and more transparent government in Montana. A direct link to the tool is here.

This project was sponsored by the following Chambers:  Missoula, Helena, Big Sky, Montana, Kalispell, and  Great Falls.
Council Data Project is an open-source software project dedicated to providing journalists, activists, researchers, and community members
with the tools they need to stay informed and hold their governments accountable.

Open Montana is working to make governments in Montana more transparent, participatory, and collaborative. It is a program of  DemocracyLab, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with a mission to empower people who use technology for public good.

STATE LEGISLATURE ENGAGEMENT

Learn more about the Chamber's previous positions on a variety of issues affecting the Missoula Business community.