At HUD, some telephone hotline services run by outside contractors providing housing counseling services to the public were still operating on Friday, including the Federal Housing AdministrationResource Center.
The U.S. Small Business Administration and its wide network of resource partners, who provide free business counseling and training to small business owners and entrepreneurs, are deeply committed to supporting the growth of small businesses and their ability to access federal services in their languages, to include disaster services for businesses recently affected by Super Story Sandy.
Wahid's administration is already struggling to quell resurgent separatist movements in the resource-rich provinces of Papua and Aceh and to combat a general drift toward lawlessness.