Executive Order No. 2021-10:
Relative to Amending Quarantine Program for Incoming Travelers and Further Amending Restrictions during the Pandemic Condition of Readiness 3
Wednesday, May 26, 2021
General Membership Meeting
Cyber security and related issues have been a top concern for every business in recent years. Cybercrime and fraud have accounted for billions of dollars in loss for US companies in 2019. Small businesses in particular are more vulnerable in many ways to cyber-attacks and threats. This presentation will present the various cyber fraud scenarios that companies can encounter, discuss ways to identify them and what to do when you are targeted.

Join us at 10:00 am on Wednesday, May 26th with Special Agent Carrigan.
Save the Date!
Wednesday, June 30, 2021
Mark your calendar on June 30th for our virtual membership meeting with David Dell'Isola, Director of Department of Labor.

Event details will sent out as we get closer to the event.
We'll meet you on the green on Wednesday, August 4th!
Your Chamber will be hosting its annual golf tournament on Wednesday, August 4th at the Onward Talofofo Golf Club. Proceeds from the tournament will benefit the Chamber's Programs, projects and activities. 

We are seeking member businesses that may be interested in providing financial contributions or donating goods or services to be used as prizes in the tournament.
Guam Safe & WTTC Safe Travels Certification
The mission of the program is to help rebuild confidence among the local community and visitors as travel restrictions ease and the tourism industry begins its revival. All businesses and establishments are encouraged to gain their Safe Guam & WTTC Certification. It's an easy process - just click on the link to GVB's website, complete the application and upload your business reopening protocols which will be reviewed and approved by the Department of Public Health. Once your protocols are approved, your company will receive notice from the Guam Visitors Bureau and you will receive the certificates for display at your place of business. That's it - it's that easy!
Join us and lets help make the entire island Safe Guam and WTTC Certified!
Let's work together to keep our Workplace Safe!
With the recent increase in Covid-19 positive cases, we encourage all businesses to double efforts to ensure employee and customer safety by following your approved industry safety and sanitation protocols.

Additionally, vaccination clinics continue to be scheduled and all are encouraged to take advantage of the free vaccination services available to our island residents.
US CHAMBER UPDATES
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U.S. Small Business Administration Updates
The American Rescue Plan Act established the Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF) to provide funding to help restaurants and other eligible businesses keep their doors open. This program will provide restaurants with funding equal to their pandemic-related revenue loss up to $10 million per business and no more than $5 million per physical location. Recipients are not required to repay the funding as long as funds are used for eligible uses no later than March 11, 2023.
Shuttered Venue Operations Grant Program
Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL)
Effective April 22, the SBA modified the Targeted EIDL Advance application process to determine if businesses also qualify for the additional $5,000 Supplemental Targeted Advance. SBA will contact eligible business entities to apply and applications will be processed on a first-come, first-served basis. To qualify for the Supplemental Targeted Advance, an eligible business entity must be in a low-income community, suffered greater than 50 percent economic loss, and have 10 or fewer employees.
BEWARE OF MALICIOUS PHISHING
The SBA recently launched the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant and Restaurant Revitalization Fund. Bad actors may take this opportunity to impersonate lenders or government officials in emails, robocalls, social media accounts and phony websites. Their goal is to attract victims and commit fraud, scams and schemes. The result is financial or personally identifiable information (PII) loss for the victims. 

As a reminder, the SBA directly communicates from email addresses ending in @sba.gov. The SBA also communicates via email updates/notifications using an email marketing platform. Those emails end in @updates.sba.gov.

If you applied for the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant and emailed the SVOG Support Center, you may receive an email back from a zendesk.com account. This is an authorized SBA contractor.

If you are being contacted by someone claiming to be from the SBA who is not using an official SBA email address, you should suspect fraud. To report potential fraud, visit sba.gov/covidfraudalert.

Community News
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View the May live webinars with Guam SBDC:
Guam Chamber of Commerce • 472-6311/ 8001 • info@GuamChamber.com.gu