Rather than eliminating the microloan program, for instance, Preston's 2008 budget
request proposes raising interest rates to the intermediaries and offloading the technical assistance to partners that already provide training.
Given these concerns, some commenters writing on behalf of state, local, or tribal governments
requested that the Department adopt a lower standard salary threshold than we
proposed and / or a phase - in period for
raising the salary, while other commenters
requested a special salary level or an exemption from the salary level or the FLSA's requirements for state, local, and tribal governments.