Resources for Small Businesses in Response to the Novel Coronavirus Pandemic
Updated June 10, 2020, 12:30pm ET
The Office of Advocacy will share small business resources and information related to the coronavirus pandemic as we receive them.
Department of Commerce
On June 4, 2020, U.S. Secretary of…
2020 Small Business Profiles For The States And Territories
Advocacy’s Small Business Profiles are an annual portrait of each state’s small businesses. Included in each are snapshots into each state’s small business health and economic activity. Some economic data is also supplied for U.S.…
EPA’s Proposed Revisions to its Dust-Lead Post-Abatement Clearance Levels
On June 24, 2020, EPA published a proposal to lower its current dust-lead clearance levels (DLCL) from 40 micrograms of per square feet (ug/ft2) to 10 ug/ft2 for floors and 250 ug/ft2 to 100 ug/ft2 for window sills. DLCL is the maximum…
Small Business Facts: Restaurants and Bars Staggered By Pandemic
In May 2020, employment in leisure and hospitality was down 41 percent relative to May 2019, compared to declines ranging from 2 to 18 percent in other areas. The largest category of businesses within leisure and hospitality is food…
APHIS Implementation of Revised Lacey Act Provisions Phase VI – Teleconference – June 24
APHIS Implementation of Revised Lacey Act Provisions Phase VI
Teleconference
Wednesday June 24, 2020 2:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m. (EST)
The Office of Advocacy will be hosting a teleconference to discuss the United States Department of…
BLM Seeks Comments on Forest Managements Decisions and the Administration of the Timber Sale Process
On June 8, 2020, the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) published a proposed rule to revise regulations for protests of forest management decisions and the administration of the timber sale process. The…
DOE Seeks Comments and Information on Research Needs for Offshore Wind Energy Developments in U.S.…
On June 3, 2020, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) in conjunction with the Department of Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Department of Commerce’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric…
DOE Seeks Comments on Reviews of Energy Conservation Standards
The U.S. Department of Energy is requesting comments and information on reviews of several current energy conservation standards for the below listed products. In each review the agency seeks to determine whether to amend efficiency…
Significant Cost Reduction of User Fees and Services for Small Business Exporters Through September…
On June 4, 2020, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the U.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration (ITA) and U.S. & Foreign Commercial Service (USFCS) are temporarily reducing or eliminating the…
Advocacy Submits comments on EPA’s Economic Guidelines for the consideration of the Science…
On June 5, Advocacy submitted comments to EPA on the Science Advisory Board Peer Review of EPA’s Draft Guidelines for the Preparing Economic Analyses. Advocacy requests that the panel pay special attention to recommendations in the…
Advocacy Submits Comments on EPA’s Proposed Industrial Stormwater Multi-Sector General Permit
On March 2, 2020, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a public comment period for the proposed 2020 National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) general permit for stormwater discharges associated with industrial…