Resources for Small Businesses in Response to the Novel Coronavirus Pandemic
Updated May 28, 2020, 10:30am ET
The Office of Advocacy will share small business resources and information related to the coronavirus pandemic as we receive them.
Department of Agriculture
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny…
FERC Announces Technical Conference on Impacts of COVID-19 on Energy Industry
On May 20, 2020 the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) announced that it would convene a two-day technical conference to allow the public to provide information on energy issues that the country faces as it recovers from the…
NOAA Seeks Comments on Proposed Expansion of Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary
On May 1, 2020, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued a proposed rule to expand the current boundaries of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary to include 14 additional reefs…
FCC Releases Agenda and Draft Proposals for June Open Commission Meeting
The Federal Communications Commission has announced the agenda for its June 9, 2020 Open Commission Meeting. At the meeting the FCC will vote on the following proposals; please follow the links below to view the draft documents in…
Progress Continues on Census’s Nonemployer Data Project (NES-D)
By Brian Headd, Economist
Advocacy published a blog six months
ago on an important new data gathering effort, Advocacy And Census Focus On The
Smallest Small Businesses With A New Nonemployer Demographic Data Project. The blog reported…
Starting is the Hardest Part
By Brian Headd, Economist
The Kauffman Foundation is a Kansas City-based organization whose
work supports entrepreneurship, education and inclusion, in general. Like the Office of Advocacy, the foundation conducts
research,…
Regulatory Burden Reduced for Small Businesses in FY 2019
The Office of Advocacy’s efforts at monitoring federal agency compliance with the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) resulted in changes to 10 specific rules that reduced the regulatory burden for small business. These changes led to $773…
Small Business Labor Safety (OSHA/MSHA) Roundtable – May 22, 2020
Friday, May 22, 2020, 10:00
a.m. - 12:00 noon
Via Skype Webinar
We have scheduled the next Small Business
Labor Safety (OSHA/MSHA) Roundtable for Friday, May 22, 2020 from
10:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon. The meeting will be held…
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…
USDA Seeks Comments on Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices Economic Analysis Report
On April 23, 2020, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s
National Organics Program (NOP) issued a request for comment on an Economic
Analysis Report related to the Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices Final
Rule, published on January 19,…
CMS Publishes Interim Final Rule Making It Easier For Healthcare Professionals To Order, and Receive…
On May 8, 2020, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published an interim final rule (75 FR 27550) with comment period that gives individuals and entities that provide services to Medicare, Medicaid, Basic Health Program,…