The SBA Office of Advocacy will host a Small Business Roundtable on May 10, 2018 from 2:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) Request for Information Regarding Bureau Rulemaking Processes and the CFPB’s Request for Information Regarding the Bureau’s Adopted Regulations and New Rulemaking Authorities. Additional information can be found at:
https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=CFPB-2018-0009-0001
https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=CFPB-2018-0011-0001
A copy of the tentative agenda is provided below.
The roundtable will be held at the U.S. Small Business Administration, 409 Third Street, SW, Washington, DC. In order to take advantage of this opportunity and obtain meaningful input, the Roundtable will focus on the issues raised in the notices above. As such, please be prepared to discuss these issues and provide data that supports your views. Please note that this is an open meeting. Please feel free to circulate this notice to your colleagues.
If you would like to attend the Small Business Roundtable please RSVP to me by responding to this email by May 8, 2018. We hope to see you on May 10, 2018. Please feel free to contact me at Jennifer.smith@sba.gov or 202-205-6943 if you have any questions or require additional information.
Roundtable meetings are open to all interested persons, with the exception of the press, in order to facilitate an open and frank discussion about small business-related issues. Agendas and presentations are available to all, including the press. Anyone who would like to receive roundtable agendas or presentations, or be included in the regular distribution, should forward such requests to Jennifer.smith@sba.gov. The purpose of these roundtable meetings is to exchange opinions, facts, and information and to obtain the attendees’ individual views and opinions regarding small business concerns. The meetings are not intended to communicate or achieve any consensus positions of the attendees.