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…
May Small Business Advocate
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USDA Now Accepting Applications for Coronavirus Food Assistance Program, Seeks Comments on…
On May 26, 2020 the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), pursuant to a final rule issued on May 21, 2020, began accepting applications for the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP). The program aims to provide financial…
FDA Issues guidance to provide additional temporary flexibility in food labeling requirements to…
On May 22, 2020, The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a guidance document to provide additional temporary flexibility in food labeling requirements to manufacturers and vending machine operators. The goal is to provide regulatory…
DOI Seeks Comments on Proposed Designation of Critical Habitat for the Northern Mexican and…
On April 28, 2020, the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Fish and Wildlife Service issued a revised proposed rule and revised economic analysis for a proposal to designate critical habitat for the Northern Mexican and Narrow-Headed…
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,…