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EPA Seeks Small Businesses for SBREFA Panel on Ethylene Oxide Emission Proposed Rule

Office of Advocacy Dec 6, 2019
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Advocacy Attorneys Attend Annual ABA Administrative Law Conference in…

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Advocacy Submits Comments to FDA on PMTA Proposed Rule

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DOE Seeks Information on Whether to Amend Energy Conservation…

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FDA Premarket Tobacco Product Applications and Recordkeeping…

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SBA Proposes to Merge 8(a) Business Development Mentor-Protégé Program and All Small Mentor-Protégé…

Office of Advocacy Nov 25, 2019
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) proposes to merge its 8(a) Business Development (BD) Mentor-Protégé Program and its All Small Mentor-Protégé Program to eliminate confusion and remove unnecessary duplication of functions within…
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EPA Proposes Revisions of Application Exclusion Zone Requirements for Agricultural Worker Protection…

Office of Advocacy Nov 19, 2019
On November 1, 2019, EPA published proposed revisions to the application exclusion zone (AEZ) requirements under its Agricultural Worker Protection Standard (WPS) under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act. An AEZ…
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November Small Business Advocate

Office of Advocacy Nov 18, 2019
The Small Business Advocate Vol. 38, No. 10 The Office of Advocacy has released the latest edition of its newsletter, “The Small Business Advocate,” Vol. 38, No. 9. If you would like to subscribe to our newsletter, you may do…
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Brand Protection Issues Within the Small Business Community

Office of Advocacy Nov 13, 2019
By Zvi Rosen, Assistant Chief Counsel In late September of 2019, the Center for Anti-Counterfeiting and Product Protection (A-CAPP) at Michigan State University brought together leaders in the field from government, academia, large…
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High Demand, New Data, and Open-Source Software Help Produce Publication on Small Business in…

Office of Advocacy Nov 13, 2019
By Richard Schwinn, Research Economist The Office of Advocacy frequently receives requests for small business statistics. In most cases, the information is already curated in one of the 20-plus publications that Advocacy publishes each…
Letters to Agencies

Advocacy Submits Request for Extension of Comment Period on FDA’s PMTA Proposed Rule

Office of Advocacy Nov 13, 2019
On September 25, 2019, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a proposed rule titled Premarket Tobacco Product Applications and Recordkeeping Requirements (PMTA), with a comment period ending on November 25, 2019. Advocacy…
Regulatory Alerts

Availability of EPA’s Draft Risk Evaluation for Methylene Chloride and Notice of its Public…

Office of Advocacy Nov 12, 2019
On October 29, 2019, EPA published its draft risk evaluation for methylene chloride. Under the Toxic Substance Control Act, EPA is required to conduct risk evaluations to determine whether existing chemicals present an unreasonable…
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FTC Extends Public Comment Period for Review of Children’s Online Privacy Rules

Office of Advocacy Nov 12, 2019
On October 22, 2019, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published a Federal Register Notice extending the deadline for filing comments on its implementation of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”). The FTC is seeking…
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Advocacy Releases “Accessing the Internet in Rural America”

Office of Advocacy Nov 7, 2019
Rural areas lag urban areas in gaining high-speed internet access.  A new report from the Office of Advocacy, “Accessing the Internet in Rural America,” analyzes recent survey data on subscriptions to the internet through three popular…
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Delay, Delay, Delay: Small Business Stuck with Uncertainty About Brexit

Office of Advocacy Nov 6, 2019
By Thomas Rossomondo, Manufacturing and Technology Advocate I recently attended a forum on the implications of the United Kingdom exiting the European Union (aka “Brexit”) for American businesses held at Duquesne University, and…
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