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The Office of Advocacy will host a roundtable to discuss the United States Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) request for information to update its guidance on mitigating the impacts of offshore wind…

On November 30, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced it was extending the comment period for its Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) on mandatory “COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing” by 45 days from…

On November 26, the Department of Commerce published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to secure information and communications technology and services (ICTS) supply chains, including potential third-party audits of connected software and…

The Federal Communications Commission has announced the agenda for its December 14, 2021 Open Commission Meeting. The FCC publicly releases the draft text of each item expected to be considered at the next Open Commission Meeting, which…

On November 22, 2021, the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) published a request for information to guide its development of agency guidance for mitigating the impacts of offshore wind development on…

On October 27, 2021 the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) along with the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Marine Fisheries Service (jointly “Services”), published a proposed rule rescinding the 2020…

The Office of Advocacy (Advocacy) of the U.S. Small Business Administration respectfully submitted the following comments on the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI)’s request for comments regarding implementation of Executive Order 13985…

Small Business Labor Safety (OSHA/MSHA) Roundtable Friday, November 19, 2021, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 Noon (Eastern Time) Via Teams Webinar Dear Small Business Representatives: We have scheduled the next Small Business Labor Safety…

The Office of Advocacy’s bi-annual Economic Bulletin examines new data on how small businesses have recovered since the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Both self-employment and proprietor income have recovered…

On November 8, 2021 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers extended the deadline for the agencies’ solicitation for proposed groups to be included in Geographic Roundtables with the agencies to discuss…