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On September 21, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a proposed rule to establish additional traceability recordkeeping requirements for certain foods. The FDA also published a draft “Food…

On September 11, 2020, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a notice to amend regulations concerning the use and collection of biometrics by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), U.S. Customs and…

On September 9, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued a request for comments on information collections concerning the Disabled Access Credit. The notice seeks to renew Form 8826, Disabled Access Credit. Certain small…

The Office of Advocacy (Advocacy) of the U.S. Small Business Administration submits the following comment letter in response to the reopening of the public comment period for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing…

Small Business Labor Safety (OSHA/MSHA) Roundtable Friday, September 18, 2020, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon Via Teams Webinar We have scheduled the next Small Business Labor Safety (OSHA/MSHA) Roundtable for Friday, September 18, 2020…

Advocacy’s small business lending report examines FDIC data to determine the state of bank lending to small businesses. Between June 2017 and June 2019, small business lending remained positive, though below the increase in lending to…

On August 5, 2020 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 (NMFS), (hereinafter “Services” or “the Services”) published a proposed…

On September 8, 2020, the United States Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service reopened the comment period for its previously published interim final rule to establish a domestic hemp production program in the United…

By Joe Knilans, National Rural Affairs Advocate According to the Office of Advocacy’s 2020 Small Business State Profiles, Wisconsin is home to over 456,000 small businesses, employing 1.3 million Wisconsinites. On July 31, SBA…

The Office of Advocacy has released the latest edition of its newsletter, “The Small Business Advocate,” Vol. 39, No. 8. If you would like to subscribe to our newsletter, you may do so here.