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Office of Advocacy

Created by Congress in 1976, the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is an independent voice for small business within the federal government.

News

Advocacy Helps Small Businesses Seek Relief from Federal Regulations

Office of Advocacy Dec 21, 2018

Advocacy has published a report titled What Small Businesses Are Saying and What Advocacy Is Doing About It: Progress Report on the Office of Advocacy’s Regional Regulatory Reform Roundtables.

Office of Advocacy Helps Small Businesses Seek Relief from Federal Regulations

Office of Advocacy Dec 21, 2018

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Officials from the SBA Office of Advocacy are crisscrossing the country gathering information from small businesses about challenges presented by federal regulations and ways to improve those regulations. An official…

International Trade

Advocacy Releases Trade Report

Office of Advocacy Dec 21, 2018

In early 2016, Congress passed the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act (TFTEA). This law established a new role for the Office of Advocacy: to facilitate greater consideration of small business economic issues during international…

International Trade

Fact Sheets on United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) and Complete Text

Office of Advocacy Dec 21, 2018

The negotiations on the NAFTA Modernization resulted in the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), which was signed on November 30, 2018. USMCA will replace the NAFTA upon its entry into force. Below are the U.S. Trade…

Letters to Agencies

Letter to USCIS: Registration Requirement for Petitioners Seeking to File H-1B Petitions on Behalf…

Office of Advocacy Dec 20, 2018

The Office of Advocacy submits the following comments to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) regarding its proposed rule which creates an early registration process for the H-1B visa…

Research

Advocacy Releases “Small Business GDP, 1998–2014”

Office of Advocacy Dec 19, 2018

This Advocacy research report, "Small Business GDP, 1998-2014," shows that small businesses account for 44 percent of U.S. economic activity. This is a significant contribution, however this overall share has declined gradually.

Research

Small Business Facts: Spotlight on Veteran-Owned Employer Businesses

Office of Advocacy Dec 7, 2018

In December 2018, the Office of Advocacy published a fact sheet titled “Small Business Facts: Spotlight on Veteran-Owned Employer Businesses” written by Nora Esposito, Economic Research Fellow. The fact sheet provides general information on…

Regulatory Alerts

Draft Risk Evaluation for PV29 Peer Review Meetings

Office of Advocacy Dec 4, 2018

On November 30, 2018, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a notice to announce the peer review of its previously published draft risk evaluation for an existing chemical substance, Colour Index Pigment Violet 29 (PV29),…

Regulatory Alerts

EPA Provides an Exemption for Recalled Airbags in an Interim Final Rule

Office of Advocacy Dec 4, 2018

On November 30, 2018, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published an interim final rule to address the ongoing Takata airbag recalls by facilitating the removal and disposal of the airbag waste. The agency has provided a conditional…

Regulatory Alerts

USCIS Proposes Pre-Registration Requirement to H-1B Visa Lottery Process

Office of Advocacy Dec 4, 2018

On December 3, 2018, the U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) proposed to amend its regulations for applying for H-1B visas for temporary foreign workers in specialty occupations. There is currently a lottery for H-1B visas…

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