Office of Advocacy

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

By Marina DeWit – Region 9 Advocate There are more than 1.5 million registered non-profit organizations in the United States and in the past ten years, the number grew by 30 percent. A 501(c)(3) organization is a type of…

The Office of Advocacy is hosting an Employee Benefits Roundtable on Thursday, November 21 from 10:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon. The roundtable will be held at the U.S. Small Business Administration Headquarters in Washington, D.C., 409 3rd…

The next Small Business Labor Safety (OSHA/MSHA) Roundtable will be held on Friday, November 15, 2019 from 10:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon.  Due to renovation activities at the U.S. Small Business Administration, the roundtable is being moved…

The Office of Advocacy visited San Antonio and Austin, Texas, on September 5-6 to meet with small business leaders and hear about their federal regulatory concerns. The Small Business Development Center at Texas State University hosted…

On October 31, 2019, the United States Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service published an interim final rule with a request for comments to establish a domestic hemp production program in the United States. The rule is…