Roundtable Wrap-Ups

At the most recent Regional Regulatory Reform Roundtable held in Atlanta, Georgia, the Office of Advocacy heard from local small businesses about the weight of their federal regulatory burden. “Small businesses need help to comply with the…

By Bruce Lundegren, Assistant Chief Counsel  The Office of Advocacy hosted a Regional Regulatory Reform Roundtable in San Antonio, Texas on March 19th that attracted dozens of small businesses and their representatives who were eager to…

By Charles Maresca, Director of Interagency Affairs When you invite small businesses in Wisconsin to discuss their ideas for regulatory reform, you expect to hear from dairy farms (we did), and cheese producers (we did), and other food…

Small businesses are fed up and asking for relief. The Office of Advocacy heard this and more at its roundtable meetings held in Detroit, Mich., on March 13, and in Milwaukee, Wis., on March 15. As part of Advocacy’s continuing effort to…

By Brian Headd, Research Economist Detroit was built by new small businesses. Entrepreneurs like Motown founder, Berry Gordy and assembly line pioneer, Henry Ford, built their own empires there. As the world sang Detroit’s…

The Office of Advocacy heard detailed concerns from local small businesses in Manchester, NH, Gloucester, Mass. and Boston, Mass., during the most recent visit of its Regional Regulatory Reform Roundtables on Nov. 28th and 29th. Frustrated…

The Office of Advocacy held a listening session to aid in President Trump’s regulatory reform efforts and to find out which federal regulations are most problematic for small businesses. This time we went to Glen Allen, Virginia at the…