Employment, Finance Issues Highlight Oklahoma City Roundtable
By
Bruce Lundegren, Assistant Chief Counsel
On April 29, the Office of Advocacy
hosted a Regional Regulatory Reform Roundtable in Oklahoma City, Okla., attracting
dozens of small businesses and their representatives eager to discuss…
May 2019 Small Business Advocate
Vol. 38, No. 4
The Office of Advocacy has released the May 2019 edition of its newsletter, “The Small Business Advocate,” Vol. 38, No. 4. If you would like to subscribe to our newsletter, you may do so here.
Site Visit: Regulations are Doggone Burdensome at The Hydrant Club
By Prianka Sharma, Assistant Chief Counsel
On May 2, 2019, Senior Counsel Claudia Rodgers, and Assistant Chief Counsels Bruce Lundegren and Prianka Sharma visited The Hydrant Club, a dog daycare and boarding facility that also offers…
Small Business Facts: Spotlight on Minority-Owned Employer Businesses
In May 2019, the Office of Advocacy published a fact sheet titled “Small Business Facts: Spotlight on Minority-Owned Employer Businesses,” written by Nora Esposito, Economic Research Fellow. In addition to providing general information on…
May 22, 2019 Testimony: Reauthorization of the SBA Office of Advocacy
Testimony of Major L. Clark, IIIActing Chief CounselOffice of AdvocacyU.S. Small Business Administration
U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and EntrepreneurshipandCommittee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs, Subcommittee on…
Oysters and Overtime: Advocacy Visits Mobile, Alabama, to Hear About the New Labor Department…
By Daniel Brown, Regulatory Economist
Parked outside the
Mobile Chamber of Commerce where the Office of Advocacy hosted a roundtable on
the DOL’s Overtime Rule, there was a van for the local Fox 10 News. At first
glance, it may have…
Letter to DOL: Most Small Businesses Support 35K Overtime Threshold; Rural Businesses Seek Relief
The U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Office of Advocacy (Advocacy) submits the following comments in response to the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) proposed rule, which proposes to revise and update the regulations issued under…
“Forty Percent of Our Budget Goes to Regulatory Compliance!” Small Businesses in Oklahoma, Arizona,…
By Claudia Rodgers,
Senior Counsel
The Office of Advocacy
continued its efforts to hear directly from small businesses regarding federal regulations
by hosting additional Regional Regulatory Reform Roundtables in Oklahoma City,…
What Does it Take to Create the First Job in a Small Business?
By Marina DeWit, Region 9 Advocate
According
to the 2019
Small Business Profile data released by the Office of Advocacy,
there are 30.7 million small businesses in the United States that employ 59.9
million people, which makes up 47.3…
Letter to CFPB: Advocacy Submits Comments on the Proposed Rule on Payday, Vehicle Title, and Certain…
The Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration (Advocacy) submits these comments on the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection’s (Bureau) proposed rule on Payday , Vehicle Title, and Certain High-Cost Installment Loans.…