The Pulse of Small Business: An Industry Breakdown
The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted businesses that typically require more person to person contact. Recovery rates and changes in the operating capacity of small businesses since the start of the pandemic have also!-->…
SBA Environmental Roundtable Meeting- January 15, 2021
FRIDAY, January 15, 10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Please note the date change for this roundtable.
Via Microsoft Teams Meeting
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EPA Seeks Comments on Proposed Regulation Clarifying That States and Tribes Are Not Required To…
On December 14, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a Notice of Proposed Regulation and Request for Comment on clarifying that States and Tribes are not required to include the same criminal intent standard under!-->…
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Releases Report on Implementing The Dodd-Frank Act’s Small…
On December 14, 2020, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) issued a panel report as part of its rulemaking process under Dodd-Frank Act Section 1071 governing the collection and reporting of small business lending data. !-->…
Final DOE Rule Aims to Clear Interim Waiver Application Bottleneck
By Prianka Sharma, Assistant Chief Counsel
On December 11, 2020, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) finalized a rule streamlining its approach to the energy efficiency test-procedure interim waiver process. The Energy Policy and!-->!-->!-->…
SBA Environmental Roundtable Meeting – December 18, 2020
FRIDAY, December 18, 10 a.m. – noon.
Via Microsoft Teams Meeting
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EPA Seeks Comments on Draft Guidance Applying the Supreme Court’s County of Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife…
On December 10, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a Notice of Availability of Draft Guidance and Request for Comment on applying the recent decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in County of Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife!-->…
December Economic Bulletin
The Office of Advocacy’s Small Business Economic Bulletin for December examines how small businesses have been faring during the COVID-19 pandemic. Overall self-employment levels have been relatively steady, but income changes from small!-->…
SBA Environmental Roundtable Meeting – December 4, 2020
***SBA Environmental Roundtable Meeting***
FRIDAY, December 4, 10 a.m. – 11:20 a.m.
Via Microsoft Teams Meeting
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Highlighting America’s Veteran-Owned Small Businesses
By Karen Villatoro, Regulatory Economist
November is National Veterans and Military Families Month, making it the perfect time to spotlight veteran-owned small businesses. According to the 2018 Annual Business Survey (ABS), veteran!-->!-->!-->…