Small Business Environmental Roundtable – February 26
***SBA Environmental Roundtable Meeting***
FRIDAY, February 26, 10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Via Microsoft Teams Meeting
The next SBA, Office of Advocacy Environmental Roundtable will meet virtually to discuss the following topics,…
Small Business Tax Roundtable – February 19
SBA Office of Advocacy Small Business Virtual Tax Roundtable: Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Tax Issues and Employee Retention Credit (ERC) Update
Friday, February 19, 2021
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Via Microsoft Teams Live Event…
Regulatory Issues to Watch in the FY 2021 Spending and COVID-19 Stimulus Legislation
The stimulus and omnibus spending for FY 2021, known as the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, had many provisions for small business relief during the COVID-19 pandemic, including a second round of funding through the SBA’s Paycheck…
Small Business Labor Safety (OSHA/MSHA) Roundtable
Small Business Labor Safety (OSHA/MSHA) Roundtable
Friday, January 29, 2021
10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Via Teams Webinar
Agenda
Welcome and Introduction of Small Business Representatives (10:00 a.m. – 10:05 a.m.)
Bruce…
SBA Environmental Roundtable Meeting- February 5, 2021
***SBA Environmental Roundtable Meeting***
FRIDAY, February 5, 10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Via Microsoft Teams Meeting
The next SBA, Office of Advocacy Environmental Roundtable will meet virtually to discuss the following topics,…
Annual Report of the Office of Economic Research, FY 2019
To support Advocacy’s mission of examining the role and contributions of small businesses, the Office of Economic Research spent FY 2019 providing timely and relevant research products, analyzing proposed regulations for small business…
USDA Finalizes Rule for Domestic Hemp Production, Offers More Regulatory Certainty to Industry
By Prianka Sharma, Assistant Chief Counsel
On January 19, 2021, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) published a final rule outlining policies for domestic hemp production. This rule follows and…
Advocacy Submits Comment Letter to OIRA on System for Award Management (SAM) Exemption for Small…
On December 21, 2020, the U.S. Small Business Administration Office of Advocacy (Advocacy) submitted a comment letter in response to a Guidance for Grants and Agreements published in the Federal Register by the Office of Information and…
December Small Business Advocate
The Office of Advocacy has released the latest edition of its newsletter, “The Small Business Advocate,” Vol. 39, No. 11. If you would like to subscribe to our newsletter, you may do so here.
Do Banks Lend Where They Borrow? A Study on Local Small Business Lending in the U.S.
Lending to businesses in counties where a bank has no branches is highly sensitive to economic conditions. During the 2007 recession, distant lending contracted far more sharply than local lending, leaving the share of loans made at a…