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!-->…
Department of Defense Implements Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification
On November 30, 2020, the Defense Acquisition Regulations System implemented changes to the Department of Defense’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC). The CMMC, designed to improve cybersecurity measures for U.S. defense!-->…
Change in Small Business Loans Outstanding During the COVID-19 Pandemic
The Paycheck Protection Program and Economic Injury Disaster Loan program had significant impacts on the small business lending market. The value of outstanding loans of less than $1 million (considered to be small business loans)!-->…
Yes, Small Businesses, Expenses Paid with Forgiven PPP Loans Are Deductible
The small businesses were worried, restless in their beds, as nightmares of tax liabilities danced in their heads. Then, in the late-night hours of Monday, December 21, 2020, a little holiday spirit was sprinkled over small businesses when!-->…
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
The next U.S. Small Business Administration Office of Advocacy Environmental Roundtable will meet virtually to!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…