Advocacy Staff Attends Forum Celebrating 25 Years of E.O. 12866
By Nora Esposito, Economic Research Fellow
On September 24, 2018, Advocacy staff attended “A Forum Celebrating 25 Years of Executive Order 12866” at George Washington University (GW). The event was co-sponsored by the Society for…
How Is Your State’s Small Business Economy Faring?
By Pat Delehanty, Acting Director of Economic Research
The Office of Advocacy’s new publication, “State Rankings by Small Business Economic Indicators,” provides comparative data on the 50 states and the District of Columbia. The short…
Revision of the Regulations for Listing Endangered Species, Designating Critical Habitat, and…
September 24, 2018
The Office of Advocacy submits the following comments in response to the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Marine Fisheries Services’ three…
Department of Labor Holds Overtime Listening Sessions Across the Country
By Janis Reyes, Assistant Chief Counsel
The Department of Labor’s overtime regulations are back! In September, the Department of Labor (DOL) held five public listening sessions on its overtime regulations in Atlanta, Seattle, Kansas…
Small Business Facts: Business Dynamics
September 2018 - By Daniel Wilmoth, PhD
Small Business Labor Safety (OSHA/MSHA) Roundtable, Sept 21, 2018
Friday, September 21, 2018, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon
U.S. Small Business Administration, Eisenhower (Concourse Level) Conference Room*
Dear Small Business Representatives:
Attached is the Agenda for this Friday’s Small Business…
“Regulations are an impediment to everything we are trying to do!” Small Businesses in…
By Claudia Rodgers, Senior Counsel
The call for help from America’s small businesses continued this month in Princeton, New Jersey, Scranton, Pennsylvania, and Poughkeepsie, New York, where the Office of Advocacy held Regional Regulatory…
NLRB Releases Proposed Rule to Change Standard for Determining Joint-Employer Status
On September 14, 2018, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) published a proposed rule revising the test for whether two employers are considered joint employers and held liable under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). The NLRB…
In the Shadow of Lady Liberty
By Adrienne Foster, Region 7 Advocate
On the shores of the Hudson Bay looking out on to the Statute of Liberty sits the Red Hook Winery. On September 14, 2018, the Office of Advocacy was invited to visit the business owned by Mark Snyder…
“Shark Tank” – The Government Version
By Christine Myers, Region 2 Advocate
Hundreds of entrepreneurs with pretty quirky ideas have grown their companies and their pocketbooks by appearing on the famed reality TV show, "Shark Tank." As a contestant, you have to run the…