SBA Advocacy International Trade Outreach Meeting, June 25, 2019
The Office of Advocacy, an independent office within the U.S. Small Business Administration, is holding an international trade outreach meeting in Los Angeles, CA on June 25 to hear from small businesses about their views on trade!-->…
Letter to USDA: Advocacy Suggests Improvements to the Proposed Rule on Providing Regulatory…
On April 5, 2019, the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) published a proposed rule titled: Providing Regulatory Flexibility for Retailers in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program!-->…
Advocacy Holds Small Business Forum in Cobb County, Georgia
By Bruce LeVell, Region 4 Advocate
The month of May has been very encouraging for me as a Regional Advocate, as I’ve seen business leaders make the best out of their success by mentoring rising leaders. On May 7, 2019, I met with!-->!-->!-->…
Small City with Big Ideas for Small Business
By Marina DeWit, Region 9 Advocate
Over
400,000 new businesses start up each year in the United States. While facing
multiple challenges, there are many support mechanisms available to small
businesses to help them stay on the road to!-->!-->!-->…
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!-->…