Small Business Quarterly Bulletin, Released September 2018
Small businesses are showing upticks in income, jobs, and new businesses, despite small business lending still being flat, even with low loan delinquency rates.
Small Business Lending in the United States, 2016
Small Business Lending in the United States, 2016 examines bank lending of $1 million or less for commercial purposes. The report covers national small business lending trends. The accompanying data tables list the top lenders providing…
Advocacy Visits Puerto Rico One Year After Hurricanes Irma and Maria
By Christine Myers, Region 2 Advocate
Last month, I traveled to Puerto Rico for the first time as the Region 2 Advocate. I have visited Puerto Rico before on vacation, but, admittedly, I was focused on fun, sun, and sightseeing. That was…
Advocacy Visits Texas A&M International University in Laredo, Texas
By Rhett Davis, Region 6 Advocate
The Office of Advocacy held a small business regulatory forum on the campus of Texas A&M International University in Laredo, Texas on August 30. Two dozen small business leaders attended the event…
Advocacy Files Comments with Department of Education: Proposed Loan Repayment Rule Could Have…
August 30, 2018
The Office of Advocacy filed public comments in response to the Department of Education’s (Department) July 31, 2018 notice of proposed rulemaking on “General Provisions, Federal Perkins Loan Program, Federal Family…
Examining Small Business Impacts in the Regulatory Development Process: The Drawbacks of Averaging
Michael McManus, August 30, 2018
Issue Brief 14, Examining Small Business Impacts In The Regulatory Development Process: The Drawbacks Of AveragingDownload
Advocacy Visits Lubbock, TX
By Rhett Davis, Region 6 Advocate
The Office of Advocacy conducted a small business regulatory forum in Lubbock, Texas on August 29. The Five Star Lubbock Chamber of Commerce hosted the event in conjunction with the SBA Lubbock-West…
Past Event Announcement: Please Join Us In NJ, PA and NY for Regional Regulatory Reform Roundtables
Please join us in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York as we continue our roundtable road trip across America to hear from you!
Advocacy is hosting small business roundtables in order to hear, firsthand, from small businesses facing…
Advocacy Attends 2018 Indian Country Business Summit in Oklahoma
By: Rhett Davis, Region 6 Advocate
The Office of Advocacy recently visited the Indian Country Business Summit in Norman, Oklahoma, to hear from area small businesses about their federal regulatory burdens. Rhett Davis, Region 6 Advocate,…
Putting on the Brakes at 50 in Ohio
By Les Davies, Region 5 Advocate
We’ve all been there – you're driving down that straight highway, and the speed limit seems ridiculously low. You would like to go faster, but you also know the consequences: a speeding ticket from a nice…