Site Visit: Puck Enterprises in Iowa
By Jason Doré, Assistant Chief Counsel for External Affairs/Director of Information
As the son of an Iowan farmer, Ben Puck has strived to build a business that not only provided him with the ability to maintain his family farm, but also…
Site Visit: Small Mechanical Services Company in Council Bluffs, Iowa
By Bruce E. Lundegren, Assistant Chief Counsel
Staff from the Office of Advocacy visited Rasmussen Mechanical Services in Council Bluffs, Iowa, following Advocacy’s recent Regional Regulatory Reform Roundtable in that city. Advocacy was…
All Boxed Up! How Federal Regulations Box Small Businesses
By Joe Knilans, Rural Affairs Advocate
Advocacy visited a small packaging company in Platteville, Wisconsin to hear how federal regulations have an impact on small businesses in Wisconsin. L & M Corrugated Container is a small,…
Site Visit: Tax Reform passed by Congress gives Small Brewery High “Hops”
By Nick Ivory, Regional Director
While visiting the state of Iowa, Advocacy stopped by Lion Bridge Brewing Company, a small husband and wife owned brewery located in the Czech village of New Bohemia’s Historic Main Street District in…
Site Visit: Advocacy visits Iowa-based Company Focusing on Helping Small Businesses Comply with…
By Janis Reyes, Assistant Chief Counsel
Advocacy has visited over 20 states hosting Regional Regulatory Reform Roundtables to hear directly from small businesses about what federal regulations are burdensome to them. Small business…
Advocacy Visits with Small Businesses in Omaha, Nebraska
By Prianka Sharma, Assistant Chief Counsel
On July 16, 2018 Advocacy staff attended a small roundtable with members of the agriculture industry in Omaha, Nebraska. Members of many major sectors of agriculture including grain and seed,…
El Paso Small Businesses Call for Simplicity and Fairness From Government
By: Rhett Davis, Region 6 Advocate
“Tax laws across the U.S. unfairly favor large online retailers over small businesses.” That’s the view of one of the small business owners who attended the Office of Advocacy’s Small Business Forum…
Trucking Regulations Affect More Than Just Trucking Companies
By: Rhett Davis, Region 6 Advocate
Trucking regulations implemented by the federal government in recent years have had an adverse effect on one suburban Baton Rouge firm, and the company doesn’t even own a fleet of trucks.
“The…
July 2018 Small Business Advocate
Iowa Roundtable Announcement; Florida Roundtable Recap; Advocacy Announces New Research Solicitations
Advocacy Files Comments Regarding USDA’s Proposed National Bioengineered Food Disclosure…
June 29, 2018
On May 4, 2018, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) published a proposed rule titled: National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard. While the U.S. Small Business Administration’s…