Site Visit: Small Business Hatches Ideas to Ease Its Industry’s Regulatory Burdens
By Prianka Sharma, Assistant Chief Counsel
On June 8, Assistant Chief Counsel Prianka Sharma and Regional Advocate Apollo Fuhriman traveled to Cedar Key, Florida, to hear from the aquaculture industry. After touring a hatchery, and going…
Tampa Recycler Turns Old Electronics Into Precious Materials
By Bruce Lundegren, Assistance Chief Counsel
In 2012, Greg and Dellinda Rabinowitz had an idea— take old electronic materials and recycle them to recover their precious metals, like gold, silver, platinum, and copper. It was an ambitious…
Site Visit: Central Florida Small Business Owner Chomps Down on Excessive EPA Rules
By Nick Ivory, Regional Legislative and Regulatory Manager
Black Hammock Adventures, a Central Florida attraction located just outside of Orlando, FL on the waterfront of Lake Jesup, is a neat little operation that provides airboat rides,…
Florida Small Business Makes Headlines with their Plaque Company
By Christine Myers, Region 2 Small Business Advocate
In the News, a plaque company based in Tampa, Fla., has been in business for more than 31 years, but it took the break-up of the Bell System to make it thrive. How could the break-up…
Past Event Announcement: Still Time to Register for our Iowa Roundtables!
Please join us in Iowa 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 regulatory burdens. Come tell us…
Past Event Announcement: Still Time to Register for our Florida Roundtables!
Please join us in The Sunshine State for another round of roundtables.
Advocacy is hosting small business roundtables in order to hear, firsthand, from small businesses facing regulatory burdens. Come tell us which federal agency…
Site Visit: Some Federal Regulations are Just Plain Nutty
By Nick Ivory, Regional Legislative and Regulatory Manager
Advocacy visited Flory Industries, a small, third generation, family-owned business located in Salida, Calif., that offers products world-wide for harvesting tree nuts like…
Advocacy Submits Comments on EPA’s proposed rule National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air…
May 24, 2018
The U.S. Small Business Administration’s Office of Advocacy (Advocacy) submits the following comments in response to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) April 10, 2018, notice of proposed rulemaking on “National…
Advocacy Files Comments with FCC in Support of Motions for Extension of Time
May 19, 2018
The U.S. Small Business Administration’s Office of Advocacy (Advocacy) submits the following comments expressing support for several motions filed by affected small business stakeholders requesting that the Federal…
Georgia gets Grubby at Area Roundtable Discussion
By Nick Ivory, Regional Legislative and Regulatory Manager
Small business owners grilled federal barriers to small business growth during a roundtable hosted by Samuel T. Jackson, entrepreneur and owner of multiple Grub Burger locations…