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Entrepreneurship, economic growth, and unemployment are interrelated: exactly how is the subject of this research. Does entrepreneurship lead to economic growth or vice versa? Does entrepreneurship lower unemployment, or does unemployment…

Small businesses saved $11.7 billion in fiscal year 2011—and $10.7 billion of that will be annually recurring costs—as a result of regulatory changes made to final rules based on Office of Advocacy recommendations, according to this year’s…

The study examines the impact of small business activity by industry on overall state economic growth. A few studies have focused on the impact of small business in general at the state level, but their results make it clear that the…

U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) is the market value of the goods and services produced by labor and property located in the United States. This research takes each component of private nonfarm GDP and estimates the proportions produced by…

The Office of Advocacy’s Small Business Profiles are an annual analysis of each state’s small business activities. Each profile gathers the latest information from key federal data-gathering agencies to provide a snapshot of small business…

(Was: Deadline Looms for Posting Employee Rights per National Labor Relations Act) As of January 31, 2012, most private sector employers must post a notice of employee rights under the National Labor Relations Act at their worksites. The…

By Todd McCracken and Dan Danner December 11  In the past few months, there has been an influx of sentiment claiming that small businesses aren’t really that important to the U.S. economy and that politicians spend far too much time…

Dr. Winslow L. Sargeant was confirmed as Chief Counsel for Advocacy by the U.S. Senate on Friday, November 18. Dr. Sargeant is the sixth presidentially appointed and Senate-confirmed Chief Counsel for the Office of Advocacy. Dr. Sargeant…

On November 17 and 18, Advocacy regulatory attorneys participated in the American Bar Association’s Administrative Law Conference held at Georgetown University.  Advocacy’s Assistant Chief Counsel Jennifer Smith moderated a panel discussion…

WASHINGTON POST -- 5 ways to get that federal contract  The federal government spends more than $500 billion a year in contracts, making it the largest purchaser of goods and services in the world. Small businesses throughout the country…