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Site Visit: Advocacy Visits Cold Climate Housing Research Center in Fairbanks, Alaska

Office of Advocacy Aug 21, 2019

By Prianka Sharma, Assistant Chief Counsel While in Fairbanks, Alaska, Advocacy staff visited the Cold Climate Housing Research Center. This nonprofit research and testing facility was founded in 2006 to find energy efficient…

Small Business Visits

Site Visit: Reindeer Farm in Palmer, Alaska, Faces Unusual Business Obstacles

Office of Advocacy Aug 20, 2019

By Prianka Sharma, Assistant Chief Counsel When you think of the climate that is most prevalent in Alaska—cold harsh winters with lots of snow—you may also think of winter animals like reindeer. In Alaska, reindeer are…

Regional Outreach

Are Rural Communities Being Ignored?

Office of Advocacy May 9, 2019

By Apollo Fuhriman, Region 10 Advocate In April, I met with county council members from Union and Wallowa Counties in Northeast Oregon. These elected officials described several significant long-term issues arising from federally owned…

Regional Outreach

In Alaska, “You can’t do that” is not in their vocabulary

Office of Advocacy Jun 27, 2018

Apollo Fuhriman, Region 10 Advocate While meeting with businesses in Fairbanks, Alaska, it was clear that the entrepreneurial spirit of finding creative solutions is built into the DNA of Alaskans; but sometimes, regulations from DC are…

Small Business Losing Patience with New Drug Supply Automation Regulations

Office of Advocacy Mar 6, 2018

By Apollo Fuhriman, Region 10 Advocate In December, I met with Meishelle Haverkamp who works for a local affiliate of Swisslog Healthcare, a company that provides automation solutions for pharmacies, including those in hospitals. In…

Region’s Major Industries Have Their Voices Heard at Roundtables

Office of Advocacy Jul 29, 2017

By Janis Reyes, Assistant Chief Counsel Coeur d’Alene, a small resort city with a beautiful lake and surrounded by forests, was the setting of the Office of Advocacy’s second Regulatory Reform Roundtable in Idaho. Small businesses from…

Regulatory Roundtables Get to the Coeur of the Matter

Office of Advocacy Jul 29, 2017

By Prianka Sharma, Assistant Chief Counsel Beautiful Coeur d’Alene was the setting of the second Regional Regulatory Roundtable in Idaho on July 13. Advocacy heard from more than 36 small business owners in various industries who came…

Small Business Visits

Site Visit: Advocacy Goes Nuts for City Peanut Shop

Office of Advocacy Jul 29, 2017

By Patrick Delehanty, Acting Director of Economic Research/Regulatory Economist After hosting a Regulatory Reform Roundtable on July 11th in Boise, Idaho, listening to the views of area small businesses, the Office of Advocacy paid a…

Small Business Visits

Site Visit: Small Farm Brings Big Business for Idaho’s Treasure Valley

Office of Advocacy Jul 29, 2017

By Apollo Fuhriman, Region 10 Advocate On July 11, Assistant Chief Counsel Prianka Sharma, Regional Advocate Apollo Fuhriman, Acting Director of Economic Research/Regulatory Economist Patrick Delehanty, and Assistant Chief Counsel…

Advocacy Hears From Small Business Owners At Regional Regulatory Reform Roundtable in Boise, Idaho

Office of Advocacy Jul 29, 2017

By Lindsay Abate, Regulatory Economist Advocacy staff have been traveling across the United States this summer in an effort to hear directly from small businesses about how federal regulations can be reformed or eliminated to reduce…

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