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Regulatory Flexibility Act

Regulatory Burden Reduced for Small Businesses in FY 2019

Office of Advocacy May 19, 2020

The Office of Advocacy’s efforts at monitoring federal agency compliance with the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) resulted in changes to 10 specific rules that reduced the regulatory burden for small business. These changes led to $773…

Annual Report on the RFA

Regulatory Burden Reduced for Small Businesses in FY 2018

Office of Advocacy Apr 3, 2019

The Office of Advocacy’s efforts at monitoring federal agency compliance with the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) resulted in changes to 18 specific rules that reduced the regulatory burden for small business. These include $253.3 million…

Annual Report on the RFA

Regulatory Burden Reduced for Small Businesses in FY 2017

Office of Advocacy Mar 18, 2018

Every year, the Office of Advocacy reports on efforts to relieve the burden of new regulations on small businesses. These efforts are the result of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA), a tool that requires federal agencies to evaluate the…

Annual Report on the RFA

Advocacy Involvement Helps Relieve Small Business of Regulatory Burdens in FY 2016

Office of Advocacy Jan 19, 2017

Fiscal Year 2016 was a milestone in the Office of Advocacy’s history. It marked 40 years since the office’s founding, 20 years since the passage of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act, and 15 years of carrying out the…

News Archive

Advocacy Releases Regulatory Flexibility Act Report for FY 2015

Office of Advocacy Jan 12, 2016 0

The Office of Advocacy releases the Regulatory Flexibility Act report annually to inform Congress of how well agencies are complying with the RFA. The fiscal year 2015 report includes interviews with four former chief counsels for advocacy.…

Federal Agency Compliance with the Regulatory Flexibility Act Saved Small Businesses at Least $4.8…

Office of Advocacy Jan 23, 2015

The Office of Advocacy has released the Report on the Regulatory Flexibility Act FY 2014. The report is a requirement of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA), which directs the Chief Counsel for Advocacy to monitor federal agency compliance…

News Archive

Message from the Chief Counsel: Success Stories from the 2013 Report on the Regulatory Flexibility…

Office of Advocacy Mar 24, 2014

By Dr. Winslow Sargeant, Chief Counsel for Advocacy Each year around this time, the Office of Advocacy issues the annual report on the Regulatory Flexibility Act. The report tells the story of Advocacy’s Office of Interagency Affairs,…

Reports

RFA Compliance Saves Small Businesses $2.4 Billion in Regulatory Costs

Office of Advocacy Feb 27, 2013

Small businesses were spared $2.4 billion in first-year regulatory costs in FY 2012 through the Office of Advocacy’s work with federal agencies to ensure that regulations complied with the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA). The act requires…

Regulation

Uncle Sam Wants You . . . To Help Improve Regulations!

Office of Advocacy Jul 19, 2012 0

In January 2011, the President directed all executive agencies to undertake an unprecedented governmentwide review of regulations on the books, in order to figure out what is working and what is not, and where appropriate, to…