NEWSRELEASE
For Release: March 7, 2006
Contact: Kathy Tobias, (202)
205-6938
kathryn.tobias@sba.gov
SBA Number: 06-08
ADVO
Press Kit
Governor Perdue Signs Executive Order For Small Business
Gives Georgia Small Business A Voice In The Regulatory Process
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue yesterday signed an Executive
Order to help Georgia’s 722,000 small businesses. The order gives small
business owners a voice in the state’s regulatory process.
“Georgia small business owners have a friend in Governor Perdue,” said Thomas M. Sullivan, Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration. “By signing this Executive Order he's given them a seat at the table when regulatory decisions are made. When their voice is heard, better decisions are made, and that means more jobs and growth for Georgia,” he said.
Under Georgia law, regulatory agencies are required to consider flexibility for small business. The Executive Order establishes greater accountability to ensure that small business is not unduly burdened by government regulations.
The Office of Advocacy, the “small business watchdog” of the government, examines the role and status of small business in the economy and independently represents the views of small business to federal agencies, Congress, and the President. It is the source for small business statistics presented in user-friendly formats and it funds research into small business issues.
For more information and the complete text of the model legislation, visit
the Office of Advocacy website at www.sba.gov/advo.
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The Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is an independent voice for small business within the federal government. The presidentially appointed Chief Counsel for Advocacy advances the views, concerns, interests of small business before Congress, the White House, federal agencies, federal courts, and state policy makers. For more information, visit
www.sba.gov/advo, or call (202) 205-6533.