NEWSRELEASE
For Release: March 15, 2007
Contact: John McDowell, (202) 205-6941
SBA Number: 07-08 ADVO
Press Kit
Regulatory Flexibility Act Legal Scholarship Published
Assistant Chief Counsel for Advocacy Authors Journal Article
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Continuing a tradition of legal scholarship, Office of Advocacy Assistant Chief Counsel Jennifer Smith recently published an article outlining key issues surrounding the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA). The article, “Squeezing Back: Making Federal Agencies Measure Their Economic Impact On Small Entities,” appears in the latest issue of Mineral Law Institute, published by the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation.
“I am proud that the Office of Advocacy is lessening the regulatory burden on future generations of small business owners by building the legal case for federal agency compliance with the RFA,” said Chief Counsel for Advocacy Thomas M. Sullivan. “By increasing legal scholarship we can guide current practitioners and law students toward a greater understanding of the RFA, Executive Order 13272, and the importance of considering impacts on small business when making regulatory decisions.”
“Squeezing Back: Making Federal Agencies Measure Their Economic Impact On Small Entities” examines the requirements of the RFA, and the impact of judicial review on agency actions, and provides some guidance on how burden reductions are translated into cost savings for small entities. The full article is located at
http://www.sba.gov/advo/laws/law_lib.html#jou.The Office of Advocacy, the “small business watchdog” of the federal 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, visit the Office of Advocacy web site 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, and 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.