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The Small Business Advocate is a monthly or bi-monthly newsletter that details economic developments and regulatory trends related to small business as well as the latest initiatives of the Small Business Administration's Office of Advocacy.
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Advocacy’s September conference in Seattle headlines the August-September issue of The Small Business Advocate. The issue also contains the full text of the 2012 update of “Frequently Asked Questions about Small Business,” as well... Read Summary...
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The July edition of The Small Business Advocate focuses on research. The Office of Advocacy’s 2012 round of economic research RFQs are announced in its pages, and Chief Counsel Winslow Sargeant discusses the history and successful record of... Read Summary...
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The May-June edition of The Small Business Advocate highlights numerous regulatory developments, among them a new executive order on regulatory review and an appearance by OIRA Chief Cass Sunstein at an Advocacy roundtable. In other news, Regional... Read Summary...
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The April 2012 edition of The Small Business Advocate highlights Advocacy’s new Data Resources Webpage and provides updates on regulatory activities, economic research, and the Chief Counsel’s March listening tour of three southern... Read Summary...
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The March 2012 edition of the Small Business Advocate features the FY 2011 Report on the Regulatory Flexibility Act. In FY 2011, federal agencies’ compliance with the RFA saved small businesses $11.7 billion in forgone regulatory costs. The... Read Summary...
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The January-February 2012 edition of the Small Business Advocate reports on year-end 2011 news, highlighted by Dr. Winslow Sargeant’s unanimous confirmation as the sixth Chief Counsel for Advocacy and the office’s receipt of an... Read Summary...
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The October 2011 issue of The Small Business Advocate directs attention to one of the top issues facing small businesses: access to capital. Advocacy’s September symposium, The Small Business Capital Crunch: Debt and Equity, receives feature... Read Summary...
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The following is a newsletter from the Office of Advocacy for August-September 2011. The key topics discussed in the newsletter are: Advocacy’s conference to examine the capital crunch Chief Counsel’s listening tour... Read Summary...
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The July issue of The Small Business Advocate features Advocacy’s regional roundtables on women’s business ownership, the chief counsel’s listening tour of West Coast businesses plus regulatory updates and other regional... Read Summary...
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The June issue of The Small Business Advocate reports on federal agencies’ regulatory review plans and Chief Counsel Sargeant’s listening tour of Maine businesses. Other regulatory developments and new research on veterans are covered... Read Summary...
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The May issue of The Small Business Advocate reports on the impact of regulations on small businesses and congressional testimony on the administration of EPA’s greenhouse gas rules and the effect on small entities. In This Issue... Read Summary...
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The April issue of The Small Business Advocate highlights Advocacy’s legislative priorities for the 112th Congress. It also focuses on Advocacy’s network of regional advocates, new research and regulatory developments. In... Read Summary...
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The following is a newsletter from the Office of Advocacy for March 2011. The key topics discussed in the newsletter are: RFA Saves Small Businesses $15 Billion in Compliance Costs Startup America Roundtables Scheduled Message from... Read Summary...
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The following is a newsletter from the Office of Advocacy for January 2011. The key topics discussed in the newsletter are: Executive Order 13563 to Improve Regulatory Review Text of E.O. 13563 OSHA Withdraws Two Rules... Read Summary...
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The following is a newsletter from the Office of Advocacy for December 2010. The key topics discussed in the newsletter are: Broadband Survey Published Jobs Act Codifies RFA Meaures, Gives Budget Independence Message from the Chief Counsel... Read Summary...
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The following is a newsletter from the Office of Advocacy for October/November 2010. The key topics discussed in the newsletter are: The RFA@30 Commemorates Landmark Law An RFA Timeline The History of the RFA Top 10 RFA Questions Answered... Read Summary...
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The following is a newsletter from the Office of Advocacy for August/September 2010. The key topics discussed in the newsletter are: Winslow Sargeant Appointed Chief Counsel for Advocacy Major Advocacy Events Help Redesign... Read Summary...
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The following is a newsletter from the Office of Advocacy for July 2010. The key topics discussed in the newsletter are: Four New Interns at Advocacy this Summer From the Chief Economist’s Desk Cultivating High-Impact Firms:... Read Summary...
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The following is a newsletter from the Office of Advocacy for June 2010. The key topics discussed in the newsletter are: Legislative News Roundtable on Changes to U.S. Patent System Regulatory News EPA Defers Greenhouse Gas Requirements for... Read Summary...
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The following is a newsletter from the Office of Advocacy for April/May 2010. The key topics discussed in the newsletter are: Affordable Broadband: The Catalyst for Small Business Growth Broadband Plan Offers Blueprint for Access New at... Read Summary...
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The following is a newsletter from the Office of Advocacy for March 2010. The key topics discussed in the newsletter are: Regulatory News Advocacy Files Comments on TSA’s Aircraft Repair Station Security Proposal Homeland Security... Read Summary...
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The following is a newsletter from the Office of Advocacy for January/February 2010. The key topics discussed in the newsletter are: Regulatory News Federal Agency Compliance with RFA Saves Small Firms $7 Billion Advocacy Comments on Plans to... Read Summary...
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The following is a newsletter from the Office of Advocacy for December 2009. The key topics discussed in the newsletter are: Economic News Forum Seeks Solutions To Thaw Frozen Small Business Credit Regulatory News Department of... Read Summary...
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The following is a newsletter from the Office of Advocacy for November 2009. The key topics discussed in the newsletter are: Susan Walthall Appointed Acting Chief Counsel Regulatory News Smaller Public Companies Get Final Sarbanes-Oxley... Read Summary...
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The following is a newsletter from the Office of Advocacy for October 2009. The key topics discussed in the newsletter are: Legislation to Watch Message from the Acting Chief Counsel Prepare Your Business for Flu Season Tax News Recovery... Read Summary...
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The following is a newsletter from the Office of Advocacy for August/September 2009. The key topics discussed in the newsletter are: The Small Business Economy Published Advocacy Interns Expand Summer Staff Special Insert: Small... Read Summary...
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The following is a newsletter from the Office of Advocacy for July 2009. The key topics discussed in the newsletter are: Message from the Acting Chief Counsel When We All Work Together, Good Things Happen Regulatory News Small Business Review... Read Summary...
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The following is a newsletter from the Office of Advocacy for May/June 2009. The key topics discussed in the newsletter are: Message from the Acting Chief Counsel Got Broadband? A National Broadband Strategy for Small Business Regional Roundup... Read Summary...
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The following is a newsletter from the Office of Advocacy for April 2009. The key topics discussed in the newsletter are: Effective Federal Income Tax Rates Calculated Home Office Deduction Act Mercatus Fellow Anna Rittgers Message from the... Read Summary...
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The following is a newsletter from the Office of Advocacy for March 2009. The key topics discussed in the newsletter are: Message from the Acting Chief Counsel Small Firms and Recession Research Notes The Small Business Economy The Economy... Read Summary...
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The following is a newsletter from the Office of Advocacy for February 2009. The key topics discussed in the newsletter are: Implementation of the RFA Saves Small Businesses $10.7 Billion Message from the Chief Counsel What’s Advocacy... Read Summary...
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The following is a newsletter from the Office of Advocacy for December/January 2009. The key topics discussed in the newsletter are: Small Business Representatives on Capitol Hill Blogomania Grips Advocacy Karen Mills Nominated to Head SBA... Read Summary...
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