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Entries from November 2009

Advocacy to NOAA: Use Good Science to Set Catch Limits

November 24th, 2009 · 6 Comments

On November 10, the Office of Advocacy submitted a letter to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (aka NOAA) regarding the specifications for the Atlantic herring fishery. “Hmm,” you may be thinking. “What’s this all about? I didn’t see anything in the Federal Register about herring specifications.” Well, sometimes Advocacy gets involved so early in [...]

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Tags: Regulatory Policy · State and Regional

Capitol Hill Connection for the Week of November 17

November 17th, 2009 · Comments Off

Each week while Congress is in session the Office of Advocacy will post a highlights schedule of congressional hearings and committee markups that we think will be of interest to stakeholders in the small business community. For further information on the hearings in question please contact the relevant congressional committee.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
10:00 am  Markup
House [...]

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Tags: Regulatory Policy

Capitol Hill Connection for the Week of November 2

November 2nd, 2009 · 4 Comments

Each week while Congress is in session the Office of Advocacy will post a highlights schedule of congressional hearings and committee markups that we think will be of interest to stakeholders in the small business community. For further information on the hearings in question please contact the relevant congressional committee.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
9:00 am   [...]

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Tags: Regulatory Policy