The Small Business Watchdog

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.
THIS WEEK
The House votes on a [...]

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Small businesses saved $11.7 billion in fiscal year 2011—and $10.7 billion of that will be annually recurring costs—as a result of regulatory changes made to final rules based on Office of Advocacy recommendations, according to this year’s Annual Report on the Regulatory Flexibility Act, FY 2011. Since 1980, Advocacy has facilitated compliance with the Regulatory [...]

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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.
THIS WEEK
The House and Senate are [...]

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By: James Hendler

U.S. security and prosperity rests, in great part, on our technological innovation and creativity. Both are nurtured within our research university system. The Defense Department, however, is considering new rules for handling sensitive information that, while intended to strengthen U.S. security, could stifle innovative university research.
The U.S. is the world leader in moving [...]

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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.
THIS WEEK
The House and the Senate [...]

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Once again, Advocacy’s state Small Business Profiles tell a story about where we have been going over the past couple of years. The news about employment change going forward is positive: the United States as a whole and nearly all of the states are beginning to show net private sector job gains rather than losses, [...]

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