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Entries from November 2012

NOAA To Withdraw Proposal Requiring Southeastern Shrimpers to Equip Vessels with Turtle Excluder Devices

November 30th, 2012 · Comments Off

 
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has announced its intent to withdraw a proposed rule that would have required the use of turtle excluder devices (TEDs) by commercial shrimping vessels in the southeast fisheries.  The rule would have affected an estimated 6,500 shrimp fishermen.  In its regulatory flexibility analysis of the proposed rule, NOAA [...]

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Tags: Regulatory Policy · State and Regional

Go Ahead, Take That Risk!

November 28th, 2012 · 1 Comment

 
Tomorrow, Kansas City will be humming with the innovation vibe. Two energetic Kansas City–area entrepreneurs, Jabbar Wesley and Eze Redwood—will be launching the city’s first NovelDay at the headquarters of Burns & McDonnell, the international engineering firm.
How many budding entrepreneurs are holding off on implementing a great idea because they lack the confidence to take the [...]

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Tags: State and Regional

Shop Small on Saturday, November 24

November 21st, 2012 · 3 Comments

Editor’s note: This post was originally published on the Small Business Administration website.
In between the Black Friday sales and the Cyber Monday deals is Small Business Saturday (November 24th) – a day set aside to support the small businesses that play a vital role in creating jobs and economic opportunities all across the country.
Small businesses [...]

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Tags: Uncategorized

Panel Examines Regulatory Developments and Women-Owned Businesses

November 16th, 2012 · 1 Comment

 
On November 7, the greater D.C. chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) and Women Impacting Public Policy (WIPP) presented a panel on trends in finance, policy, and regulatory requirements that affect women small business owners. Treliant Risk Advisors hosted the event, Regulatory Developments Affecting Women-Owned Businesses, and Advocacy Economist Christine Kymn [...]

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Tags: Regulatory Policy · Research & Statistics

Advocacy Comments on Proposed Mortgage Disclosure Regulations

November 14th, 2012 · Comments Off

On November 6, the Office of Advocacy submitted comments to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on the proposed rule on Integrated Mortgage Disclosures under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (“RESPA” or Regulation X) and the Truth in Lending Act (“TILA” or Regulation Z). The rule governs the practices and documents in use when consumers [...]

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Tags: Regulatory Policy

Advocacy Participates in ABA Expert Session on SBREFA Panels

November 9th, 2012 · Comments Off

 Two of Advocacy’s attorneys, Assistant Chief Counsels Bruce Lundegren and Kevin Bromberg, were key members of a panel at the American Bar Association’s Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice Section conference in Washington, D.C., on October 25. The panel, “Building Effective SBREFA Panels,” explored the requirements for incorporating small business input into regulatory proposals as set [...]

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Tags: Regulatory Policy

Office of Advocacy Has a Strong Showing at Administrative Law Conference

November 7th, 2012 · Comments Off

 
“I’ll let you write the substance…you let me write the procedure, and I’ll screw you every time.”
—Representative John Dingell
(Hearing on H.R. 2327, Regulatory Reform Act, before the Subcomm. on Admin. Law and Governmental Regulations of the House Comm. on the Judiciary, 98th Cong. 312 [1983])
Representative Dingell’s window into the world of lawmaking is legendary in [...]

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Tags: Regulatory Policy