An office designed to advocate for the protection of small businesses has routinely worked against health and safety regulations despite lacking the relevant scientific expertise or a clear benefit for small businesses, say two reports.
The studies, both released last Tuesday (1/29/2013), from the Center for Effective Government (.pdf) and the Center for Progressive Reform (.pdf) say that the Small Business Association’s Office of Advocacy is a largely unaccountable office whose comments carry a heavy weight because it was created to ensure federal rules take small business needs into account.
Keep reading at: SBA office guided by big business, say reports – FierceGovernment http://www.fiercegovernment.com/story/sba-office-guided-big-business-say-reports/2013-01-31#ixzz2JaBeMn1s
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