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April 2, 2013 By AMK

SBA’s advocacy office catches fire from business and academic communities alike

The business community’s ombudsman within the Small Business Administration defended his office’s record against attacks from both the right and the left on Thursday.

Chief Counsel for Advocacy Winslow Sargeant was accused by business groups of allowing agencies to write regulations with little input from affected companies while an academic charged that his office is a tool of corporate anti-regulatory lobbying.

Rep. David Schweikert, R-Ariz., chairman of the House Small Business Subcommittee on Investigations, Oversight and Regulations, called the hearing out of concern that agencies may not be complying with the 1980 Regulatory Flexibility Act.

“Each year, federal agencies publish between 3,000 to 4,000 new regulations and many of those rules impose burdens on small businesses,” he said.

Keep reading this article at: http://www.govexec.com/oversight/2013/03/sba-office-catches-fire-businesses-and-academic-alike/61884/?oref=govexec_today_nl.

Filed Under: Government Contracting News Tagged With: advocacy, federal regulations, Regulatory Flexibility Act, SBA, small business

February 4, 2013 By AMK

Reports contend SBA advocacy office guided by big business

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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Filed Under: Government Contracting News Tagged With: advocacy, federal regulations, SBA, small business

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