Regulatory guide open to small businesses

WASHINGTON – Small-business owners have a new tool to help cut through the complex and confusing federal regulatory process. The recently launched Regulatory Alerts Web page of the Office of Advocacy now provides one-stop access to proposed regulations, ability to submit comments on the proposals, direct access to Advocacy staff, and links to other regulatory-related sites.

The Regulatory Alerts page is located in the Office of

Advocacy Web site at www.sba.gov/advo. It divides proposed regulations into easily understood subject areas such as environmental; safety, health and labor; and tax. Small businesses affected by the proposed rules are urged to provide the federal agency issuing the notice with comments on the rule and the agency’s analysis of potential impacts on small business.

The Office of Advocacy examines the role and status of small business in the economy and independently represents the views of small business to federal agencies, Congress, and the president. It is the source for small-business statistics and it funds research into small-business issues.