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NEW REGIONAL ADVOCATE FOR SBA ENCOURAGES BUSINESS OWNERS TO SPEAK UP (02/17/2011)

Jennifer Clark is the Small Business Administration’s Regional Advocate for Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington. It is her job to make sure the voice of small business from the Pacific Northwest is heard back in Washington, DC. That involves building awareness in the region of the regulatory issues that will be impacting small business and then making sure the small business community has the opportunity to share its concerns.

President Obama issued an Executive Order in January requiring all federal agencies to review existing and proposed regulations to determine their relevance, identify opportunities for streamlining, and reduce barriers to economic growth. Federal agencies must consider the impact of new regulations on small business, give them an opportunity to comment as regulations are being proposed, be flexible when considering regulations, look for alternatives when the regulation creates an excessive burden on small business, and review existing regulations to make sure they are still relevant.

The rules being considered by various federal agencies, along with how to comment on them, can be found here. You are encouraged to submit our comments directly to the appropriate agency as your input will amplify the voice of the small business community and may factor into the priority order in which the regulations are reviewed.