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Regulatory Flexibility Act Law Review Articles Published
Friday September 8, 11:50 am ET
Assistant Chief Counsels for Advocacy Author New Legal Treatises
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) legal scholarship has increased with the publication of new law journal articles authored by two Assistant Chief Counsels for Advocacy. Presented at "The Contemporary Regulatory State" symposium held earlier this year in New York, the articles by Keith Holman and Michael See appear in the most recent Fordham Urban Law Journal, published by the Fordham University School of Law.
"The papers by Assistant Chief Counsels Holman and See show that the Office of Advocacy is at the forefront of regulatory issues affecting small business," said Chief Counsel for Advocacy Thomas M. Sullivan. "Not only does our office perform leading edge economic research, we also add significantly to the growing body of legal scholarship that defines how small business benefits from the RFA."
Keith Holman's article, The Regulatory Flexibility Act at 25: Is the Law Achieving Its Goal?, examines whether the RFA is succeeding in shifting the culture within federal regulatory agencies towards an appreciation of the value of small entities, and instilling within the agencies a desire to act accordingly. Holman concludes that federal regulatory agencies are generally doing a better job of conducting flexibility analyses; however, most have not fully embraced the goals of the RFA.
Willful Blindness: Federal Agencies' Failure to Comply with the Regulatory Flexibility Act's Periodic Review Requirement -- and Current Proposals to Invigorate the Act, written by Michael See, takes an in-depth look at federal agency compliance with section 610 of the RFA. Section 610 requires federal agencies to review periodically existing rules and consider reducing their regulatory burden on small business. See notes that over the past twenty-five years, federal regulators have often ignored section 610 and have not conducted periodic reviews of their rules.
The law review articles may be found at www.sba.gov/advo/laws/law_lib.html. For more information, visit the Office of Advocacy website at www.sba.gov/advo.
The Office of Advocacy, the "small business watchdog" of the federal government, 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 presented in user-friendly formats, and it funds research into small business issues.
The Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is an independent voice for small business within the federal government. The presidentially appointed Chief Counsel for Advocacy advances the views, concerns, and interests of small business before Congress, the White House, federal agencies, federal courts, and state policy makers. For more information, visit www.sba.gov/advo, or call (202) 205-6533.
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Friday September 8, 11:50 am ET
Assistant Chief Counsels for Advocacy Author New Legal Treatises
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) legal scholarship has increased with the publication of new law journal articles authored by two Assistant Chief Counsels for Advocacy. Presented at "The Contemporary Regulatory State" symposium held earlier this year in New York, the articles by Keith Holman and Michael See appear in the most recent Fordham Urban Law Journal, published by the Fordham University School of Law.
"The papers by Assistant Chief Counsels Holman and See show that the Office of Advocacy is at the forefront of regulatory issues affecting small business," said Chief Counsel for Advocacy Thomas M. Sullivan. "Not only does our office perform leading edge economic research, we also add significantly to the growing body of legal scholarship that defines how small business benefits from the RFA."
Keith Holman's article, The Regulatory Flexibility Act at 25: Is the Law Achieving Its Goal?, examines whether the RFA is succeeding in shifting the culture within federal regulatory agencies towards an appreciation of the value of small entities, and instilling within the agencies a desire to act accordingly. Holman concludes that federal regulatory agencies are generally doing a better job of conducting flexibility analyses; however, most have not fully embraced the goals of the RFA.
Willful Blindness: Federal Agencies' Failure to Comply with the Regulatory Flexibility Act's Periodic Review Requirement -- and Current Proposals to Invigorate the Act, written by Michael See, takes an in-depth look at federal agency compliance with section 610 of the RFA. Section 610 requires federal agencies to review periodically existing rules and consider reducing their regulatory burden on small business. See notes that over the past twenty-five years, federal regulators have often ignored section 610 and have not conducted periodic reviews of their rules.
The law review articles may be found at www.sba.gov/advo/laws/law_lib.html. For more information, visit the Office of Advocacy website at www.sba.gov/advo.
The Office of Advocacy, the "small business watchdog" of the federal government, 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 presented in user-friendly formats, and it funds research into small business issues.
The Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is an independent voice for small business within the federal government. The presidentially appointed Chief Counsel for Advocacy advances the views, concerns, and interests of small business before Congress, the White House, federal agencies, federal courts, and state policy makers. For more information, visit www.sba.gov/advo, or call (202) 205-6533.
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