Posts Tagged ‘ r3 ’

R3 Limps Into The New Year

Jan 26th, 2009 | By Dawn R. Rivers | Category: Regulations

The SBA Office of Advocacy announced last week that it had received thirty-eight nominations of burdensome regulations during the second round of its Regulatory Review and Reform (r3) initiative. That’s quite a drop from the first round, during which there were 83 nominations – more than double this year’s turnout. That almost certainly had to [...]



Call For Nominations of Rules for Review

Jul 14th, 2008 | By Dawn R. Rivers | Category: Regulations

In a guest article reprinted by the MicroEnterprise Journal from the monthly Small Business Advocate newsletter, the Office of Advocacy’s John McDowell writes: “Changing markets, technology, and competition make it imperative that federal agencies periodically review how their current regulations affect small business. Only with regular evaluation can the enormous number of current regulations be [...]



Round One of Advocacy’s r3 Is A Hit

Jan 14th, 2008 | By Dawn R. Rivers | Category: Regulations

More than eighty federal regulations have been nominated for review by concerned small business owners and small business advocates as a part of the SBA Office of Advocacy’s Regulatory Review and Reform initiative, the agency announced last week. The initiative, nicknamed r3, is another plank of President Bush’s effort to reduce regulatory burdens for small [...]