1.1: Regulatory Burden
Minimize the regulatory burden on small businesses Other Information:
The following outcome measures will determine success in meeting this Objective: 1.1.1 By FY 2011, achieve a yearly regulatory
cost savings that increases at a rate of 10 percent annually over a base amount of $3.8 billion set in 2002, due to Advocacy
interventions. 1.1.2 By FY 2011, through online training, ensure that employees of all 66 Federal agencies which promulgate
regulations that impact small businesses have in-house expertise on how to comply with the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA).
1.1.3 By FY 2011, ensure there are 10 states either continuing to introduce/improve small business regulatory flexibility
laws/executive orders, or demonstrating successful implementation of existing small business regulatory flexibility laws/executive
orders. 1.1.4 By FY 2011 ensure that there are 15 universities/colleges with business/entrepreneurship programs using Advocacy
data and reports as a resource for instruction and/or further research. 1.1.5 Increase in number of Federal Agencies that
improve their rating in the Ombudsman Annual Report to Congress. 1.1.6 Increase the percentage of comments addressed in 90
business days. Strategy: These outcomes are used because taken together they measure several key aspects of effective SBA
advocacy in achieving reduced regulatory burdens placed on small businesses by the Federal government, minimizing unfair enforcement
of regulations against small businesses by Federal agencies. Unfair enforcement of regulations can include unnecessary and
frequent audits or investigations, inconsistent fines, penalties and enforcement actions, and threats or retaliatory actions.
SBA wants to achieve a significant reduction in the annual regulatory burden (measured in dollars) on small businesses, below
what would otherwise have occurred without the intervention of the SBA. All of these outcomes/efforts are consistent with
the third item on the President’s Small Business Agenda (PSBA)—reducing regulatory barriers.
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