New guide helps agencies tear down small-business barriers

Federal agencies now have a systematic guide to enacting President Bush's plan to tear down regulatory barriers that hobble entrepreneurial growth. The guide, released recently by Chief Counsel for Advocacy Thomas M. Sullivan, leads implementation of the President's small-business agenda.

With its more than 100 pages, "The Regulatory Flexibility Act: An Implementation Guide for Federal Agencies" explains what federal agencies must do to follow the Regulatory Flexibility Act.

Although required to protect small business from the destructive effects of one-size-fits-all federal regulations by the Regulatory Flexibility Act, many agencies poorly understood that role.

"This compliance guide fulfills President Bush's directive to the Office of Advocacy," Sullivan said.

"We will work closely with federal agencies to apply this blueprint to the every day task of protecting small business from unnecessary regulations.

"It begins the task of freeing entrepreneurs from regulatory barriers so they can do what they do best, create jobs, and power economic growth," he added.