How the SBA’s Office of the National Ombudsman Supports and Helps Small Companies
Overview
Who Should Attend
Staffing professionals; sales, recruiting, and workforce solutions industry leaders; chief executive officers; team managers; and senior leadership
Highlights
The U.S. Small Business Administration’s Office of the National Ombudsman works for small businesses to assist them with federal regulatory issues. If you manage a small business, it is important for you to be aware of this office and understand how it can support and help small business.
The Office of the National Ombudsman is an independent voice for small businesses that feel they are being negatively affected by federal regulations, excessive audits, and unfair penalties and fines. Officers analyze small businesses’ concerns to detect recurring issues and trends that create barriers to small business growth. The office can help resolve regulatory disputes with federal agencies; reduce unfair penalties and fines; seek remedies when rules are inconsistently applied; and even recover payment for services performed by government contractors.
During this webinar, attendees will learn:
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- What the Office of the National Ombudsman is
- How to file a comment with the office, and what happens after a comment is filed
- How the Office of the National Ombudsman can support small businesses
- Which federal regulations affect the staffing industry and how the Office of the National Ombudsman can help
Presenters
John Kelly
external relations manager, U.S. Small Business Administration
Kelly has been with the Small Business Administration for 15 years—first at the SBA’s Washington, DC, metropolitan area district office, where he served as a business opportunity specialist for the 8(a) program and assisted small business owners with their business development needs. He then moved into his current role at SBA’s headquarters, in the Office of the National Ombudsman. Previously, Kelly spent 15 years as a business development and finance director for the corporate office of a national franchisor, where he aided small business owners in the capitalization of their startup or expansion of their small businesses.
This webinar qualifies for 1.0 hour of CE toward maintaining your ASA credential.
