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Sunday, June 24, 2007

There's No Business Like Small Business

What could be more inspirational than a young entrepeneur staying up late to . . . plow through Occupational Safety and Health Administration regulations?

A new law requires federal agencies to publish plain-language compliance guides for all regulations that have a "significant impact" on small business. According to Kiplinger, the new law makes clear that the guides must be available to the public at the time the new rules take effect.

Just one question: why limit this to regulations affecting small firms?

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