One Stop Shop for Small Business Compliance

When federal agencies publish regulations that may have a significant economic impact on small businesses, they are required to publish Small Entity Compliance Guides.

SBA’s Office of the National Ombudsman collects the guides from federal agencies, in accordance with The One Stop Shop for Small Business Compliance Act of 2021.

The table below contains links to federal agency websites and publications. You can also download a spreadsheet of available guides and rules.

Organization	Compliance Guide Links	General Point of Contact Information
Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS)	Compliance Guidance	Lynda Lilyestrom, Deputy Director, Congressional and Public Affairs Staff Office of Public Affairs and Consumer Education docketclerk@usda.gov 202-937-4272
Department of Commerce (DOC) National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)	Rules and Regulations	nmfs.fishing.compliance@noaa.gov
Department of Commerce (DOC) United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)	Guidance Documents Trademark Modernization Act Trademark rule requires domicile address for all filers	GuidanceDocuments@uspto.org
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)	Home Mortgage Disclosure (Regulation C) (Feb 2023) Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (Regulation X) and Truth in Lending Act (Regulation Z) Mortgage Servicing Rules (Aug 2021) Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) Valuations Rule (Jan 2014) TILA Higher-Priced Mortgage Loans (HPML) Appraisal Rule (Jan 2014) TILA Higher-Priced Mortgage Loans (HPML) Escrow Rule (Jan 2021) TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure rule (May 2018) Loan Originator Rule (Nov 2019) Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act (HOEPA) Rule (Nov 2018) Debt Collection Rule (April 2021) Payday, Vehicle Title, and High-Cost Installment Lending Rule (July 2020) Prepaid rule (April 2019) Remittance transfers (June 2020)	Andrea P. Edmonds Deputy Assistant Director, Regulatory Implementation and Guidance│Office of Regulations Office: 202-435-7790 Mobile: 571-643-8470
Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)	Small Entity Compliance Guides	Will Cusey U.S. CPSC Small Business Ombudsman sbo@cpsc.gov 301-504 7945 888-531 9070
Department of Defense (DOD) Office of Small Business Programs (OSBP)	Policy	Jacqueline Charles, PhD Jacqueline.a.charles2.civ@mail.mil
Department of Education (ED)	Student Assistance General Provisions, Federal Perkins Loan Program, Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program, and William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program Negotiated Rulemaking 2013-2014 Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)	Small.Business@ed.gov Elizabeth Walker 202-245-6300
Department of Energy (DOE)	Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act Appliance Standards Program and Test Procedures	Jeremy Dommu 202-586-9870 Michael Kido 202-586-8145 Julia Hegarty 240-597-6737 Nolan Brickwood 202-586-4498
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)	Small Entity Compliance Guides	Asbestos and Small Business Ombudsman Margaret Amao Amao.margaret@epa.gov 202-564-8631
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)	Compliance Guides for Small Businesses	OCBOinfo@fcc.gov
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)	Small Entity Compliance Guide	Daniel Marcotte dmarcotte@fdic.gov 877-275-3342
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)	No compliance guide issues because the rule was exempt from the RFA requirements.	866-208-3372 customer@ferc.gov Enforcement Hotline: 888-889-8030 hotline@ferc.gov
Federal Reserve Board (FRB)	The Fed - Compliance Guides	Federal Reserve Board of Governors Ombuds Office ombuds@frb.gov Phone: 800-337-0429 Fax: 202-530-6208 Mail: Office of the Ombuds Federal Reserve Board 20th & C Streets, NW, Mail Stop 28 Washington, D.C. 20551
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)	Complying with COPPA: Frequently Asked Questions (July 2020) Final Model Privacy Form Under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (2009) How To Comply with the Privacy of Consumer Financial Information Rule of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (July 2002) FTC Safeguards Rule: What Your Business Needs to Know (May 2022) Debt Relief Services & the Telemarketing Sales Rule: A Guide for Business (July 2010)	smallbusinessassistance@ftc.gov
General Services Administration (GSA)	Small Entity Compliance Guide	FARPolicy@gsa.gov osdbu_review_concurrence@gsa.gov
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)	Small Entity Compliance Guides	sbaombudsman@cms.hhs.gov 410-786-1002
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Food & Drug Administration	Small Entity Compliance Guide	Ombuds@OC.FDA.gov Laurie Lenkel laurie.lenkel@fda.hhs.gov 301-796-8530
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS)	Small Business Assistance	DHS Small Business Specialists
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Coast Guard	Small Entity Compliance Guide	Spencer Phillips Spencer.phillips@uscg.mil 202-372-3854
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Customs and Border Protection (CBP)	Informed Compliance Publications	Karmeshia Tuck Karmeshia.tuck@cbp.dhs.gov 202-325-1030
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)	Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act (SBREFA)	Angelia Pope Angelia.pope@ics.dhs.gov 202-271-0880
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)	Small Business Policies	Derek Pruitt Senior Small Business Utilization Specialist derek.l.pruitt@hud.gov 202-402-3467 OSDBU General Contact: smallbusiness@hud.gov 202-402-5477
Department of the Interior (DOI)	Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act (SBREFA)	doi_osdbu@ios.doi.gov 202-208-3493
Department of Justice (DOJ)	Small Entity Compliance Guide Bump-Stock-Type-Devices Final Rule ADA Update: A Primer for Small Business Final Rule 2021R-08F \| Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives	Vivian Chu Chief, Office of Regulatory Affairs ora@atf.gov 202-648-7070
Department of Labor (DOL) Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA)	Small Business Information Final Rule on Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights \| U.S. Department of Labor	William Barron barron.william@dol.gov 202-693-8665
Department of Labor (DOL) Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA)	Compliance Guides and eLaws Advisors	Educational Field and Small Mine Services General MSHA contact: Nancy Rooney, rooney.nancy@dol.gov; mshatraining@dol.gov or AskMSHA@dol.gov 202-693-9570 Sign up for email updates
Department of Labor (DOL) Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)	Small Business Compliance Guides	Patrick Showalter Showalter.patrick@dol.gov 202-693-2229 OSHA Compliance Assistance Specialists
Department of Labor (DOL) Office of Federal Contract Compliance Program (OFCCP)	Compliance assistance guides	Panayiota Karavagelis Cregg karavagelis.pan@dol.gov 202-693-0910 OFCCPsmallguide@dol.gov OFCCP Help Desk: 800-397-6251
Department of Labor (DOL) Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS)	N/A	Lead Compliance Assistance Specialist Michael Delaney Delaney.michael@dol.gov 202-693-1279 General OLMS contact: 202-693-0123 OLMS-Public@dol.gov
Department of Labor (DOL) Wage & Hour Division (WHD)	Compliance Assistance	Michael Kravitz Kravitz.michael@dol.gov 202-693-0185 General WHD contact: Ernest J. Weiss, III. WeissIII.Ernest@dol.gov 202-693-0547
National Credit Union Administration (NCUA)	Regulation and Supervision	Shameka Sutton, Ombudsman; Ombudsman@ncua.gov 703-518-1175
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)	Joint Employer Status Under the National Labor Relations Act Representation-Case Procedures: Election Bars; Proof of Majority Support in Construction-Industry Collective-Bargaining Relationships	publicinfo@nlrb.gov 844-762-NLRB (844-762-6572) Dolores Boda Dolores.boda@nlrb.gov 202-273-2887
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)	Small Entity Compliance Guide	SmallEntity.Resource@nrc.gov Anthony Briggs anthony.briggs@nrc.gov 301-415-8606
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)	Small Business Compliance Guides	Stephen M. Jung jungs@sec.gov 202-551-5162
Small Business Administration (SBA)	Compliance Guide for Size Standards	Sizestandards@sba.gov
Department of Transportation (DOT)	Operating Administration Guidance Portals	smallbusinesscomplianceassistance@dot.gov
Department of Treasury Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FINCEN)	Beneficial Ownership Small Entity Compliance Guide	www.fincen.gov/contact Regulatory Helpline (1-800-767-2825 toll free or 703-905-3591).
Department of Treasury Internal Revenue Service	Questions and answers on information reporting by health coverage providers (Section 6055)	Stephanie Harrison-Colbert Stephanie.j.harrison-colbert@irs.gov 240-613-6572