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.

Small Entity Compliance Guides

Compliance guide link Agency Effective date Contacts
Filing of Applications; Modernization of Media Regulation Initiative; Revision of the Public Notice Requirements; Low Power FM Radio Service Technical Rules; Reexamination of the Comparative Standards and Procedures for Licensing Noncommercial Educational Broadcast Stations and Low Power FM Stations Rule Compliance Guide Federal Communications Commission
Contact Lens Rule Compliance Guide Federal Trade Commission
Leased Commercial Access; Modernization of Media Regulation Initiative Rule Compliance Guide Federal Communications Commission
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Provisions; Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Amendment 21 to the Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fishery Management Plan Compliance Guide Commerce Department, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Pacific Halibut Fisheries; Revisions to Catch Sharing Plan and Domestic Management Measures in Alaska Compliance Guide Commerce Department, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone off Alaska; Adjust the North Pacific Observer Program Fee Rule Compliance Guide Commerce Department, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Reclassifying Sculpin Species in the Groundfish Fisheries of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands and the Gulf of Alaska Compliance Guide Commerce Department, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Provisions; Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Northeast Multispecies Fishery; Framework Adjustment 59 Compliance Guide Commerce Department, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
International Fisheries; Eastern Pacific Tuna Fisheries; Western and Central Pacific Fisheries for Highly Migratory Species; Area of Overlap Between the Convention Areas of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission and the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission Compliance Guide Commerce Department, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Snapper-Grouper Fishery Off the Southern Atlantic Region; Regulatory Amendment 29 Compliance Guide Commerce Department, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Fisheries off West Coast States; Vessel Movement, Monitoring, and Declaration Management for the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Compliance Guide Commerce Department, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Pacific Halibut Fisheries; Catch Sharing Plan Compliance Guide Commerce Department, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Last updated September 15, 2025