[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 221 (Tuesday, November 17, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 71907]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-29192]


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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION


Data Collection Available for Public Comments

ACTION: 60-DAY notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Small Business Administration (SBA) intends to request 
approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to reduce the 
approved collection of information for 8(a) Business Development (BD) 
Program applicants. The Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, 44 U.S.C 
Chapter 35 required federal agencies to publish a notice in the Federal 
Register concerning each proposed or changed collection of information 
before submission to OMB, and to allow 60 days for public comment in 
response to the notice. This notice complies with that requirement.

DATES: Submit comments on or before January 19, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Send all comments to Melinda Edwards 
([email protected]), Program Analyst, Office of Business 
Development, Small Business Administration, 409 3rd Street, 8th Floor, 
Washington, DC 20416.

For Further Information or a Copy of the Forms, Contact: Melinda 
Edwards, Program Analyst, Office of Business Development, 
[email protected] 202-619-1843, or Curtis B. Rich, Management 
Analyst, 202-205-7030, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 8(a) BD Program is designed to enhance 
the business development of small business concerns owned and 
controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals whose 
ability to compete in the free enterprise system has been impaired due 
to diminished capital and credit opportunities as compared to others in 
the same or similar line of business. Historically, over 2,000 
entrepreneurs apply for 8(a) BD Program certification each year. Each 
year approximately 1,500 applications are returned without processing 
or withdrawn because they are incomplete. In an effort to increase the 
8(a) BD Program's accessibility to socially and economically 
disadvantaged small business owners, SBA seeks to reduce the 
information collection and forms. The reduced collection of information 
is based directly on the 8(a) Program eligibility criteria in 13 Code 
of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 124. SBA believes this initiative 
will reduce the administrative paperwork burden for 8(a) applicants 
while maintaining the integrity of the 8(a) BD Program.

Solicitation of Public Comments

    SBA is requesting comments on (a) Whether the eliminated/reduced 
collection of information was necessary for the agency to properly 
perform its functions; (b) whether the burden estimates are accurate; 
(c) whether there are ways to further minimize the burden, including 
through the use of automated techniques or other forms of information 
technology; and (d) whether there are ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information.

Summary of Information Collection:

    Title: 8(a) Business Development Program Application.
    Description of Respondents: 8(a) Program Participants.
    Form Number: SBA Forms 413, 1010 and 1010IND.
    Total Estimated Annual Responses (413): 5951.
    Total Estimated Annual Hour Burden (413): 8927.
    Total Estimated Annual Responses (1010): 2114.
    Total Estimated Annual Hour Burden (1010): 3171.
    Total Estimated Annual Responses (1010-IND): 1810.
    Total Estimated Annual Hour Burden (1010-IND): 1810.

Curtis B. Rich,
Management Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2015-29192 Filed 11-16-15; 8:45 am]
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