[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 134 (Thursday, July 13, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39691-39692]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-10964]
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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
Compliance Assistance Resources and Points of Contact Available
to Small Businesses
AGENCY: Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the
President.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of
2002 (44 U.S.C. 3520), the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is
publishing a ``list of the compliance assistance resources available to
small businesses'' and a list of the points of contacts in agencies
``to act as a liaison
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between the agency and small business concerns'' with respect to the
collection of information and the control of paperwork. This
information is posted on the following Web site: http://www.business.gov/sbpra.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Keith B. Belton, Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, E-mail:
[email protected], Telephone: (202) 395-4815. Inquiries may be
submitted by facsimile to (202) 395-7285.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Background
The Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2002 (Pub. L. 107-198)
requires OMB to ``publish in the Federal Register and make available on
the Internet (in consultation with the Small Business Administration)
on an annual basis a list of the compliance assistance resources
available to small businesses'' (44 U.S.C. 3504(c)(6)). In addition,
under another provision of this Act, ``each agency shall, with respect
to the collection of information and the control of paperwork,
establish 1 point of contact in the agency to act as a liaison between
the agency and small business concerns'' (44 U.S.C. 3506(i)(1)).
OMB has, with the active assistance and support of the Small
Business Administration (SBA) and the Small Business and Agriculture
Enforcement Ombudsman (SBA Ombudsman), assembled a list of the
compliance assistance resources available to small businesses. This
list is available today on the following Web site: http://www.business.gov/sbpra. There is also a link to this information on the
OMB Web site and the SBA Ombudsman's Web site.
Steven D. Aitken,
Acting Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.
[FR Doc. E6-10964 Filed 7-12-06; 8:45 am]
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