[Federal Register: August 30, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 168)]
[Notices]               
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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

Office of Small Business Utilization; Small Business Advisory 
Committee

 
Renewal of the Small Business Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Office of Small Business Utilization, GSA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 
1972, (5 U.S.C. Appendix, as amended), the Sunshine in the Government 
Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended), and 41 CFR 102-3.65, the U.S. 
General Services Administration gives notice that it intends to renew 
the Small Business Advisory Committee (SBAC), as a discretionary 
Federal advisory committee.
    The Office of Small Business Utilization (OSBU) has responsibility 
for overseeing the General Services Administration's (GSA) best efforts 
to achieve the small business procurement goals set by the Small 
Business Administration (SBA). Several procurement preference program 
goals (HUBZone, Service-Disabled Veteran, Women-Owned) have proven to 
be difficult for GSA and the Federal government as a whole to reach. 
Other procurement issues such as subcontracting, size standards, and 
availability of small manufacturers, impact the government beyond 
procurement goals.
    As the Federal government's primary contracting agency, GSA's 
procurement practices and policies to a large extent affect all other 
Federal agencies. The GSA Small Business Advisory Committee (SBAC) was 
established by the OSBU to solicit the ideas and experience of 
association executives and small business owners in the hopes that 
their recommendations would serve to make the GSA small business 
program more effective in the future, and in turn, the entire Federal 
government's program.
    Committee members will represent a cross-section of various socio-
economic groups and chambers of commerce. One member will be appointed 
from a chamber of commerce from each of the following socio-economic 
groups: African American, Asian American / Pacific Islander, Hispanic, 
Native American / Alaska Native, Veteran / Service-Disabled Veteran, 
and Women-owned businesses. Additional members may be selected based on 
their expertise in government contracting, doing business with the 
Federal government,

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and small business knowledge in general.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Aaron Collmann, Room 6029, GSA 
Building, 1800 F Street, NW., Washington, DC 20405 (202) 501-1021 or 
email at sbac@gsa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published in accordance with 
the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) (Pub. L. 
92-463).

    Dated: August 27, 2007
Michael J. Rigas
Deputy Associate Administrator,Office of Small Business 
Utilization,General Services Administration.
[FR Doc. 07-4282 Filed 8-28-07; 12:35 pm]

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