[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 62 (Friday, April 1, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16882-16883]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-6429]


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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET


Compliance Assistance Resources and Points of Contact Available 
to Small Businesses

    Authority: The Small Business Paperwork Relief Act (44 U.S.C. 
3520)

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,

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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 
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 OMB Web site: http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/inforeg/infocoll.html.

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) 
``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)).
    Working in cooperation with the Small Business and Agriculture 
Enforcement Ombudsman (SBA Ombudsman) in the Small Business 
Administration, OMB has, with the active assistance and support of the 
SBA Ombudsman, assembled a list of the compliance assistance resources 
available to small businesses. This list is available today on OMB's 
Web site at http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/inforeg/infocoll.html. The 
SBA Ombudsman has created a link to this information on the SBA 
Ombudsman's Web Site at http://www.sba.gov/ombudsman.

Donald R. Arbuckle,
Deputy Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.
[FR Doc. 05-6429 Filed 3-31-05; 8:45 am]
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