[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 161 (Tuesday, August 20, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 51263]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-20297]


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U.S. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION


Annual Meeting of the Regional Small Business Regulatory Fairness 
Boards Office of the National Ombudsman

AGENCY: U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA).

ACTION: Notice of open meeting of the Regional Small Business 
Regulatory Fairness Boards.

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SUMMARY: The SBA, Office of the National Ombudsman is issuing this 
notice to announce the location, date, time and agenda for the annual 
board meeting of the ten Regional Small Business Regulatory Fairness 
Boards (RegFair Boards). The meeting is open to the public.

DATES: The meeting will be held on the following dates: Monday, August 
19, 2013 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST and on Tuesday, August 20, 
2013 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. EST.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be at the Holiday Inn, 550 C Street SW., 
Washington, DC 20024, in the Discovery I Conference Room located on the 
1st Floor.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The meeting is open to the public; 
however advance notice of attendance is requested. Anyone wishing to 
attend and/or make a presentation to the Regulatory Fairness Boards 
must contact Yolanda Swift, Acting National Ombudsman for Regulatory 
Enforcement Fairness, Office of the National Ombudsman, 409 3rd Street 
SW., Suite 7125, Washington, DC 20416 by August 16, 2013 by fax or 
email in order to be placed on the agenda, by phone (202) 205-6918, fax 
(202) 401-6128 or email [email protected].
    Additionally, if you need accommodations because of a disability or 
require additional information, please contact Jos[eacute] 
M[eacute]ndez, Case Management Specialist, Office of the National 
Ombudsman, 409 3rd Street SW., Suite 7125, Washington, DC 20416, phone 
(202) 205-6178, fax (202) 401-2707, email [email protected].
    For more information on the Office of the National Ombudsman, 
please visit our Web site at www.sba.gov/ombudsman.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Small Business Regulatory 
Enforcement Fairness Act (Pub. L. 104-121), Sec. 222, SBA announces the 
meeting of the Regional Regulatory Fairness Boards. The Regional Small 
Business Regulatory Fairness Boards are tasked to advise the National 
Ombudsman on matters of concern to small businesses relating to 
enforcement activities of agencies and to report on substantiated 
instances of excessive enforcement actions against small business 
concerns, including any findings or recommendations of the Board as to 
agency enforcement practice or policy.
    The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the following topics 
related to the Regional Small Business Regulatory Fairness Boards:

--RegFair Board Member Duties, Responsibilities, and Standards of 
Conducting Briefing
--Securing Comments and the Comment Process
--Remarks by Esther Vassar, Former National Ombudsman
--Planning for and Logistics of Hearings and Roundtables
--Success by Working Together to Address Regulatory Issues for Small 
Businesses
--Remarks by Natalia Olson, SBA Region III Regional Administrator
--Remarks by Sara Lipscomb, SBA General Counsel
--Discussion of the Draft Annual Report to Congress and Comments from 
ONO Team and RegFair Board Members
--Board Member Travel Reimbursement
--Remarks by Dr. Winslow Sargeant, Chief Counsel, SBA Office of 
Advocacy
--Remarks by Karen Gordon Mills, SBA Administrator

    Dated: August 14, 2013.
Christopher R. Upperman,
SBA Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-20297 Filed 8-16-13; 11:15 am]
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