[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 210 (Friday, October 30, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66961-66962]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-27754]


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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) for the 
collection of information described below. The Paperwork Reduction Act 
(PRA) of 1995, 44 U.S.C Chapter 35 requires federal agencies to publish 
a notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of 
information before submission to OMB, and to allow 60 days for public 
comment in response to the notice. This notice complies with such 
requirements.

DATES: Submit comments on or before December 29, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Send all comments to Brittany Borg, Contracting Officer 
Representative, Office of Entrepreneurial Development, U.S. Small 
Business Administration, 409 3rd Street, Room 6200, Washington, DC 
20416.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brittany Borg, Contracting Officer 
Representative 202-401-1354, [email protected], or Curtis B. Rich, SBA 
PRA Officer, 202-205-7030, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Emerging Leaders Initiative aims to 
assist established small businesses located in historically challenged 
communities with increasing their sustainability, attracting outside 
investment, and strengthening each community's economic base by 
creating jobs and providing valuable goods and services. These 
objectives are pursued by offering eligible business executives a 7-
month intensive course focused on the skills essential to develop their 
companies, expand their resource networks, and increase their 
confidence and motivation. The course is designed to be hands-on and is 
composed of classroom sessions, out-of-class preparation work, and 
executive mentoring groups where participants can discuss their 
challenges. A broad range of topics is covered in the curriculum, 
including financial measures of business health, strategies for 
marketing, access to funding, and employee management and recruitment.
    SBA plans to conduct annual performance-monitoring activities to 
assess the short- and intermediate-term outcomes of participants in the 
Emerging Leaders Initiative. The broad outcomes assessed will include 
satisfaction, changes in management behavior, and changes in economic 
outcomes, such as loans obtained and jobs created. Specifically, SBA 
plans to implement three instruments with the participants in each 
cohort: an intake assessment form at the start of the program to 
document baseline conditions, a satisfaction-oriented feedback form at 
the end of the program, and an annual outcome-oriented survey for 3 
years after program completion. The latter instrument will document 
changes in key outcomes over a longer period, because job growth, 
revenue growth, profitability, and other economic outcomes of program 
participation are expected to manifest in the intermediate and long 
terms.
    Solicitation of Public Comments: SBA is requesting comments on (a) 
Whether the collection of information is necessary for the agency to 
properly perform its functions; (b) whether the burden estimates are 
accurate; (c) whether there are ways to 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: Emerging Leader's Initiative

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                                                                   Participants across 48 sites
                                    Anticipated  ---------------------------------------------------------------
           Instrument             response  rate                                       Non-          Burden in
                                        (%)            Total        Respondents     respondents        hours
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Intake form.....................             100             960             960               0             448
Feedback form...................              87             960             838             122             336
Follow-up surveys (graduates):
    1st year....................              65             838             545             293             301
    2nd year....................              39             838             327             511             225
    3rd year....................              20             838             168             671             169
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Curtis B. Rich,
Management Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2015-27754 Filed 10-29-15; 8:45 am]
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