[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 158 (Tuesday, August 16, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54645-54646]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-19489]


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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION


Meeting of the Interagency Task Force on Veterans Small Business 
Development

AGENCY: U.S. Small Business Administration

ACTION: Notice of open Federal Interagency Task Force Meeting.

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SUMMARY: The SBA is issuing this notice to announce the loation, date, 
time and agenda for the next meeting of the Interagency Task Force on 
Veterans Small Business Development. The meeting will be open to the 
public.

DATES: Date and Time: Thursday, September 15, 2016, from 9:00 a.m. to 
12:00 noon.

ADDRESSES: U.S. Small Business Administration, 409 3rd Street SW., 
Washington, DC 20416.
    Where: Eisenhower Conference room, side b, located on the Concourse 
level.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C., Appendix 2), SBA announces the 
meeting of the Interagency Task Force on Veterans Small Business 
Development. The Task Force is established pursuant to Executive Order 
13540 and focused on coordinating and pre-established Federal 
contracting goals for small business concers owned and controlled by 
veterans and service-disabled veterans. Moreover, the Task Force shall 
coordinate administrative and regulatory activities and develop 
proposals relating to ``six focus areas'': (1) Access to capital 
(loans, surety bonding and franchising); (2) Ensure achievement of pre-
established contracting goals, including mentor prot[eacute]g[eacute] 
and matching with contracting opportunities; (3) Increase the integrity 
of certifications of status as a small business; (4) Reducing paperwork 
and administrative burdens in accessing business development and 
entrepreneurship opportunities; (5) Increasing and improving training 
and counseling services; and (6) Making other improvements to support 
veteran business development by the Federal government.
    Additional Information: This meeting is open to the public. Advance 
notice of attendance is requested. Anyone wishing to attend and/or make 
comments to the Task Force must contact the Office of Veterans Business 
Development no later than September 9, 2016 at [email protected]. 
Comments for the record should be applicable to the ``six focus areas'' 
of the Task Force and will be limited to five minutes in the interest 
of time and to

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accommodate as many participants as possible. Written comments should 
also be sent to the above email no later than September 9, 2016. 
Special accomodations requests should also be directed to the Office of 
Veterans Business Development at (202) 205-6773 or above email. For 
more information on veteran owned small business programs, please visit 
www.sba.gov/vets.

    Dated: August 2, 2016.
Miguel J. L'Heureux,
SBA Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-19489 Filed 8-15-16; 8:45 am]
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