[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 45 (Thursday, March 9, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13176-13177]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-04654]


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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION


National Women's Business Council (NWBC); Data Collection 
Available for Public Comments

AGENCY: National Women's Business Council, Small Business 
Administration.

ACTION: 60-day notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The National Women's Business Council (NWBC) 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, 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 that requirement.

DATES: Submit comments on or before May 8, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Send all comments to Dolores Rowen, Research Manager, 
National Women's Business Council, Small Business Administration, 409 
3rd Street, Suite 5500, Washington, DC 20416.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dolores Rowen, Research Manager, 
National Women's Business Council, [email protected] 202-205-9974, 
or Curtis B. Rich, Management Analyst, [email protected] 202-205-
7030.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Women's Business Council (NWBC) 
is a non-partisan federal advisory council created to serve as an 
independent source of advice and counsel to the President, Congress, 
and the U.S. Small Business Administration on economic issues of 
importance to women business owners.
    NWBC is undertaking a research study that will build upon existing 
knowledge to uncover insights and new information germane to supporting 
and encouraging entrepreneurship among millennial women. Data will be 
collected via focus groups with millennial women and men.
    Given the decline in entrepreneurship among millennials compared to 
prior generations at the same age, research is necessary to understand 
what young women require such that the government can foster increased 
participation in entrepreneurship among millennial women and the extent 
to which there are gendered differences. This research will develop 
insights about multiple topics including: Differences between 
prospective and current millennial women entrepreneurs; differences 
between millennial men and women entrepreneurs; motivating factors; and 
student debt as a motivator and deterrent. This work will include 
multiple perspectives to develop a well-rounded picture including 
prospective millennial women entrepreneurs, current millennial women 
entrepreneurs, and current millennial men entrepreneurs.
    NWBC will use the resulting report from this data collection to 
inform its annual report to the President, Congress, and the SBA on 
policy and program recommendations to support the growth of women-owned 
businesses.

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: Research on Millennial Women Entrepreneurs.
    Description of Respondents: Respondents in the study will be 
prospective millennial women entrepreneurs, current millennial women 
entrepreneurs, and current millennial men entrepreneurs. Focus groups 
with all three respondent types will be conducted in Los Angeles, 
California, Denver, Colorado, and Boston, Massachusetts. The focus 
groups will develop insights regarding motivating factors and barriers 
related to student debt and entrepreneurship.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Total Estimated Annual Responses: There will be a maximum of 108 
focus group participants (no more than 12 persons for each of 9 focus 
groups). Potential participants will be identified and recruited via 
nomination, group or community membership, and targeted emails and 
online recruitment tools.
    Total Estimated Annual Hour Burden: Focus group participants will 
spend approximately 120 minutes in total completing a pre-discussion 
screener, engaging in focus group discussion, and traveling to and from 
the focus group location.
    The total annual time burden is estimated at 216 hours for 
completion of all aspects of data collection. To estimate the 
annualized cost of this time burden, we assumed 2,000 annual working 
hours and an annual salary of $66,000, which is the median annual 
salary for small business owners in the United States as reported by 
PayScale Human Resources, resulting in a cost per participant of $66. 
In order to obtain 108 focus group participants, it is estimated that 
300 contacts will be needed. Of those 192 individuals who are contacted 
and screened, but who are not eligible, willing, or able to participate 
in the focus groups, the time burden is approximately five minutes. 
This adds an additional annual time burden of $528.00. In total, the 
time burden cost for this study is estimated at $7,656.00.

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                                                                                      Average
                                                     Number of       Number of      burden per     Total  annual
      Information collection (focus groups)         respondents   responses  per   response  in     burden  of
                                                                     respondent        hours           hours
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Focus group 1...................................              36               1               2              72
Focus group 2...................................              36               1               2              72
Focus group 3...................................              36               1               2              72
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    Total Annual Burden Hours...................  ..............  ..............  ..............             216
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Curtis B. Rich,
Management Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2017-04654 Filed 3-8-17; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 8025-01-P