[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 203 (Monday, October 23, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49073-49074]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-22803]


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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION


Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Small Business Administration.

ACTION: 30-Day notice.

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SUMMARY: The Small Business Administration (SBA) is publishing this 
notice to comply with requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act 
(PRA), which requires agencies to submit proposed reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements to OMB for review and approval, and to 
publish a notice in the Federal Register notifying the public that the 
agency has made such a submission. This notice also allows for an 
additional 30 days for public comments.

DATES: Submit comments on or before November 22, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to the information collection by name 
and/or OMB Control Number and should be sent to: Management Analyst, 
Curtis B. Rich, Small Business Administration, 409 3rd Street SW., 5th 
Floor, Washington, DC 20416; and SBA Desk Officer, Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 
New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Annie Rorem, Senior Research Manager, 
National Women's Business Council, [email protected], 202-205-6829 
or Curtis B. Rich, Management Analyst, [email protected], 202-205-
7030.
    Copies: A copy of the Form OMB 83-1, supporting statement, and 
other Documents submitted to OMB for review may be obtained from the 
Agency Clearance Officer.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 
(SBA) on economic issues of importance to women business owners. The 
Council's mission is to promote initiatives, policies, and programs 
designed to support women's business enterprises at all stages of 
development in the public and private sector marketplaces--from start-
up to success. NWBC is charged with providing sound policy advice 
related to its mission by statutory authority 15 U.S.C. 7105 and 15 
U.S.C. 7109a, with conducting ``such studies and other research 
relating to the award of federal prime contracts and subcontracts to 
women-owned businesses, to access to credit and investment capital by 
women entrepreneurs, or to other issues relating to women-owned 
businesses, as the Council determines to be appropriate.''
    As part of its efforts, NWBC seeks to complement data resources 
available from the Census Bureau's Survey of Small Business Owners and 
Self-Employed Persons (SBO). Although the SBO is widely recognized as 
the most comprehensive, regularly collected source of information on 
selected economic and demographic characteristics for businesses and 
business owners by gender, ethnicity, race, and veteran status, the 
proposed NWBC information collection will add to the available data, in 
terms of both methodology and timeliness. A new annual Web survey, 
which will collect information across a representative sample of 
business owners, including both women and men, will enhance information 
gathering on factors such as challenges to business start-up and 
growth, motivation, and economic impacts related to women 
entrepreneurship in the United States. This survey will also provide a

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comprehensive review of business ownership, including business owners' 
characteristics, types of businesses and economic impact.

Summary of Information Collections

    Title: National Women's Business Council Survey Development on 
Women-Owned and Led Businesses.
    Description of Respondents: Owners of privately-held small 
businesses.
    Total Estimated Annual Responses: 12,131.
    Total Estimated Annual Hour Burden: 1,348.

Curtis B. Rich,
Management Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2017-22803 Filed 10-20-17; 8:45 am]
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