[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 233 (Wednesday, December 6, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57641-57642]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-26211]


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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 U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is issuing this 
notice to announce the location, date, time and agenda for the next 
meeting of the Interagency Task Force on Veterans Small Business 
Development. The meeting is open to the public.

DATES: Wednesday, December 13, 2017, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: U.S. Small Business Administration, 409 3rd Street SW., 
Washington, DC 20416. Due to limited seating, the general public is 
requested to attend the meeting via teleconference or webinar.
    Contact Info: (Teleconference Dial-In) 1-888-858-2144, Access Code: 
7805798, (Webinar) https://connect16.uc.att.com/sba/meet/?ExEventID=87805798; Access Code: 7805798.

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 (Task Force). The Task Force is established pursuant to 
Executive Order 13540 to coordinate the efforts of Federal agencies to 
improve capital, business development opportunities, and pre-
established federal contracting goals for small business concerns 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) Improving capital access and capacity of small business 
concerns owned and controlled by veterans and service-disabled veterans 
through loans, surety bonding, and franchising; (2) ensuring 
achievement of the pre-established Federal contracting goals for small 
business concerns owned and controlled by veterans and service disabled 
veterans through expanded mentor-prot[eacute]g[eacute] assistance and 
matching such small business concerns with contracting opportunities; 
(3) increasing the integrity of certifications of status as a small 
business concern owned and controlled by a veteran or service-

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disabled veteran; (4) reducing paperwork and administrative burdens on 
veterans in accessing business development and entrepreneurship 
opportunities; (5) increasing and improving training and counseling 
services provided to small business concerns owned and controlled by 
veterans; and (6) making other improvements relating to the support for 
veterans 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 SBA's Office of Veterans 
Business Development no later than December 8, 2017 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 accommodate as many 
participants as possible. Written comments should also be sent to the 
above email no later than December 8, 2017. Special accommodations 
requests should also be directed to SBA's Office of Veterans Business 
Development at (202) 205-6773 or to [email protected].
    For more information on veteran owned small business programs, 
please visit www.sba.gov/veterans.

    Dated: November 21, 2017.
Richard W. Kingan,
SBA Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-26211 Filed 12-5-17; 8:45 am]
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