[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 225 (Wednesday, November 21, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58804-58805]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-25335]


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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) 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 January 22, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Send all comments to Daniel Upham, Chief, Microenterprise

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Development Division, Office of Capital Access, Small Business 
Administration, 409 3rd Street, Washington, DC 20416.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel Upham, Chief, Microenterprise 
Development Division, Office of Capital Access, [email protected] 
202-205-7001, or Curtis B. Rich, Management Analyst, 202-205-7030, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Information collection is needed to ensure 
that Microloan Program activity meets the statutory goals of assisting 
mandated target market. The information is used by the reporting 
participants and the SBA to assist with portfolio management, risk 
management, loan servicing, oversight and compliance, data management 
and understanding of short and long term trends and development of 
outcome measures.

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: Microloan Program Electronic Reporting System (MPERS) 
(MPERsystem).
    Description of Respondents: SBA reporting participants in the 
Microloan Program.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Total Estimated Annual Responses: 170.
    Total Estimated Annual Hour Burden: 3,080.

Curtis Rich,
Management Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2018-25335 Filed 11-20-18; 8:45 am]
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