[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 45 (Thursday, March 7, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 8360]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-04115]


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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) 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 6, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Send all comments to Dena Moglia, Management Program 
Analyst, Office of Entrepreneurial Development, Small Business 
Administration, 409 3rd Street NW, Washington, DC 20416.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dena Moglia, Management Program 
Analyst, Office of Entrepreneurial Development, 202-205-7034, 
[email protected]; Curtis B. Rich, Management Analyst, 202-205-7030, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Emerging Leaders Initiative aims to 
assist established small businesses located in historically challenged 
communities with increasing their sustainability, attracting outside 
investment, and strengthening each community's economic base by 
creating jobs and providing valuable goods and services. These 
objectives are pursued by offering eligible business executives a 7-
month intensive course focused on the skills essential to develop their 
companies, expand their resource networks, and increase their 
confidence and motivation. The course is designed to be hands-on and is 
composed of classroom sessions, out-of-class preparation work, and 
executive mentoring groups where participants can discuss their 
challenges. A broad range of topics is covered in the curriculum, 
including financial measures of business health, strategies for 
marketing, access to funding, and employee management and recruitment.
    SBA plans to conduct annual performance-monitoring activities to 
assess the short- and intermediate-term outcomes of participants in the 
Emerging Leaders Initiative. The broad outcomes assessed will include 
satisfaction, changes in management behavior, and changes in economic 
outcomes, such as loans obtained and jobs created. Specifically, SBA 
plans to implement three instruments with the participants in each 
cohort: An intake assessment form at the start of the program to 
document baseline conditions, a satisfaction-oriented feedback form at 
the end of the program, and an annual outcome-oriented survey for 3 
years after program completion. The latter instrument will document 
changes in key outcomes over a longer period, because job growth, 
revenue growth, profitability, and other economic outcomes of program 
participation are expected to manifest in the intermediate and long 
terms.
    Title: ``Emerging Leaders Initiatives''.
    Description of Respondents: Established small businesses located in 
historically challenged communities.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Annual Responses: 4,434.
    Annual Burden: 1,340.

Curtis Rich,
Management Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2019-04115 Filed 3-6-19; 8:45 am]
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