[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 9 (Thursday, January 13, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2240-2241]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-00473]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY


Notice of Availability; Data Collection Effort for E.O. 13985--
Increasing Equity in Procurement Spending Barrier Assessment

AGENCY: Departmental Offices, Department of the Treasury.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of a voluntary survey 
relating to potential barriers that underserved communities and 
individuals may face in taking advantage of agency procurement and 
contracting opportunities.

ADDRESSES: The survey is available at https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/6659553/OSBDU-Data-Collection-Effort-for-E.O.-13985.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Melissa Jenkins, Office of Small and 
Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU), Department of the Treasury, 
by email at [email protected] or by telephone: 202-622-8213.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of the Treasury remains 
committed to ensuring maximum inclusion in the Department's federal 
procurement opportunities. In accordance with Executive Order 13985 of 
January 20, 2021 Section 5(b) ``Potential barriers that underserved 
communities and individuals may face in taking advantage of agency 
procurement and contracting opportunities,'' the U.S. Department of the 
Treasury, is inviting industry resource partners to provide input on 
what they observe to be barriers based on their experience for small 
disadvantaged businesses, service-disabled veteran owned small 
businesses, contractors in HUBZones, minority-owned businesses, and 
women-owned businesses through Departmental procurement opportunities. 
The link to the survey is found in the ADDRESSES section of this 
notice.
    In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (5 U.S.C. 
3501 et seq.), the survey has been reviewed and approved by the Office 
of Management and Budget and assigned control number 1505-0231. An 
agency may not conduct or sponsor and a person is not required to 
respond to a collection of

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information unless it displays a valid control number.

Melissa M. Jenkins,
U.S. Department of the Treasury, WOSB Program Manager/In-Reach & 
Outreach/Underserved Communities, Office of Small & Disadvantaged 
Business Utilization (OSDBU).
[FR Doc. 2022-00473 Filed 1-12-22; 8:45 am]
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