[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 158 (Thursday, August 15, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 66482]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-18183]


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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION


Annual Meeting of the Regional Small Business; Regulatory 
Fairness Boards

AGENCY: Office of the National Ombudsman, Small Business 
Administration.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting of the Regional Small Business 
Regulatory Fairness Boards.

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SUMMARY: The SBA, Office of the National Ombudsman, is issuing this 
notice to announce the location, date, time and agenda for the annual 
board meeting of the ten Regional Small Business Regulatory Fairness 
Boards. The meeting is open to the public.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, September 11, 2024, from 
9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. EDT, and Thursday, September 12, 2024, from 9:00 
a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EDT.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at U.S. Small Business 
Administration, 409 3rd Street SW, Washington, DC 20416 on the 
concourse level in Eisenhower Hall.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Small Business Regulatory 
Enforcement Fairness Act (Pub. L. 104-121), sec. 222, SBA announces the 
meeting of the Regional Small Business Regulatory Fairness Boards 
(Regional Regulatory Fairness Boards). The Regional Regulatory Fairness 
Boards are tasked to advise the National Ombudsman on matters of 
concern to small businesses relating to enforcement activities of 
agencies and to report on substantiated instances of excessive 
enforcement actions against small business concerns, including any 
findings or recommendations of the Board as to agency enforcement 
practice or policy.
    The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the following topics 
related to the Regional Regulatory Fairness Boards:

--Introduction of the Regional Regulatory Fairness Boards and the staff 
of the Office of the National Ombudsman
--Facilitated discussion of ongoing regulatory issues for small 
business
--Annual Report to Congress Update
--Office of Advocacy regulatory review
--SBA update and future outreach planning

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The meeting is open to the public; 
however advance notice of attendance is requested. Anyone wishing to 
attend must contact John Kelly, Case Management Specialist, by 
September 2, 2024. If you need accommodations because of a disability, 
translation services, or require additional information, please contact 
John Kelly, by phone (888) 734-3247, by fax (202) 481-5719 or email 
[email protected], by August 28, 2024.
    For more information on the Office of the National Ombudsman, 
please visit our website at www.sba.gov/ombudsman.

    Dated: August 9, 2024.
Andrienne Johnson,
SBA Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-18183 Filed 8-14-24; 8:45 am]
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