[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 158 (Thursday, August 15, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 66481]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-18188]


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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION


National Regulatory Fairness Hearing

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

ACTION: Notice of hearing 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, and time of the National 
Regulatory Fairness Hearing. This hearing is open to the public. The 
topic of the hearing is ``The Impact of Joint Ventures: Small Business 
Participation in Multiple Award Contracts''. The hearing will provide a 
platform for small businesses to share successes and challenges in 
competing for Multiple Award Task Order Contracts (MATOCs) related to 
Joint Ventures (JVs).

DATES: The meeting will be held on Thursday, September 12th, 2024, from 
9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. EDT.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be 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 
national hearing held by 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The hearing is open to the public; 
however advance notice of attendance is requested. Anyone wishing to 
attend and/or make a presentation to the Regulatory Fairness Board must 
contact Tiffany Younger Banks, Case Management Specialist, by August 
28, 2024, by phone (888) 734-3247, by fax (202) 481-5719 or email 
[email protected] in order to be placed on the agenda. Additionally, if 
you need accommodations because of a disability, translation services, 
or require additional information, please contact Tiffany Younger Banks 
as well, no later than August 28, 2024.
    For more information on the Office of the National Ombudsman, 
please visit our website at www.sba.gov/ombudsman.

    Dated: August 8, 2024.
Andrienne Johnson,
SBA Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-18188 Filed 8-14-24; 8:45 am]
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