[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1994, Book I)]
[March 15, 1994]
[Pages 469-470]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Memorandum on the White House Conference on Small Business
March 15, 1994

Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies

Subject: White House Conference on Small Business

    In September, I appointed the White House Conference on Small 
Business Commission. The Commission is charged with convening a series 
of State and regional meetings that will culminate in a national White 
House Conference on Small Business in June 1995.
    These 66 meetings will attract up to 40,000 participants who will 
discuss the challenges facing small businesses. These representatives--
small business owners and entrepreneurs--will develop specific 
recommendations for executive and congressional action. These 
recommendations will help constitute the small business agenda for the 
21st century.
    I ask each of you to support this important effort, by taking the 
following measures. First, each department and agency should prepare a 
list of significant policy initiatives affecting small businesses 
undertaken in the past year. Second, each department and agency should 
identify one or two potential new initiatives that would improve the 
economic or regulatory climate for small businesses. These two items 
should be forwarded to Gene B. Sperling, Deputy Assistant to the 
President for Economic Policy, no later than April 1, 1994.
    The White House Office of Cabinet Affairs, working with the National 
Economic Council staff, the White House Office of Public Liaison, and 
the Small Business Administration, will coordinate various departments' 
and agencies' participation in the Conference. To facilitate that 
process, please designate a deputy-level contact

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on your staff to serve as a liaison and to work directly with the White 
House offices and the Small Business Administration. Each liaison will 
be asked to attend regular meetings and charged with oversight of the 
department's or agency's contribution to and participation in the 
Conference. Please forward your designee's name to Christine A. Varney, 
Deputy Assistant to the President for Cabinet Affairs, by April 1.
    Thank you for your support of this important effort to assist our 
Nation's small businesses.

                                                      William J. Clinton

Note: This letter was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on 
March 16.