Notice of Action Subject to Intergovernmental Review Under Executive Order 12372, 40855-40856 [2010-17137]
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IV. Public Representative
Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, the
Commission hereby appoints James
Waclawski to serve as officer of the
Commission (Public Representative) to
represent the interests of the general
public in this proceeding. Technical
assistance will be provided by Pamela
A. Thompson and Natalie L. Rea.
Neither Mr. Waclawski nor any staff
assigned to assist him shall participate
in or provide any advice on any
Commission decision in this proceeding
other than in their designated capacity.
V. Ordering Paragraphs
It is ordered:
1. The Commission establishes Docket
No. R2010–4 to consider matters raised
in the Postal Service’s July 6, 2010
filing.
2. Subject to further orders, the
Commission adopts the procedural
schedule as set forth in the body of this
order.
3. The Commission will sit en banc in
this proceeding.
4. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, the
Commission appoints James Waclawski
to represent the interests of the general
public in this proceeding.
5. The Secretary shall arrange for
publication of this order in the Federal
Register.
By the Commission.
Shoshana M. Grove,
Secretary.
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Notice of Action Subject to
Intergovernmental Review Under
Executive Order 12372
AGENCY: U.S. Small Business
Administration.
ACTION: Notice of Action Subject to
Intergovernmental Review.
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SUMMARY: The Small Business
Administration (SBA) is notifying the
public that it intends to grant the
pending applications of 39 existing
Small Business Development Centers
(SBDCs) for refunding on January 1,
2011 subject to the availability of funds.
Twenty states do not participate in the
EO 12372 process; therefore, their
addresses are not included. A short
description of the SBDC program
follows in the supplementary
information below.
The SBA is publishing this notice at
least 90 days before the expected
refunding date. The SBDCs and their
mailing addresses are listed below in
the address section. A copy of this
notice also is being furnished to the
respective State single points of contact
designated under the Executive Order.
Each SBDC application must be
consistent with any area-wide small
business assistance plan adopted by a
State-authorized agency.
DATES: A State single point of contact
and other interested State or local
entities may submit written comments
regarding an SBDC refunding within 30
days from the date of publication of this
notice to the SBDC.
ADDRESSES:
ADDRESSES OF RELEVANT SBDC STATE DIRECTORS
Mr. Greg Panichello, State Director, Salt Lake Community College,
9750 South 300 West, Sandy, UT 84070, (801) 957–3481.
Ms. Michelle Abraham, State Director, University of South Carolina,
1710 College Street, Columbia, SC 29208, (803) 777–4907.
Ms. Diane R. Howerton, Regional Director, University of California,
Merced, 550 East Shaw, Suite 105A, Fresno, CA 93710, (559) 241–
7406.
Ms. Debbie Trujillo, Regional Director, SW Community College District,
900 Otey Lakes Road, Chula Vista, CA 91910, (619) 482–6388.
Mr. Casey Jeszenka, SBDC Director, University of Guam, P.O. Box
5014—U.O.G. Station, Mangilao, GU 96923, (671) 735–2590.
Mr. Dan Ripke, Regional Director, California State University, Chico,
Building 35, CSU Chico, Chico, CA 95929, (530) 898–4598.
Ms. Priscilla Lopez, Regional Director, California State University, Fullerton, 800 North State College Blvd., Fullerton, CA 92834, (714)
278–2719.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Antonio Doss, Associate Administrator
for SBDCs, U.S. Small Business
Administration, 409 Third Street, SW.,
Sixth Floor, Washington, DC 20416.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Description of the SBDC Program
A partnership exists between SBA
and an SBDC. SBDCs offer training,
counseling and other business
development assistance to small
businesses. Each SBDC provides
services under a negotiated Cooperative
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Mr. Herbert Thweatt, Director, American Samoa Community College,
P.O. Box 2609, Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799, 011–684–699–
4830.
Jerry Cartwright, State Director, University of West Florida, 401 East
Chase Street, Suite 100, Pensacola, FL 32502, (850) 473–7800.
Mr. Sam Males, State Director, University of Nevada Reno, College of
Business Admin., Room 411, Reno, NV 89557–0100, (775) 784–
1717.
Mr. Mark DeLisle, State Director, University of Southern Maine, 96 Falmouth Street, Portland, ME 04103, (509) 358–7765.
Ms. Sheneui Weber, Regional Director, Long Beach Community College, 4040 Paramount Blvd., Suite 107, Lakewood, CA 90712, (562)
938–5004.
Ms. Kristin Johnson, Regional Director, Humboldt State University, Office of Economic & Community Dev., 1 Harpst Street, 2006A, Siemens Hall, Arcata, CA 95521, (707) 826–3920.
Agreement with the SBA. SBDCs
operate on the basis of a state plan to
provide assistance within a state or
geographic area. The initial plan must
have the written approval of the
Governor. Non-Federal funds must
match Federal funds. An SBDC must
operate according to law, the
Cooperative Agreement, SBA’s
regulations, the annual Program
Announcement, and program guidance.
Program Objectives
The SBDC program uses Federal
funds to leverage the resources of states,
academic institutions and the private
sector to:
(a) Strengthen the small business
community;
(b) Increase economic growth;
(c) Assist more small businesses; and
(d) Broaden the delivery system to
more small businesses.
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SBDC Program Organization
The lead SBDC operates a statewide
or regional network of SBDC service
centers. An SBDC must have a full-time
Director. SBDCs must use at least 80
percent of the Federal funds to provide
services to small businesses. SBDCs use
volunteers and other low-cost resources
as much as possible.
SBDC Services
An SBDC must have a full range of
business development and technical
assistance services in its area of
operations, depending upon local needs,
SBA priorities and SBDC program
objectives. Services include training and
counseling to existing and prospective
small business owners in management,
marketing, finance, operations,
planning, taxes, and any other general
or technical area of assistance that
supports small business growth.
The SBA district office and the SBDC
must agree upon the specific mix of
services. They should give particular
attention to SBA’s priority and special
emphasis groups, including veterans,
women, exporters, the disabled, and
minorities.
SBDC Program Requirements
An SBDC must meet programmatic
and financial requirements imposed by
statute, regulations or its Cooperative
Agreement. The SBDC must:
(a) Locate service centers so that they
are as accessible as possible to small
businesses;
(b) Open all service centers at least 40
hours per week, or during the normal
business hours of its state or academic
Host Organization, throughout the year;
(c) Develop working relationships
with financial institutions, the
investment community, professional
associations, private consultants and
small business groups; and
(d) Maintain lists of private
consultants at each service center.
Dated: July 9, 2010.
Antonio Doss,
Associate Administrator for Small Business
Development Centers.
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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Data Collection Available for Public
Comments and Recommendations
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Small Business
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Administration’s intentions to request
approval on a new and/or currently
approved information collection.
DATES: Submit comments on or before
September 13, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Send all comments
regarding whether these information
collections are necessary for the proper
performance of the function of the
agency, whether the burden estimates
are accurate, and if there are ways to
minimize the estimated burden and
enhance the quality of the collections,
to: Carol Fendler, System Accountant,
Office of Investment, Small Business
Administration, 409 3rd Street, 8th
Floor, Washington, DC 20416.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Carol Fendler, System Accountant,
Office of Investment, 202–205–7559,
carol.fendler@sba.gov, Curtis B. Rich,
Management Analyst, 202–205–7030,
curtis.rich@sba.gov.
To obtain
the information needed to carry out its
oversight responsibilities under the
Small Business Investment Act, Small
Business Administration (SBA) requires
licensed small business investment
companies to submit financial
statements, with supplementary
schedules tailored to current regulatory
requirements, on SBA Form 468. SBA
uses this information to monitor
financial condition and regulatory
compliance of Small Business
Investment Companies (SBIC), and for
credit analysis when considering
whether to approve requests for
financial assistance to SBICs.
Title: ‘‘SBIC Financial Reports’’.
Description of Respondents: Small
Business Investment Companies.
Form Numbers: 468, 468.1, 468.2,
468.3, 468.4.
Annual Responses: 1,265.
Annual Burden: 21,175.
To obtain the information needed to
carry out its program evaluation and
oversight responsibilities under the
Small Business Investment Act. SBA
requires licensed small business
investment companies to provide
information on SBA Form 1031 each
time financing is extended to a small
business concern. SBA uses this
information to complied statistics on the
SBIC program as a provider of capital to
small business and to monitor the
regulator regulatory compliance of
individual SBICs.
Title: ‘‘Portfolio Financing Report’’.
Description of Respondents: Small
Business Investment Companies.
Form Number: 1031.
Annual Responses: 3,700.
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Jacqueline White,
Chief, Administrative Information Branch.
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Federal Register Meeting Notice;
Webinar About Regional Innovation
Clusters RFP
AGENCY: U.S. Small Business
Administration (SBA)
ACTION: Notice of open webinar meeting
to discuss Regional Innovation Clusters
(RIC) Request for Proposals (RFP) No.
SBAHQ–10–R–0021.
SUMMARY: The SBA is issuing this notice
to announce the date of a webinar it is
hosting to answer questions from
potential Offerors about the Regional
Innovation Clusters RFP. For more
information please go to https://
www.sba.gov/clusters/. The
RFP may be found on https://
www.fedbizopps.gov.
Logistical Information: The webinar
will be held on Thursday, July 15, 2010.
For details, please visit https://
www.sba.gov/clusters/.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Small
Business Administration (SBA) has
issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) to
solicit proposals from existing regional
innovation clusters to provide business
training, counseling, mentoring,
commercialization and technology
transfer services, and other services that
support the growth and development of
small businesses in the cluster area and
industries. SBA intends to make
multiple fixed-price contract awards,
each with a one-year base term with an
option for an additional year. Annual
proposal costs should not exceed
$600,000 and all contracts will be
subject to applicable contract cost
principles and procedures (Federal
Acquisition Regulation Subpart 31).
SBA will select regional innovation
clusters in communities across the
country that meet its specified criteria.
Offerors will be asked to demonstrate
that they have partnerships, technical
capacity, and local assets to support
their existing regional cluster, as well as
experience fostering small business
development and growth opportunities.
SBA will evaluate offers based on a
number of criteria, including the impact
the services will have on the region’s
economic growth, creation of
sustainable jobs and the opportunities
the regional innovation cluster will
provide for small businesses. The RFP
was posted on https://
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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Notice of Action Subject to Intergovernmental Review Under
Executive Order 12372
AGENCY: U.S. Small Business Administration.
ACTION: Notice of Action Subject to Intergovernmental Review.
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SUMMARY: The Small Business Administration (SBA) is notifying the
public that it intends to grant the pending applications of 39 existing
Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs) for refunding on January 1,
2011 subject to the availability of funds. Twenty states do not
participate in the EO 12372 process; therefore, their addresses are not
included. A short description of the SBDC program follows in the
supplementary information below.
The SBA is publishing this notice at least 90 days before the
expected refunding date. The SBDCs and their mailing addresses are
listed below in the address section. A copy of this notice also is
being furnished to the respective State single points of contact
designated under the Executive Order. Each SBDC application must be
consistent with any area-wide small business assistance plan adopted by
a State-authorized agency.
DATES: A State single point of contact and other interested State or
local entities may submit written comments regarding an SBDC refunding
within 30 days from the date of publication of this notice to the SBDC.
ADDRESSES:
Addresses of Relevant SBDC State Directors
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Mr. Greg Panichello, State Director, Salt Mr. Herbert Thweatt,
Lake Community College, 9750 South 300 Director, American Samoa
West, Sandy, UT 84070, (801) 957-3481. Community College, P.O. Box
Ms. Michelle Abraham, State Director, 2609, Pago Pago, American
University of South Carolina, 1710 Samoa 96799, 011-684-699-
College Street, Columbia, SC 29208, (803) 4830.
777-4907. Jerry Cartwright, State
Ms. Diane R. Howerton, Regional Director, Director, University of
University of California, Merced, 550 West Florida, 401 East
East Shaw, Suite 105A, Fresno, CA 93710, Chase Street, Suite 100,
(559) 241-7406. Pensacola, FL 32502, (850)
Ms. Debbie Trujillo, Regional Director, SW 473-7800.
Community College District, 900 Otey Mr. Sam Males, State
Lakes Road, Chula Vista, CA 91910, (619) Director, University of
482-6388. Nevada Reno, College of
Mr. Casey Jeszenka, SBDC Director, Business Admin., Room 411,
University of Guam, P.O. Box 5014--U.O.G. Reno, NV 89557-0100, (775)
Station, Mangilao, GU 96923, (671) 735- 784-1717.
2590. Mr. Mark DeLisle, State
Mr. Dan Ripke, Regional Director, Director, University of
California State University, Chico, Southern Maine, 96 Falmouth
Building 35, CSU Chico, Chico, CA 95929, Street, Portland, ME 04103,
(530) 898-4598. (509) 358-7765.
Ms. Priscilla Lopez, Regional Director, Ms. Sheneui Weber, Regional
California State University, Fullerton, Director, Long Beach
800 North State College Blvd., Fullerton, Community College, 4040
CA 92834, (714) 278-2719. Paramount Blvd., Suite 107,
Lakewood, CA 90712, (562)
938-5004.
Ms. Kristin Johnson,
Regional Director, Humboldt
State University, Office of
Economic & Community Dev.,
1 Harpst Street, 2006A,
Siemens Hall, Arcata, CA
95521, (707) 826-3920.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Antonio Doss, Associate Administrator
for SBDCs, U.S. Small Business Administration, 409 Third Street, SW.,
Sixth Floor, Washington, DC 20416.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description of the SBDC Program
A partnership exists between SBA and an SBDC. SBDCs offer training,
counseling and other business development assistance to small
businesses. Each SBDC provides services under a negotiated Cooperative
Agreement with the SBA. SBDCs operate on the basis of a state plan to
provide assistance within a state or geographic area. The initial plan
must have the written approval of the Governor. Non-Federal funds must
match Federal funds. An SBDC must operate according to law, the
Cooperative Agreement, SBA's regulations, the annual Program
Announcement, and program guidance.
Program Objectives
The SBDC program uses Federal funds to leverage the resources of
states, academic institutions and the private sector to:
(a) Strengthen the small business community;
(b) Increase economic growth;
(c) Assist more small businesses; and
(d) Broaden the delivery system to more small businesses.
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SBDC Program Organization
The lead SBDC operates a statewide or regional network of SBDC
service centers. An SBDC must have a full-time Director. SBDCs must use
at least 80 percent of the Federal funds to provide services to small
businesses. SBDCs use volunteers and other low-cost resources as much
as possible.
SBDC Services
An SBDC must have a full range of business development and
technical assistance services in its area of operations, depending upon
local needs, SBA priorities and SBDC program objectives. Services
include training and counseling to existing and prospective small
business owners in management, marketing, finance, operations,
planning, taxes, and any other general or technical area of assistance
that supports small business growth.
The SBA district office and the SBDC must agree upon the specific
mix of services. They should give particular attention to SBA's
priority and special emphasis groups, including veterans, women,
exporters, the disabled, and minorities.
SBDC Program Requirements
An SBDC must meet programmatic and financial requirements imposed
by statute, regulations or its Cooperative Agreement. The SBDC must:
(a) Locate service centers so that they are as accessible as
possible to small businesses;
(b) Open all service centers at least 40 hours per week, or during
the normal business hours of its state or academic Host Organization,
throughout the year;
(c) Develop working relationships with financial institutions, the
investment community, professional associations, private consultants
and small business groups; and
(d) Maintain lists of private consultants at each service center.
Dated: July 9, 2010.
Antonio Doss,
Associate Administrator for Small Business Development Centers.
[FR Doc. 2010-17137 Filed 7-13-10; 8:45 am]
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