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Dated: October 31, 2014.
Diana Doukas,
SBA Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014–26777 Filed 11–12–14; 8:45 am]
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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Notice of Open Federal Interagency
Task Force Meeting
U.S. Small Business
Administration.
ACTION: Notice of open Federal
Interagency Task Force Meeting.
AGENCY:
The SBA is issuing this notice
to announce the location, date, time,
and vagenda for its public meeting of
the Interagency Task Force on Veterans
Small Business Development. The
meeting will be open to the public.
DATES: Date and Time: December 18,
2014, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon.
ADDRESSES: SBA Headquarters, 409 3rd
Street SW., Washington, DC 20416, in
the Eisenhower Conference Room B,
Concourse Level.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C.,
Appendix 2), SBA announces the
meeting of the Interagency Task Force
on Veterans Small Business
Development. The Task Force is
established pursuant to Executive Order
13540 and focused on coordinating the
efforts of Federal agencies to improve
capital, business development
opportunities and pre-established
Federal contracting goals for small
business concerns owned and
controlled by veterans (VOB’s) and
service-disabled veterans (SDVOSB’S).
Moreover, the Task Force shall
coordinate administrative and
regulatory activities and develop
proposals relating to ‘‘six focus areas’’:
(1) Access to capital (loans, surety
bonding and franchising); (2) Ensure
achievement of pre-established
contracting goals, including mentor
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protege and matching with contracting
opportunities; (3) Increase the integrity
of certifications of status as a small
business; (4) Reducing paperwork and
administrative burdens in accessing
business development and
entrepreneurship opportunities; (5)
Increasing and improving training and
counseling services; and (6) Making
other improvements to support veteran’s
business development by the Federal
government. On November 1, 2011, the
Interagency Task Force on Veterans
Small Business Development submitted
its first report to the President, which
included 18 recommendations that were
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applicable to the ‘‘six focus areas’’
identified above. The purpose of the
meeting is to discuss progress on the
recommendations and next steps
identified by the Interagency Task Force
(IATF) in the Fiscal Year (FY) 14
Annual Report. The agenda will include
updates from each of the members,
public comment, and planning for the
FY 14 of the IATF’s Annual Report. In
addition, the Task Force will allow time
to obtain public comment from
individuals and representatives of
organizations regarding the areas of
focus.
The
meeting is open to the public; however,
advance notice of attendance is
requested. Anyone wishing to attend
and/or make a presentation to the Task
Force must contact Barbara Carson, by
December 12, 2014 by email in order to
be placed on the agenda. Comments for
the record should be applicable to the
‘‘six focus areas’’ of the Task Force and
emailed prior to the meeting for
inclusion in the public record, verbal
presentations; however, will be limited
to five minutes in the interest of time
and to accommodate as many presenters
as possible.
Written comments should be emailed
to Barbara Carson, Acting Associate
Administrator, Office of Veterans
Business Development, U.S. Small
Business Administration, 409 3rd Street
SW., Washington, DC 20416, at the
email address for the Task Force,
vetstaskforce@sba.gov. Additionally, if
you need accommodations because of a
disability or require additional
information, please contact Cheryl
Simms, Designated Federal Official for
the Task Force at (202) 205–6773; or by
email at cheryl.simms@sba.gov. For
more information, please visit our Web
site at www.sba.gov/vets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dated: October 30, 2014.
Diana Doukas,
SBA Committee Management Officer.
27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and
Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat.
2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 note, et
seq.), Delegation of Authority No. 234 of
October 1, 1999, and Delegation of
Authority No. 236–3 of August 28, 2000
(and, as appropriate, Delegation of
Authority No. 257 of April 15, 2003), I
hereby determine that the objects to be
included in the exhibition ‘‘Collecting
Paradise: Buddhist Art of the Kashmir
and its Legacies,’’ imported from abroad
for temporary exhibition within the
United States, are of cultural
significance. The objects are imported
pursuant to loan agreements with the
foreign owners or custodians. I also
determine that the exhibition or display
of the exhibit objects at the Mary &
Leigh Block Museum of Art, Evanston,
Illinois, from on or about January 13,
2015, until on or about April 19, 2015,
the Rubin Museum of Art, New York,
New York, from on or about May 22,
2015, until on or about November 30,
2015, and at possible additional
exhibitions or venues yet to be
determined, is in the national interest.
I have ordered that Public Notice of
these Determinations be published in
the Federal Register.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information, including a list of
the imported objects, contact Paul W.
Manning, Attorney-Adviser, Office of
the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of
State (telephone: 202–632–6469). The
mailing address is U.S. Department of
State, SA–5, L/PD, Fifth Floor (Suite
5H03), Washington, DC 20522–0505.
Dated: November 4, 2014.
Kelly Keiderling,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau
of Educational and Cultural Affairs,
Department of State.
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for Exhibition Determinations:
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Culturally Significant Objects Imported
for Exhibition Determinations:
‘‘Collecting Paradise: Buddhist Art of
Kashmir and its Legacies’’
Notice is hereby given of the
following determinations: Pursuant to
the authority vested in me by the Act of
October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C.
2459), Executive Order 12047 of March
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Notice is hereby given of the
following determinations: Pursuant to
the authority vested in me by the Act of
October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C.
2459), Executive Order 12047 of March
27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and
Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat.
2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 note, et
seq.), Delegation of Authority No. 234 of
October 1, 1999, Delegation of Authority
No. 236–3 of August 28, 2000 (and, as
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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Notice of Open Federal Interagency Task Force Meeting
AGENCY: U.S. Small Business Administration.
ACTION: Notice of open Federal Interagency Task Force Meeting.
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SUMMARY: The SBA is issuing this notice to announce the location, date,
time, and vagenda for its public meeting of the Interagency Task Force
on Veterans Small Business Development. The meeting will be open to the
public.
DATES: Date and Time: December 18, 2014, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon.
ADDRESSES: SBA Headquarters, 409 3rd Street SW., Washington, DC 20416,
in the Eisenhower Conference Room B, Concourse Level.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C., Appendix 2), SBA announces the
meeting of the Interagency Task Force on Veterans Small Business
Development. The Task Force is established pursuant to Executive Order
13540 and focused on coordinating the efforts of Federal agencies to
improve capital, business development opportunities and pre-established
Federal contracting goals for small business concerns owned and
controlled by veterans (VOB's) and service-disabled veterans
(SDVOSB'S). Moreover, the Task Force shall coordinate administrative
and regulatory activities and develop proposals relating to ``six focus
areas'': (1) Access to capital (loans, surety bonding and franchising);
(2) Ensure achievement of pre-established contracting goals, including
mentor prot[eacute]g[eacute] and matching with contracting
opportunities; (3) Increase the integrity of certifications of status
as a small business; (4) Reducing paperwork and administrative burdens
in accessing business development and entrepreneurship opportunities;
(5) Increasing and improving training and counseling services; and (6)
Making other improvements to support veteran's business development by
the Federal government. On November 1, 2011, the Interagency Task Force
on Veterans Small Business Development submitted its first report to
the President, which included 18 recommendations that were applicable
to the ``six focus areas'' identified above. The purpose of the meeting
is to discuss progress on the recommendations and next steps identified
by the Interagency Task Force (IATF) in the Fiscal Year (FY) 14 Annual
Report. The agenda will include updates from each of the members,
public comment, and planning for the FY 14 of the IATF's Annual Report.
In addition, the Task Force will allow time to obtain public comment
from individuals and representatives of organizations regarding the
areas of focus.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The meeting is open to the public;
however, advance notice of attendance is requested. Anyone wishing to
attend and/or make a presentation to the Task Force must contact
Barbara Carson, by December 12, 2014 by email in order to be placed on
the agenda. Comments for the record should be applicable to the ``six
focus areas'' of the Task Force and emailed prior to the meeting for
inclusion in the public record, verbal presentations; however, will be
limited to five minutes in the interest of time and to accommodate as
many presenters as possible.
Written comments should be emailed to Barbara Carson, Acting
Associate Administrator, Office of Veterans Business Development, U.S.
Small Business Administration, 409 3rd Street SW., Washington, DC
20416, at the email address for the Task Force, vetstaskforce@sba.gov.
Additionally, if you need accommodations because of a disability or
require additional information, please contact Cheryl Simms, Designated
Federal Official for the Task Force at (202) 205-6773; or by email at
cheryl.simms@sba.gov. For more information, please visit our Web site
at www.sba.gov/vets.
Dated: October 30, 2014.
Diana Doukas,
SBA Committee Management Officer.
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