Federal Register: September 11, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 175)
DOCID: fr11se09-77 FR Doc E9-21965
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
Management and Budget Office
NOTICE: NOTICES
DOCID: fr11se09-77
DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice.
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Compliance Assistance Resources and Points of Contact Available to Small Businesses
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
In accordance with the Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2002 (44 U.S.C. 3520), the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is publishing a ``list of the compliance assistance resources available to small businesses'' and a list of the points of contacts in agencies ``to act as a liaison between the agency and small business concerns'' with respect to the collection of information and the control of paperwork. This information is posted on the following Web site: http:/ /www.business.gov/businesslaw/contacts/federal/.
SUMMARY:
Compliance Assistance Resources and Points of Contact Available to Small Businesses
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
The Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of
2002 (Pub. L. 107198) requires OMB to ``publish in the Federal
Register and make available on the Internet (in consultation with the
Small Business Administration) on an annual basis a list of the
compliance assistance resources available to small businesses'' (44
U.S.C. 3504(c)(6)). OMB has, with the active assistance and support of
the Small Business Administration (SBA) and the Business Gateway
Program, assembled a list of the compliance assistance resources
available to small businesses. This list is available today on the
following Web site: http://www.business.gov/businesslaw/contacts/
federal/. There is also a link to this information on the OMB Web site.
In addition, under another provision of this Act, ``each agency shall,
with respect to the collection of information and the control of
paperwork, establish 1 point of contact in the agency to act as a
liaison between the agency and small business concerns'' (44 U.S.C.
3506(i)(1)). These contacts are also available at http://
www.business.gov/businesslaw/contacts/federal/. OMB and SBA have
chosen to discharge this statutory responsibility by publishing agency
compliance contact information on the business.gov Web site.
Business.gov delivers compliance information to the public more
effectively than having businesses go to individual agency Web sites,
thereby improving the probability of success for business owners and
agency regulatory programs. The public is not only able to find agency
points of contact for compliance under the ``contacts and help'' tab on
Business.gov, but when users look for information in the ``small
business guides'' on particular topics, the relevant agency points of contact automatically appear as part of the guide.
Kevin Neyland,
Acting Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. [FR Doc. E921965 Filed 91009; 8:45 am]
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
Wendy Liberante, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Email: wliberante@omb.eop.gov, Telephone: (202) 3953647. Inquiries may be submitted by facsimile to (202) 3955167.