Small Business Public Meeting



On April 26, 2010, President Obama established an Interagency Task Force to develop proposals and recommendations for enhancing the use of small businesses in Federal contracting, including businesses owned by women, minorities, socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, and service-disabled veterans of our Armed Forces.  The Memorandum establishing the Task Force is available at: http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/presidential-memorandum-interagency-task-force-federal-contracting-opportunities-sm  

In furtherance of the President's Memorandum, the Small Business Administration (SBA), the Department of Commerce (DOC), and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), who serve as co-chairs of the Task Force, invite interested parties from both the public and private sectors to offer their views on the challenges small businesses face in pursuing federal contracts, on best practices for overcoming these challenges and increasing small business participation in the Federal marketplace.  Comments are especially encouraged on: (1) removing barriers to small business participation; (2) using innovative strategies and technologies to increase opportunities for small business contractors; and (3) identifying successful agency and private sector outreach practices for matching small businesses with contracting and subcontracting opportunities.

Interested parties may offer oral comments at a public meeting to be held on June 28, 2010.  Parties are also encouraged to provide written comments directly to SB_TaskForce_Comment@sba.gov  by June 30. Please put “Comment” in the subject line of the email.

 

Procedures for the public meeting: The public is asked to pre-register by 5PM Eastern time on June 21, 2010, due to security and seating limitations. Registration is on a first-come first-served basis and space is limited. To pre-register, please send an e-mail to SB_TaskForce_Comment@sba.gov with your name, organization or small business that you represent, along with contact information and the topics that you are interested in (see topics below). Please put “Registration” in the subject line of the email.  Registration on June 28, 2010 at the meeting location will begin at 12PM Eastern time on June 28, 2010 and the meeting will start at 1PM Eastern time.

Public Comments: The purpose of the meeting is to encourage public comment on the issues highlighted in the President’s Memorandum and related matters of interest to the small business community.  A list of topics and questions are provided at the end of this notice.  Parties wishing to make oral or written comment are especially encouraged to provide comment on these issues for the Task Force’s consideration.

Agenda: An agenda will be posted at http://www.sba.gov/aboutsba/sbaprograms/gc/index.html by no later than June 16, 2010 with additional details on the structure of the meeting.  The meeting may include plenary sessions and/or break-out sessions that focus on individual topics, such as those described at the end of this notice.  Therefore, parties may be asked to focus their oral comments on the topic of greatest interest to them.

Relevant Government Agencies

Dept of Commerce


When
Mon, Jun 28, 2010, 1:00pm - 4:00pm


Where
Department of Commerce
1401 Constitution Ave NW
Washington, DC 20230
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Website
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Organizer
Small Business Administration



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