FACA Committee Purpose & Justification The information in this plan was imported from the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) database and transformed into StratML Part 1, Strategic Plan, format. Fiscal Year:2011 Committee Type: Other Interagency Task Force on Veterans Small Business Development SBA 0a1e033b-5563-44c7-aaa8-abced7fe8f88 [ Location : (http://stratml.fido.gov/dick/SBAFACA73689.xml) ] [ Federated Name : (urn:www.sba.gov:agency:63:committee:73689:) ] [ Agency Name : (Small Business Administration) ] [ Agency Acronym : (SBA) ] [ Agency Domain : (www.sba.gov) ] [ Agency Web Site : (http://www.sba.gov/ ) ] [ Committee Name : (Interagency Task Force on Veterans Small Business Development) ] [ Committee Type : (Other) ] [ Committee Web Site : () ] [ Goal? : (yes) ] [ Vision? : (yes) ] [ Mission? : (yes) ] Small Business Administration http://www.sba.gov/ All members are Federal employees or representatives of a service or military organization. The Task Force is chaired by the SBA Administrator or designee and will consist of:a. a senior level representative, designated by the head of the respective department or agency, from each of the following:1) Department of Veterans Affairs;2) Department of Defense;3) Small Business Administration (in addition to the Administrator);4) Department of Labor;5) Department of Treasury;6) General Services Administration; and7) Office of Management and Budgetb. four (4) representatives from veterans’ service or military organization or associations as appointed by the SBA Administrator pursuant to E.O. 13540. These representatives will serve two year terms and may be re-appointed by the SBA Administrator. Pursuant to the Act, the Task Force is charged with 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 and service-disabled veterans. 78d4c946-cfc5-4b4f-b238-3d1061ea24f8 The duties of the Task Force include the following:1. consult regularly with veterans service and military organizations in performing the duties of the Task Force; and2. coordinate administrative and regulatory activities and develop proposals relating to:a. improving capital access and capacity of small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans and service-disabled veterans through loans, surety bonding and franchising;b. ensure achievement of the pre-established Federal contracting goals for small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans and service-disabled veterans through expanded mentor-protégé assistance and matching such small business concerns with contracting opportunities;c. increasing the integrity of certifications of status as a small business concern owned and controlled by a veteran or service-disabled veteran;d. reducing paperwork and administrative burdens on veterans in accessing business development and entrepreneurship opportunities;e. increasing and improving training and counseling services provided to small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans; andf. making other improvements relating to the support for veterans business development by the Federal Government. e03f8581-f210-404a-9dfb-f65a80c555e3 This committee is statutorily required. Its purpose is to better assist the veterans small business community e3102b97-0297-4551-bb9c-b9919bee5c3b 43e72a74-837d-4f4e-adc4-ee1d15ceea64 42e274b8-285d-4f13-b684-423a77380273 2010-10-01 2011-09-30 2013-07-09 http://explore.data.gov/resource/datasets/c5i3-bb9j Gannon (J.) Dick gannon_dick@yahoo.com