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: Non Scientific Program Advisory Board Region II Small Business Regulatory Fairness Board SBA 0a1e033b-5563-44c7-aaa8-abced7fe8f88 [ Location : (http://stratml.fido.gov/dick/SBAFACA2210.xml) ][ Federated Name : (urn:www.sba.gov:agency:63:committee:2210:) ][ Agency Name : (Small Business Administration) ][ Agency Acronym : (SBA) ][ Agency Domain : (www.sba.gov) ] [ Agency Web Site : (http://www.sba.gov/ ) ][ Committee Name : (Region II Small Business Regulatory Fairness Board) ][ Committee Type : (Non Scientific Program Advisory Board) ][ Committee Web Site : (http://www.sba.gov/ombudsman/883) ][ Goal? : (yes) ][ Vision? : (yes) ][ Mission? : (yes) ] Small Business Administration http://www.sba.gov/ http://www.sba.gov/ombudsman/883 The Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996 (SBREFA) requires that the Board consist of 5 members, who are owners, operators or officers of small businesses. Not more than 3 members shall be from the same political party. Executive Branch and congressional employees are precluded from membership. The Regional Board may convene public hearings and collect information from the small business community on its experiences with enforcement or compliance activities with Federal agencies. Additionally the Board, through the National Ombudsman, hears from Federal agency representatives and makes inquires to the agencies on matters of concern to small business. 78d4c946-cfc5-4b4f-b238-3d1061ea24f8 Board meets regularly in their respective region to receive comments about unfair Federal regulation enforcement actions affecting small business concerns. e03f8581-f210-404a-9dfb-f65a80c555e3 SBREFA requires the SBA Administrator to appoint each regional board. The Boards provide an opportunity for representative of small businesses to come together on a regional basis and assess the enforcement and compliance activities of Federal agencies, evaluate the performance and make recommendations on ways to improve the enforcement and compliance environment for small businesses. 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