NJ Companies Invited to Give Input on Proposed Size Standards; NEW YORK, NY---
On Thursday, June 16 small business owners from New Jersey and New York will have the opportunity to provide their input on how to improve the agency?s size standards regulations, which are used to define the size of small businesses. The hearing is one of 10 being held throughout the country, and is scheduled to take place from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Jacob Javits Federal Building located at 26 Federal Plaza, 6th floor, Room B in lower Manhattan.
According to SBA Regional Administrator William Manger Jr., the hearings will allow small business owners to provide valuable input to help the SBA simplify and restructure its size standards and make other changes that will make the size standards easier to understand and use. The SBA is also seeking testimony on the participation of research and development companies that are majority-owned by venture capital companies in SBA?s Small Business Innovation Research program.
“Size standards are important to businesses that seek assistance from SBA?s small business programs, including federal contracting,” said Manger. “Certainly, the SBA would like to hear directly from the public before deciding which improvements to pursue. The SBA will consider a new size standards proposal once a thorough review of comments received from the public is completed. The SBA is currently evaluating more than 6,000 comments that were submitted in response to the advance notice.”
The registration deadline for the New Jersey/New York size standards hearing is Thursday, June 9th. Those wishing to testify or attend should send an e-mail to the Office of Size Standards at hearings.sizestandards@sba.gov, including name, title, organization, affiliation, address, phone and fax numbers, and whether you wish to testify or not.
The SBA will confirm your registration in writing. For more information, visit the SBA Web site at http://www.sba.gov/size/anprm.pdf. You can view a Federal Register notice about the hearings at http://www.sba.gov/size/hearings.pdf.
New Jersey small business owners will have a chance to weigh in on the way the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) classifies small businesses under the agency?s size standards.
SBA Schedules Public Hearing in NYC on June 16th |
