SBA Guidance Documents

Published date25 February 2020
Record Number2020-03679
SectionNotices
CourtSmall Business Administration
Federal Register, Volume 85 Issue 37 (Tuesday, February 25, 2020)
[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 37 (Tuesday, February 25, 2020)]
                [Notices]
                [Page 10803]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2020-03679]
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                SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
                SBA Guidance Documents
                AGENCY: U.S. Small Business Administration.
                SUMMARY: In accordance with Executive Order 13891, Promoting the Rule
                of Law Through Improved Agency Guidance Documents, the U.S. Small
                Business Administration (``SBA'') is publishing this notice to advise
                the public of the availability of SBA Guidance Documents on its website
                and inform them that by February 28, 2020, all guidance documents may
                be found there.
                DATES: SBA's Guidance Document web page will be available beginning
                February 28, 2020.
                ADDRESSES: The guidance documents of the SBA are available at
                www.sba.gov/guidance.
                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions regarding the Guidance
                Document web page should be directed to Jeffrey Davis, Information
                Specialist, Office of Communications and Public Liaison; phone: (202)
                401-8214; email: [email protected].
                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As set forth in Executive Order 13891,
                Promoting the Rule of Law Through Improved Agency Guidance Documents,
                84 FR 55235 (October 15, 2019) (``Executive Order 13891''), Americans
                deserve an open and fair regulatory process that imposes new
                obligations on the public only when consistent with applicable law and
                after an agency follows appropriate procedures. Therefore, it is the
                policy of the executive branch, to the extent consistent with
                applicable law, to increase transparency by taking public input into
                account when appropriate in formulating guidance documents, and making
                guidance documents readily available to the public. Unless otherwise
                provided in statute, regulation, or contract/agreement, guidance
                documents lack the force and effect of law.
                 The term ``guidance documents'' is defined as any statement of
                agency policy or interpretation concerning a statute, regulation, or
                technical matter within the jurisdiction of the agency that is intended
                to have general applicability and future effect, but which is not
                intended to have the force or effect of law in its own. For SBA,
                ``guidance documents'' includes externally facing Standard Operating
                Procedures, Policy Notices, Procedural Notices, and some miscellaneous
                documents, such as certain Program Guides, and other general guidance.
                 This Notice is published in accordance with Executive Order 13891
                and OMB Memorandum #M-20-02, Guidance Implementing Executive Order
                13891, Titled ``Promoting the Rule of Law Through Improved Agency
                Guidance Documents'' (October 31, 2019), available at https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/M-20-02-Guidance-Memo.pdf
                (``OMB Memorandum''). The purpose of Executive Order 13891 is to
                provide greater transparency to the public of an agency's policies and
                procedures and provide one convenient site where all of the agency's
                guidance documents may easily be found. To accomplish this, Executive
                Order 13891 requires all Agencies and Departments to establish or
                maintain on their website a single, searchable, indexed database that
                contains or links to all guidance documents in effect from such agency
                or component.
                 For each guidance document published on SBA's guidance web page, we
                will include the following information:
                 A concise name for the guidance document;
                 The guidance document's effective date;
                 An agency unique identifier;
                 A hyperlink to the guidance document;
                 The general topic addressed by the guidance document; and
                 One or two sentences summarizing the guidance document's
                content.
                 At the same time as publication in the Federal Register, SBA is
                also making the this notice available on the new guidance web page and
                making it available to its stakeholders through its normal means of
                distributing important announcements.
                 Dated: February 19, 2020.
                Sean Crean,
                Director, Office of Executive Management, Installations, and Support
                Services.
                [FR Doc. 2020-03679 Filed 2-24-20; 8:45 am]
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