[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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