Pursuant to the requirements of Public Law 93-579 (
Privacy
Act
of
1974), Public Law 104-13 (
Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995), and Public Law 85-536, 15 USC Sec.
631
(
Small
Business
Act of 1953), notice is hereby given that the authority to
collect
information on small businesses in accordance with
OMB
control
number
#1505-0220. The principal purpose for collecting the
information
is to assist, counsel, and advise small businesses of the
procedures
for
contracting with the Department of Treasury and to ensure that
small
businesses have maximum practicable opportunity for award of
Department
of Treasury contracts. The
information collected may be
provided to those officers and employees of any constituent unit
of
the
Department of the Treasury who have a need for the records in
the
performance of their duties. Disclosure of this information is
optional. Treasury will not conduct or
sponsor, and a
person is not required to respond to, a collection of
information
unless
it displays a
valid
OMB
control number. Civil and criminal penalties, for the
purpose
of
influencing in any way the action of the Administration, or for
the
purpose of obtaining money, property, or anything of value,
under
this
Act, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $5,000 or by
imprisonment for not more than two years, or both. The estimated
average
burden associated with this collection of information is
currently
at
30
- 45 minutes minutes per respondent or record keeper, depending
on
individual circumstances. Comments regarding the accuracy of
this
burden
estimate, and suggestions for reducing the burden should be
directed
to:
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U.S. Department of the Treasury
Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
(OSDBU)
1722 I Street, NW, Washington DC, # M01k
(202) 622-1499
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