NWBC Notice of Information Collection for Public Comment

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Detected March 14th, 2026

Summary

The National Women's Business Council (NWBC) has issued a 60-day notice requesting public comment on its intent to collect information for a new annual web survey. This survey aims to gather data on challenges, motivations, and economic impacts related to women entrepreneurship.

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What changed

The National Women's Business Council (NWBC), an advisory council to the President, Congress, and SBA, is seeking public comment on its plan to request approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for a new information collection activity. This activity involves developing an annual web survey to gather data on women-owned and led businesses, complementing existing Census Bureau data by offering new methodologies and timeliness. The survey will cover business start-up and growth challenges, motivations, and economic impacts.

Interested parties are invited to submit comments on the necessity, accuracy, utility, and clarity of the proposed information collection, as well as suggestions for minimizing the collection burden through automated techniques or IT. The comment period is open until July 25, 2017. This notice is part of the agency's process under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) to solicit feedback before submitting a formal request to OMB.

What to do next

Review the NWBC's proposed information collection for relevance to your business.
Submit comments regarding the survey's necessity, accuracy, utility, or clarity by July 25, 2017.

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Content

ACTION:

60-Day notice and request for comments.

SUMMARY:

The National Women's Business Council (NWBC or Council) intends to request approval from the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for the collection of information described below. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the PRA), federal agencies
are required to publish notice in the
Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of information (including each proposed extension or reinstatement of an existing collection
of information) and to allow 60 days for public comment on the proposed action.

DATES:

Comments must on or before July 25, 2017.

ADDRESSES:

Send all comments to Annie Rorem, Senior Research Manager, National Women's Business Council, Small Business Administration,
409 3rd Street, 5th Floor, Washington, DC 20416.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Annie Rorem, Senior Research Manager, National Women's Business Council, annie.rorem@nwbc.gov, 202-205-6829 or Curtis B. Rich, Management Analyst, curtis.rich@sba.gov, 202-205-7030.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

NWBC is a non-partisan federal advisory council created to serve as an independent source of advice and counsel to the President,
Congress, and the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) on economic issues of importance to women business owners. The

  Council's mission is to promote initiatives, policies, and programs designed to support women's business enterprises at all
  stages of development in the public and private sector marketplaces—from start-up to success. NWBC is charged with providing
  sound policy advice related to its mission by statutory authority 15 U.S.C. 7105 and 15 U.S.C. 7109a, with conducting “such
  studies and other research relating to the award of federal prime contracts and subcontracts to women-owned businesses, to
  access to credit and investment capital by women entrepreneurs, or to other issues relating to women-owned businesses, as
  the Council determines to be appropriate.”

As part of its efforts, NWBC seeks to complement data resources available from the Census Bureau's Survey of Small Business
Owners and Self-Employed Persons (SBO). Although the SBO is widely recognized as the most comprehensive, regularly collected
source of information on selected economic and demographic characteristics for businesses and business owners by gender, ethnicity,
race, and veteran status, the proposed NWBC information collection will add to the data collected, in terms of both methodology
and timeliness. A new annual Web survey, which will collect information across a representative sample of business owners,
including both women and men, will enhance information gathering on factors such as challenges to business start-up and growth,
motivation, and economic impacts related to women entrepreneurship in the United States. This survey will also provide a comprehensive
review of business ownership, including business owners' characteristics, types of businesses and economic impact.

Solicitation of Public Comments. Interested persons are invited to send comments regarding the burden estimates or any other aspect of this collection of information,
including any of the following subjects: (1) The necessity and utility of the proposed information collection for the proper
performance of the agency's functions; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology to minimize the information collection burden.