Ombudsman and Regulatory Fairness Boards

 

To assure equity and fairness in federal regulation of small business by receiving comments from small businesses, small non-profit organizations or small government entities (representing less than 50,000 people) regarding regulatory compliance and enforcement involving Federal Agencies or Agency employees; to ease undue compliance burdens for small business by: (a) facilitating independent, high-level Agency reviews of compliance or enforcement activities against small businesses and (b) promoting access to compliance assistance resources available from Federal Agencies.

Active 59.053 Small Business Administration N - Investigation of Complaints Fiscal Year 2022 In FY 2022, the National Ombudsman assisted with over 885 informal inquiries and responded to over 595 formal comments/cases. This included cases related to the COVID-19 pandemic. For more information about SBA accomplishments, access the SBA Congressional Budget Justification and Annual Performance Report: https://www.sba.gov/document/report-congressional-budget-justification-annual-performance-report Small Business Act, Section 30 (15 U.S.C. 657), Public Law 104-121 Small businesses, small nonprofit organizations or small government entities (representing less than 50,000 people). The Ombudsman's actions assist those who individually seek assistance as well as other similarly-situated small entities. Not applicable. Preapplication coordination is not applicable. 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards applies to this program. Submit SBA Form 1993. Not applicable. Not applicable. Not applicable. Not applicable. Not applicable. Not applicable. Comments received by the Office of the National Ombudsman are confidential and when authorized by the commenter, they are forwarded to the appropriate senior level Federal Agency Personnel to obtain a timely review and response to an excessive and/or unfair Federal regulatory issue. Public Regulatory Fairness Hearings and other outreach events are held throughout the U.S. to receive testimony and commentary from small entities about unfair and/or excessive Federal regulatory enforcement actions and burdensome regulations. Cases are filed online, by fax, mail or personal delivery. Not applicable. Standard audit procedures. This program does not make Federal awards. Not applicable. Statutory formula is not applicable to this assistance listing.

Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. Not applicable. This program does not issue funds. See Appendix IV of the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance under Small Business Administration. Elahe Zahirieh
409 3rd Street, SW
3rd Floor

Washington, DC, DC 20416 US
elahe.zahirieh@sba.gov
Phone: 202-205-6499 http://www.sba.gov/ombudsman 73-0100-0-1-376 (Investigation of Complaints) FY 22$0.00; FY 23 est $0.00; FY 24 est $0.00; FY 21$0.00; FY 20 Estimate Not Available FY 19 Estimate Not Available FY 18 Estimate Not Available FY 17 Estimate Not Available FY 16 Estimate Not Available - Not applicable/available. Additional information available at http://www.sba.gov/ombudsman. Not applicable.