A Comprehensive Study of the Status and Needs of Small Business Concerns Owned and Controled by Eligible Veterans

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ICR Details

OMB Control No:	ICR Reference No: 199903-3245-002
Status: Historical Inactive	Previous ICR Reference No:
Agency/Subagency: SBA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: A Comprehensive Study of the Status and Needs of Small Business Concerns Owned and Controled by Eligible Veterans
Type of Information Collection: New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Disapproved	Conclusion Date: 07/15/1999
	Date Received in OIRA: 03/31/1999
Terms of Clearance: The design of this survey, specifically the sampling methodology, raises serious concerns about the validity of any results that the contractor will report to SBA and its practical utility in meeting the study and report requirements of Title VII, Sec. 703. -- The subpopulations chosen to be sampled cannot be deemed to be representative of the veterans population as a whole or any significant subset, including veterans who own small businesses. Any statistically valid results that might come from these subpopulations would be valid only for these subpopulations and could not be used to make assertions about the 'needs of small business concerns owned and controlled by eligible veterans' or 'the availability and utilization of Administration programs by small business concerns owned and controlled by eligible veterans.' The agency should consider using information collected under Title VII, Sec. 704, which requires an effort to 'identify small business concerns owned and controlled by eligible veterans in the United States' although this sample would also not be representative of the entire veterans population. It would exclude veterans whose business concerns had failed and who would be more likely to provide useful insights into the needs of small business concerns owned and controlled by eligible veterans. -- The agency's statements on confidence intervals are incorrect. If 400 people are randomly sampled and all respond, a confidence interval of 95% could be identified. However, if 1000 people are sampled and only 400 respond (a response rate of 40%), the concept of the confidence interval cannot be used because of nonresponse bias. Resampling (to obtain a 'profile,' as the agency proposes) cannot correct for this; this technique only works when there is no bias due to nonresponse. The low expected response rate (40%) means that any confidence interval calculation is statistically invalid and that the nonresponse bias of this survey will be unknown. Thus, this survey will not provide information that will be representative of the sampled subpopulations. OMB guidelines requires a response rate near 80% to minimize nonresponse bias. Thus, additional efforts would be required to obtain 800 responses for every 1000 sampled. -- The interviewees would be a self-selected subpopulation which is further nonrandomly sampled by the agency. This sampling methodology has no validity as a means of learning about the target population; any information obtained would serve only as a source of potentially misleading ancedotes. -- The population of people from the 'list of veterans who call asking to participate in the study' is likewise not a representative sample of the population and should not be used.

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	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date
Responses	0	0	0
Time Burden (Hours)	0	0	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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Abstract: The Small Business Administration has been mandated by Congress under title VII Small Business Reauthorization Act of 1997 to create a comprehensive profile of veterans and service-disabled veterans. The data will be used to provide a profile of service-disabled veterans, provide a picture of their participation in various classes of business, provide a measurement of their use and participation in various SBA programs, and provide recommendations to Congress regarding the findings.

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Authorizing Statute(s): None

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
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Federal Register Notices & Comments

Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

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IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
A Comprehensive Study of the Status and Needs of Small Business Concerns Owned and Controled by Eligible Veterans	SBA-FORM-2107

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Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement:

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $0

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? Yes Part B of Supporting Statement

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? Uncollected

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? Uncollected

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? Uncollected

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

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Common Form ICR:  No

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On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).

The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:

(i) Why the information is being collected;

(ii) Use of information;

(iii) Burden estimate;

(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);

(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and

(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.

(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.

Certification Date: 03/31/1999

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