The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced that the next pair of quarterly public meetings for the Interagency Task Force (IATF) on Veterans Small Business Development and the Advisory Committee on Veterans Business Affairs (ACVBA) will take place on June 5-6.
The Advisory Committee serves as an independent source of advice and policy recommendations to the Administrator of the SBA, the SBA’s Associate Administrator for Veterans Business Development, the Congress, the President, and other U.S. policymakers on issues of interest to small businesses owned and operated by veterans.
Wednesday, June 5
Interagency Task Force (IATF) on Veterans Small Business Development Meeting
Who: Dilawar Syed, Deputy Administrator, U.S. Small Business Administration
Robert Yannuzzi, Assistant Administrator, Office of Veterans Business
Development, U.S. Small Business Administration
IATF members (Departments of Veterans Affairs, Treasury, Defense, and Labor; U.S.
General Services Administration; Office of Management and Budget; North Carolina
Military Business Center; American Legion; VET-Force; National Veteran Small
Business Coalition)
When: 1-3 p.m. ET
How: Virtual participants may join using this link: https://bit.ly/IATF-Jun24(Link is external). Participants may also join by phone at 206-413-7980 and enter the Conference ID: 547 522 842#
Thursday, June 6
Advisory Committee on Veterans Business Affairs Meeting
Who: Isabel Casillas Guzman, Administrator, U.S. Small Business Administration
Robert Yannuzzi, Assistant Administrator, Office of Veterans Business
Development, U.S. Small Business Administration
Charles McCaffery, ACVBA Chairperson, Veteran Small Business Owner
Jaqueline Robinson-Burnette, Associate Administrator, Office of Government Contracting and Business Development, U.S. Small Business Administration
Sam Le, Director, Office of Policy Planning and Liaison, U.S. Small Business Administration
Madison Service Group – legislative updates
ACVBA Committee Members (list)
When: 9 a.m.-3 p.m. ET
How: Virtual participants may join using this link: https://bit.ly/ACVBA-Jun24(Link is external). Participants may also join by phone at 206-413-7980 and enter the Conference ID: 849 468 853#
Public comments and questions are strongly encouraged to be submitted in advance via email by June 3 to veteransbusiness@sba.gov. For technical support, please visit the Microsoft Teams support page(Link is external). Minutes for both meetings will be available at www.sba.gov/ovbd under the “Federal Advisory Committees” section.
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