5094748 Public Hearing Notice on B20-892, "Small and Certified Business Enterprise Development and Assistance Waiver Certification Amendment Act of 2014"

Council of the District of Columbia

Committee on Business, Consumer, and Regulatory Affairs

Notice of Public Hearing

                                                                                                           

John A. Wilson Building   1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite G-6    Washington, DC 20004                                           

 

COUNCILMEMBER VINCENT B. ORANGE, SR., CHAIR

COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS, CONSUMER, AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS

ANNOUNCES A PUBLIC HEARING

 

 ON

 

B20-892, THE “SMALL AND CERTIFIED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT AND ASSISTANCE WAIVER CERTIFICATION AMENDMENT ACT OF 2014”

 

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2014, 10:00 A.M.

JOHN A. WILSON BUILDING, ROOM 500

1350 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, N.W.

WASHINGTON, DC 20004

 

Councilmember Vincent B. Orange, Sr. announces the scheduling of a public hearing by the Committee on Business, Consumer, and Regulatory Affairs on B20-892, the “Small and Certified Business Enterprise Development and Assistance Waiver Certification Amendment Act of 2014”.  The public hearing is scheduled for Wednesday, October 15, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. in Room 500 of the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20004.

 

B20-892, the “Small and Certified Business Enterprise Development and Assistance Waiver Certification Amendment Act of 2014” amends the Small, Local, and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Development and Assistance Act of 2005 (“Act”) to require the Director of the Department of  Small and Local Business Development (“DSLBD”), prior to granting a waiver under Section 2346 of the Act, to conduct a good faith effort to determine that there are no qualified small or certified business enterprises to perform the contract solicitation.  Further, the Director would be required to wait 20 days before granting a proposed waiver and must issue a written waiver certification that all good faith requirements have been met. 

 

Individuals and representatives of organizations who wish to testify at the public hearing are asked to contact Faye Caldwell of the Committee on Business, Consumer, and Regulatory Affairs at [phone] or by email at [e-mail] and provide their name(s), address, telephone number, email address and organizational affiliation, if any, by close of business Wednesday, October 8, 2014.  Each witness is requested to bring 20 copies of his/her written testimony. Representatives of organizations and government agencies will be limited to 5 minutes in order to permit each witness an opportunity to be heard. Individual witnesses will be limited to 3 minutes.

 

If you are unable to testify at the public hearing, written statements are encouraged and will be made a part of the official record. The official record will remain open until close of business Wednesday, October 29, 2014.  Copies of written statements should be submitted to the Committee on Business, Consumer, and Regulatory Affairs, Council of the District of Columbia, Suite G-6 of the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20004.