[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 47, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 47CFR0.101]



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                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION

 

              CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

 

PART 0_COMMISSION ORGANIZATION--Table of Contents

 

                         Subpart A_Organization

 

Sec. 0.101  Functions of the office.



    (a) The Office of Communications Business Opportunities (OCBO), as a 

staff office to the Commission, develops, coordinates, evaluates, and 

recommends to the Commission, policies, programs, and practices that 

promote participation by small entities, women, and minorities in the 

communications industry. A principal function of the Office is to lead, 

advise, and assist the Commission, including all of its component 

Bureau/Office managers, supervisors, and staff, at all levels, on ways



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to ensure that the competitive concerns of small entities, women, and 

minorities, are fully considered by the agency in notice and comment 

rulemakings. In accordance with this function, the Office:

    (1) Conducts independent analyses of the Commission's policies and 

practices to ensure that those policies and practices fully consider the 

interests of small entities, women, and minorities.

    (2) Advises the Commission, Bureaus, and Offices of their 

responsibilities under the Congressional Review Act provisions regarding 

small businesses; the Report to Congress regarding Market Entry Barriers 

for Small Telecommunications Businesses (47 U.S.C. 257); and the 

Telecommunications Development Fund (47 U.S.C. 614).

    (b) The Office has the following duties and responsibilities:

    (1) Through its director, serves as the principal small business 

policy advisor to the Commission;

    (2) Develops, implements, and evaluates programs and policies that 

promote participation by small entities, women and minorities in the 

communications industry;

    (3) Manages the Regulatory Flexibility Analysis process pursuant to 

the Regulatory Flexibility Act and the Small Business Regulatory 

Enforcement Fairness Act to ensure that small business interests are 

fully considered in agency actions;

    (4) Develops and recommends Commission-wide goals and objectives for 

addressing the concerns of small entities, women, and minorities and 

reports of achievement;

    (5) Acts as the principal channel for disseminating information 

regarding the Commission's activities and programs affecting small 

entities, women, and minorities;

    (6) Develops, recommends, coordinates, and administers objectives, 

plans and programs to encourage participation by small entities, women, 

and minorities in the decision-making process;

    (7) Promotes increased awareness within the Commission of the impact 

of policies on small entities, women, and minorities;

    (8) Acts as the Commission's liaison to other federal agencies on 

matters relating to small business.



[69 FR 7376, Feb. 17, 2003]



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