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SBA RIN: 3245-AI18 Publication ID: Spring 2025 
Title: Touhy Regulation 
Abstract:

This rulemaking will revise and clarify SBA’s Touhy regulation implementing 5 USC Sec. 301 to increase uniformity with other agencies’ federal regulations for the same subject matter. The clarification will benefit those who may seek to make a request for production or disclosure of official SBA materials or oral testimony, in which the agency is not a party, by better informing third parties of the standards for compliance and approvals by SBA, and the clarification will benefit SBA by the same measure.

 
Agency: Small Business Administration(SBA)  Priority: Other Significant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
EO 14192 Designation: Fully or Partially Exempt 
CFR Citation: 13 CFR 102.11   
Legal Authority: 5 USC 301   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  01/00/2026 
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Eric S. Benderson
Associate General Counsel
Small Business Administration
Room 716, 409 Third Street SW,
Washington, DC 20416
Phone:202 205-6636
Email: eric.benderson@sba.gov