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Small Business Administration

Ombudsman


The CMS liaison with the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Office of the National Ombudsman is the Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs (OSORA).

OSORA is responsible for responding to small entity concerns on regulatory burden, coordinating the development of department-wide non-retaliation policy with the Department of Health and Human Services, and participating in Regulatory Enforcement Fairness hearings and meetings when issues relate to the CMS mission.

OSORA has established this page for small entities experiencing problems pertaining to the regulatory burden aspect of doing business with CMS.

If you are interested in CMS contract or grant opportunities, please contact the appropriate individual identified below:

Contract Opportunities

CMS has a full-time Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization Specialist (SDBUS) located in its Acquisition and Grants Group.  The SDBUS is the Agency’s focal point for ensuring that all reasonable action is taken to increase awards to small, small disadvantaged, HUBZones, and women-owned businesses.  This Office maintains company profiles and capability statements for all types of services.  Inquiries should be directed to Sharon McKinney, on (410) 786-5162, or e-mail may be sent to:  smckinney@cms.hhs.gov.

Grant Opportunities

While CMS’s Program Offices are concerned with the scientific, technical, and programmatic topics, the Acquisition and Grants Group/Research Contracts and Grants Division is primarily charged with the business management and policy aspects of CMS’s discretionary grant and cooperative agreement activities.

Currently, CMS conducts a myriad of R&D programs including, but not limited to, the following:  Real Choice Systems Change Grants, Medicaid Infrastructure Grants, State Health Insurance Assistance Program, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and Hispanic Health Initiatives.  For additional information, please contact Judy Norris on (410) 786-5130 or e-mail to:  jnorris1@cms.hhs.gov.

SBA Office of the National Ombudsman Links:

Additional Small Business Resources:

  • www.business.gov:  The Business Gateway to Federal Resources.
  • www.businesslaw.gov:  This site is designed to help small businesses understand applicable federal and state rules and regulations. The Small Business Administration and the Department of Commerce are working to make the site even more useful to small businesses.
  • www.disasterhelp.gov:  Provides Federal, state, and local emergency managers on-line access to disaster-management-related information, planning, and response tools.
  • www.dol.gov:  The Department of Labor provides compliance assistance to small businesses through "elaws," an interactive exchange that allows small business owners to ask questions about labor laws.
  • www.fedbizopps.gov:  This government-wide information portal is a website that provides a one-stop approach to locating federal business opportunities.
  • www.fedstats.gov:  The gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. Federal agencies.
  • www.firstgov.gov:  The official U.S. gateway to all government information.
  • www.firstgov.gov/business/business_gateway.shtml:  The Businesses and Nonprofits Gateway.
  • www.firstgov.gov/topics/cross_agency_portals.shtml:  A list of other Cross-Agency Portals.
  • www.forms.gov:  Online resource to Federal Forms.
  • www.geodata.gov:  Provides Federal and state agencies with a single-point of access to map-related data, enabling consolidation of redundant data.
  • www.govloans.gov:  Creates a single point of access for citizens to locate information on Federal loan programs, and improves back-office loan functions.
  • www.grants.gov:  Allows organizations to electronically find and apply for competitive grant opportunities from all Federal grant-making agencies.
  • www.hhs.gov/osdbu:  The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization website.
  • www.regulations.gov:  Your one stop site to comment on federal regulations.
  • www.sba.gov:  The United States Small Business Administration website.
  • www.sba.gov/advo:  The SBA Office of Advocacy web site provides advice on regulatory issues that pertain to small businesses.
  • www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/smallbusiness/information.html:  The White House Portal to provide Small Businesses with the information they need to succeed.
  • www.whitehouse.gov/omb:  The Executive Office of the President Office of Management and Budget (OMB) website.
  • www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budintegration/pma_index.html:  The President's Management Agenda, announced in the summer of 2001, is an aggressive strategy for improving the management of the Federal government.
  • www.whitehouse.gov/omb/egov:  The Official Web Site of the President's E-Government initiatives.
  • www.whitehouse.gov/omb/inforeg/infocoll.html:  This website is managed by OMB and provides an inventory of current approved information collections.


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