Pentagon Renews Mentor-Protégé Paperwork for 96 Small Businesses
Published Date: 10/30/2026
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Summary
The Department of Defense is renewing its info collection for the Mentor-Protégé Program, which helps small businesses team up with bigger ones. About 96 businesses will share updates roughly twice a year, spending around 2.3 hours each time. Comments on this plan are open until November 30, 2026, so get ready to weigh in if you’re involved or interested!
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Submissions affect agreement continuation and assistance
DoD uses the submitted information to decide whether to approve continuation of mentor‑protégé agreements and to direct developmental assistance to appropriate small businesses, which affects which participants receive continued program support.
Mandatory reporting to keep Mentor‑Protégé benefits
If you participate in the DoD Mentor‑Protégé Program, you are required to provide the information the Department of Defense asks for to obtain or retain program benefits. The collection covers about 96 businesses, with each respondent submitting about 1.9 responses (roughly twice a year) at an average of 2.33 hours per response (about 4.4 hours per participant per year); the program estimates 180 annual responses and 420 annual burden hours in total.
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