# The Women-Owned Small Business Federal Contract Assistance Procedures
> **US Small Business Administration** · Final rule. · Published 2008-10-01 · Effective 2008-10-31 · 73 FR 56940
## Document
- **Document number:** E8-23138
- **Category:** final-rule
- **Agency:** US Small Business Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 73 FR 56940
- **CFR reference:** 13 CFR 121
- **Publication date:** 2008-10-01
- **Effective date:** 2008-10-31
## Abstract

This final rule amends the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) regulations governing small business contracting programs to set forth procedures that will govern the new Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) Federal Contract Assistance Procedures as authorized in the Small Business Act.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2008/10/01/E8-23138/the-women-owned-small-business-federal-contract-assistance-procedures)
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