[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 29 (Friday, February 13, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7218-7219]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-3072]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Minority Business Development Agency


Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Online 
Performance Database, Online Phoenix Database, and Online Opportunity 
Database

AGENCY: Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing

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effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general 
public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment 
on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before April 14, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Diana Hynek, Departmental 
Paperwork Clearance Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 7845, 14th 
and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via electronic 
mail at: [email protected]).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
for copies of the information collection instrument and instructions 
should be directed to Efrain Gonzalez, Chief, MBDA Office of Business 
Development, (202) 482-1940, or via electronic mail at: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

    Currently, as part of its service delivery programs, MBDA awards 
cooperative agreements each year. The recipient of each agreement is 
competitively selected to operate one of the following business 
centers: (1) Minority Business Enterprise Center (MBEC); (2) Native 
American Business Enterprise Center (NABEC); or (3) Minority Business 
Opportunity Center (MBOC) in the geographical service area designated 
by MBDA under the cooperative agreement. In accordance with the 
Government Performance Results Act (GPRA), MBDA requires center 
operators to report client service activities quarterly (Performance 
Database); to list minority Business Enterprises (MBEs) doing business 
in the United States (Phoenix Database); and to match those MBEs with 
opportunities entered in the system by public and private sector 
entities (Opportunity Database).

II. Method of Collection

    Electronic transfer of data.

III. Data

    OMB Control Number: 0640-0002.
    Form Number: None.
    Type of Review: Regular submission.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations; not-
for-profit institutions; individuals or households; Federal, State, 
Local or Tribal government.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 10,615.
    Estimated Time per Response: 1 to 210 minutes, depending on the 
function.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 7,802.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $0.

IV. Request for Comments

    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
MBDA, including whether the information has practical utility; (b) the 
accuracy of MBDA's estimate of the burden (including hours and cost) of 
the proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the 
quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and 
(d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
respondents, including through the use of automated collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and/or included in the request for OMB approval of this information 
collection; they also will become a matter of public record.

    Dated: February 9, 2009.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-3072 Filed 2-12-09; 8:45 am]
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