[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 190 (Monday, October 2, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 51454]
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[FR Doc No: 95-24433]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Agency Form Under Review by the Office of Management and Budget

    DOC has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
clearance the following proposal for collection of information under 
the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Agency: Bureau of the Census.
    Title: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 
Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Program Evaluation Survey.
    Form Number: None.
    Agency Approval Number: None.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Burden: 2,800 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 8,400.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 20 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau, acting as an agent for NIST will 
conduct the NIST/MEP Program Evaluation Survey. MEP centers around the 
country provide technical and business assistance to small and medium-
sized manufacturing establishments. The survey will gather information 
from recent clients of MEP centers on how they have been helped by the 
assistance provided by the centers. The NIST will use results of the 
survey, together with other information, to evaluate program strengths 
and weaknesses, plan improvements in program effectiveness and 
efficiency, and initiate a program-wide management information and 
evaluation system. The survey will be administered using Computer 
Assisted Telephone Interviewing (CATI) technology.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit.
    Frequency: One-time.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: Maria Gonzalez, (202) 395-7313.

    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Gerald Tache, DOC Forms Clearance Officer, (202) 
482-3271, Department of Commerce, Room 5327, 14th and Constitution 
Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent to Maria Gonzalez, OMB Desk Officer, Room 
10202 New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: September 22, 1995.
Gerald Tache,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 95-24433 Filed 9-29-95; 8:45 am]
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