[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 47 (Tuesday, March 11, 1997)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

March 4, 1997.
    The Department of Treasury has submitted the following public 
information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance 
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. Copies of 
the submission(s) may be obtained by calling the Treasury Bureau 
Clearance Officer listed. Comments regarding this information 
collection should be addressed to the OMB reviewer listed and to the 
Treasury Department Clearance Officer, Department of the Treasury, Room 
2110, 1425 New York Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20220.
    Special Request: In order to begin the surveys described below in 
late March 1997, the Department of the Treasury is requesting that the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) review and approve this 
information collection by March 17, 1997. To obtain a copy of this 
study, please contact the Public Debt Clearance Officer at the address 
listed below.

Bureau of the Public Debt

    OMB Number: 1535-0122.
    Project Number: BPD 97-1.
    Type of Review: Revision.
    Title: Market Research Study on U.S. Savings Bonds.
    Description: The Bureau of the Public Debt has entered into an 
interagency agreement with the Health Resources Study Center of the 
U.S. Navy (HRSC) to conduct a market research study on U. S. Savings 
Bonds: a two-stage study a mail survey preceded by focus groups to aid 
in the design of the survey instrument. This submission is for the 
final phase, the survey. The need for market research arises primarily 
from two new Savings Bonds products: the forthcoming sale of U.S. 
Savings Bonds to the public on a recurring basis through Automated 
Clearinghouse (ACH) debits from their personal checking accounts; and 
the issuance of inflation-indexed savings bonds after January 1, 1998, 
announced by the President September 25, 1996.
    Respondents: Individuals.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 27,000.
    Estimated Burden Hours Per Response: 20 minutes.
    Frequency of Response: Other.
    Estimated Total Reporting Burden: 9,000 hours.
    Clearance Officer: Vicki S. Thorpe, Bureau of the Public Debt, 200 
Third Street, Parkersburg, West VA 26106-1328.
    OMB Reviewer: Alexander T. Hunt (202) 395-7860, Office of 
Management and Budget, Room 10226, New Executive Office Building, 
Washington, DC 20503.
Dale A. Morgan,
Departmental Reports Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 97-5917 Filed 3-10-97; 8:45 am]
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