[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 166 (Wednesday, August 27, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45391-45392]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-22814]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce (DOC) has submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for 
collection of information under provisions of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Agency: National Institute of Standards and Technology.
    Title: Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program Evaluation 
Survey.
    Agency Form Number: None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0693-0021.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.

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    Burden: 1,800 hours.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: Approximately 10 minutes
    Needs and Uses: The goal of the Manufacturing Extension Partnership 
program is to improve global competitiveness of U.S. manufacturing 
establishment. A variety of services are provided by over 70 centers. 
This collection, conducted in partnership with the U.S. Census Bureau, 
measures the impacts of those services on the nation's manufacturers.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: Virginia Huth, (202) 395-6929.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Linda Engelmeier, DOC Forms Clearance Officer, 
(202) 482-3272, Department of Commerce, Room 5327, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to Virginia Huth, OMB Desk Officer, Room 10236, New Executive Office 
Building, 725 17th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20503.

    Dated: August 21, 1997.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 97-22814 Filed 8-26-97; 8:45 am]
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