[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 79 (Friday, April 24, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 20378]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-10910]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    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 of 1995, Public Law 104-
13.
    Bureau: International Trade Administration.
    Title: Business Information Service for the Newly Independent 
States (BISNIS) FinanceLink.
    Agency Form Number: N/A.
    OMB Number: N/A (number to be assigned).
    Type of Request: Regular Submission.
    Burden: 33 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 200.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: 10 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The International Trade Administration's Business 
Information Service for the Newly Independent States offers business 
intelligence and counseling to U.S. companies seeking to export or 
invest in the countries of the former Soviet Union. One of the 
essential components of BISNIS's services is assisting companies in 
locating suitable financing for exports. Often, official sources, such 
as the Export-Import Bank of the United States, cannot handle all 
requests for a variety of reasons. BISNIS's FinanceLink is an internet-
based service that will facilitate contact between exporters and 
financing agencies. U.S. exporters fill out a form giving relevant 
details about the desired transaction and submit it via Internet to 
BISNIS; BISNIS will, in turn, distribute the information collected to 
U.S.-based financing agencies who have expressed an interest in 
receiving such information. The intention is to provide a service that 
benefits both exporters and financing agencies.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: Dennis Marvich, (202) 395-5871.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Linda Engelmeier, Departmental 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 to Dennis Marvich, OMB Desk Officer, Room 
10202, New Executive Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20503.

    Dated: April 20, 1998.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 98-10910 Filed 4-23-98; 8:45 am]
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