[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 188 (Tuesday, September 29, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 51893]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-25976]


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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: Bureau of Export Administration (BXA).
    Title: Survey of U.S. Assistive Technology Industry.
    Agency Form Number: None.
    OMB Approval Number: None.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Burden: 8,000 hours.
    Average Time Per Response: 4 hours per response.
    Number of Respondents: 2,000 respondents.
    Needs and Uses: Commerce/BXA, in partnership with the Federal 
Laboratory Consortium and the Department of Education, is conducting an 
assessment of the domestic assistive technologies industry in order to 
determine the competitiveness of the U.S. industry and to facilitate 
the transfer of defense technologies from federal laboratories to firms 
in the industry.
    The survey will collect information on the nature of the business 
performed by each firm; estimated sales and employment data; financial 
information; research and development expenditures and funding sources; 
capital expenditures and funding sources; and competitiveness issues.
    Affected Public: Individuals, businesses or other for-profit 
institutions.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    OMB Desk Officer: Victoria Baecher-Wassemer (202) 395-5871.
    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, NW, 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 Victoria Baecher-Wassemer, OMB Desk Officer, Room 10202, New 
Executive Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20230.

    Dated: September 23, 1998.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-25976 Filed 9-28-98; 8:45 am]
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