[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 216 (Monday, November 9, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 60293]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-29918]


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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 the provisions of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Agency: Office of the Inspector General/Department of Commerce.
    Title: Applicant for Funding Assistance.
    Agency Form Number(s): CD-346.
    OMB Approval Number: 0605-0001.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 500 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 400 (multiple responses).
    Avg. Hours Per Response: 15 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: This collection is used to assist program and 
grants administration officials in determining the responsibility, 
financial integrity and management principles of principal officers and 
employees of organizations, firms, or recipients which will be 
receiving grants, loan guarantees, etc. Through the ``name check'' 
process, the Office of Inspector General collects background 
information on key individuals and is used to determine if they have 
been convicted of, or are presently facing, criminal charges for fraud, 
theft, perjury, etc. This information is used in making funding 
decisions.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations, 
individuals, not-for-profit institutions, federal government, state, 
local or tribal government.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker, (202) 395-3897.
    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, DC 20230.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to David Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, Room 10202, New Executive Office 
Building, 725 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: November 3, 1998.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-29918 Filed 11-6-98; 8:45 am]
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