[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 222 (Wednesday, November 18, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64039-64040]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-30805]


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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 USC Chapter 35).
    Agency: National Telecommunications and Information Administration.
    Title: Telecommunications and Information Infrastructure Assistance 
Program Structured Reporting System.
    Agency Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: None.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Burden: 7,498 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 46 (multiple responses).
    Avg. Hours Per Response: Ranges between 8 and 40 hours depending on 
the requirement.
    Needs and Uses: The purpose of the Telecommunications and 
Information Infrastructure Assistance Program is to promote the 
widespread and efficient use of advanced telecommunications in the 
public and nonprofit sectors to serve communities nationwide. It does 
this by providing matching funds to public and nonprofit sector 
organizations to use ``information infrastructure'' to provide 
community-wide information, health, life-long learning, public safety 
and other public services. In order to monitor and assess the impacts 
of the funded projects, certain reports are required. These reports are 
used to ensure that grant recipients are effectively promoting the 
efficient and widespread use of advanced telecommunications services to 
serve American communities and to comply with the Government 
Performance and Results Act.
    Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions, federal government, 
state, local or tribal government.
    Frequency: Quarterly, annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: Tim Fain, (202) 395-3561.
    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 Tim Fain, OMB Desk Officer, Room 10236, New Executive Office 
Building, 725 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20503.


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    Dated: November 10, 1998.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-30805 Filed 11-17-98; 8:45 am]
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