[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 52 (Thursday, March 18, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13397-13398]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-6645]


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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 of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). An expedited clearance is being 
requested under the Act. We are requesting OMB clearance by March 19, 
1999.

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    Agency: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
    Title: Advanced Technology Program Comparison Group Survey.
    Agency Form Number: None Assigned.
    OMB Approval Number: None Assigned.
    Type of Request: New collection--Expedited clearance is being 
requested.
    Burden: 104 hours.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: Approximately 25 minutes.
    Number of Respondents: 250.
    Need and Uses: The purpose of this survey is to collect information 
from applicants and other businesses that have not received Advanced 
Technology Program (ATP) funding. This data will be used to make 
comparisons between the experiences of ATP awardees and non-awardees in 
evaluating the ATP.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations, not-
for-profit institutions, educational institutions.
    Frequency: One time survey.
    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, U.S. 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 by no later than March 22, 1999 to Virginia 
Huth, OMB Desk Officer, Room 10236, New Executive Office Building, 
Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: March 15, 1999.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-6645 Filed 3-17-99; 8:45 am]
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