[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 58 (Friday, March 26, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 14689]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-7414]


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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: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
    Title: Survey of Reference Materials for Forensic Science.
    Agency Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: None.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Burden: 567 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 200.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: 2.8 hours per laboratory.
    Needs and Uses: The NIST Office of Law Enforcement Standards' 
(OLES) mission is to develop standards and perform scientific and 
engineering research in response to the needs of the criminal justice 
community. The NIST/OLES Survey of Reference Materials for Forensic 
Science will identify the current status of, and need for, standard 
reference materials and standard reference collections within all 
public crime laboratories in the United States. The information will be 
used to determine what standard reference materials and collections are 
needed to expand investigative capabilities of laboratories and to 
improve their efficiency.
    Affected Public: State, local or tribal government and the federal 
government.
    Frequency: One-time only.
    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, Department of Commerce, Room 5327 (internet address is 
LE[email protected]), 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 Virginia Huth, OMB Desk Officer, Room 10236, New Executive Office 
Building, 725 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: March 22, 1999.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-7414 Filed 3-25-99; 8:45 am]
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