[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 71 (Wednesday, April 14, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18472-18473]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-9304]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements; Agency Information 
Collection Activity Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information 
Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICR 
describes the nature of the information collection and its expected 
burden. The Federal Register notice with a 60-day comment period 
soliciting comments on the following information collection was 
published on November 5, 1998 [63 FR 59837].

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before May 14, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nelda Bravo, LTAP Program Manager, 
(202) 366-9633, Federal Highway Administration, Department of 
Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590. Office 
hours are from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday, 
except Federal holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Local Technical Assistance Program Extent of Coverage
    Type of Request: Approval of a new information collection.

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    Affected Public: Employees of local and tribal government 
transportation providers.
    Abstract: The Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP) provides 
for training, technology transfer and technical assistance to local and 
tribal government transportation providers. This information collection 
will be in the form of a survey that will document the extent of 
coverage of the LTAP and provide a baseline from which to measure the 
Program's progress in expanding that coverage between now and the year 
2002. The LTAP has established a network of 57 technology transfer 
centers at universities and state departments of transportation for the 
purpose of improving the skills and knowledge of local and tribal 
transportation providers through training, technical assistance and 
technology transfer. The LTAP Strategic Plan, adopted in 1997, calls 
for increasing usage of the program to 75 percent of local and tribal 
governments by the year 2002. Information is needed to document the 
extent to which local and tribal transportation agencies recognize, 
utilize, and are satisfied with the services provided by their LTAP 
Centers. The information will establish the baseline from which 
progress towards the goal of increasing coverage to 75 percent of all 
local and tribal transportation agencies will be measured.
    The information will be collected through a mail survey. 
Respondents will be asked to complete a brief, standardized 
questionnaire asking if employees of their agency are aware of the 
existence of their local or tribal LTAP Center, have read its 
newsletter, attended training sessions or utilized other technology 
transfer services provided by the Center within the past year, and 
their satisfaction with those services. Information will be collected 
from a simple random sample of 6,500 respondents from local and tribal 
governments in the U.S.
    The results of the survey will be retained by the Federal Highway 
Administration for comparison with the results of a subsequent 
collection in the year 2002. The results of the survey will also be 
presented in a report for dissemination to LTAP partners, including 
national associations, state departments of transportation, LTAP 
centers, and local and tribal governments.
    Estimated Burden: 20 minutes, per respondent, to read and respond 
to the mail survey. 367 total estimated annual burden hours.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, within 30 days, to the Office of Information 
and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th 
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503, Attention: DOT Desk Officer.
    Comments are invited on: whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the Department, including whether the information will have practical 
utility; the accuracy of the Department's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed information collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility 
and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to minimize 
the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including 
the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of 
information technology.
    A comment to OMB is most effective if OMB receives it within 30 
days of publication of this Notice.

    Issued on: April 9, 1999.
Michael J. Vecchietti,
Director, Office of Information and Management Services.
[FR Doc. 99-9304 Filed 4-13-99; 8:45 am]
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