[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 85 (Tuesday, May 4, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23835-23836]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-11109]


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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Entitled Center of 
Excellence for Information Technology (CEIT)

AGENCY: Office of Information Technology, GSA.

ACTION: Notice of request for approval of a new information collection 
entitled Center of Excellence for Information Technology (CEIT).

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Office of Acquisition Policy has submitted 
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and 
approve a new information collection concerning Center of Excellence 
for Information Technology (CEIT).

DATES: Comment Due Date: June 3, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect 
of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing 
this burden, should be submitted to: Edward Springer, GSA Desk Officer, 
Room 3235, NEOB, Washington, DC 20503 and also may be submitted to 
Marjorie Ashby, General Services Administration (MVP), 1800 F Street 
NW, Washington, DC 20405.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pat Smith, Office of Information 
Technology, (202) 501-0837.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

    The GSA is requesting the Office of Management and Budget to 
approve a new information collection concerning Center of Excellence 
for Information Technology (CEIT). The Center of Excellence for 
Information Technology (CEIT) will serve as a clearinghouse for best 
practices in information technology applications in both the public and 
private sectors. Current plans are to partner with leading Information 
Technology (IT) industry companies to establish a Center that provides 
innovate demonstrations of technology at work. Initial IT applications 
featured in the CEIT will focus on the use of web-enabled technologies 
to perform administrative functions and to deliver interagency 
transaction-based services through an Access America Seniors website.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

    Respondents: 400; annual responses: 400; average hours per 
response: .15; burden hours: 60.


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COPY OF PROPOSAL: A copy of this proposal may be obtained from the GSA 
Acquisition Policy Division (MVP), Room 4011, GSA Building, 1800 F 
Street NW, Washington, DC 20405, or by telephoning (202) 501-3822, or 
by faxing your request to (202) 501-3341.

    Dated: April 27, 1999.
Ida M. Ustad,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Acquisition Policy.
[FR Doc. 99-11109 Filed 5-3-99; 8:45 am]
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