[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 157 (Monday, August 16, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 44479]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-21101]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request


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 of 1995, Public Law 
104-13.

    Bureau: International Trade Administration.
    Title: BISNIS Publication Subscription Form.
    Agency Form Number: N/A.
    OMB Number: None.
    Type of Request: Regular Submission.
    Burden: 170 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 2,040.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: 5 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The International Trade Administration's (ITA) 
Business Information Service for the Newly Independent States (BISNIS) 
program offers business information and counseling to U.S. companies 
seeking to export or to invest in the countries of the former Soviet 
Union.
    A critical component of the program is the dissemination of 
information regarding market conditions and opportunities in various 
industries and countries of the former Soviet Union. These information 
products provided by BISNIS are in the form of emails, faxes, and paper 
mailers. The Publication Subscription form is a quick way for 
interested parties to tell BISNIS which products they want and what is 
their industry and country interests.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for profit, not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit, 
voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: David Roster, (202) 395-7340.
    Copies of the above information collection can be obtained by 
calling or writing Linda Engelmeier, Department Forms Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-3272, Department of Commerce, Room 5327, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230 (or via the internet 
at LE[email protected]).
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent to David Roster, OMB Desk Officer, Room 
10202, New Executive Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20503 within 30 
days of the publication of this notice.

    Dated: August 10, 1999.
Linda Engelmeier,
Department Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer
[FR Doc. 99-21101 Filed 8-13-99; 8:45 am]
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