[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 62 (Thursday, March 30, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16874-16875]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-7810]


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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: Evaluation of the Common Industry Format for Reporting the 
Results of Usability Tests.
    Agency Form Numbers(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: None.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Burden Hours: 120.
    Number of Respondents: 30.
    Average Hours Per Response: 4.
    Needs and Uses: The Industry Usability Reporting project sponsored 
by NIST has developed the Common Industry Format (CIF) to facilitate 
the exchange of usability testing data. The proposed format needs to be 
tested for utility and validity. The goal of this research project is 
to determine which types of metrics are best able to measure the effect 
of using the CIF to report usability data. Computer applications and 
websites are suitable targets for

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evaluation. The results will be evaluated by NIST researchers in to 
determine the degree of consistency among reports that target a common 
application or website and develop a set of metrics that can be used to 
predict utility for a software vendor company and/or software consumer 
company.
    Frequency: Once.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker, (202) 395-3897.
    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 5027, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 
[email protected]).
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to David Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, Room 10202, New Executive Office 
Building, 725 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: March 24, 2000.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-7810 Filed 3-29-00; 8:45 am]
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