[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 183 (Wednesday, September 20, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56869-56870]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-24169]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


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: Advanced Technology Program (ATP).
    Agency Form Number: NIST-1262 and NIST-1263.
    OMB Approval Number: 0693-0009.
    Type of Request: Revision to an existing collection of information.
    Burden Hours: 14,875.
    Number of Respondents: 1,000.
    Average Hours Per Response: 30 hours for full proposals; 1 \1/2\ 
hours for pre-proposals; and, 5 hours for monitoring reports.

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    Needs and Uses: ATP is a competitive cost-sharing program designed 
to assist United States' businesses pursue high-risk, enabling 
technologies with significant commercial/economic potential. The ATP 
provides multi-year funding through the use of cooperative agreements 
to single companies and to industry-led joint ventures. In order to 
participate, proposals must be submitted addressing the ATP criteria. 
The information is used to perform the technical and business reviews 
of the proposals to determine if an award should be granted.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations, not-
for-profit institutions, individuals.
    Frequency: On occasion, yearly, quarterly, biennially, semi-
annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
    OMB Desk Officer: Kamela White (202) 395-3630.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Madeleine Clayton, DOC Forms Clearance Officer, 
(202) 482-3129, Department of Commerce, Room 6086, 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 Kamela White, Room 10236, New Executive Office Building, 725 17th 
Street, NW, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: September 15, 2000.
Madeleine Clayton,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-24169 Filed 9-19-00; 8:45 am]
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