[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 206 (Tuesday, October 24, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63640-63641]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-27241]


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OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Overseas Private Investment Corporation, IDCA.

ACTION: Request for comments.

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 
Chapter 35), agencies are required to publish a Notice of the Federal 
Register notifying the public that the Agency is preparing an 
information collection request for Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) review and approval and to request public review and comment on 
the submission. Comments are being solicited on the need for the 
information, its practical utility, the accuracy of the Agency's burden 
estimate, and on ways to minimize the reporting burden, including 
automated collection techniques and uses of other forms of technology. 
The proposed information collection request under review is summarized 
below.

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DATES: Comments must be received on or before December 26, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the survey questions and the request for review 
prepared for submission to OMB may be obtained from the Agency 
Submitting Officer. Comments on the form should be submitted to the 
Agency Submitting Officer.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:   
    OPIC Agency Submitting Officer: Carol Brock, Records Manager, 
Overseas Private Investment Corporation, 1100 New York Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20527, telephone (202) 336-8563.

Summary of Form Under Review

    Type of Request: New information collection.
    Title: Political Risk Insurance Survey.
    Form Number: OPIC 233.
    Frequency of Use: Once per client.
    Type of Respondents: Individual business officer representatives of 
business institutions.
    Standard Industrial Classification Codes: All.
    Description of Affected Public: U.S. companies or citizens 
investing overseas.
    Reporting Hours: 1 hour per client.
    Number of Responses: 480.
    Federal Cost: $0.
    Authority for Information Collection: Section 234A, of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, as amended.
    Abstract (Needs and Uses): OPIC is sponsoring a survey to identify 
trends relating to its clients' experiences with political risk in 
emerging markets. The survey results will not only help OPIC identify 
new products and opportunities to fulfill its mandate to insure 
investments overseas against a broad range of political risks, but will 
also provide valuable information to the political risk insurance 
industry, thereby helping the industry to enhance its programs.

    Dated: October 18, 2000.
Rumu Sarkar,
Assistant General Counsel, Department of Legal Affairs.
[FR Doc. 00-27241 Filed 10-23-00; 8:45 am]
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