[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 239 (Wednesday, December 12, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 64214]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-30632]


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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: TPCC Benchmarking Exercise.
    Agency Form Number: N/A.
    OMB Number: None.
    Type of Request: Emergency Submission.
    Burden: 715 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 2500.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: 5 minutes to 1.5 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee (TPCC) 
chaired by Commerce Secretary Evans is conducting a benchmarking 
exercise of federal trade promotion programs. The goal of this exercise 
is to ensure that U.S. government agencies provide exporters with 
world-class services that enable them to take full advantage of new 
market openings. The benchmarking exercise is comprised of the 
following two parts: (1) an analysis of other countries export 
promotion and financing efforts; and (2) an assessment of what U.S. 
businesses need to export. The assessment will be based on a survey of 
exporters' needs and a set of focus group interviews with TPCC agency 
program users. The information we collect will help us to determine 
what other organizations help small businesses (and get a sense of who 
does it well), what the export assistance needs of small business 
exporters are, why don't more small business export, and if there is a 
trade financing problem. The survey and focus groups will also address 
how small businesses are using the Internet for exporting. In March 
2002, Secretary Evans will present the TPCC's National Export Strategy 
to Congress, laying out recommendations based on this exercise to 
improve and streamline TPCC agency programs and services.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits.
    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 Madeleine Clayton, Departmental Paperwork 
Clearance Officer, (202) 482-3129, Department of Commerce, Room 6086, 
14th and Constitution, NW., Washington, DC 20230 or via Internet at 
[email protected].
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent to David Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, Room 
10202, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503 within 30 
days of the publication of this notice in the Federal Register.

    Dated: December 6, 2001.
Madeleine Clayton,
Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer,Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 01-30632 Filed 12-11-01; 8:45 am]
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