[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 11 (Wednesday, January 16, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 2182]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-1038]


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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: Overseas Business Interest Questionnaire.
    Agency Form Number: 471P.
    OMB Number: 0625-0039.
    Type of Request: Regular Submission.
    Burden: 490 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 1,000.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: 30 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: This collection allows U.S. firms participating in 
overseas trade events sponsored by the U.S. Department of Commerce's 
International Trade Administration (ITA) an opportunity to specifically 
identify their marketing objective for a specific event as well as 
current marketing activities and status in the specific foreign markets 
where the event will take place. The U.S. and Foreign Commercial 
Service/ITA overseas posts use the information to schedule business 
appointments during the trade event, arrange ``blue ribbon'' calls on 
key agents or distributors identified by participants prior to an 
event, and to issue specific show invitations appropriate prospective 
overseas business partners. It is critical to prearrange business 
appointments thus providing U.S. participants with a program of high 
caliber business appointments.
    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, N.W., 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: January 10, 2002.
Madeleine Clayton,
Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-1038 Filed 1-15-02; 8:45 am]
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