[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 11 (Wednesday, January 16, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2182-2183]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-1039]


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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: Advocacy Questionnaire.
    Agency Form Number: ITA-4133P.
    OMB Number: 0625-0220.
    Type of Request: Regular Submission.
    Burden: 205.
    Number of Respondents: 200.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: 30 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The U.S. Department of Commerce invites the general 
public and other Federal agencies to comment on the proposed extension 
of the use of the advocacy questionnaire by the Trade Promotion 
Coordination Committee's (TPCC) Advocacy Network. The questionnaire is 
used to evaluate requests for United States' Government (USG) 
commercial advocacy in connection with overseas bids and proposals. The 
International Trade Administration's Advocacy Center marshals federal 
resources to assist U.S. business interests competing for foreign 
government procurements worldwide. The mission of the Advocacy Center 
is to coordinate USG commercial advocacy in order to promote U.S. 
exports and create U.S. jobs. The Advocacy Center is under the umbrella 
of the TPCC, which is chaired by the Secretary of Commerce and includes 
19 federal agencies involved in export promotion. The purpose of the 
advocacy questionnaire is to collect the information necessary to make 
an evaluation about a company's eligibility for USG advocacy 
assistance. There are clear, well established USG advocacy guidelines 
that describe the various situations in which the USG can provide 
advocacy support for a firm. The questionnaire was developed to collect 
only the information necessary to determine if the firm meets the 
eligibility requirements set forth in these guidelines. The Advocacy 
Center, appropriate ITA officials, our U.S. Embassies worldwide, and 
other federal government agencies (the Advocacy Network) that provide 
advocacy support, will require firms seeking USG advocacy support to 
complete the questionnaire. Without this information, the USG would be 
unable to make eligibility determinations.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits.
    Frequency: Occasionally.
    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

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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: January 10, 2002.
Madeleine Clayton,
Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-1039 Filed 1-15-02; 8:45 am]
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