[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 123 (Wednesday, June 26, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 43089]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-16046]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce 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: Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Application.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0693-0006.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 10,000.
    Number of Respondents: 100.
    Average Hours Per Response: 100.
    Needs and Uses: Information and quantitative data collected from 
the Award Applications is used as the basis for a rigorous evaluation 
of each applicant by Baldrige Examiners to determine the applicant's 
quality achievements and quality improvements and to determine which, 
if any, company or organization will receive the Award.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations, not-
for profit institutions.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    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 6608, 
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 David Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, Room 10202, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: June 20, 2002.
Madeleine Clayton,
Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-16046 Filed 6-25-02; 8:45 am]
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