[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 169 (Friday, August 30, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 55779]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-22154]


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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: Industrial Research Institute (IRI) Study on Investment 
Decision Tools for High-Risk/High-Payoff Research & Development.
    Form Number: None.
    OMB Approval Number: None.
    Type of Request: Regular.
    Number of Respondents: 80.
    Average Hours Per Response: Baseline Survey 15 minutes; 
teleconference follow-up interviews 30 minutes; annual survey 10 
minutes.
    Needs and Uses: This information will be collected in conjunction 
with a joint study by the IRI and NIST to understand the investment 
decision-tools that medium-to-large companies use for funding high-risk 
technology development. The information collected from IRI member-
companies will help the Advanced Technology Program to make more 
informed decisions when evaluating funding proposals. IRM and its 
member companies will learn which methods are most cost-effective for 
making investment decisions regarding high-risk-high-payoff R&D.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Annual, semi-annually.
    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 this 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: August 26, 2002.
Madeleine Clayton,
Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-22154 Filed 8-29-02; 8:45 am]
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