[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 16 (Friday, January 24, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 3509]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-1586]


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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: Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
    Title: Survey of Advanced Technology Program Joint Venture 
Participants.
    Form Number: None.
    OMB Approval Number: None.
    Type of Request: Regular.
    Number of Respondents: 547.
    Average Hours Per Response: 30 minutes for the Company survey; 15 
minutes for the Nonprofit Organization survey; and 10 minutes for the 
Inactive Company survey.
    Needs and Uses: This information collection is for program 
evaluation of the Advanced Technology Program (ATP). Research and 
development (R&D) collaborations and strategic alliances across 
companies and organizations have become increasingly important in 
industry. A key mission of the ATP as defined by statute is to support 
R&D joint ventures. This information collection and analysis will 
further ATP's mission by providing better understanding of R&D 
collaborations in general, and ATP Joint Ventures in particular.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations, not-
for-profit institutions.
    Frequency: One-time only.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: Jacqueline Zeiher, (202) 395-4638.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-0266, Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 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 Jacqueline Zeiher, OMB Desk Officer, Room 10202, New Executive 
Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: January 17, 2003.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-1586 Filed 1-23-03; 8:45 am]
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