[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 43 (Wednesday, March 5, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10438-10439]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-5078]


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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) the following proposal for collection of 
information under the emergency clearance procedures of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Agency: National Telecommunications and Information Administration 
(NTIA).
    Title: Survey of Minority Commercial Broadcast Owners.
    Agency Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: None.
    Type of Request: Emergency.
    Burden Hours: 250.
    Number of Respondents: 500.
    Average Hours Per Response: 30 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The Minority Telecommunications Development Program 
(MTDP), National Telecommunications and Information Administration has 
developed a survey

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instrument to collect information for its periodic minority commercial 
broadcast ownership report. The survey will be the principal method of 
systematically gathering information about the experiences of minority 
entrepreneurs entering the broadcast industry or expanding their 
operations. The report will provide a basis for national policies to 
increase minority participation in broadcasting, as well as 
Administration initiatives to promote economic opportunity for 
minority-owned businesses.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Biennially, or annually if resources permit.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker, (202) 395-3897.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by contacting Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, 
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 the proposed information 
collection should be sent by March 19, 2003 to David Rostker, OMB Desk 
Officer, Room 10102, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 
20503.

    Dated: February 27, 2003.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-5078 Filed 3-4-03; 8:45 am]
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