[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 55 (Friday, March 21, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 13902]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-6776]


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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: Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Management 
Information Reporting.
    Form: None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0693-0032.
    Type of Review: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 4,048.
    Number of Respondents: 60.
    Average Hours Per Response: 68 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP), 
sponsored by NIST, is a national network of locally-based manufacturing 
extension centers working with small manufacturers to help improve 
their productivity, improve profitability and enhance their economic 
competitiveness.
    The collected information will provide the MEP with information 
regarding the centers' performance in the delivery of technology, and 
business solutions to US-based manufacturers. The information obtained 
will assist in determining the performance of the MEP Centers at both a 
local and national level, as well as, the impact on the national 
economy. Responses to the collection of information are mandatory per 
the regulations governing the operation of the MEP Program (15 CFR 290, 
291, 292, and H.R. 1274--Section 2).
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: Jacqueline Zeiher, (202) 395-4638.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing to 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 the 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: March 17, 2003.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-6776 Filed 3-20-03; 8:45 am]
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