[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 178 (Monday, September 15, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 53959]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-23373]


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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: Inadequate Interoperability Cost Analysis of the U.S. 
Capital Facilities Industry Surveys.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: None.
    Type of Review: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 113.
    Number of Respondents: 225.
    Average Hours Per Response: 30 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The surveys, to be administered to capital 
facilities architects, general contractors, engineers, suppliers, 
software developers, and owner-operators, are designed to gather 
quantitative data. The data will be used to calculate the efficiency 
loss, in dollars, of inadequate electronic interoperability in the 
capital facilities supply chain and in capital facilities life cycle 
management. Each aforementioned stakeholder group will be administered 
a survey tailored to their activities in the design, construction, and 
operation of capital facilities.
    The surveys will collect data on respondents' capital facilities 
projects, business processes involving the exchange of electronic and 
paper-based communication, information technology investments, and the 
amount of labor involved in managing information flows internally and 
externally. The respondents will also be offered the opportunity to 
freely comment on the extent to which interoperability issues impact 
their businesses and operations.
    Affected Public: Business or for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: One-time.
    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 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: September 9, 2003.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-23373 Filed 9-12-03; 8:45 am]
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