[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 250 (Wednesday, December 31, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 75485]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-32221]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce (DOC) has submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) the following proposal for collection of 
information under the 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: 0660-0017.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    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 to collect information for its periodic minority 
commercial broadcast ownership report. The survey is the principle 
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: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: Kim Johnson, (202) 395-7232.
    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, (202) 482-0266 or via the Internet at 
[email protected].
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of the publication of this 
notice to Kimberly Johnson, OMB Desk Officer, Fax number (202) 395-7285 
or [email protected].

    Dated: December 24, 2003.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-32221 Filed 12-30-03; 8:45 am]
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