[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 25 (Friday, February 6, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 5832]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-2559]


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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: Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Application.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0693-0006.
    Type of Review: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 7,400.
    Number of Respondents: 100.
    Average Hours Per Response: 74.
    Needs and Uses: Public Law 100-107, the Malcolm Baldrige National 
Quality Improvement Act of 1987, established an annual U.S. National 
Quality Award. The Secretary of Commerce leads and NIST develops and 
manages the Award with cooperation from the private sector. The 
purposes of the Award are to promote quality awareness, recognize 
quality achievements of U.S. organizations, and to share successful 
quality strategies and practices. The failure to collect the 
information required of Award applicants would make it impossible to 
grant the Award and violate statutory responsibilities.
    Affected Public: Business or for-profit organizations, not-for-
profit institutions.
    Frequency: Annually.
    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, FAX number (202) 395-5167 or 
[email protected]

    Dated: February 2, 2004.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-2559 Filed 2-5-04; 8:45 am]
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