[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 119 (Wednesday, June 21, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35609-35610]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-9687]


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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) for clearance the following proposal for 
collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Agency: Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), Commerce.
    Title: Quarterly Survey of Transactions Between U.S. and 
Unaffiliated Foreign Persons in Selected Services and in Intangible 
Assets.
    Form Number(s): BE-25.
    Agency Approval Number: 0608-0067.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 35,200 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 550 per quarter, 2,200 annually.
    Average Hours Per Response: 16 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The BE-25, Quarterly Survey of Transactions Between 
U.S. and Unaffiliated Foreign Persons in Selected Services and in 
Intangible Assets, obtains quarterly data from companies that have 
receipts from or payments to unaffiliated foreign persons in any of the 
types of transactions covered by the survey. The data are needed to 
monitor trade in services and in intangible assets, analyze its impact 
on the U.S. and foreign economies, compile and improve the U.S. 
economic accounts, support U.S. commercial policy on services and 
intangible assets, conduct trade promotion, and improve the ability of 
U.S. businesses to identify and evaluate market opportunities.
    The data from the surveys are primarily intended as general purpose 
statistics. They are needed to answer any number of research and policy 
questions related to cross-border trade in services.
    Affected Public: U.S. businesses, state and local governments, non-
profit institutions or other for-profit institutions.
    Frequency: Quarterly.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: International Investment and Trade in Services 
Survey Act (Pub. L. 94-472, 22 U.S.C. 3101-3108).
    OMB Desk Officer: Paul Bugg, (202) 395-3093.
    You may obtain copies of the above information collection proposal 
by writing Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, 
Office of

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the Chief Information Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 14th 
and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230, or e-mail 
[email protected].
    Send comments on the proposed information collection within 30 days 
of publication of this notice to the Office of Management and Budget, 
O.I.R.A., Attention PRA Desk Officer for BEA, e-mail [email protected], 
or by FAX at 202-395-7245.

    Dated: June 15, 2006
Madeleine Clayton,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E6-9687 Filed 6-20-06; 8:45 am]
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