[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 129 (Thursday, July 6, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38360-38361]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-10497]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce has submitted to the Office for 
Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for 
collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13.
    Bureau: International Trade Administration.
    Title: Advocacy Questionnaire.
    OMB Approval Number: 0625-0220.
    Agency Form Number: ITA-4133P.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 205.
    Number of Respondents: 200.
    Average Hours per Response: 30 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The International Trade Administration's (ITA) 
Advocacy Center marshals federal resources to assist U.S. firms 
competing for foreign government procurements worldwide. The Advocacy 
Center works closely with the Trade Promotion Coordination Committee, 
which is chaired by the Secretary of Commerce and includes 19 federal 
agencies involved in export promotion.
    Advocacy assistance is wide and varied, but most often is employed 
to assist U.S. commercial interests that must deal with foreign 
governments or government-owned corporations to win or maintain 
business transactions in foreign markets. The Advocacy Center is at the 
core of the President's National Export Strategy and its goal to ensure 
opportunities for American companies in the international marketplace.
    The purpose of the Advocacy Questionnaire is to collect the 
information necessary to evaluate whether it would be appropriate to 
provide the U.S. Government (USG) advocacy assistance on a given 
transaction. The Advocacy Center, appropriate ITA officials, officers 
at U.S. Embassies/Consulates worldwide, and other federal government 
agencies that provide advocacy support (the Advocacy Network) to U.S. 
firms, request firms seeking USG advocacy support to complete the 
questionnaire. The information derived from a completed questionnaire 
is critical in helping the Advocacy Center determine whether it is in 
the U.S. national interest to advocate on a specific transaction.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organization.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit, 
voluntary.

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    OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker, (202) 395-3897.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by writing Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, 
Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 14th & Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230; E-mail: [email protected].
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent to David Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, at 
[email protected] or fax (202) 395-7285, within 30 days of the 
publication of this notice in the Federal Register.

    Dated: June 29, 2006.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E6-10497 Filed 7-5-06; 8:45 am]
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