[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 129 (Thursday, July 6, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 38361]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-10500]


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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: Generic Clearance for Program Evaluation Data Collections.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0693-0033.
    Type of Review: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 3,022.
    Number of Respondents: 4,000.
    Average Hours per Response: Varied dependent upon data collection. 
Average time is expected to be 30 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: NIST proposes to conduct surveys designed to 
evaluate current programs from a customer perspective. The use of these 
types of data collections will present NIST with a measure of the 
economic impact of products, services, or assistance provided by NIST 
and will give NIST customers a mechanism to suggest how programs may be 
improved and then to provide valuable strategic input on enhancing the 
future direction of NIST programs.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations; not-
for-profit institutions; individuals or households; Federal government, 
State, local, or tribal government.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: Jasmeet Seehra, (202) 395-3123.
    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 Jasmeet Seehra, OMB Desk Officer, Fax number (202) 395-5167 or via 
the Internet at [email protected].

    Dated: June 28, 2006.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
 [FR Doc. E6-10500 Filed 7-5-06; 8:45 am]
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