[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 211 (Thursday, October 30, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64596-64597]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-25813]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce will submit to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for clearance of the following proposal for collection 
of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 
U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Agency: International Trade Administration (ITA).
    Title: Export Information Services Order Forms.
    Form Number(s): ITA-4096P.
    OMB Control Number: 0625-0143.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 1,506.
    Number of Respondents: 9,035.
    Average Hours per Response: 10 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The Commercial Service (CS) offers a variety of 
services to enable clients to begin exporting or to expand existing 
exporting efforts. The CS provides a standard set of services to assist 
clients with identifying potential overseas partners, establishing 
meeting programs with appropriate overseas business contacts and 
providing due diligence reports on potential overseas business 
partners. The CS also provides other export-related services considered 
to be of a ``customized nature'' because they do not fit into the 
standard set of CS export services, but are driven by unique business 
needs of individual clients.
    Before the CS can provide export-related services to clients, 
specific information is required to determine the client's business 
objectives and needs. This information collection is designed to elicit 
such data so that appropriate services can be proposed and conducted to 
most effectively meet the client's exporting goals. Without these forms 
the CS is unable to provide services when requested by clients.
    The CS requests approval to use the currently approved ``Company 
Information'' Form for International Partner Search Service (IPS), to 
include their new Gold Key Service (GKS), by adding a check-box to the 
form. These two services involve the identification of appropriate 
potential business partners and require the same type of information 
about a client's exporting and business needs, therefore one form will 
be used to meet both functions. The primary difference between IPS and 
GKS--GKS provides meetings between the clients and the appropriate 
potential partners that have been identified for them.
    The CS would like approval to make slight modifications to the 
currently approved International ``Company Profile'' Form based upon 
recommendations from clients. The slight layout and text changes will 
make the form easier for clients to understand and complete.
    CS also seeks approval to replace the currently approved 
``Customized Market Research'' Form with a more general Customized 
Services Form that would be used for a wide variety of customized 
services, including Customized Market Research. We are moving towards 
providing more customized solutions to clients to better meet their 
needs and this change will allow flexibility to tailor our services to 
precisely meet their unique requirements. The standardized services 
such as GKS, ICP and IPS are appropriate for a number of clients, but 
they are not necessarily the best fit for every client. CS would like 
the flexibility to make slight modifications to the Customized Services 
Form based upon new client needs that may arise within the next three 
years and for which we cannot identify at this point in time. As 
economic and business conditions vary, clients needs may change, and 
being able to make modifications will allow CS to immediately obtain 
the information needed to assess the clients' needs, and provide the 
most effective and appropriate export-related services.
    This information collection request also seeks approval to continue 
the use of the ``U.S. Supplier Search'' Form in which CS obtains 
information on the product and service needs of international buyers in 
order for CS to provide details on U.S. suppliers who produce or 
provide the required products or services.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: Wendy Liberante, (202) 395-3647.

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    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 Wendy Liberante, OMB Desk Officer,Fax number (202) 395-5806 or via 
the Internet at [email protected].

    Dated: October 24, 2008.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E8-25813 Filed 10-29-08; 8:45 am]
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