[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 29 (Friday, February 13, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7217-7218]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-3071]


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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 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: Technology Innovation Program Application Requirements.
    OMB Control Number: 0693-0050.
    Form Number(s): NIST-1022.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 11,100.
    Number of Respondents: 300.
    Average Hours per Response: 37.
    Needs and Uses: The Technology Innovation Program (TIP) is a 
competitive cost-sharing program designed to assist U.S. businesses and 
institutions of higher education or other organizations, such as 
national laboratories, governmental laboratories (not including NIST), 
and nonprofit research institutes, to support, promote, and accelerate 
innovation in the United States through high-risk, high-reward research 
in areas of critical national need. This request is for the information 
collection requirements associated with submission of proposals for TIP 
funding. The intent of collection is to meet statutory requirements for 
TIP, as well as compliance with 15 CFR Part 14.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations, not-
for-profit institutions, and Federal Government.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    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].


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    Dated: February 9, 2009.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-3071 Filed 2-12-09; 8:45 am]
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