[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 231 (Thursday, December 3, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 63385]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-28857]


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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 Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
    Title: Coastal Zone Management Act External Evaluation.
    OMB Control Number: None.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Number of Respondents: 78.
    Average Hours per Response: Two hours.
    Burden Hours: 156.
    Needs and Uses: This information collection is an external 
evaluation of how the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's 
(NOAA's) Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management (OCRM) is 
operating and managing coastal management and estuarine research 
reserve programs under the Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA), 
particularly in terms of how the OCRM plans, measures, reviews and 
directs funding for these programs to achieve the objectives of the 
CZMA. The contractor shall examine the extent to which planning and 
performance-based management processes have changed in the past five to 
six years and make recommendations to the appropriate officials of 
NOAA, the National Ocean Service (NOS), and the OCRM about how the 
programs can further improve their planning, budgeting, and performance 
measurement processes to weigh priorities and assign resources based on 
the clearest needs. The contractor shall also make recommendations, if 
appropriate, for improving the programs' evaluation and funding 
guidance and mechanisms to enhance its capacity for demonstrate program 
outcomes and results, as well as improving linkages between the 
component programs.
    Affected Public: State, local and tribal governments; not-for-
profit institutions.
    Frequency: One-time.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker, (202) 395-3897.
    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 7845, 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 David Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, FAX number (202) 395-7285, or 
[email protected].

    Dated: November 30, 2009.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-28857 Filed 12-2-09; 8:45 am]
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