[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 14 (Friday, January 21, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 3877]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-1271]


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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 emergency provisions of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35).
    Agency: Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA).
    Title: Minority Business Center Program: Communication and 
Outreach.
    OMB Control Number: None.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Emergency submission (new information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 775 (25 interviews and 750 on-line surveys).
    Average Hours per Response: Interview, 45 minutes; on-line survey, 
15 minutes.
    Burden Hours: 207.
    Needs and Uses: This emergency review request will give 
authorization to MBDA to conduct two surveys (telephone interviews and 
on-line) of its clients, stakeholders, and the public to ascertain 
their views, perceptions, and opinions of MBDA's logo, programs, and 
collateral materials. The collected information will be used to revise/
update its collateral materials, outreach strategies and program 
services in a manner that effectively matches the interests and needs 
of its core constituency and outreach strategies.
    On April 1, 2011, MBDA will announce the recipients of its most 
recent grant competition. The recipients of the MBDA grant will operate 
a minority business center and will provide direct service to minority 
business owners. Approval of this request will make it possible for 
MBDA to use the findings from the collected information to make 
decisions about the collateral materials used for informing clients, 
stakeholders and the public about MBDA's programs, as well as to assist 
in developing more effective outreach strategies and business 
programming for the centers' openings.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: One-time only.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: Nicholas Fraser, (202) 395-5887.
    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 6616, 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 by January 25, 2011 to Nicholas Fraser, OMB 
Desk Officer, FAX number (202) 395-5806 or via the Internet at 
[email protected].

    Dated: January 18, 2011.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-1271 Filed 1-20-11; 8:45 am]
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