[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 111 (Thursday, June 9, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 33703]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-14217]


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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: International Trade Administration.
    Title: Survey of Participating Companies in the United States-
European Union and United States-Switzerland Safe Harbor Frameworks.
    OMB Control Number: None.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (new information collection).
    Burden Hours: 343.
    Number of Respondents: 1,030.
    Average Hours per Response: 20 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The Office of Technology and Electronic Commerce in 
the Manufacturing and Services Unit of the International Trade 
Administration (ITA) administers the U.S.-European Union (EU) and U.S.-
Swiss Safe Harbor Frameworks (Frameworks). These Frameworks allow U.S. 
companies to meet the requirements of the European Union's Data 
Protection Directive and the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection, 
respectively. This is significant because the Frameworks ensure 
uninterrupted transfers of personal information worth billions of 
dollars in trade between the United States and the EU and Switzerland.
    In line with the President's National Export Initiative, ITA is 
interested in gathering information from U.S. companies that use the 
U.S.-EU and U.S.-Swiss Safe Harbor Frameworks to better evaluate the 
programs and how they support U.S. exports. The information will be 
obtained via a survey using the questions in 76 FR 8337.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit Organizations.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: Wendy Liberante, (202) 395-3647.
    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 within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to Wendy Liberante, OMB Desk Officer, number (202) 395-5167, or via the 
Internet at [email protected].

    Dated: June 3, 2011.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-14217 Filed 6-8-11; 8:45 am]
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