[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 197 (Wednesday, October 12, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 63281]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-26273]


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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: Project 25 Compliance Assessment Program Laboratory 
Application.
    OMB Control Number: 0693-0053.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (extension of a currently 
approved information collection).
    Burden Hours: 10.
    Number of Respondents: 10.
    Average Hours Per Response: 1.
    Needs and Uses: The September 11, 2001 attacks and Hurricane 
Katrina made apparent the need for public safety radio systems to 
interoperate, regardless of who manufactured the equipment. In 
response, and per Congressional direction, Department of Homeland 
Security and NIST developed the Project 25 (P25) CAP to improve public 
safety confidence in purchasing land mobile radio (LMR) equipment built 
to P25 LMR standards, especially those P25 standards related to 
improving interoperability between different manufacturer's radio 
systems. A key part of the program involves NIST (Office of Law 
Enforcement Standards-OLES) experts assessing participating 
laboratories to determine that they have the requisite technical 
competence and resources needed to test P25 equipment. To perform these 
assessments, and continue the program, NIST needs to be able to collect 
essential information from laboratories interested in participating in 
the P25 CAP program.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations; not-
for-profit institutions; Federal government; and state, local, or 
tribal 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 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, OMB Desk Officer, Jasmeet Seehra, FAX Number (202) 395-5167, or 
[email protected]).

    Dated: October 5, 2011.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-26273 Filed 10-11-11; 8:45 am]
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