[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 19 (Monday, January 30, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 4556]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-1910]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Proposed Agency Information Collection

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice and request for OMB review and comment.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) has submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance, a proposal for collection of 
information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995. The proposed collection, titled the Small Business Innovation 
Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) 
Commercialization Survey will satisfy the program requirements of the 
Small Business Act, including requirements established in the SBIR 
program reauthorization legislation, Public Law 106-554 and Public Law 
107-50. DOE will collect the survey data via web-enabled software and 
provide it to the Small Business Administration (SBA) to maintain 
information about the DOE SBIR/STTR awards issued through the two 
programs. This data will be provided by DOE based on information 
collected from SBIR/STTR awardees. This data will be used by DOE, SBA, 
and Congress to assess the commercial impact of these two programs. If 
you anticipate that you will be submitting comments, but find it 
difficult to do so within the period of time allowed by this notice, 
please advise the DOE Desk Officer at OMB of your intention to make a 
submission as soon as possible. The Desk Officer may be telephoned at 
(202) 395-4560.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent to the DOE Desk Officer, 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10102, 735 17th Street NW., 
Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should 
be directed to Chris O'Gwin by email at [email protected] or 
by fax at (301) 903-5488.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request 
contains: (1) OMB No. New; (2) Information Collection Request Title: 
Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology 
Transfer (STTR) Commercialization Survey; (3) Type of Request: New; (4) 
Purpose: The DOE needs this information to satisfy the program 
requirements of the Small Business Act, including requirements 
established in the SBIR program reauthorization legislation, Public Law 
106-554 and Public Law 107-50. This data will be collected by the DOE 
and provided to the Small Business Administration (SBA) to maintain 
information about SBIR/STTR awards issued through the two programs. 
This data will be provided by DOE based on information collected from 
SBIR/STTR awardees. This data will be used by DOE, SBA, and Congress to 
assess the commercial impact of these two programs; (5) Annual 
Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,500; (6) Annual Estimated Number of 
Total Responses: 2,500; (7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 
2,500; (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: 0.

    Statutory Authority: Section 9 of the Small Business Act, as 
amended, codified at 15 U.S.C. 638(g).

    Issued in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2012.
Manny Oliver,
SBIR/STTR Programs Director, Office of Science, U.S. Department of 
Energy.
[FR Doc. 2012-1910 Filed 1-27-12; 8:45 am]
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