[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 75 (Wednesday, April 18, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23229-23230]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-9309]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Submission for OMB Review; Small Business Innovation Research 
(SBIR) Program--Phase I--Grant Application Package

SUMMARY: This application package invites small business concerns to 
submit a Phase I application for the Small Business Innovation Research 
(SBIR) Program (CFDA 84.133). This is in response to Public Law 106-
554, the ``Small Business Reauthorization Act of

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2000, H.R. 5667'' enacted on December 21, 2000.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
May 18, 2012.

ADDRESSES: Written comments regarding burden and/or the collection 
activity requirements should be electronically mailed to 
[email protected] or mailed to U.S. Department of Education, 400 
Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, Washington, DC 20202-4537. Copies of the 
proposed information collection request may be accessed from http://edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the ``Browse Pending Collections'' link 
and by clicking on link number 04809. When you access the information 
collection, click on ``Download Attachments'' to view. Written requests 
for information should be addressed to U.S. Department of Education, 
400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, Washington, DC 20202-4537. Requests may 
also be electronically mailed to [email protected] or faxed to 202-
401-0920. Please specify the complete title of the information 
collection and OMB Control Number when making your request.
    Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) 
may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-
8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35) requires that Federal agencies provide 
interested parties an early opportunity to comment on information 
collection requests. The Acting Director, Information Collection 
Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and Records Management 
Services, Office of Management, publishes this notice containing 
proposed information collection requests at the beginning of the 
Departmental review of the information collection. The Department of 
Education is especially interested in public comment addressing the 
following issues: (1) Is this collection necessary to the proper 
functions of the Department; (2) will this information be processed and 
used in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate of burden accurate; (4) 
how might the Department enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of 
the information to be collected; and (5) how might the Department 
minimize the burden of this collection on the respondents, including 
through the use of information technology. Please note that written 
comments received in response to this notice will be considered public 
records.
    Title of Collection: Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) 
Program--Phase I--Grant Application Package.
    OMB Control Number: 1820-0684.
    Type of Review: Extension.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 200.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 9,000.
    Abstract: The Small Business Reauthorization Act of 2000, H.R. 5667 
requires certain agencies, including the U.S. Department of Education 
to establish a SBIR program by reserving a statutory percentage of 
their extramural research and development budgets to be awarded to 
small business concerns for research or research and development 
through a uniform, highly competitive, three-phase process each fiscal 
year.
    This information collection is being submitted under the 
Streamlined Clearance Process for Discretionary Grant Information 
Collections (1894-0001). Therefore, the 30-day public comment period 
notice will be the only public comment notice published for this 
information collection.

    Dated: April 13, 2012.
Tomakie Washington,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Privacy, 
Information and Records Management Services, Office of Management.
[FR Doc. 2012-9309 Filed 4-17-12; 8:45 am]
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