[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 161 (Monday, August 20, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 50083]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-20382]


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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: Bureau of Economic Analysis.
    Title: Quarterly Survey of Financial Services Transactions between 
U.S. Financial Services Providers and Foreign Persons.
    OMB Control Number: 0608-0065.
    Form Number(s): BE-185.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Burden Hours: 22,500.
    Number of Respondents: 2,700.
    Average Hours per Response: 10 hours for mandatory response and 1 
hour for other responses.
    Needs and Uses: The data are needed to monitor U.S. international 
trade in financial services, analyze its impact on the U.S. and foreign 
economies, compile and improve the U.S. economic accounts, support U.S. 
commercial policy on trade in financial services, conduct trade 
promotion, and improve the ability of U.S. businesses to identify and 
evaluate market opportunities.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations; non-
profit organizations; and state, local, and tribal governments.
    Frequency: Quarterly.
    Respondents' Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: Title 22 U.S.C., Sections 3101-3108, as amended 
and Section 5408 of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988.
    OMB Desk Officer: Paul Bugg, (202) 395-3093.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by writing Jennifer Jessup, Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, 
Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 14th and Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20230 or via the Internet at [email protected].
    Send comments on the proposed information collection within 30 days 
of publication of this notice to Paul Bugg, OMB Desk Officer, via email 
at [email protected] or by fax at (202) 395-7245.

    Dated: August 15, 2012.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-20382 Filed 8-17-12; 8:45 am]
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