[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 173 (Monday, September 8, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 53165]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-21300]


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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: Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program 
Application Cover Sheet.
    OMB Control Number: 0693-XXXX.
    Form Number(s): N/A
    Type of Request: Regular.
    Number of Respondents: 100.
    Average Hours per Response: 1 hour.
    Burden Hours: 100.
    Needs and Uses: The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) serves 
as the coordinating agency for the SBIR program. It directs the agency 
implementation of SBIR, reviews progress, and reports annually to 
Congress on its operation.
    The information collected in the Cover Sheet provides identifying 
information and demographic data for use in NIST's annual report to the 
SBA on the program. The technical abstract is used in prevention of 
fraud, waste, and abuse by providing a method to compare similar 
applications to other agency SBIR programs. The abstract and potential 
commercial applications of successful applicants are posted on the 
agency Web site.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    This information collection request may be viewed at reginfo.gov. 
Follow the instructions to view Department of Commerce collections 
currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to [email protected] or fax to (202) 395-5806.

    Dated: September 3, 2014.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-21300 Filed 9-5-14; 8:45 am]
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