[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 188 (Tuesday, September 29, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58474-58475]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-24675]


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EXPORT-IMPORT BANK

[Public Notice: 2015-6018]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request

AGENCY: Export-Import Bank of the United States.

ACTION: Submission for OMB Review and Comments Request.

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    Form Title: EIB 00-02 Annual Competitiveness Report Survey of 
Exporters and Bankers.
SUMMARY: The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank), as a 
part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent 
burden, invites the general public and other Federal Agencies to 
comment on the proposed information collection, as required by the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
    Ex-Im Bank plans to invite approximately 150 U.S. exporters and 
commercial lending institutions that have used Ex-Im Bank's short-, 
medium-, and long-term programs over the previous calendar year with an 
electronic invitation to participate in the online survey. The proposed 
survey will ask participants to evaluate the competitiveness of Ex-Im 
Bank's programs and how the programs compare to those of foreign credit 
agencies. Ex-Im Bank will use the

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responses to develop an analysis of the Bank's competitiveness.
    The survey can be reviewed at: http://www.exim.gov/sites/default/files/pub/pending/EXIM_Competitiveness_Report_Survey.pdf

DATES: Comments should be received on or before November 30, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted electronically on 
WWW.REGULATIONS.GOV or by mail to Michele Kuester, Export-Import Bank 
of the United States, 811 Vermont Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20571 Attn: 
OMB 3048-14-01.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Titles and Form Number: EIB 00-02 Annual Competitiveness Report 
Survey of Exporters and Bankers.
    OMB Number: 3048-0004.
    Type of Review: Renewal.
    Need and Use: The information requested enables Ex-Im Bank to 
evaluate and assess its competitiveness with the programs and 
activities of the major OECD official ECAs and to report on the Bank's 
status in this regard.
    The number of respondents: 150.
    Estimated time per respondents: 90 minutes.
    The frequency of response: Annually.
    Annual hour burden: 225 total hours.

Government Expenses

    Reviewing time per response: 45 minutes.
    Responses per year: 150.
    Reviewing time per year: 112.5 hours.
    Average Wages per hour: $42.50.
    Average cost per year: (time * wages) $4,781.25.
    Benefits and overhead: 20%.
    Total Government Cost: $5737.5.

Bonita Jones-McNeil,
Program Analyst, Records Management Division.
[FR Doc. 2015-24675 Filed 9-28-15; 8:45 am]
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