[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 67 (Thursday, April 7, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20323-20324]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-07966]


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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: Baldrige Performance Excellence Program (BPEP)/National 
Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
    Title: Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (MBNQA) Application.
    OMB Control Number: 0693-0006.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Revision of a current information collection.
    Number of Respondents: 30 organizations apply for the MBNQA; 550 
individuals apply for a spot on the MBNQA Board of Examiners, the 
assessors who review the applications for the MBNQA.
    Average Hours per Response: 30 minutes for organizational 
applications for MBNQA, and 30 minutes for applications for the Board 
of Examiners.
    Burden Hours: MBNQA = 15 hours, Board of Examiners = 275 hours.
    Needs and Uses: Collection needed to obtain information to conduct 
the MBNQA (Public Law 100-107, Malcolm Baldrige National Quality 
Improvement Act of 1987).
    Affected Public: Business, health care, education, or other for-
profit organizations; health care, education, and other nonprofit 
organizations; and individuals or households.
    Frequency: Annual.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    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

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within 30 days of publication of this notice to 
[email protected] or fax to (202) 395-5806.

    Dated: April 4, 2016.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-07966 Filed 4-6-16; 8:45 am]
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