[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 189 (Monday, October 2, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 45805]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-21083]


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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, Commerce.
    Title: Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program 
Application Cover Sheet.
    OMB Control Number: 0693-0072.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Extension of a current information collection.
    Number of Respondents: 150.
    Average Hours Per Response: 30 minutes.
    Burden Hours: 75 hours.
    Needs and Uses: 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.
    Frequency: Annual.
    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.

Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Lead, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-21083 Filed 9-29-17; 8:45 am]
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