[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 85 (Thursday, May 2, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 18801]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-08967]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Minority Business Development Agency
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: Minority Business Development Agency.
Title: Online Customer Relationship Management (CRM)/Performance
Database.
OMB Control Number: 0640-0002.
Form Number(s): 0640-002.
Type of Request: Regular Submission.
Number of Respondents: 2,633.
Average Hours per Response: 1 to 210 minutes depending upon
function.
Burden Hours: 4,516.
Needs and Uses: This request is for a revision with a change to a
current information collection. This collection involves the inclusion
of a new group of federal financial assistance recipients. In Fiscal
Year 2018, MBDA incorporated grants into the service delivery model for
the agency. The client transaction and verification forms in use for
the business center program may also be used to collect information
about the effectiveness of other grant programs funded by the agency.
The forms include a statement regarding MBDA's intended use by MBDA and
transfer of the information collected to other federal agencies to
allow for research studies on minority businesses. The form itself has
not been revised but will be used by the new recipients. As part of its
national service delivery system, MBDA awards cooperative agreements
each year to fund the provision of business development services to
eligible minority business enterprises (MBEs). The recipient of each
cooperative agreement or grant is competitively selected to operate one
of the following programs: (1) An MBDA Business Center; (2) an American
Indian Alaska Native Native Hawaiian) (AIANNH) Center, or (most
recently) (3) a broad agency grants. In accordance with the Government
Performance Results Act (GPRA), MBDA requires all program grant
recipients to report basic client information, service activities and
progress on attainment of program goals via the online CRM/Performance
Databases. The data collected through the Online CRM/Performance
Databases is used to regularly monitor and evaluate the progress of
MBDA's funded programs, to provide the Department and OMB with a
summary of the quantitative information that it requires about
government supported programs, and to implement the GPRA. This
information may be summarized and included in an annual report, which
may be made available to the public, or used to support federal
government research studies regarding minority business development
issues.
Affected Public: Individuals or households; Business or other for-
profit organizations; Not-for-profit institutions; State, Local, or
Tribal government; Federal government.
Frequency: On occasion, semi-annually, annually.
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 within 30 days of publication of this notice
to [email protected] or fax to (202) 395-5806.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental Lead PRA Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer,
Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2019-08967 Filed 5-1-19; 8:45 am]
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