[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 95 (Friday, May 15, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29398-29399]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-10466]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Industry and Security


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; Technology Letter of Explanation

    The Department of Commerce will submit the following information 
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, on or after the date of publication of this notice. We invite the 
general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and 
continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of 
our information collection requirements and minimize the public's 
reporting burden. Public comments were previously requested via the 
Federal Register on 2/6/2020 during a 60-day comment period. This 
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
    Agency: Bureau of Industry and Security.
    Title: Technology Letter of Explanation.
    OMB Control Number: 0694-0047.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission, extension of a current 
information collection.
    Number of Respondents: 6,283.
    Average Hours per Response: 30 minutes to 2 hours.
    Burden Hours: 9,416.
    Needs and Uses: The collection is necessary as export licensing 
officers must make decisions on licensing the export of United States 
commodities and technical data to foreign countries. When an export 
involves certain technical data or knowhow described in the Export 
Administration Regulation, additional information is required to fully 
understand the transaction and make a licensing decision. The 
additional information is necessary to evaluate technology exports as 
covered under this collection. Under certain

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circumstances, the export of technology requires additional safeguards 
to insure that advanced U.S. knowhow is not permitted to end up in the 
wrong hands. The letter of assurance puts the consignee on notice that 
the technology is subject to U.S. export controls and causes the 
consignee to certify that it will not release the data or the direct 
product of the data to certain specified countries; thus providing 
assurance that U.S. national security data will be safeguarded.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Export Control Reform Act 4812(b) and 
4814(b)(1)(B).
    This information collection request may be viewed at 
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view the Department of 
Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of 
this notice on the following website www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 
Find this information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day 
Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function and 
entering either the title of the collection or the OMB Control Number 
0694-0047.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2020-10466 Filed 5-14-20; 8:45 am]
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