[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 6, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37006-37007]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-12068]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Office of the Secretary


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request Generic Clearance Collection for Meetings, Events, 
Registrations, and Miscellaneous Forms

    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 December 28, 2022, during a 60-day comment period. 
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.

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    Agency: Office of the Secretary, Department of Commerce.
    Title: Generic Clearance Collection for Meetings, Events, 
Registrations, and Miscellaneous Forms.
    OMB Control Number: 0690-NEW.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission, new information collection.
    Number of Respondents: 17,000 (updated from 60-day FR Notice).
    Average Hours per Response: 5 to 60 minutes (updated from 60-day FR 
Notice).
    Burden Hours: 15,375 (updated from 60-day FR Notice).
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $710,040.
    Needs and Uses: This collection of information is needed to obtain 
information from the respondents who request meetings or appearances 
with Senior Officials or those who register to participate in DOC 
events, and conferences. The information is collected by the DOC 
employees who host the conferences and events, and those who manage 
calendars for Senior personnel. DOC collects common elements from 
interested respondents such as name, organization, address, country, 
phone number, email address, state, city or town, special 
accommodations requests and how the respondent learned of the event or 
conference. The information collection element may also include race, 
ethnicity, gender and veteran status, and other relevant information. 
The information is primarily used to assess attendance and assist DOC 
staff in preparations to serve individuals registering for online or in 
person events. If applicable, the information collection may be used to 
collect payment from the respondents and make hotel reservations and 
other special arrangements as necessary. Race, ethnicity, gender, and 
other demographic information obtained through registration is 
voluntary, and is used to monitor DOC's outreach and engagement of 
equity and support for underserved communities. This information is not 
used to evaluate any DOC program application and choosing not to 
provide this information will not affect the application process for 
any individual applying to a DOC program.
    Affected Public: Individuals, Business or other for-profit, non-
for-profit institutions, Federal Government, State, Local, or Tribal 
Government.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    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 particular 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.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary of 
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2023-12068 Filed 6-5-23; 8:45 am]
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