[Federal Register: October 13, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 198)]
[Notices]               
[Page 60472-60473]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

 
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce has submitted 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 (NIST).
    Title: Advanced Technology Program (ATP) Business Reporting System 
(BRS).
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0693-0009.
    Type of Review: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 600.
    Number of Respondents: 150.
    Average Hours Per Response: 4.
    Needs and Uses: The Advanced Technology Program (ATP) is a 
competitive cost-sharing program designed to assist United States 
businesses pursue high-risk, enabling technologies with significant 
commercial/economic potential. The ATP provides multi-year funding 
through the use of cooperative agreements to single companies and to 
industry-led joint ventures. Once a cooperative agreement is issued, 
recipients are required to complete project surveys to meet statutory 
requirements for ATP, as well as compliance with 15 CFR Part 14 and the 
Government Performance and Results Act.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations, and 
not-for profit institutions.
    Frequency: Quarterly, Annually, and On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: Jasmeet Seehra, (202) 395-3123.

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    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-0266, Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 
dHynek@doc.gov).

    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to Jasmeet Seehra, OMB Desk Officer, FAX number (202) 395-5167, or 
Jasmeet_K._Seehra@omb.eop.gov).


    Dated: October 6, 2006.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
 [FR Doc. E6-16991 Filed 10-12-06; 8:45 am]

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