[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 65 (Tuesday, April 6, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17375-17376]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-7661]


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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 (NIST).
    Title: A Guide for Preparing and Submitting White Papers to the 
Technology Innovation Program (TIP).
    OMB Control Number: None.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Number of Respondents: 100.
    Average Hours per Response: 4.
    Burden Hours: 400.
    Needs and Uses: The guide explains how interested parties can 
participate in helping to develop new areas for future competitions for 
the Technology Innovation Program (TIP) by offering ideas in the form 
of a white paper. TIP will use white papers to shape future 
competitions. The pertinent ideas, concepts and knowledge offered by 
stakeholders in these white papers combined with information from a 
variety of sources, enable TIP to identify and address critical 
national need and associated societal challenges suitable for TIP 
investment.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations; Not-
for-profit institutions; Federal government; State, local, or tribal 
government.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.

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    OMB Desk Officer:. Jasmeet Seehra, (202) 395-3123.
    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 
[email protected]).
    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) 395-5806, or via 
the Internet at [email protected].

    Dated: March 31, 2010.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-7661 Filed 4-5-10; 8:45 am]
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