Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Client Impact Survey
| Citation | 85 FR 52089 |
| Record Number | 2020-18495 |
| Published date | 24 August 2020 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Commerce Department,National Institute Of Standards And Technology |
Federal Register, Volume 85 Issue 164 (Monday, August 24, 2020)
[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 164 (Monday, August 24, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 52089]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-18495]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Client Impact Survey
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 May 27, 2020 during a 60-day comment period. This
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
Agency: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
Title: Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Client Impact
Survey.
OMB Control Number 0693-0021.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Revision and extension of current information
collection.
Number of Respondents: 13,000.
Average Hours per Response: 12 minutes.
Burden Hours: 2,600.
Needs and Uses: The objective of the NIST Manufacturing Extension
Partnership Program (MEP) is to enhance productivity, technological
performance, and strengthen the global competitiveness of small-and
medium-sized U.S.-based manufacturing firms. Through this client impact
survey, the MEP will collect data necessary for program accountability;
analysis and research into the effectiveness of the MEP program;
reports to stakeholders; GPRA; continuous improvement efforts;
knowledge sharing across the MEP system; and identification of best
practices. Collection of this data is needed in order to comply with
the MEP charter, as mandated by Congress.
Affected Public: Private sector.
Frequency: Annually.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Not applicable.
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 or the OMB
Control Number 0693-0021.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2020-18495 Filed 8-21-20; 8:45 am]
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