Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals

Federal Register: December 8, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 236)

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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: Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA).

Title: Direct Transactions of U.S. Reporter with Foreign Affiliate.

OMB Control Number: 0608-0004.

Form Number: BE-577.

Type of Request: Regular submission.

Burden Hours: 62,000.

Number of Respondents: 15,500 respondents (4 responses each per year).

Average Hours per Response: 1 hour.

Needs and Uses: The survey, BE-577, is conducted under the authority of the International Investment and Trade in Services Survey

Act and obtains quarterly data on transactions and positions between

U.S.-owned foreign business enterprises and their U.S. parent companies. The survey is a sample survey that covers all foreign affiliates above a size-exemption level. The data are used to derive universe estimates in nonbenchmark years by extrapolating forward similar data reported in the BE-10, Benchmark Survey of U.S. Direct

Investment Abroad, which is taken every five years. It is also used in the preparation of the U.S. international transactions accounts, the input-output accounts, and the national income and product accounts.

The data are needed to measure the size and economic significance of direct investment abroad, measure changes in such investment, and assess its impact on the U.S. and foreign economies.

The data from the survey are primarily intended as general purpose statistics. They should be readily available to answer any number of research and policy questions related to U.S. direct investment abroad.

Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.

Frequency: Quarterly.

Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.

OMB Desk Officer: Paul Bugg, (202) 395-3093.

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 7845, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230 or via the e-mail 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 Paul Bugg, OMB Desk Officer, FAX number (202) 395-7245 or via e-mail at pbugg@omb.eop.gov.

Dated: December 3, 2008.

Gwellnar Banks,

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.

FR Doc. E8-28910 Filed 12-5-08; 8:45 am

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