Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request,

[Federal Register: December 7, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 234)]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

The Department of Commerce (DOC) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance of the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 USC Chapter 35)

Agency: National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA).

Title: Telecommunications and Information Infrastructure Assistance Program (TIAAP) Reviewer Information Form.

Agency Form Number(s): None assigned.

OMB Approval Number: 0660-0010.

Type of Request: Regular Submission--Reinstatement.

Burden: 50 hours.

Number of Respondents: 130.

Avg. Hours Per Response: 18 minutes.

Needs and Uses: The title making appropriations for the Department of Commerce and related agencies in the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Bill for Fiscal Year 1999 (Pub. L. 105-277) includes provision allowing NTIA to make grants to public and nonprofit entities. In order to expedite the review of grant applications, NTIA will use this form to collect information from individuals interested in serving as external reviewers. Information collected will be used to process stipend payment and travel reimbursement.

Affected Public: Experts from state and local government, non- profit institutions, and the private sector.

Frequency: Annually.

Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.

OMB Desk Officer: Tim Fain, (202) 395-3561.

Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained by calling or writing Linda Engelmeier, DOC Forms Clearance Officer, (202) 482-3272, Department of Commerce, Room 5327, 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.

Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to Tim Fain, OMB Desk Officer, Room 10236, New Executive Office Building, 725 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: December 1, 1998. Linda Engelmeier, Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief, Information Officer.

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