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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Community Facilities Grant
Program.
OMB Number: 0575–0173.
Expiration Date of Approval:
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: Community Programs, a
division of the Rural Housing Service
(RHS), is part of the United States
Department of Agriculture’s Rural
Development mission area. The Agency
is authorized by Section 306(a) of the
Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926), as
amended, to make grants to public
agencies, nonprofit corporations, and
Indian tribes to develop essential
community facilities and services for
public use in rural areas. These facilities
include schools, libraries, child care,
hospitals, clinics, assisted-living
facilities, fire and rescue stations, police
stations, community centers, public
buildings, and transportation. Through
its Community Programs, the
Department of Agriculture is striving to
ensure that such facilities are readily
available to all rural communities.
Information will be collected by the
field offices from applicants,
consultants, lenders, and public entities.
The collection of information is
considered the minimum necessary to
effectively evaluate the overall scope of
the project.
Failure to collect information could
have an adverse impact on effectively
carrying out the mission,
administration, processing, and program
requirements.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden for this collection of information
is estimated to average 2.02 hours per
response.
Respondents: Public bodies, nonprofit
corporations and associations, and
federally recognized Indian tribes.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
895.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 3.17.
Estimated Number of Responses:
2,844.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 5,759 hours.
Copies of this information collection
can be obtained from Renita Bolden,
Regulations and Paperwork
Management Branch, at (202) 692–0035.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the Agency,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of
the Agency’s estimate of the burden of
the proposed collection of information,
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including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on those who are to respond, including
through the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology. Comments may be sent to
Renita Bolden, Regulations and
Paperwork Management Branch, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Rural
Development, STOP 0742, 1400
Independence Ave., SW., Washington,
DC 20250–0742. All responses to this
notice will be summarized and included
in the request for OMB approval. All
comments will also become a matter of
public record.
Dated: April 4, 2007.
Russell T. Davis,
Administrator, Rural Housing Service.
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COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM
PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR
SEVERELY DISABLED
Procurement List; Proposed Additions
and Deletion
Committee for Purchase From
People Who Are Blind or Severely
Disabled.
ACTION: Proposed additions to and
deletion from procurement list.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Committee is proposing
to add to the Procurement List services
to be furnished by nonprofit agencies
employing persons who are blind or
have other severe disabilities, and to
delete a product previously furnished
by such agencies.
Comments Must be Received on or
Before: May 13, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase
From People Who Are Blind or Severely
Disabled, Jefferson Plaza 2, Suite 10800,
1421 Jefferson Davis Highway,
Arlington, VA 22202–3259.
For Further Information or to Submit
Comments Contact: Kimberly M. Zeich,
Telephone: (703) 603–7740, Fax: (703)
603–0655, or e-mail
CMTEFedReg@jwod.gov.
This
notice is published pursuant to 41
U.S.C. 47(a)(2) and 41 CFR 51–2.3. Its
purpose is to provide interested persons
an opportunity to submit comments on
the proposed actions.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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If the Committee approves the
proposed additions, the entities of the
Federal Government identified in this
notice for each service will be required
to procure the services listed below
from nonprofit agencies employing
persons who are blind or have other
severe disabilities.
Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification
I certify that the following action will
not have a significant impact on a
substantial number of small entities.
The major factors considered for this
certification were:
1. If approved, the action will not
result in any additional reporting,
recordkeeping or other compliance
requirements for small entities other
than the small organizations that will
furnish the products and services to the
Government.
2. If approved, the action will result
in authorizing small entities to furnish
the products and services to the
Government.
3. There are no known regulatory
alternatives which would accomplish
the objectives of the Javits-WagnerO’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46–48c) in
connection with the products and
services proposed for addition to the
Procurement List.
Comments on this certification are
invited. Commenters should identify the
statement(s) underlying the certification
on which they are providing additional
information.
End of Certification
The following services are proposed
for addition to Procurement List for
production by the nonprofit agencies
listed:
Services
Service Type/Location: Catering Service,
Seattle Military Entrance Processing Station
(MEPS), 4735 E. Marginal Way South,
Seattle, WA.
NPA: Northwest Center, Seattle, WA.
Contracting Activity: ARMY–KNOX, U.S.
Army Armor Center and Ft. Knox, Fort Knox,
KY.
Service Type/Location: Custodial Services,
Juneau SSC, 9341 Glacier Highway, Juneau,
AK.
NPA: REACH, Inc., Juneau, AK.
Contracting Activity: Department of
Transportation, Federal Aviation
Administration-ALASKA, Anchorage, AK.
Service Type/Location: Custodial Services,
USDA, Farm Service Agency (Delaware
County Office), 557 Sunbury Road, Suite C,
Delaware, OH.
NPA: Alpha Group of Delaware, Inc.,
Delaware, OH.
Contracting Activity: USDA Farm Service
Agency Acquisition Management Division,
Kansas City, MO.
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Deletion
Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification
I certify that the following action will
not have a significant impact on a
substantial number of small entities.
The major factors considered for this
certification were:
1. If approved, the action may result
in additional reporting, recordkeeping
or other compliance requirements for
small entities.
2. If approved, the action may result
in authorizing small entities to furnish
the products to the Government.
3. There are no known regulatory
alternatives which would accomplish
the objectives of the Javits-WagnerO’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46–48c) in
connection with the products proposed
for deletion from the Procurement List.
End of Certification
The following product is proposed for
deletion from the Procurement List:
Product
Inkjet Cartridge
NSN: 7510–01–544–0834—Use in Canon
printers BJC–30/50/55/70/80/85/85W.
NPA: Alabama Industries for the Blind,
Talladega, AL.
Contracting Activity: Office Supplies &
Paper Products Acquisition Ctr, New York,
NY.
Kimberly M. Zeich,
Director, Program Operations.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Economics and Statistics
Administration
Innovation Measurement
Economics and Statistics
Administration, Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
The Department of Commerce
is seeking public comment on issues
related to the measurement of
innovation. This request supports efforts
of the Measuring Innovation in the 21st
Century Economy Advisory Committee
to collect seek advice from the public as
it prepares recommendations for the
Secretary of Commerce on new or
improved measures of business
innovation.
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SUMMARY:
Written comments on this notice
must be submitted on or before May 11,
2007. Please note that all comments will
be made public and published on the
DATES:
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Committee’s Web site at:
www.innovationmetrics.gov.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by any of the following methods:
E-mail: innovationmetrics@doc.gov.
Fax: (202) 482–2889 (Attn.: Elizabeth
‘‘E.R.’’ Anderson).
Mail or Hand Delivery/Courier:
Elizabeth ‘‘E.R.’’ Anderson, Room 4836
U.S. Department of Commerce,
Economics and Statistics
Administration, 14th Street &
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20230. Because we
continue to experience delays in
receiving mail, respondents are
encouraged to submit comments by mail
early, or to transmit them electronically.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
questions on the submission of
comments, contact Elizabeth ‘‘E.R.’’
Anderson.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
charter establishing the Measuring
Innovation in the 21st Century Advisory
Committee (the Committee) calls for the
Committee to make recommendations to
the Secretary of Commerce on ways that
will permit better measurement of
innovation and its impact on the U.S.
economy.
The Committee is charged with
developing innovation metrics that
inform policy decisions and enable
policymakers and the business
community to better monitor
innovation. Among other things, the
Committee’s work should build on the
way firms assess the effectiveness of
their own innovative activities. The
recommendations should not only focus
on measuring innovation activities and
inputs, but should also focus on the
results and output of innovation.
Furthermore, the recommendations
should allow for analysis at industry,
sector, national, and international
levels.
The type of innovation for which
measurement improvement is sought is
defined as:
The design, invention, development and/or
implementation of new or altered products,
services, processes, systems, organizational
structures, or business models for the
purpose of creating new value for customers
and financial returns for the firm.’’
The recommendations will cover the
following four major categories
identified by the participants during the
initial meeting of the Advisory
Committee:
1. Improvement of the underlying
architecture of the U.S. System of
National Accounts to facilitate
development of improved and more
granular measures of innovation and
productivity;
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2. Identification of appropriate
economy-wide and sector-specific
statistical series or other indicators that
could be used to quantify innovation
and/or its impacts;
3. Identification of firm-specific data
items that could enable comparisons
and aggregation; and
4. Identification of specific ‘‘holes’’ in
the current data collection system that
limit our ability to measure innovation.
Comments are solicited to address
new and/or improved innovation
measures in each of the above
categories. Following are some specific
issues and suggestions raised by
Advisory Committee members, grouped
according to the measurement categories
listed above, on which the Committee
specifically invites comment. Comments
need not be limited to these issues and
suggestions, but should address the
specific data categories.
1. Improvement of the underlying
architecture of the U.S. System of
National Accounts to facilitate
development of improved and more
granular measures of innovation and
productivity. Our national accounts are
the main source of information about
the growth of our national output,
usually measured by the gross domestic
product or GDP. Total Factor
Productivity (TFP) which measures
growth of output per unit of input for
the economy as a whole and for
individual industries is not included in
the national accounts. Is the concept of
TFP sufficiently related to innovation to
warrant the inclusion of economy-wide
and industry level TFP in the system of
national accounts? If so, what is the
most effective way to incorporate the
concept into the national accounts? Are
there ways to disaggregate the
innovation component of TFP to
differentiate innovation from other
productivity drivers?
2. Identification of appropriate
economy-wide and sector-specific
indicators that could be used to quantify
innovation and/or its impacts. Are there
measures that accommodate economywide (or macro-economic) and sectorspecific notions of innovation? What
elements of innovation could serve as a
foundation for statistical series? To what
extent would the collection of better
data on service sector outputs and
services inputs used by all firms
improve innovation measurement? Is
market share growth a good indicator of
innovation? If so, would estimates in the
change in U.S. firms’ shares of regional,
national, and global markets be useful
innovation measures? Could/should
collaborative connections between
entities be captured? Since a
characteristic of markets is that the
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COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED
Procurement List; Proposed Additions and Deletion
AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely
Disabled.
ACTION: Proposed additions to and deletion from procurement list.
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SUMMARY: The Committee is proposing to add to the Procurement List
services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who
are blind or have other severe disabilities, and to delete a product
previously furnished by such agencies.
Comments Must be Received on or Before: May 13, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely
Disabled, Jefferson Plaza 2, Suite 10800, 1421 Jefferson Davis Highway,
Arlington, VA 22202-3259.
For Further Information or to Submit Comments Contact: Kimberly M.
Zeich, Telephone: (703) 603-7740, Fax: (703) 603-0655, or e-mail
CMTEFedReg@jwod.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published pursuant to 41
U.S.C. 47(a)(2) and 41 CFR 51-2.3. Its purpose is to provide interested
persons an opportunity to submit comments on the proposed actions.
Additions
If the Committee approves the proposed additions, the entities of
the Federal Government identified in this notice for each service will
be required to procure the services listed below from nonprofit
agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe
disabilities.
Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification
I certify that the following action will not have a significant
impact on a substantial number of small entities. The major factors
considered for this certification were:
1. If approved, the action will not result in any additional
reporting, recordkeeping or other compliance requirements for small
entities other than the small organizations that will furnish the
products and services to the Government.
2. If approved, the action will result in authorizing small
entities to furnish the products and services to the Government.
3. There are no known regulatory alternatives which would
accomplish the objectives of the Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46-
48c) in connection with the products and services proposed for addition
to the Procurement List.
Comments on this certification are invited. Commenters should identify
the statement(s) underlying the certification on which they are
providing additional information.
End of Certification
The following services are proposed for addition to Procurement
List for production by the nonprofit agencies listed:
Services
Service Type/Location: Catering Service, Seattle Military
Entrance Processing Station (MEPS), 4735 E. Marginal Way South,
Seattle, WA.
NPA: Northwest Center, Seattle, WA.
Contracting Activity: ARMY-KNOX, U.S. Army Armor Center and Ft.
Knox, Fort Knox, KY.
Service Type/Location: Custodial Services, Juneau SSC, 9341
Glacier Highway, Juneau, AK.
NPA: REACH, Inc., Juneau, AK.
Contracting Activity: Department of Transportation, Federal
Aviation Administration-ALASKA, Anchorage, AK.
Service Type/Location: Custodial Services, USDA, Farm Service
Agency (Delaware County Office), 557 Sunbury Road, Suite C,
Delaware, OH.
NPA: Alpha Group of Delaware, Inc., Delaware, OH.
Contracting Activity: USDA Farm Service Agency Acquisition
Management Division, Kansas City, MO.
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Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification
I certify that the following action will not have a significant
impact on a substantial number of small entities. The major factors
considered for this certification were:
1. If approved, the action may result in additional reporting,
recordkeeping or other compliance requirements for small entities.
2. If approved, the action may result in authorizing small entities
to furnish the products to the Government.
3. There are no known regulatory alternatives which would
accomplish the objectives of the Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46-
48c) in connection with the products proposed for deletion from the
Procurement List.
End of Certification
The following product is proposed for deletion from the Procurement
List:
Product
Inkjet Cartridge
NSN: 7510-01-544-0834--Use in Canon printers BJC-30/50/55/70/80/
85/85W.
NPA: Alabama Industries for the Blind, Talladega, AL.
Contracting Activity: Office Supplies & Paper Products
Acquisition Ctr, New York, NY.
Kimberly M. Zeich,
Director, Program Operations.
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