Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; NIST MEP Advanced Manufacturing Jobs and Innovation Accelerator Challenge (AMJIAC) Client Impact Survey, 34346-34347 [2013-13494]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
• National Institute of Standards and Technology

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 110 (Friday, June 7, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34346-34347]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-13494]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; NIST MEP 
Advanced Manufacturing Jobs and Innovation Accelerator Challenge 
(AMJIAC) Client Impact Survey

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), 
Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort 
to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public 
and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on 
proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before August 6, 2013.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental 
Paperwork Clearance Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 14th 
and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet 
at jjessup@doc.gov).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should 
be directed to: Dede McMahon, NIST MEP, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 4800, 
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-4800; (301-975-8328); 
deirdre.mcmahon@nist.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

    This is a request for a new information collection.
    The purpose of the Advanced Manufacturing Jobs and Innovation 
Accelerator Challenge (AMJIAC) is to provide strategic, catalytic 
funding for regional partnerships that have the potential to accelerate 
innovation and strengthen capacity in advanced manufacturing. The 
objectives of the challenge are to support job creation, encourage 
economic development, and enhance the competitiveness of U.S. 
manufacturers in regions across the country. The AMJIAC is a 
partnership among the U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic 
Development Administration and the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology, the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Department of 
Labor's Employment and Training Administration, the U.S. Small Business 
Administration, and the National Science Foundation.
    Ten Award Recipients were selected though a competitive multi-
agency grant process announced in May 2012 to support initiatives that 
strengthen advanced manufacturing at the local and/or regional level. 
The funds help the ten partnerships support local and/or regional 
efforts to spur job creation through a variety of projects, including 
initiatives that connect innovative small suppliers with large 
companies, link research with start-up companies that can commercialize 
new ideas, and train workers with skills that firms need to capitalize 
on business opportunities.
    The data collected from the companies served by the ten AMJIAC 
Award Recipients will provide all of the agencies with information 
about the outcomes and impacts of the AMJIAC program on U.S. 
manufacturers obtained from the companies. This information will 
include quantified impacts on their sales, cost savings, employment 
growth, and additional investment. These figures will be used to 
determine the effectiveness of the project work and to gauge the 
overall success of the AMJIAC project. The purpose of the survey is to 
collect data from the companies to display the effectiveness of the 
AMJIAC project.

II. Method of Collection

    Information will be collected electronically.

III. Data

    OMB Control Number: None.
    Form Number: None.
    Type of Review: Regular submission (new information collection).
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations; Not 
for profit institutions.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 200.
    Estimated Time per Response: 15 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 50.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $0.

IV. Request for Comments

    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 shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden 
(including hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information; 
(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 respondents, including through the

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use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and/or included in the request for OMB approval of this information 
collection; they also will become a matter of public record.

    Dated: June 3, 2013.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-13494 Filed 6-6-13; 8:45 am]
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