Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; NIST MEP Client Impact Survey, 36295 [2014-14968]
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Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; NIST MEP Client
Impact Survey
National Institute of Standards
and Technology, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
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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 25, 2014.
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,
deirdre.mcmahon@nist.gov, 301–975–
8328.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
I. Abstract
Sponsored by NIST, the
Manufacturing Extension Partnership
(MEP) is a national network of locally
based manufacturing extension centers
working with small manufacturers to
assist them improve their productivity,
improve profitability and enhance their
economic competitiveness. The
information collected will provide the
MEP with information regarding MEP
Center performance regarding the
delivery of technology, and business
solutions to U.S.-based manufacturers.
The collected information will assist in
determining the performance of the
MEP Centers at both local and national
levels, provide information critical to
monitoring and reporting on MEP
programmatic performance, and assist
management in policy decisions.
Responses to the collection of
information are mandatory per the
regulations governing the operation of
the MEP Program (15 CFR parts 290,
291, 292, and H.R. 1274—section 2).
The information collected will include
MEP Customer inputs regarding their
sales, costs, investments, employment,
and exports. Customers will take the
survey online. Customers will only be
surveyed once per year under this
collection. Data collected in this survey
is confidential.
II. Method of Collection
Information will be collected
electronically.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0693–0021.
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Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(extension of a currently approved
information collection).
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
10,000.
Estimated Time per Response: 10
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 1,667.
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
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 20, 2014.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; NIST MEP Client
Impact Survey
AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, 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 25, 2014.
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, deirdre.mcmahon@nist.gov, 301-975-8328.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
Sponsored by NIST, the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) is
a national network of locally based manufacturing extension centers
working with small manufacturers to assist them improve their
productivity, improve profitability and enhance their economic
competitiveness. The information collected will provide the MEP with
information regarding MEP Center performance regarding the delivery of
technology, and business solutions to U.S.-based manufacturers. The
collected information will assist in determining the performance of the
MEP Centers at both local and national levels, provide information
critical to monitoring and reporting on MEP programmatic performance,
and assist management in policy decisions. Responses to the collection
of information are mandatory per the regulations governing the
operation of the MEP Program (15 CFR parts 290, 291, 292, and H.R.
1274--section 2). The information collected will include MEP Customer
inputs regarding their sales, costs, investments, employment, and
exports. Customers will take the survey online. Customers will only be
surveyed once per year under this collection. Data collected in this
survey is confidential.
II. Method of Collection
Information will be collected electronically.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0693-0021.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Regular submission (extension of a currently
approved information collection).
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 10,000.
Estimated Time per Response: 10 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,667.
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 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 20, 2014.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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