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SUBJECT CATEGORY: Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Client Impact Survey
DOCUMENT 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.
SUMMARY: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals,
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) sponsors the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP), a national network of fiftynine (59) locally based manufacturing extension centers working with small manufacturers to help them improve their productivity, profitability, and enhance their overall economic competitiveness.
NIST MEP surveys all clients provided substantive services and
collects data on sales, investment, cost savings, and jobs impacts as
well as a limited set of qualitative questions. NIST MEP surveys center clients for two primary purposes:
The specific information obtained from clients about the impact of MEP services is essential for NIST officials to monitor and report on program performance and plan program improvements aimed at improving program efficiency and effectiveness. This information is not available from existing programs or other sources. The collection of information is currently conducted by a contractor. This submission under the Paperwork Reduction Act represents a request for an extension of a currently approved collection.
The survey data will be collected through a combination of phone and webbased surveys.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 06930021.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Regular submission.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 8,000.
Estimated Time Per Response: 8 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,067.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $0.
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 26, 2008.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer. [FR Doc. E814934 Filed 7108; 8:45 am]
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT Requests for additional information or copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should be directed to Kenneth P. Voytek, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Manufacturing Extension Partnership, 100 Bureau Drive, MS 4800, Gaithersburg, MD 208994800, 3019754614 (phone), 3019636556 (Fax), kvoytek@nist.gov (email).
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