Federal Register: November 4, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 212)
DOCID: fr04no09-29 FR Doc E9-26517
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Commerce Department
NOTICE: NOTICES
DOCID: fr04no09-29
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
The Department of Commerce will submit to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of
information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
Agency: Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Title: Quarterly Survey of Transactions in Selected Services and Intangible Assets with Foreign Persons.
Form Number(s): BE125.
Agency Approval Number: 06080067.
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Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Burden: 98,800 hours.
Number of Respondents: 2200.
Average Hours per Response: 16 hours for mandatory responses and 1 hour per other responses.
Needs and Uses: The Government requires data from the BE125, Quarterly Survey of Transactions in Selected Services and Intangible Assets with Foreign Persons, to obtain accurate and uptodate information on transactions in selected services and intangible assets with foreign persons. It will use the data collected in monitoring U.S. exports and imports of these services and intangible assets, analyzing their impact on the U.S. and foreign economies, supporting U.S. international commercial policy on such services and intangible assets, compiling the international transactions, national income and product, and inputoutput accounts of the United States, assessing U.S. competitiveness in international trade in services and intangible assets, and improving the ability of U.S. businesses to identify and evaluate market opportunities.
Affected Public: Businesses or other forprofit organizations and nonprofit organizations.
Frequency: Quarterly.
Respondents Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Title 22 U.S.C., Sections 31013108, as amended.
OMB Desk Officer: Paul Bugg, (202) 3953093.
You may obtain copies of the above information collection proposal by writing Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, Diana Hynek, Department of Commerce, Room 7845, 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230 or via the Internet at dhynek@doc.gov.
Send comments on the proposed information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to Paul Bugg, OMB Desk Officer, via e mail at pbugg@omb.eop.gov or by fax at (202) 3957245.
Dated: October 30, 2009.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E926517 Filed 11309; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 351006P
SUMMARY:
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
DOCUMENT BODY 2:
The Department of Commerce will submit to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of
information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
Agency: Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Title: Quarterly Survey of Transactions in Selected Services and Intangible Assets with Foreign Persons.
Form Number(s): BE125.
Agency Approval Number: 06080067.
[[Page 57144]]
Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Burden: 98,800 hours.
Number of Respondents: 2200.
Average Hours per Response: 16 hours for mandatory responses and 1 hour per other responses.
Needs and Uses: The Government requires data from the BE125, Quarterly Survey of Transactions in Selected Services and Intangible Assets with Foreign Persons, to obtain accurate and uptodate information on transactions in selected services and intangible assets with foreign persons. It will use the data collected in monitoring U.S. exports and imports of these services and intangible assets, analyzing their impact on the U.S. and foreign economies, supporting U.S. international commercial policy on such services and intangible assets, compiling the international transactions, national income and product, and inputoutput accounts of the United States, assessing U.S. competitiveness in international trade in services and intangible assets, and improving the ability of U.S. businesses to identify and evaluate market opportunities.
Affected Public: Businesses or other forprofit organizations and nonprofit organizations.
Frequency: Quarterly.
Respondents Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Title 22 U.S.C., Sections 31013108, as amended.
OMB Desk Officer: Paul Bugg, (202) 3953093.
You may obtain copies of the above information collection proposal by writing Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, Diana Hynek, Department of Commerce, Room 7845, 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230 or via the Internet at dhynek@doc.gov.
Send comments on the proposed information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to Paul Bugg, OMB Desk Officer, via e mail at pbugg@omb.eop.gov or by fax at (202) 3957245.
Dated: October 30, 2009.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E926517 Filed 11309; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 351006P