[Federal Register: September 10, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 175)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

 
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce (DOC) has submitted 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 USC Chapter 35).
    Agency: National Telecommunications and Information Administration 
(NTIA).
    Title: Supplement on Internet--Current Population Survey.
    Agency Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: None.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Burden: 6,400 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 48,000.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: 8 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The December 1998 Current Population Survey will 
include questions related to the ``information age.'' The survey, which 
is sponsored by NTIA but will be conducted by Census, is designed to 
provide an up-to-date profile of American personal computer and 
Internet access and information usage patterns. The information will be 
used to develop statistical profiles of disadvantaged groups and 
specific geographic areas that will assist policymakers and public-
private partnerships in targeting assistance to those that are most in 
need.
    Affected Public: Individuals.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: Tim Fain, (202) 395-3561.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Linda Engelmeier, DOC Forms Clearance Officer, 
(202) 482-3272, Department of Commerce, Room 5327, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to Tim Fain, OMB Desk Officer,

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Room 10236, New Executive Office Building, 725 17th Street, NW, 
Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: September 3, 1998.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-24266 Filed 9-9-98; 8:45 am]
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