[Federal Register: September 22, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 183)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

 
Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request

    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 of 1995, Public Law 104-
13.
    Bureau: International Trade Administration.
    Title: Overseas Business Interest Questionnaire.
    Agency Form Number: ITA-471P.
    OMB Number: 0625-0039.
    Type of Request: Regular Submission.
    Burden: 490 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 1,000.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: 30 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: This collection allows U.S. firms participating in 
overseas trade events sponsored by the U.S. Department of Commerce's 
International Trade Administration (ITA) an opportunity to specifically

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identify their marketing objective(s) for a specific event as well as 
current marketing activities and status in the specific foreign market 
where the event will take place. The ITA/Commercial Service overseas 
posts use the information to schedule business appointments during the 
trade event, to arrange ``blue ribbon'' calls on key agents or 
distributors identified by participants prior to an event, and to issue 
specific invitations to appropriate prospective overseas business 
partners. It is critical to prearrange business appointments, thus 
providing U.S. participants with a program of high caliber business 
contacts.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for profit, not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit, 
voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: Victoria Baecher-Wassmer, (202) 395-7340.
    Copies of the above information collection can be obtained by 
calling or writing Linda Engelmeier, Department Forms Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-3272, Department of Commerce, Room 5327, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington D.C. 20230.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent to Victoria Baecher-Wassmer, OMB Desk 
Officer, Room 10202, New Executive Office Building, Washington D.C. 
20503 within 30 days of the publication of this notice in the Federal 
Register.

    Dated: September 16, 1998.
Linda Engelmeier,
Department Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-25313 Filed 9-21-98; 8:45 am]
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