5832 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 25 / Friday, February 6, 2004 / Notices 

New York

Sheryl D. Kennerly, 

Director, Information Management.

[FR Doc. 04–2635 Filed 2–5–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6353–01–P

BROADCASTING BOARD OF 

GOVERNORS 

Sunshine Act Meeting

DATE AND TIME: February 11, 2004; 1 

p.m.–4 p.m.

PLACE: Cohen Building, Room 3321, 330 

Independence Ave., SW., Washington, 

DC 20237.

CLOSED MEETING: The members of the 

Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) 

will meet in closed session to review 

and discuss a number of issues relating 

to U.S. Government-funded nonmilitary international broadcasting. 

They will address internal procedural, 

budgetary, and personnel issues, as well 

as sensitive foreign policy issues 

relating to potential options in the U.S. 

international broadcasting field. This 

meeting is closed because if open it 

likely would either disclose matters that 

would be properly classified to be kept 

secret in the interest of foreign policy 

under the appropriate executive order (5 

U.S.C. 552b.(c)(1)) or would disclose 

information the premature disclosure of 

which would be likely to significantly 

frustrate implementation of a proposed 

agency action. (5 U.S.C. 552b.(c)(9)(B)). 

In addition, part of the discussion will 

relate solely to the internal personnel 

and organizational issues of the BBG or 

the International Broadcasting Bureau. 

(5 U.S.C. 552b.(c)(2) and (6))

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Persons interested in obtaining more 

information should contact either 

Brenda Hardnett or Carol Booker at 

(202) 401–3736.

Dated: February 4, 2004. 

Carol Booker, 

Legal Counsel.

[FR Doc. 04–2747 Filed 2–04–04; 3:30 pm] 

BILLING CODE 8320–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce 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 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). 

Agency: National Institute of 

Standards and Technology (NIST). 

Title: Malcolm Baldrige National 

Quality Award Application. 

Form Number(s): None. 

OMB Approval Number: 0693–0006. 

Type of Review: Regular submission. 

Burden Hours: 7,400. 

Number of Respondents: 100. 

Average Hours Per Response: 74. 

Needs and Uses: Public Law 100–107, 

the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality 

Improvement Act of 1987, established 

an annual U.S. National Quality Award. 

The Secretary of Commerce leads and 

NIST develops and manages the Award 

with cooperation from the private 

sector. The purposes of the Award are 

to promote quality awareness, recognize 

quality achievements of U.S. 

organizations, and to share successful 

quality strategies and practices. The 

failure to collect the information 

required of Award applicants would 

make it impossible to grant the Award 

and violate statutory responsibilities. 

Affected Public: Business or for-profit 

organizations, not-for-profit institutions. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

OMB Desk Officer: Jacqueline Zeiher, 

(202) 395–4638. 

Copies of the above information 

collection proposal can be obtained by 

calling or writing Diana Hynek, 

Departmental Paperwork Clearance 

Officer, (202) 482–0266, Department of 

Commerce, Room 6625, 14th and 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 

dHynek@doc.gov). 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to Jacqueline Zeiher, OMB Desk 

Officer, FAX number (202) 395–5167 or 

JZeiher@omb.eop.gov

Dated: February 2, 2004. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer.

[FR Doc. 04–2559 Filed 2–5–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–13–P

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 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35). 

Agency: U.S. Census Bureau. 

Title: 2004 Panel of the Survey of 

Income & Program Participation, Wave 2 

Topical Modules. 

Form Number(s): SIPP 24205(L) 

Director’s Letter; SIPP/CAPI Automated 

Instrument; SIPP 24003 Reminder Card. 

Agency Approval Number: 0607–

0905. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Burden: 98,685 hours. 

Number of Respondents: 97,650. 

Avg. Hours Per Response: 30 minutes. 

Needs and Uses: The U.S. Census 

Bureau requests authorization from the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) to conduct the Wave 2 topical 

module interview for the 2004 Panel of 

the Survey of Income and Program 

Participation (SIPP). We are also 

requesting approval for a few 

replacement questions in the 

reinterview instrument. The core SIPP 

and reinterview instruments were 

cleared under Authorization No. 0607–

0905. 

The SIPP is designed as a continuing 

series of national panels of interviewed 

households that are introduced every 

few years, with each panel having 

durations of 3 to 4 years. The 2004 

Panel is scheduled for 4 years and will 

include 12 waves of interviewing. All 

household members 15 years old or over 

are interviewed a total of 12 times (12 

waves), at 4-month intervals, making the 

SIPP a longitudinal survey. 

The survey is molded around a 

central ‘‘core’’ of labor force and income 

questions that remain fixed throughout 

the life of a panel. The core is 

supplemented with questions designed 

to answer specific needs. These 

supplemental questions are included 

with the core and are referred to as 

‘‘topical modules.’’ The topical modules 

for the 2004 Panel Wave 2 are Work 

History, Education and Training 

History, Marital History, Fertility 

History, Migration History, and 

Household Relationships. These topical 

modules were previously conducted in 

the SIPP 2001 Panel Wave 2 instrument. 

Wave 2 interviews will be conducted 

from June through September 2004. 

Data provided by the SIPP are being 

used by economic policymakers, the 

Congress, State and local governments, 

and Federal agencies that administer 

social welfare or transfer payment 

programs, such as the Department of 

Health and Human Services and the 

Department of Agriculture. The SIPP 

represents a source of information for a 

wide variety of topics and allows 

information for separate topics to be 

integrated to form a single and unified 

database so that the interaction between 

tax, transfer, and other government and