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The major factors considered for this 

certification were: 

1. The action will not result in any 

additional reporting, recordkeeping or 

other compliance requirements for small 

entities other than the small 

organizations that will furnish the 

products and service to the Government. 

2. The action will result in 

authorizing small entities to furnish the 

products and service to the Government. 

3. There are no known regulatory 

alternatives which would accomplish 

the objectives of the Javits-WagnerO’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46–48c) in 

connection with the products and 

service proposed for addition to the 

Procurement List. 

End of Certification 

Accordingly, the following products 

and service are added to the 

Procurement List:

Products 

Product/NSN: Cup, Drinking, Styrofoam, 

M.R. 537. 

NPA: The Oklahoma League for the Blind, 

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. 

Contracting Activity: Defense Commissary 

Agency (DeCA), Fort Lee, Virginia.

Product/NSN: Lightsticks (Chemlights) 

6260–00–106–7478 (4′′—Green) 

6260–01–230–8601 (6′′—Red-HI) 

6260–01–074–4229 (6′′—Green) 

6260–01–074–4230 (6′′—Yellow-HI) 

6260–01–178–5559 (6′′—Red) 

6260–01–178–5560 (6′′—Blue)

6260–01–195–9753 (6′′—Orange) 

6260–01–196–0136 (6′′—Yellow) 

6260–01–218–5146 (6′′—White) 

6260–01–247–0362 (15′′—Green) 

6260–01–247–0363 (6′′—Orange/Ultra HI) 

6260–01–247–0367 (15′′—White) 

6260–01–247–0368 (6′′—White-HI) 

6260–01–265–0612 (15′′—Red) 

6260–01–265–0613 (15′′—Yellow) 

6260–01–265–0614 (15′′—Blue) 

6260–01–282–7630 (4′′—Orange) 

NPA: L.C. Industries For The Blind, Inc., 

Durham, North Carolina. 

Contract Activity: Defense Supply Center 

Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 

Pennsylvania. 

Service 

Service Type/Location: Custodial Services, 

USDA, Laboratory Research Building, 

6301 W. 750 North, West Lafayette, 

Indiana. 

NPA: Wabash Center, Inc., Lafayette, Indiana. 

Contracting Activity: USDA, Agriculture 

Research Service, Peoria, Illinois.

Deletions 

On October 22, 2004, the Committee 

for Purchase From People Who Are 

Blind or Severely Disabled published 

notice (69 FR 62020/21) of proposed 

deletions to the Procurement List. After 

consideration of the relevant matter 

presented, the Committee has 

determined that the product and 

services listed below are no longer 

suitable for procurement by the Federal 

Government under 41 U.S.C. 46–48c 

and 41 CFR 51–2.4. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification 

I certify that the following action will 

not have a significant impact on a 

substantial number of small entities. 

The major factors considered for this 

certification were: 

1. The action may result in additional 

reporting, recordkeeping or other 

compliance requirements for small 

entities. 

2. The action may result in 

authorizing small entities to furnish the 

product and services to the Government. 

3. There are no known regulatory 

alternatives which would accomplish 

the objectives of the Javits-WagnerO’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46–48c) in 

connection with the product and 

services deleted from the Procurement 

List. 

End of Certification 

Accordingly, the following product 

and services are deleted from the 

Procurement List: 

Product 

Product/NSN: Paper, Looseleaf, Blank, 

7530–00–286–5782. 

NPA: Alabama Industries for the Blind, 

Talladega, Alabama. 

Contracting Activity: Office Supplies & 

Paper Products Acquisition Center, 

New York, NY. 

Services 

Service Type/Location: Janitorial/

Custodial, U.S. Federal Building 

and Post Office, 104 West Magnolia, 

Bellingham, Washington. 

NPA: Cascade Christian Services, 

Bellingham, Washington. 

Contracting Activity: General Services 

Administration.

Service Type/Location: Janitorial/

Custodial, U.S. Post Office and 

Courthouse, Vicksburg, Mississippi. 

NPA: Warren County Association for 

Retarded Citizens, Inc., Vicksburg, 

Mississippi. 

Contracting Activity: General Services 

Administration.

Sheryl D. Kennerly, 

Director, Information Management.

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BILLING CODE 6353–01–P

COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM 

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR 

SEVERELY DISABLED 

Procurement List; Proposed Additions

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From 

People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled.

ACTION: Proposed additions to 

Procurement List. 

SUMMARY: The Committee is proposing 

to add to the Procurement List products 

and services to be furnished by 

nonprofit agencies employing persons 

who are blind or have other severe 

disabilities. 

Comments Must be Received on or 

Before: January 16, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase 

From People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled, Jefferson Plaza 2, Suite 10800, 

1421 Jefferson Davis Highway, 

Arlington, Virginia, 22202–3259.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sheryl D. Kennerly, (703) 603–7740.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice is published pursuant to 41 

U.S.C. 47(a)(2) and 41 CFR 51–2.3. Its 

purpose is to provide interested persons 

an opportunity to submit comments on 

the proposed actions. If the Committee 

approves the proposed additions, the 

entities of the Federal Government 

identified in the notice for each product 

and service will be required to procure 

the products and services listed below 

from nonprofit agencies employing 

persons who are blind or have other 

severe disabilities. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification 

I certify that the following action will 

not have a significant impact on a 

substantial number of small entities. 

The major factors considered for this 

certification were: 

1. If approved, the action will not 

result in any additional reporting, 

recordkeeping or other compliance 

requirements for small entities other 

than the small organizations that will 

furnish the products and services to the 

Government. 

2. If approved, the action will result 

in authorizing small entities to furnish 

the products and services to the 

Government. 

3. There are no known regulatory 

alternatives which would accomplish 

the objectives of the Javits-WagnerO’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46–48c) in 

connection with the products and 

services proposed for addition to the 

Procurement List. Comments on this 

certification are invited. Commenters 

should identify the statement(s) 

underlying the certification on which

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they are providing additional 

information. 

End of Certification 

The following products and services 

are proposed for addition to 

Procurement List for production by the 

nonprofit agencies listed: 

Products 

Product/NSN: Mass Casualty First Aid 

Kit, USAF; 6545–01–525–9821—

Mass Casualty Bag; 6545–01–525–

9847—Trauma Module; 6545–01–

525–9849—Minor Module; 6545–

01–526–0062—Splint Module; 

6545–01–526–0065—CPR Module; 

6545–01–526–0423—Mass Casualty 

First Aid Kit. 

NPA: Chautauqua County Chapter, 

NYSARC, Jamestown, New York. 

Contracting Activity: U.S. Air Force—

AFMLO/USAF, Frederick, 

Maryland. 

Contracting Activity: Defense Supply 

Center Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 

Pennsylvania. 

Services 

Service Type/Location: Custodial 

Services; Charles E. Bennett Federal 

Building; 400 W. Bay Street, 

Jacksonville, Florida. 

NPA: CCAR Services, Inc., Green Cove 

Springs, Florida. 

Contracting Activity: GSA, Property 

Management Center (4PMB), 

Atlanta, Georgia. 

Service Type/Location: Facilities 

Maintenance; Buckley Annex and 

Building 667, Buckley AFB, 

Colorado. 

NPA: Professional Contract Services, 

Inc., Austin, Texas. 

Contracting Activity: 460th Air Base 

Wing, Buckley AFB, Colorado. 

Service Type/Location: Water Blasting; 

Various U.S. Military Locations on 

Guam. 

NPA: Able Industries of the Pacific, 

Tamuning, Guam. 

Contracting Activity: Officer in Charge 

of Construction—FSSC, FPO AP, 

Guam.

Sheryl D. Kennerly, 

Director, Information Management.

[FR Doc. 04–27659 Filed 12–16–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6353–01–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: Information and 

Communication Technology Survey. 

Form Number(s): ICT–1(S), ICT–1(M), 

ICT–1(Long). 

Agency Approval Number: 0607–

0909. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Burden: 79,903 hours. 

Number of Respondents: 46,000. 

Average Hours Per Response: ICT–

1(S)—1 hour and 4 minutes, ICT–1(M)—

2 hours and 8 minutes, ICT–1(Long)—21 

hours. 

Needs and Uses: A concern for 

economic policymakers is the lack of 

available data related to e-business 

infrastructure investment. Such data is 

critical for evaluating productivity 

growth, changes in industrial capacity, 

measures of economic performance, and 

current economic developments. Rapid 

changes and advances in Information 

and Communication Technology (ICT) 

equipment have resulted in these assets 

having short useful lives and a tendency 

to be replaced much quicker than other 

types of equipment. Companies are 

expensing the full cost of such assets 

during the current annual period rather 

than capitalizing the value of such 

assets and expensing the cost over two 

or more years. In some cases this is due 

to the short useful life of the asset, and 

in other cases this is because companies 

have varying dollar levels for 

capitalization. 

The Annual Capital Expenditures 

Survey (ACES) (OMB Project 0607–

0782) currently collects annual data on 

business capital expenditures and 

detailed types of structures and 

equipment data every five years. This 

infrequent collection of types of 

structures and equipment detail and the 

fact that the ACES does not include 

non-capitalized expenditures for ebusiness infrastructure investment 

creates serious data gaps. 

As a result, the Information and 

Communication Technology Survey 

(ICTS) was developed as a supplement 

to the ACES. For the ICTS, we use the 

ACES sampling, follow-up and 

estimation methodologies including 

mailing to the same employer 

companies as the ACES. This data 

collection supplements the current 

source of comprehensive statistics on 

business investment in equipment and 

software for private nonfarm businesses 

in the United States. The ICTS is an 

important part of the Federal 

Government statistical program to 

improve and supplement ongoing 

statistical programs.

This request is for a revision of a 

currently approved collection and 

covers the 2004 through 2006 

Information and Communication 

Technology Survey. Major revisions 

from the previous ICTS are the 

collection of capital expenditures data 

for the four types of ICT equipment and 

software cited below, and the 

incorporation of the 2002 North 

American Industry Classification 

System (NAICS) into the ICTS. Capital 

expenditures data will only be collected 

for computers and peripheral 

equipment; ICT equipment, excluding 

computers and peripherals; 

electromedical and electrotherapeutic 

apparatus; and, computer software, 

including payroll associated with 

software development. These 

capitalized data will be collected 

annually on the ICTS, except when 

collected in the ACES once every five 

years. Beginning with the 2004 ICTS, we 

will publish data based on the 2002 

NAICS. We will collect and publish data 

for approximately 136 industries. This 

is an increase of four industries from the 

1997 NAICS. 

The plan for the continued survey is 

to collect industry-level capital 

expenditures and non-capitalized 

expenses (purchases, and operating 

leases and rental payments) for the four 

types of ICT equipment and software 

mentioned above. This collection is 

intended to represent total business 

spending for ICT equipment by all 

employer firms and provide 

comprehensive control estimates for 

each type of equipment and software by 

industry. Companies that operate in 

only one industry receive an ICT–1(S) 

form. These companies are not asked to 

report ICT expenditures by industry 

which eliminates the need for 

respondent industry coding. Companies 

that operate in more than one but less 

than nine industries receive an ICT–

1(M) form. And, companies that operate 

in nine or more industries receive an 

ICT–1(L) form. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit, Not-for-profit institutions. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., 

Sections 182, 224, and 225. 

OMB Desk Officer: Susan Schechter, 

(202) 395–5103. 

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).