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delays, or adverse conditions which will

materially affect attainment of planned

project objectives; (4) objectives for the

next reporting period; and (5) status of

compliance with any special conditions

on the use of awarded funds.

Record-Keeping Requirements

Regulations require that financial

records, supporting documents,

statistical records, and all other records

pertinent to the award will be retained

for a period of at least 3 years after the

agreement closing. The exception that

records will be retained beyond 3 years

is if audit findings have not been

resolved.

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting

burden for this collection is estimated to

range from 15 minutes to 15 hours per

response.

Respondents: Not-for-profit

institutions.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

50.

Estimated Number of Responses per

Respondent: 5.

Estimated Number of Responses: 240.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: Roman 1,140.

Copies of this information collection

can be obtained from Cheryl Thompson,

Regulations and Paperwork

Management Branch, Support Services

Division, (202) 692–0043.

Comments

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether

the proposed collection of information

is necessary for the proper performance

of the functions of the Agency,

including whether the information will

have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of

the Agency’s estimate of the burden to

collect the required information,

including the validity of the strategy

used; (c) ways to enhance the quality,

utility, and clarity of the information to

be collected; and (d) ways to minimize

the burden of the collection of

information on those who are to

respond, including through the use of

appropriate automated, electronic,

mechanical, or other technological

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology.

All responses to this notice will be

summarized, included in the request for

OMB approval, and will become a

matter of public record. Comments on

the paperwork burden may be sent to

Cheryl Thompson, Regulations and

Paperwork Management Branch, Rural

Development, U.S. Department of

Agriculture, Stop 0742, 1400

Independence Avenue SW, Washington,

DC 20250–0742.

Dated: May 4, 2000.

Wilbur T. Peer,

Acting Administrator, Rural BusinessCooperative Service.

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

Agency: U.S. Census Bureau.

Title: National Employers Survey

2000.

Form Number(s): None.

Agency Approval Number: 0607–

0787.

Type of Request: Reinstatement, with

change, of an expired collection.

Burden: 6,500 hours.

Number of Respondents: 18,000.

Avg Hours Per Response: 21 and one

half minutes.

Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau

requests approval to conduct the 2000

National Employers Survey (NES–2000)

which includes a linked Employee

Survey. The Census Bureau conducted

two earlier National Employers Surveys

(1994 and 1997) and two supplemental

Employer surveys (1996 and 1998). As

with the previous surveys, NES 2000

will be conducted on a reimbursable

basis through the Department of

Education’s Office of Educational

Research and Improvement (OERI), and

the National Center for Postsecondary

Improvement (NCPI). Funding will be

provided by the National Center for

Education Statistics and the National

School-to-Work Office.

The NES 2000 will provide specific

and unique information on employers’

recruiting, hiring, training, and other

work environment and human resources

practices from both the employer and

employee perspectives. The NES 2000

will provide the Census Bureau with

information on formal and informal

training programs and participation by

establishments in school-to-work

programs of various types.

This data collection effort will

provide, for the first-time, information

collected from employees of a sample of

the employer establishments. Employee

histories and employee perceptions of

training programs and their working

environment will be collected directly

from employees. The information from

these employees will be linked to the

employer information enabling analysts

to identify those areas where employee

and employer views are similar and

where they are different.

The information from the linked

surveys will help the sponsors and other

concerned organizations to determine

how our Nation’s firms and schools can

improve their effectiveness through

improved education, recruiting and

hiring, training, and school-to-work

programs.

The NES 2000 will incorporate a

telephone survey of 3,000 business

establishments that completed the

telephone interview for NES–III, the

1997 survey. As we conduct the

telephone survey, we will ask

employers to volunteer to participate in

the employee survey. The survey of

employees will cover up to 15,000

employees. Employers who volunteer to

participate in the employee survey will

receive 30 employee questionnaires and

simple instructions on how to forward

the questionnaires to a sample of their

employees. The employees will then

complete the questionnaires and mail

them back to the Census Bureau.

Affected Public: Businesses or other

for-profit organizations.

Frequency: One-time.

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.

Legal Authority: Title 13 USC, Section

182; National Education Statistics Act,

Chapter 71, Title 20.

OMB Desk Officer: Susan Schechter,

(202) 395–5103.

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 5033, 14th and Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230

(or via the Internet at

LEngelme@doc.gov).

Written comments and

recommendations for the proposed

information collection should be sent

within 30 days of publication of this

notice to Susan Schechter, OMB Desk

Officer, room 10201, New Executive

Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: May 5, 2000.

Madeleine Clayton,

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief

Information Officer.

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Submission For OMB Review;

Comment Request

DOC has submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

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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: BEA Customer Satisfaction

Survey

Form Number(s): Not applicable.

Agency Approval Number: None.

Type of Request: New.

Burden: 1,875 hours.

Number of Respondents: 7,500.

Avg Hours Per Response: 15 minutes.

Needs and Uses: The Bureau of

Economic Analysis (BEA) would like to

conduct a Customer Satisfaction Survey

to obtain feedback from customers on

the quality of BEA products and

services. The results of the information

collected will serve to assist BEA in

improving the quality of its data

products and its methods of

dissemination.

BEA needs to inform and educate all

of its staff about the public’s perception

of the agency. This customer satisfaction

survey will give us first-hand

knowledge of what our customers want,

need, and expect from BEA. To more

effectively inform and educate the

public on what we do, how we do it,

and why we do it, we need to obtain

reliable information on how the public

views our output. This results of this

survey will serve that purpose.

The Survey and a cover letter with

instructions on how to complete the

survey will be mailed to 2,000 potential

respondents. BEA will request that

responses be returned 30 days after the

mailing. The survey will also be posted

on BEA’s web site for 5,500 potential

respondents. The survey will be

designed so that all responses are

anonymous and therefore eliminates the

necessity for recordkeeping of

respondents.

Affected Public: Individuals from

profit and non-profit organizations and

individuals from other Federal, state,

and local government agencies.

Frequency: One-time.

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.

Legal Authority: Executive Order

12862, Section 1(b), of September 11,

1993.

OMB Desk Officer: Paul Bugg, (202)

395–3093.

Copies of the above information

collection proposal can be obtained by

calling or writing Linda Engelmeier,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer,

Department of Commerce, Room 5033,

14 and Constitution Avenue, NW,

Washington, DC 20230, (202) 482–3272,

(or via e-mail at LEngelme@doc.gov).

Written comments and

recommendations for the proposed

information collection should be sent

within 30 days of publication of this

notice to Paul Bugg, OMB Desk Officer,

room 10201, New Executive Office

Building, Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: May 5, 2000.

Madeleine Clayton,

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief

Information Officer.

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

Agency: U.S. Census Bureau.

Title: Census 2000 Evaluation: Survey

of Partners.

Form Number(s): D–1401, D–

1401A(L), D–1401.F1(L), D–1401.F2(L),

D–1401A(E), D–1401.1(E), D–1401(E).

Agency Approval Number: None.

Type of Request: New collection.

Burden: 5,333 hours.

Number of Respondents: 16,000.

Avg Hours Per Response: 20 minutes.

Needs and Uses: The Census 2000

Partnership Program works to establish

partnerships with State, local and tribal

governments; private industry; local

governments and community groups.

The goal is to increase the awareness of

the census and to increase response

rates, especially among historically

undercounted populations.

The program has both a national and

a regional focus. On the national level,

the program is designed to implement

promotional activities that may be

sponsored and/or supported by

national/umbrella government and

nongovernmental organizations. In

addition, the Census Bureau will

partner with Fortune 500 companies to

promote the importance of the census

through the services and products they

provide.

The regional partnership program

reflects the Census Bureau’s belief that

the foundation for broad-based

participation in the census must be built

at the community level. Its primary

purpose is to establish partnerships

with state, local, and tribal

governments; community organizations;

businesses and the media.

This request is for clearance of an

evaluation of that partnership program

to be carried out via an information

collection. A contractor will survey a

sample of partners through selfadministered questionnaires. The

questionnaire will ask the partners

about the effectiveness of the marketing

campaign and the partnership activities

in motivating their constituents to

complete and mail back their census

questionnaires. The results will be used

to evaluate the program, for 2010

planning purposes and to improve

future census operations.

Affected Public: Businesses or other

for-profit organizations, Not-for-profit

organizations, Federal Government,

State, Local or tribal Government.

Frequency: One-time.

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.

Legal Authority: Title 13 USC,

sections 141 and 193.

OMB Desk Officer: Susan Schechter,

(202) 395–5103.

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 5033, 14th and Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230

(or via the Internet at

LEngelme@doc.gov).

Written comments and

recommendations for the proposed

information collection should be sent

within 30 days of publication of this

notice to Susan Schechter, OMB Desk

Officer, room 10201, New Executive

Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: May 5, 2000.

Madeleine Clayton,

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief

Information Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Census Bureau

Current Population Survey (CPS)—

Voting and Registration Supplement

November 2000

AGENCY: U.S. Census Bureau,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Proposed collection; comment

request.

SUMMARY: The Department of

Commerce, as part of its continuing

effort to reduce paperwork and

respondent burden, invites the general

public and other Federal agencies to

take this opportunity to comment on

proposed or continuing information

collections, as required by the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C.

3506(c)(2)(A)).