34146 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 103 / Friday, May 26, 2000 / Notices

Dated: May 23, 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: Census Bureau.

Title: Survey of Housing Starts, Sales,

and Completions.

Form Number(s): SOC–QI/SF.1, SOC–

QI/MF.1.

Agency Approval Number: 0607–

0110.

Type of Request: Extension of a

currently approved collection.

Burden: 9,395 hours.

Number of Respondents: 26,000.

Avg Hours Per Response: 5 minutes.

Needs and Uses: The U.S. Census

Bureau is requesting an extension of the

currently approved collection for the

Survey of Housing Starts, Sales, and

Completions, also known as the Survey

of Construction (SOC).

Government agencies and private

companies use statistics from the SOC

to monitor and evaluate the large and

dynamic housing construction industry.

From the SOC, three principal economic

indicators are produced: Housing Starts,

New Home Sales, and Housing

Completions. In addition, a number of

other statistical series are produced,

including extensive information on the

physical characteristics of new

residential buildings, and indexes

measuring rates of inflation in the price

of new buildings. These statistics are

based on a sample of residential

buildings in permit-issuing places and a

road canvass in a sample of land areas

not covered by building permit systems.

We mail survey forms to the

respondents to complete. A few days

later, field representatives either call or

visit the respondents to enter their

survey responses into a laptop computer

using Computer Assisted Personal

Interviewing (CAPI). Approximately

26,000 buildings are selected in the

sample each year. The Builder, real

estate agent, rental agent, or new home

owner is contacted an average of 4.34

times (at monthly intervals) over the

course of the building project.

Affected Public: Businesses or other

for-profit organizations.

Frequency: Monthly.

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.

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

Section 182.

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 23, 2000.

Madeleine Clayton,

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief

Information Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Export Administration

Regulations and Procedures Technical

Advisory Committee; Notice of

Partially Closed Meeting

The Regulations and Procedures

Technical Advisory Committee (RPTAC)

will meet June 13, 2000, 9:00 a.m.,

Room 3884, in the Herbert C. Hoover

Building, 14th Street between

Constitution and Pennsylvania

Avenues, NW, Washington DC. The

Committee advises the Office of the

Assistant Secretary for Export

Administration on implementation of

the Export Administration Regulations

(EAR) and provides for continuing

review to update the EAR as needed.

Agenda

Public Session

1. Opening remarks by the

Chairperson.

2. Presentation of papers or comments

by the public.

3. Update on pending regulatory

revisions.

4. Update on BXA policies under

review.

5. Discussion of deemed export rule.

6. Discussion of BXA compliance

initiatives.

7. Discussion of regulations relating to

encryption and high performance

computers.

Closed Session

8. Discussion of matters properly

classified under Executive Order 12958,

dealing with the U.S. export control

program and strategic criteria related

thereto.

A limited number of seats will be

available for the public session.

Reservations are not accepted. To the

extent that time permits, members of the

public may present oral statements to

the Committee. The public may submit

written statements at any time before or

after the meeting. However, to facilitate

the distribution of public presentation

materials to the Committee members,

the Committee suggests that presenters

forward the public presentation

materials prior to the meeting to the

following address: Ms. Lee Ann

Carpenter, OSIES/EA/BXA MS: 3876,

14th St. & Constitution Ave., NW,

Washington, DC 20230.

The Assistant Secretary for

Administration, with the concurrence of

the delegate of the General Counsel,

formally determined on January 12,

1999, pursuant to section 10(d) of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as

amended, that the series of meetings or

portions of meetings of the Committee

and of any Subcommittees thereof,

dealing with the classified materials

listed in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(1) shall be

exempt from the provisions relating to

public meetings found in section

10(a)(1) and 10(a)(3) of the Federal

Advisory Committee Act. The remaining

series of meetings or portions thereof

will be open to the public.

A copy of the Notice of Determination

to close meetings or portions of

meetings of the Committee is available

for public inspection and copying in the

Central Reference and Records

Inspection Facility, Room 6020, U.S.

Department of Commerce, Washington,

DC. For more information, call Lee Ann

Carpenter at (202) 482–2583.

Dated: May 22, 2000.

Lee Ann Carpenter,

Committee Liaison Officer.

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