9920 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 43 / Tuesday, March 6, 2007 / Notices 

Commerce, Room 6625, 14th and 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20230. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to David Rostker, OMB Desk 

Officer, e-mail address, 

David_Rostker@omb.eop.gov, or fax 

number, (202) 395–7285. 

Dated: March 1, 2007. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. E7–3877 Filed 3–5–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DT–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for clearance of the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the emergency 

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). 

Agency: National Institute of 

Standards and Technology (NIST). 

Title: Advanced Technology Program 

(ATP). 

Form Number(s): NIST–1262 and 

NIST–1263. 

OMB Approval Number: 0693–0009. 

Type of Review: Emergency. 

Burden Hours: 32,000. 

Number of Respondents: 800. 

Average Hours per Response: 40. 

Needs and Uses: The ATP is a 

competitive cost sharing program 

designed to assist United States 

businesses pursue high-risk, enabling 

technologies with the potential for 

significant commercial payoff and 

widespread benefits for the nation. The 

ATP provides multi-year funding 

through the use of cooperative 

agreements to single companies and to 

industry-led joint ventures. In order to 

participate, proposals must be 

submitted addressing the ATP selection 

criteria. The information is used to 

perform the requisite technical, 

business, and budgetary reviews of the 

proposals to determine if awards should 

be granted. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations, educational 

institutions, not-for-profit institutions, 

individuals or households. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain a benefit. 

OMB Desk Officer: Jasmeet Seehra, 

(202) 395–3123. 

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 by 

March 28, 2007 to Jasmeet Seehra, OMB 

Desk Officer, FAX number (202) 395–

5167 or via the Internet at 

Jasmeet_K._Seehra@omb.eop.gov. 

Dated: March 1, 2007. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. E7–3880 Filed 3–5–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Census Bureau 

Quarterly Financial Report 

ACTION: Proposed information 

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 and/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)). 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before May 7, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Diana Hynek, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 

14th and Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20230 (or via the 

Internet at dHynek@doc.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument(s) and instructions should 

be directed to Yolando M. St. George, 

U.S. Census Bureau, HQ–6K181, 

Washington, DC 20233, Telephone (301) 

763–6600. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The Census Bureau is planning to 

resubmit to the Office of Management 

and Budget for approval, the Quarterly 

Financial Report (QFR) Program 

information collection forms. In an 

effort to reduce the reporting burden for 

the QFR, the Census Bureau has 

consolidated two of its forms into one 

and eliminated form QFR 103 (NB). The 

QFR forms submitted for approval are: 

QFR 200 (MT) which consolidates the 

QFR 101 (MG) and QFR 102 (TR) long 

forms; and QFR 201 (MG), which is the 

renumbered QFR 101A (MG) short form. 

The eliminated form, QFR 103 (NB), 

was a classification form used to 

determine the North American Industry 

Classification System (NAICS) industry 

of respondents. The QFR is now using 

other sources available to the Census 

Bureau for classification. 

The QFR Program has published upto-date aggregate statistics on the 

financial results and position of U.S. 

corporations since 1947. The QFR is a 

principal economic indicator that also 

provides financial data essential to the 

calculation of key Government measures 

of national economic performance. The 

importance of this data collection is 

reflected by the granting of specific 

authority to conduct the program in 

Title 13 of the United States Code, 

Section 91, which requires that financial 

statistics of business operations be 

collected and published quarterly. 

Public Law 109–79 extended the 

authority of the Secretary of Commerce 

to conduct the QFR Program under 

Section 91 through September 30, 2015. 

The current scope of the QFR 

includes corporations in the Mining, 

Manufacturing, Wholesale Trade, and 

Retail Trade sectors. The main purpose 

of the QFR is to provide timely, accurate 

data on business financial conditions for 

use by Government and private-sector 

organizations and individuals. The 

primary public users are U.S. 

Governmental organizations with 

economic policymaking responsibilities. 

In turn, these organizations play a major 

role in providing guidance, advice, and 

support to the QFR Program. The 

primary private-sector data users are a 

diverse group including universities, 

financial analysts, unions, trade 

associations, public libraries, banking 

institutions, and U.S. and foreign 

corporations. 

II. Method of Collection 

The Census Bureau will primarily use 

mail out/mail back survey forms to 

collect the QFR data discussed in this 

notice. Companies will be asked to 

respond to the survey within 25 days of 

the end of the quarter for which the data 

are being requested. Letters and/or 

telephone calls encouraging 

participation will be directed to 

companies in the survey sample that 

have not responded by the designated 


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