[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 60 (Thursday, March 29, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14776-14777]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-5724]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce (DOC) will submit to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for 
collection of information under the provision of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13.
    Bureau: International Trade Administration.
    Title: U.S. Government Trade Event Information Request.
    OMB Number: 0625-0238.
    Agency Form Number: ITA-4136P.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden: 20 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 20.
    Average Hours per Response: 1 hour.
    Needs and Uses: The International Trade Administration's Advocacy 
Center marshals federal resources to assist U.S. firms competing for 
foreign government procurements worldwide. The Advocacy Center works 
closely with the Trade Promotion Coordination Committee (TPCC), which 
is chaired by the Secretary of Commerce and includes 19 federal 
agencies involved in export promotion. Advocacy assistance is wide and 
varied, but most often is employed to assist U.S. commercial interests 
that

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must deal with foreign governments or government-owned corporations to 
win or maintain business transactions in foreign markets. The U.S. 
government Trade Information Request is at the core of the President's 
National Export Strategy and its goal to show U.S. support at key 
events for American companies in the international marketplace.
    The purpose of the Advocacy Trade Information Request Form is to 
evaluate senior-level U.S. Government (USG) witnessing requests of a 
commercial milestone, designed to highlight a company's commercial 
success in an overseas project or procurement competition. The Advocacy 
Center, appropriate ITA officials, U.S. Embassies/Consulates worldwide, 
and other federal government agencies that provide advocacy support to 
U.S. firms, will request firm(s) seeking USG advocacy support to 
complete the Trade Information Request Form. This information is needed 
to ensure that the subject milestone to be witnessed is either a 
legally binding contract or a commercially significant announcement, 
which includes highlighted U.S. export content. The information derived 
from a completed form is critical in helping the Advocacy Center 
determine whether it is in the U.S. national interest to advocate a 
specific milestone.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
    OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker, (202) 395-7340.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by writing Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, 
Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 14th Street, and Constitution 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230. E-mail: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#aacee2d3c4cfc1eacec5c984cdc5dc"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="adc9e5d4c3c8c6edc9c2ce83cac2db">[email protected]</span></a>.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of the publication of this 
notice to David Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#377356415e5368655844435c524577585a551952584719505841"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ffbb9e89969ba0ad908c8b949a8dbf90929dd19a908fd1989089">[email protected]</span></a> or fax number (202) 395-7285.

    Dated: March 23, 2007.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
 [FR Doc. E7-5724 Filed 3-28-07; 8:45 am]
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