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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Community Facilities Grant 

Program. 

OMB Number: 0575–0173. 

Expiration Date of Approval: 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Abstract: Community Programs, a 

division of the Rural Housing Service 

(RHS), is part of the United States 

Department of Agriculture’s Rural 

Development mission area. The Agency 

is authorized by Section 306(a) of the 

Consolidated Farm and Rural 

Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926), as 

amended, to make grants to public 

agencies, nonprofit corporations, and 

Indian tribes to develop essential 

community facilities and services for 

public use in rural areas. These facilities 

include schools, libraries, child care, 

hospitals, clinics, assisted-living 

facilities, fire and rescue stations, police 

stations, community centers, public 

buildings, and transportation. Through 

its Community Programs, the 

Department of Agriculture is striving to 

ensure that such facilities are readily 

available to all rural communities. 

Information will be collected by the 

field offices from applicants, 

consultants, lenders, and public entities. 

The collection of information is 

considered the minimum necessary to 

effectively evaluate the overall scope of 

the project. 

Failure to collect information could 

have an adverse impact on effectively 

carrying out the mission, 

administration, processing, and program 

requirements. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 2.02 hours per 

response. 

Respondents: Public bodies, nonprofit 

corporations and associations, and 

federally recognized Indian tribes. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

895. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 3.17. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 

2,844. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 5,759 hours. 

Copies of this information collection 

can be obtained from Renita Bolden, 

Regulations and Paperwork 

Management Branch, at (202) 692–0035. 

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 of 

the proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions 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. Comments may be sent to 

Renita Bolden, Regulations and 

Paperwork Management Branch, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Rural 

Development, STOP 0742, 1400 

Independence Ave., SW., Washington, 

DC 20250–0742. All responses to this 

notice will be summarized and included 

in the request for OMB approval. All 

comments will also become a matter of 

public record. 

Dated: April 4, 2007. 

Russell T. Davis, 

Administrator, Rural Housing Service. 

[FR Doc. E7–7062 Filed 4–12–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–XV–P 

COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM 

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR 

SEVERELY DISABLED 

Procurement List; Proposed Additions 

and Deletion 

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From 

People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled. 

ACTION: Proposed additions to and 

deletion from procurement list. 

SUMMARY: The Committee is proposing 

to add to the Procurement List services 

to be furnished by nonprofit agencies 

employing persons who are blind or 

have other severe disabilities, and to 

delete a product previously furnished 

by such agencies. 

Comments Must be Received on or 

Before: May 13, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase 

From People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled, Jefferson Plaza 2, Suite 10800, 

1421 Jefferson Davis Highway, 

Arlington, VA 22202–3259. 

For Further Information or to Submit 

Comments Contact: Kimberly M. Zeich, 

Telephone: (703) 603–7740, Fax: (703) 

603–0655, or e-mail 

CMTEFedReg@jwod.gov. 

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. 

Additions 

If the Committee approves the 

proposed additions, the entities of the 

Federal Government identified in this 

notice for each service will be required 

to procure the 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 they are providing additional 

information. 

End of Certification 

The following services are proposed 

for addition to Procurement List for 

production by the nonprofit agencies 

listed: 

Services 

Service Type/Location: Catering Service, 

Seattle Military Entrance Processing Station 

(MEPS), 4735 E. Marginal Way South, 

Seattle, WA. 

NPA: Northwest Center, Seattle, WA. 

Contracting Activity: ARMY–KNOX, U.S. 

Army Armor Center and Ft. Knox, Fort Knox, 

KY. 

Service Type/Location: Custodial Services, 

Juneau SSC, 9341 Glacier Highway, Juneau, 

AK. 

NPA: REACH, Inc., Juneau, AK. 

Contracting Activity: Department of 

Transportation, Federal Aviation 

Administration-ALASKA, Anchorage, AK. 

Service Type/Location: Custodial Services, 

USDA, Farm Service Agency (Delaware 

County Office), 557 Sunbury Road, Suite C, 

Delaware, OH. 

NPA: Alpha Group of Delaware, Inc., 

Delaware, OH. 

Contracting Activity: USDA Farm Service 

Agency Acquisition Management Division, 

Kansas City, MO. 


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Deletion 

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 may result 

in additional reporting, recordkeeping 

or other compliance requirements for 

small entities. 

2. If approved, the action may result 

in authorizing small entities to furnish 

the products 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 proposed 

for deletion from the Procurement List. 

End of Certification 

The following product is proposed for 

deletion from the Procurement List: 

Product 

Inkjet Cartridge 

NSN: 7510–01–544–0834—Use in Canon 

printers BJC–30/50/55/70/80/85/85W. 

NPA: Alabama Industries for the Blind, 

Talladega, AL. 

Contracting Activity: Office Supplies & 

Paper Products Acquisition Ctr, New York, 

NY. 

Kimberly M. Zeich, 

Director, Program Operations. 

[FR Doc. E7–7057 Filed 4–12–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6353–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Economics and Statistics 

Administration 

Innovation Measurement 

AGENCY: Economics and Statistics 

Administration, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

is seeking public comment on issues 

related to the measurement of 

innovation. This request supports efforts 

of the Measuring Innovation in the 21st 

Century Economy Advisory Committee 

to collect seek advice from the public as 

it prepares recommendations for the 

Secretary of Commerce on new or 

improved measures of business 

innovation. 

DATES: Written comments on this notice 

must be submitted on or before May 11, 

2007. Please note that all comments will 

be made public and published on the 

Committee’s Web site at: 

www.innovationmetrics.gov. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

E-mail: innovationmetrics@doc.gov. 

Fax: (202) 482–2889 (Attn.: Elizabeth 

‘‘E.R.’’ Anderson). 

Mail or Hand Delivery/Courier: 

Elizabeth ‘‘E.R.’’ Anderson, Room 4836 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 

Economics and Statistics 

Administration, 14th Street & 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20230. Because we 

continue to experience delays in 

receiving mail, respondents are 

encouraged to submit comments by mail 

early, or to transmit them electronically. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions on the submission of 

comments, contact Elizabeth ‘‘E.R.’’

Anderson. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

charter establishing the Measuring 

Innovation in the 21st Century Advisory 

Committee (the Committee) calls for the 

Committee to make recommendations to 

the Secretary of Commerce on ways that 

will permit better measurement of 

innovation and its impact on the U.S. 

economy. 

The Committee is charged with 

developing innovation metrics that 

inform policy decisions and enable 

policymakers and the business 

community to better monitor 

innovation. Among other things, the 

Committee’s work should build on the 

way firms assess the effectiveness of 

their own innovative activities. The 

recommendations should not only focus 

on measuring innovation activities and 

inputs, but should also focus on the 

results and output of innovation. 

Furthermore, the recommendations 

should allow for analysis at industry, 

sector, national, and international 

levels. 

The type of innovation for which 

measurement improvement is sought is 

defined as: 

The design, invention, development and/or 

implementation of new or altered products, 

services, processes, systems, organizational 

structures, or business models for the 

purpose of creating new value for customers 

and financial returns for the firm.’’

The recommendations will cover the 

following four major categories 

identified by the participants during the 

initial meeting of the Advisory 

Committee: 

1. Improvement of the underlying 

architecture of the U.S. System of 

National Accounts to facilitate 

development of improved and more 

granular measures of innovation and 

productivity; 

2. Identification of appropriate 

economy-wide and sector-specific 

statistical series or other indicators that 

could be used to quantify innovation 

and/or its impacts; 

3. Identification of firm-specific data 

items that could enable comparisons 

and aggregation; and 

4. Identification of specific ‘‘holes’’ in 

the current data collection system that 

limit our ability to measure innovation. 

Comments are solicited to address 

new and/or improved innovation 

measures in each of the above 

categories. Following are some specific 

issues and suggestions raised by 

Advisory Committee members, grouped 

according to the measurement categories 

listed above, on which the Committee 

specifically invites comment. Comments 

need not be limited to these issues and 

suggestions, but should address the 

specific data categories. 

1. Improvement of the underlying 

architecture of the U.S. System of 

National Accounts to facilitate 

development of improved and more 

granular measures of innovation and 

productivity. Our national accounts are 

the main source of information about 

the growth of our national output, 

usually measured by the gross domestic 

product or GDP. Total Factor 

Productivity (TFP) which measures 

growth of output per unit of input for 

the economy as a whole and for 

individual industries is not included in 

the national accounts. Is the concept of 

TFP sufficiently related to innovation to 

warrant the inclusion of economy-wide 

and industry level TFP in the system of 

national accounts? If so, what is the 

most effective way to incorporate the 

concept into the national accounts? Are 

there ways to disaggregate the 

innovation component of TFP to 

differentiate innovation from other 

productivity drivers? 

2. Identification of appropriate 

economy-wide and sector-specific 

indicators that could be used to quantify 

innovation and/or its impacts. Are there 

measures that accommodate economywide (or macro-economic) and sectorspecific notions of innovation? What 

elements of innovation could serve as a 

foundation for statistical series? To what 

extent would the collection of better 

data on service sector outputs and 

services inputs used by all firms 

improve innovation measurement? Is 

market share growth a good indicator of 

innovation? If so, would estimates in the 

change in U.S. firms’ shares of regional, 

national, and global markets be useful 

innovation measures? Could/should 

collaborative connections between 

entities be captured? Since a 

characteristic of markets is that the 


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