40546 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 145 / Tuesday, July 29, 1997 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as

part of its continuing effort to reduce

paperwork and respondent burden

conducts a preclearance consultation

program to provide the general public

and Federal agencies with an

opportunity to comment on proposed

and/or continuing collections of

information in accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(PRA95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This

program helps to ensure that requested

data can be provided in the desired

format, reporting burden (time and

financial resources) is minimized,

collection instruments are clearly

understood, and the impact of collection

requirements on respondents can be

properly assessed. Currently, the

Employment and Training

Administration is soliciting comments

concerning the proposed extension

collection of the MA 8–7, Transmittal

for Unemployment Insurance Materials.

A copy of the proposed information

collection request (ICR) can be obtained

by contacting the office listed below in

the addressee section of this notice.

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted to the office listed in the

addressee section below on or before

September 29, 1997. The Department of

Labor is particularly interested in

comments which:

• Evaluate 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;

• Evaluate 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;

• Enhance the quality, utility,and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and

• 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,

e.g., permitting electronic submissions

of responses.

ADDRESSES: Loryn M. Lancaster, Room

C–4512, U.S. Department of Labor, 200

Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20210, phone (202)

219–5200, extension 368 (this is not a

toll-free number), internet address

lancasterl@doleta.gov, fax (202) 219–

8506.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

Department of Labor, Employment

and Training Administration

regulations, 20 CFR 601, Administrative

Procedures, contains collection of

information requirements at Sections

601.2 and 601.3. Section 601.2 requires

States to submit copies of their

unemployment compensation laws for

approval by the Secretary of Labor so

that the Secretary may determine the

status of State laws and plans of

operation. Section 601.3 requires States

to ‘‘submit all relevant State materials

such as statutes, executive and

administrative orders, legal opinions,

rules, regulations, interpretations, court

decisions, etc.’’ These materials are used

by the Secretary to determine whether

the State law contains provisions

required by Section 3304(a) of the

Internal Revenue Code of 1986. Grants

of funds are made to States for the

administration of their employment

security laws if their unemployment

compensation laws and their plans of

operation for public employment offices

meet required conditions of Federal

laws.

The information transmitted by Form

MA 8–7 is used by the Secretary to

make findings (as specified in the above

cited Federal laws) required for

certification to the Secretary of the

Treasury for payment to States or for

certification of the State law for

purposes of additional tax credit. If this

information is not available, the

Secretary cannot make such

certifications.

To facilitate transmittal of required

material, the Department prescribes the

use of Form MA 8–7, Transmittal for

Unemployment Insurance Materials.

This simple checkoff form is used by the

States to identify material being

transmitted to the National Office and

allows the material to be routed to

appropriate staff for prompt action.

II. Current Actions

States could not be certified if this

information were not collected and

Form MA 8–7 greatly facilitates its

receipt.

Type of Review: Extension without

change.

Agency: Employment and Training

Administration.

Title: Transmittal for Unemployment

Insurance Materials.

OMB Number: 1205–0222.

Agency Number: MA 8–7.

Affected Public: State Governments.

Cite/Reference/Form/etc: MA 8–7.

Total Respondents: 53.

Frequency: As needed.

Total Responses: 3,120.

Average Time per Response: 1

minute.

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 52

hours.

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):

None.

Total Burden Cost (operating/

maintaining): $1,040.

Comments submitted in response to

this comment request will be

summarized and/or included in the

request for Office of Management and

Budget approval of the information

collection request; they will also

become a matter of public record.

Dated: July 23, 1997.

Grace A. Kilbane,

Director, Unemployment Insurance Service.

[FR Doc. 97–19944 Filed 7–28–97; 8:45 am]

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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

[Docket No. 97–1]

Competition; National Digital Library

Program

AGENCY: Library of Congress.

ACTION: Notice of competition.

SUMMARY: This Notice of Competition

announces that the Library of Congress,

with a gift from Ameritech, is

sponsoring a competition to enable

United States public, research, and

academic libraries, museums, historical

societies and archival institutions

(except Federal institutions) to create

digital collections of primary resources

for distribution on the Internet. In the

1997–98 competition, applications will

be limited to collections of textual and

graphic materials that illuminate the

period 1763–1920 and that complement

and enhance the American Memory

collections already mounted in the

National Digital Library. Awards will be

made of up to $75,000 to individual

institutions and up to $150,000 to

eligible consortia for projects that can be

accomplished in twelve to eighteen

months.

DATES: Applications must be

postmarked by November 3, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Submit applications to the

Library of Congress, Washington DC

20540–1340.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Bonnie Magness-Gardiner. Tel: (202)
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lclameritech@loc.gov. Http://

lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/award/

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

National Digital Library is envisioned as

a distributed collection of converted

library materials and digital originals to

which many American institutions will

contribute. The Library of Congress’s

contribution to this World Wide Webbased virtual library is called American

Memory and is created by the Library’s

National Digital Library Program.

Non-profit cultural repositories in the

United States with collections of

primary resources that are significant for

education and research in United States

history and culture are eligible to apply

to the Library of Congress/Ameritech

National Digital Library competition.

Collections that are digitized with

awards from this competition must be

distributable on the Internet.

Applications from Association of

Research Libraries (ARL) and non-ARL

institutions will be evaluated separately,

in order to encourage applications from

a variety of institutions. In the final

selection among meritorious projects

some consideration will be given to the

type and size of institution and its

geographical location, and to certain

themes described in the Guidelines, but

the principal criteria will be:

• The significance of the collection’s

content for understanding United States

history and culture, as well as its

breadth of interest and utility to

students and the general public.

• The availability and usability of

aids to intellectual access that can be

integrated into the American Memory

resource.

• The technical and administrative

viability of the project’s plan of work in

relation to the scope of the project.

Applications will be evaluated by

scholars, educators, librarians,

archivists, administrators, and technical

specialists external to the Library of

Congress. Evaluators will be convened

by George Farr, Director of the Division

of Preservation and Access of the

National Endowment for the Humanities

and by Deanna Marcum, President of

the Council on Library and Information

Resources.

Only costs directly associated with

digital conversion may be included in

the request. Equipment may not be

purchased with award funds. Detailed

Guidelines and Application Instructions

are available from the telephone contact

and Web site listed above.

Dated: July 17, 1997.

Approved by:

James H. Billington,

Librarian of Congress.

[FR Doc. 97–19842 Filed 7–28–97; 8:45 am]

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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND

SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[Notice 97–101]

Information Collection: Submission for

OMB Review, Comment Request

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and

Space Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Notice of agency report forms

under OMB review.

SUMMARY: The National Aeronautics and

Space Administration has submitted to

the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) the following proposal for the

collection of information under the

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction

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

DATES: Comments on this proposal

should be received on or before August

28, 1997.

ADDRESSES: All comments should be

addressed to Mr. Harry Lupuloff, Office

of General Counsel, Code GP, National

Aeronautics and Space Administration,

Washington, DC 20546–0001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ms. Carmela Simonson, Office of the

Chief Information Officer, (202) 358–

1223.

Reports: None.

Title: Patent License Report.

OMB Number: 2700–0010.

Type of review: Extension.

Need and Uses: Each licensee is

required to report annually on its

activities in commercializing its

licensed inventions and any royalties

due. NASA uses information collected

to monitor the activities of its licensees.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households, business or other for-profit.

Number of Respondents: 100.

Responses Per Respondent: 1.

Annual Responses: 100.

Hours Per Request: 30 min.

Annual Burden Hours: 50.

Frequency of Report: Annually.

Donald J. Andreotta,

Deputy Chief Information Officer

(Operations), Office of the Administrator.

[FR Doc. 97–19822 Filed 7–28–97; 8:45 am]

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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND

SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[Notice (97–100)]

Information Collection: Submission for

OMB Review, Comment Request

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and

Space Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Notice of agency report forms

under OMB review.

SUMMARY: The National Aeronautics and

Space Administration has submitted to

the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) the following proposal for the

collection of information under the

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction

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

DATES: Comments on this proposal

should be received on or before August

28, 1997.

ADDRESSES: All comments should be

addressed to Mr. Harry Lupuloff, Office

of the General Counsel, Code GP,

National Aeronautics and Space

Administration, Washington, DC 20546–

0001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Carmela Simonson, Office of the Chief

Information Officer, (202) 358–1223.

Reports: None.

Title: Application for a Patent

License.

OMB Number: 2700–0039.

Type of Review: Extension.

Need and Uses: The information

supplied is used by the NASA Associate

General Counsel to make agency

determinations that NASA should either

grant or deny a request for a patent

license, and whether the license should

be exclusive, partially exclusive, or

nonexclusive.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households, business or other for-profit.

Number of Respondents: 45.

Responses Per Respondent: 1.

Annual Responses: 45.

Hours Per Request: 6.

Annual Burden Hours: 270.

Frequency of Report: Annually.

Donald J. Andreotta,

Deputy Chief Information Officer

(Operations), Office of the Administrator.

[FR Doc. 97–19823 Filed 7–28–97, 8:45 am]

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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS

ADMINISTRATION

Records Schedules; Availability and

Request for Comments

AGENCY: National Archives and Records

Administration, Office of Records

Services