[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 22 (Monday, February 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5069-5070]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-2569]


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UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: United States Information Agency.

ACTION: Submission for OMB Review; comment request.

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), this notice announces that the following 
information collection activity has been forwarded to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. USIA is requesting 
approval for a revision and three-year extension of an information 
collection entitled ``Surveys, Interviews, and other Audience Research 
for Radio and TV Marti'' under OMB control number 3116-0197 which 
expires February 28, 1997. Estimated burden hours per response is 1.15 
hours. Respondents are required to respond only one time.

DATES: Comments are due on or before March 5, 1997.

COPIES: Copies of the Request for Clearance (OMB 83-I), supporting 
statement, and other documents that have been submitted to OMB for 
approval may be obtained from the USIA Clearance Officer. Comments 
should be submitted to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs 
of OMB, Attention: Desk Officer for USIA, and also to the USIA 
Clearance Officer.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Agency Clearance Officer, Ms. 
Jeannette Giovetti, United States Information Agency, M/ADD, 301 Fourth 
Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20547, telephone (202) 619-4408, 
internet address JGiovett USIA.GOV; and OMB review: Ms. Victoria 
Wassmer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 
Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Docket Library, 
Room 1002, NEOB, Washington, D.C. 20503, Telephone (202) 395-5871.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: An Agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a 
person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless 
it displays a currently valid OMB control number. The Federal Register 
Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on this 
collection of information was published on December 3, 1996 (Vol. 61, 
No. 233).
    Public reporting burden for this collection of information (Paper 
Work Reduction Project: OMB No. 3116-0211) is estimated to average 1.15 
hours, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching 
existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and 
completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments 
regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection 
of information, including suggestions for reducing the burden, to the 
United States Information Agency, M/ADD, 301 Fourth Street, S.W., 
Washington, D.C. 20547; and to the Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office 
Building, Docket Library, Room 10202, NEOB, Washington, D.C. 20503.
    Title: ``Surveys, Interviews, and other Audience Research for Radio 
and TV Marti''
    Abstract: Data from this information collection are used by USIA's 
Office of Cuba Broadcasting (OCB) in fulfillment of its mandate to 
evaluate effectiveness of Radio and TV Marti operations by estimating 
the audience size and composition for broadcasts; and assess signal 
reception, credibility and relevance of programming through this 
research.
    Proposed Frequency of Responses:
      No. of Respondents--1788.
      Recordkeeping Hours--1.15.
      Total Annual Burden--2052.


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    Dated: January 29, 1997.
Rose Royal,
Federal Register Liaison.
[FR Doc. 97-2569 Filed 1-31-97; 8:45 am]
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