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Avg. Hours per Response: Ranges

between 40 and 80 hours.

Needs and Uses: This collection of

information is required as it is the

vehicle through which the Agency

presents detailed application

requirements for financial assistance

awards to operate its Business

Development Centers. These centers

provide business development services,

such as financial planning and

marketing advice, to minority

entrepreneurs. The collection of this

information is essential to the mission

of the Agency, as defined in Executive

Order 11625, to provide management

and technical assistance to minority

businesses.

Affective Public: Individuals,

businesses or other for-profit and notfor-profit institutions.

Frequency: Annually.

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to

obtain a benefit.

OMB Desk Officer: Victoria BaecherWassmer or Pat Boyd (202) 395–5871.

Copies of the above information

collection proposal can be obtained by

calling or writing Linda Engelmeier,

Departmental Clearance Officer, (202)

482–3272, U.S. Department of

Commerce, Room 5312, 14th and

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington,

DC 20230.

Written comments and

recommendations for the proposed

information collection should be sent to

Victoria Baecher-Wassmer or Pat Boyd,

OMB Desk Officer, Room 10202, New

Executive Office Building, 725 17th

Street, NW, Washington, DC 20503. An

emergency approval has been requested

by November 19, 1997.

Dated: November 12, 1997.

Linda Engelmeier,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office

of Management and Organization.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

[Docket No. 970411089–7089–01]

Privacy Act of 1974; System of

Records

AGENCY: Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Amendment of

Privacy Act System of Records;

COMMERCE/DEPT System 2.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce

gives notice of an amendment to the

system of records under Commerce

Department System 2. The amendments

adds a routine use for disclosure of

information in this system to other

agencies as needed for the purpose of

effecting administrative offsets in cases

where debts are owed by individuals or

organizations to the U.S. Government.

This action has been taken to comply

with the Debt Collection Improvement

Act of 1996.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This notice will be

adopted without further publication in

the Federal Register, on December 18,

1997, unless modified by a subsequent

notice to incorporate comments

received from the public. Any interested

party may submit written comments

about the revision to the system of

records to the contact person listed

below on or before December 18, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Department of Commerce,

Office of Financial Management, 14th

Street & Constitution Avenue, NW,

Room 6827, Washington, DC 20230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Charles Yaple at 202–482–1207.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Department of Commerce is amending

Commerce Department System 2:

Accounts Receivable to add that records

may be disclosed to any other federal

agency.

—Added under ‘‘Routine use:’’

Disclosure of information in this system of

records to any other Federal agency as

necessary for the purpose of effecting

administrative offset against the debtor to

recoup a delinquent debt owed to the U.S.

Government by the debtor.

This change is being made to

implement the Debt Collection

Improvement Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 104–

134, sec. 31001, et seq.). This statutes

requires Federal agencies to minimize

the costs of collection of debt owed to

the agencies by consolidating debt

collection functions and activities and

utilizing interagency teams, and to

reduce losses arising from debt

management by requiring proper

screening of potential borrowers,

aggressive monitoring of all accounts,

and sharing of information with and

among agencies. The Department of

Commerce intends to participate in an

initiative sponsored by the U.S.

Department of Treasury whereby the

latter agency will serve as a central

collection point for information from

several Federal agencies concerning

individuals who owe debts to the

Government. This routine use permits

disclosure of information from this

system of records to the Department of

Treasury, or any other agency that may

conduct this activity.

Other editorial changes have also

been incorporated to change an

outdated reference to the National

Bureau of Standards (NBS) to the

National Institute of Standards and

Technology (NIST), to add a reference to

records of the Technology

Administration, and the Bureau of

Export Administration (BXA), and to

delete references to the United States

Travel and Tourism Administration

(USTTA), which has been abolished.

The system of records is hereby

republished as follows:

COMMERCE/DEPT–2

SYSTEM NAME:

Accounts Receivable—COMMERCE/

DEPT–2.

SYSTEM LOCATION:

a. For Departmental offices, BEA, ITA,

and MBDA: Office of Financial

Operations and Travel Management,

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th

Street and Constitution Avenue, NW,

Washington, DC 20230.

b. For NIST (including the

Technology Administration) and NTIA:

National Institute of Standards and

Technology, Office of the Comptroller,

Administration Building, Gaithersburg,

Maryland 20899.

c. For NOAA and BXA: Office of

Budget and Finance, National Oceanic

and Atmospheric Administration, 14th

Street and Constitution Avenue, NW,

Washington, DC 20230.

d. For PTO: Office of Finance, U.S.

Patent and Trademark Office, 2021

Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington,

Virginia 22202.

e. For CENSUS: Finance Division,

Bureau of the Census Federal Building

3, Washington, DC 20233.

f. For NTIS: Accounting Division,

National Technical Information Service,

Springfield, Virginia 22161.

g. For EDA: Accounting Division,

Economic Development Administration,

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th

Street and Constitution Avenue, NW,

Washington, DC 20230.

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM:

Debtors owing money to

organizational components identified in

a through g above, including employees,

former employees, business firms, the

general public, and institutions.

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

Name and address; amount owed;

service to which the amount is owed;

overpayment or other accounting

therefor; and invoice number, if any.

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:

5 U.S.C. 5701–09; 31 U.S.C. 951–953,

4 CFR 102.4, FPMR 101–7; Treasury

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ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:

—Billing debtors, reporting delinquent

debts to credit bureaus.

—Reporting to Office of Personnel

Management for liquidating debts

from retirement and other benefits.

—Disclosure of information from this

system of records may also be made

to commercial contractors (debt

collection agencies) for the purpose of

collecting delinquent debts as

authorized by the Debt Collection Act

(31 U.S.C. 3718).

—Disclosure of information in this

system of records to any other Federal

agency as necessary for the purpose of

effecting administrative offset against

the debtor to recoup a delinquent debt

owed to the U.S. Government by the

debtor.

—Disclosures to consumer reporting

agencies pursuant to 5 U.S.C.

552a(b)(12) may be made from this

system to ‘‘consumer reporting

agencies’’ as defined in the Fair Credit

Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681a(f));

and the Federal Claims Collection Act

of 1966 (31 U.S.C. 3701(a)(3)).

—Also, see routine uses 1–5 and 8–13

of the Prefatory Statement, found at

46 FR 63502, December 31, 1981.

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING,

RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND

DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

STORAGE:

Both manual and machine-readable

records.

RETRIEVABILITY:

By name, and invoice number as

appropriate.

SAFEGUARDS:

Physical security, handling by

authorized personnel only.

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:

Retained until payment is received

and account is audited, then disposed of

in accordance with Records Control

Schedule.

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS:

For records at location a: Director,

Office of Financial Operations and

Travel Management, U.S. Department of

Commerce, Washington, DC 20230.

For records at location b: Comptroller,

Office of the Comptroller, National

Institute of Standards and Technology,

Administration Building, Gaithersburg,

Maryland 20899.

For records at location c: Director,

Office of Budget and Finance, NOAA,

Room 6811, Herbert C. Building, 14th

Street and Constitution Avenue, NW,

Washington, DC 20230.

For records at location d: Director,

Office of Finance, U.S. Patent and

Trademark Office, Washington, DC

20231.

For records at location e: Associate

Director for Administration, Bureau of

the Census, Federal Building 3,

Washington, DC 20233.

For records at location f: Chief,

Accounting Division, National

Technical Information Service,

Springfield, Virginia 22161.

For records at location g: Chief,

Accounting Division, Economic

Development Administration, U.S.

Department of Commerce, 14th Street

and Constitution Avenue NW,

Washington, DC 20230.

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:

For ITA records at location a,

information may be obtained from

Director, Office of Management and

Systems, ITA, U.S. Department of

Commerce, Washington, DC 20230.

For all others at location a,

information may be obtained from:

Chief, Information Management

Division, Office of Information

Resources Management, U.S.

Department of Commerce, Washington,

DC 20230.

For records at location b, information

may be obtained from: Deputy Director

of Administration, National Institute of

Standards and Technology,

Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899.

For records at location c, information

may be obtained from: Director,

Administrative and Technical Services,

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.

For PTO records at location d,

information may be obtained from:

Assistant Commissioner for

Administration, U.S. Patent and

Trademark Office, Washington, DC

20231.

For records at location e, information

may be obtained from: Associate

Director for Administration, Bureau of

the Census, Federal Building 3,

Washington, DC 20233.

For NTIS records at location f,

information may be obtained from:

Associate Director for Financial and

Administrative Management, National

Technical Information Service,

Springfield, Virginia 22161.

For records at location g, information

may be obtained from: Director, Office

of Public Affairs, EDA, U.S. Department

of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230.

Requester should provide name and

address, and invoice number as

appropriate, pursuant to the inquiry

provisions of the Department’s rules

which appear in 15 CFR part 4b.

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:

Requests from individuals should be

addressed to: Same address as stated in

the Notification procedure section

above.

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:

The Department’s rules for access, for

contesting contents, and appealing

initial determinations by the individual

concerned appear in 15 CFR part 4b.

Same address as stated in the

Notification procedure section above.

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:

Subject individual, those authorized

by the individual to furnish

information, contracting officer as

appropriate, accounting records.

Dated: November 12, 1997.

Brenda S. Dolan,

Department of Commerce, Freedom of

Information/Privacy Act Officer.

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BILLING CODE 3510–FA–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and

Technology

Economic Impact Assessment of NIST

Ncar-Field Scanning Measurements of

Antennas Program

ACTION: Proposed collection; comment

request.

SUMMARY: The Department of

Commerce, as part of its continuing

effort to reduce both 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 January 20, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Linda Engelmeier, Departmental

Forms Clearance Officer, Department of

Commerce, Room 5327, 14th and

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington,

DC 20230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or

copies of the information collection

instrument(s) and instructions should

be directed to Mr. Andrew Repjar,

National Institute of Standards and

Technology, Electrical and Electronics

Engineering Laboratory, Mailcode