20010 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 64 / Tuesday, April 3, 2012 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Minority Business Development 

Agency 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Online Customer 

Relationship Management (CRM)/ 

Performance Databases, the Online 

Phoenix Database, and the Online 

Opportunity Database 

AGENCY: Minority Business 

Development Agency (MBDA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce 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. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before June 4, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 

14th and Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20230 (or via the 

Internet at JJessup@doc.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to Cynthia Rios, Program 

Management Unit Supervisor, MBDA 

Office of Business Development, (202) 

482–1940, or via electronic mail at 

crios@mbda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

As part of its national service delivery 

system, MBDA awards cooperative 

agreements each year to fund the 

provision of business development 

services to eligible minority business 

enterprises (MBEs). The recipient of 

each cooperative agreement is 

competitively selected to operate one of 

the following business center programs: 

(1) An MBDA Business Center or (2) a 

Native American Business Enterprise 

Center (NABEC). In accordance with the 

Government Performance Results Act 

(GPRA), MBDA requires all center 

operators to report basic client 

information, service activities and 

progress on attainment of program goals 

via the Online CRM/Performance 

Databases. The data collected through 

the Online CRM/Performance Databases 

is used to regularly monitor and 

evaluate the progress of MBDA’s funded 

centers, to provide the Department and 

OMB with a summary of the 

quantitative information that it requires 

about government supported programs, 

and to implement the GPRA. This 

information is also summarized and 

included in the MBDA Annual 

Performance Report, which is made 

available to the public. 

Additionally, NABEC program award 

recipients are required to list MBEs to 

conduct business in the United States in 

the Online Phoenix Database. This 

listing is used to match those registered 

MBEs with opportunities entered in the 

Online Opportunity Database by public 

and private sector entities. The MBEs 

may also self-register via the Online 

Phoenix Database for notification of 

potential business opportunities. 

Revision: In Fiscal Year 2011 MBDA 

developed and implemented a new 

Customer Relationship Management/ 

Performance Database to reflect the 

requirements of the redesigned MBDA 

Business Center program. The 

streamlining of certain administrative 

and reporting requirements for the new 

program are reflected in the system, and 

resulted in a decrease in the overall 

estimate of burden hours for users under 

the new program structure. The NABEC 

program will continue to utilize the 

original Performance, Phoenix and 

Opportunity databases until the 

program is redesigned, which is 

planned for completion during Fiscal 

Year 2012. 

II. Method of Collection 

Information will be collected 

electronically. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0640–0002. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission 

(revision and extension of a currently 

approved information collection). 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; not-for-profit 

institutions; individuals or households; 

Federal, State, Local or Tribal 

government. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

2,633. 

Estimated Time per Response: 

1 minute to 210 minutes, depending on 

the function. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 4,516. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $0. 

IV. Request for Comments 

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 shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden 

(including hours and cost) of the 

proposed collection of information; 

(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 respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of this information collection; 

they also will become a matter of public 

record. 

Dated: March 29, 2012. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–21–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

Notice of Public Workshop: 

‘‘Designing for Impact: Workshop on 

Building the National Network for 

Manufacturing Innovation’’ 

AGENCY: Advanced Manufacturing 

National Program Office, National 

Institute of Standards and Technology, 

Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Advanced Manufacturing 

National Program Office (AMNPO), 

housed at the National Institute of 

Standards and Technology (NIST), 

announces the first of a series of public 

workshops entitled ‘‘Designing for 

Impact: Workshop on Building the 

National Network for Manufacturing 

Innovation.’’ The workshops will 

provide a forum for the AMPNO to 

introduce the National Network for 

Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI) and 

its regional components, Institutes for 

Manufacturing Innovation (IMIs). The 

workshops will also provide a forum for 

public discussion of this new initiative, 

which President Obama announced on 

March 9, 2012. The discussion will 

focus on the following topics: 

Technologies with Broad Impact, 

Institute Structure and Governance, 

Strategies for Sustainable Institute 

Operations, and Education and 

Workforce Development. 

DATES: The public workshop will be 

held on Wednesday, April 25, 2012 

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