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sample was introduced in the third 

quarter of 2017. The sample consists of 

approximately 19,500 firms and is a 

subsample of firms from the larger 

Service Annual Survey (SAS) approved 

under OMB Number 0607–0422. Each 

quarter the QSS sample is updated to 

reflect the addition of new businesses 

and the removal of firms that have gone 

out-of-business. Starting with survey 

year 2023, which will be collected in 

calendar year 2024, the SAS will be 

integrated into the Annual Integrated 

Economic Survey (AIES) approved 

under OMB Number 0607–1024. 

The Bureau of Economic Analysis 

uses the survey results as input to its 

quarterly Gross Domestic Product (GDP) 

and GDP by industry estimates. The 

estimates provide the Federal Reserve 

Board and Council of Economic 

Advisors with timely information to 

assess current economic performance. 

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid 

Services use the QSS estimates to 

develop hospital-spending estimates for 

the National Accounts. Other 

government and private stakeholders 

also benefit from a better understanding 

of important cyclical components of the 

U.S. service economy. 

II. Method of Collection 

We will collect this information by 

internet, mail, and telephone follow-up. 

A significant number of QSS 

respondents receive an initial email 

with their username and authentication 

code for submission by internet. The 

remaining respondents are either mailed 

only their username and authentication 

code for submission by internet or 

mailed a full form. Respondents that 

report via the internet in any given 

quarter have the option to choose how 

they want to receive forms in the future, 

i.e., email or mailed form. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0607–0907. 

Form Numbers: QSS–1A, QSS–1E, 

QSS–1PA, QSS–1PE, QSS–2A, QSS–2E, 

QSS–3A, QSS–3E, QSS–3SA, QSS–3SE, 

QSS–4A, QSS–4E, QSS–4FA, QSS–4FE, 

QSS–4SA, QSS–4SE, QSS–5A, QSS–5E. 

Type of Review: Regular Submission, 

Request for an Extension of a Currently 

Approved Collection. 

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

institutions. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

22,300 respondents filing a total of 

96,800 reports a year. (Some 

respondents file more than one report 

quarterly). 

Estimated Time per Response: 15 

minutes: QSS–1A, QSS–1E, QSS–1PA, 

QSS–1PE, QSS–2A, QSS–2E, QSS–3A, 

QSS–3E, QSS–3SA, QSS–3SE, QSS–5A, 

QSS–5E. 

10 minutes: QSS–4A, QSS–4E, QSS– 

4FA, QSS–4FE, QSS–4SA, QSS–4SE. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 20,700 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $0. (This is not the cost of 

respondents’ time, but the indirect costs 

respondents may incur for such things 

as purchases of specialized software or 

hardware needed to report, or 

expenditures for accounting or records 

maintenance services required 

specifically by the collection.) 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C. 131 

and 182. 

IV. Request for Comments 

We are soliciting public comments to 

permit the Department/Bureau to: (a) 

Evaluate whether the proposed 

information collection is necessary for 

the proper functions of the Department, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the 

accuracy of our estimate of the time and 

cost burden for this proposed collection, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

Evaluate ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and (d) Minimize the 

reporting burden on those who are to 

respond, including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Comments that you submit in 

response to this notice are a matter of 

public record. We will include, or 

summarize, each comment in our 

request to OMB to approve this ICR. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you may ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, 

Commerce Department. 

[FR Doc. 2023–26968 Filed 12–7–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Telecommunications and 

Information Administration 

First Responder Network Authority 

Public Combined Board and Board 

Committees Meeting 

AGENCY: First Responder Network 

Authority (FirstNet Authority), National 

Telecommunications and Information 

Administration (NTIA), U.S. 

Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Announcement of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The FirstNet Authority Board 

will convene an open public meeting of 

the Board and Board Committees. 

DATES: December 13, 2023; 9:30 a.m. to 

11:30 a.m. Central Standard Time (CST); 

Nashville, Tennessee. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Bobby Hotel, 230 4th Ave. N, 

Nashville, TN 37219. Members of the 

public are not able to attend in-person 

but may listen to the meeting and view 

the presentation by visiting the URL: 

https://stream2.sparkstreetdigital.com/ 

20231213-firstnet.html. If you 

experience technical difficulty, contact 

support@sparkstreetdigital.com. WebEx 

information can also be found on the 

FirstNet Authority website 

(FirstNet.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

General information: Jennifer Watts, 

(571) 665–6178, Jennifer.Watts@

FirstNet.gov. 

Media inquiries: Ryan Oremland, 

(571) 665–6186, Ryan.Oremland@

FirstNet.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: The Middle Class Tax 

Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 

(codified at 47 U.S.C. 1401 et seq.) (Act) 

established the FirstNet Authority as an 

independent authority within NTIA. 

The Act directs the FirstNet Authority 

to ensure the building, deployment, and 

operation of a nationwide interoperable 

public safety broadband network. The 

FirstNet Authority Board is responsible 

for making strategic decisions regarding 

the operations of the FirstNet Authority. 

Matters to be Considered: The 

FirstNet Authority will post a detailed 

agenda for the Combined Board and 

Board Committees Meeting on 

FirstNet.gov prior to the meeting. The 

agenda topics are subject to change. 

Please note that the subjects discussed 

by the Board and Board Committees 

may involve commercial or financial 

information that is privileged or 

confidential, or other legal matters 

affecting the FirstNet Authority. As 


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such, the Board may, by majority vote, 

close the meeting only for the time 

necessary to preserve the confidentiality 

of such information, pursuant to 47 

U.S.C. 1424(e)(2). 

Other Information: The public 

Combined Board and Board Committees 

Meeting is accessible to people with 

disabilities. Individuals requiring 

accommodations, such as sign language 

interpretation or other ancillary aids, are 

asked to notify Jennifer Watts at (571) 

665–6178 or email: Jennifer.Watts@

FirstNet.gov at least five (5) business 

days (December 6) before the meeting. 

Records: The FirstNet Authority 

maintains records of all Board 

proceedings. Minutes of the Combined 

Board and Board Committees Meeting 

will be available on FirstNet.gov. 

Dated: December 5, 2023. 

Jennifer Watts, 

Acting Board Secretary, First Responder 

Network Authority. 

[FR Doc. 2023–27032 Filed 12–7–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of Industry and Security 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Additional Protocol to the 

U.S.-International Atomic Energy 

Agency Safeguards 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit the following information 

collection request to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and clearance in accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995, on or after the date of publication 

of this notice. We invite the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

comment on proposed, and continuing 

information collections, which helps us 

assess the impact of our information 

collection requirements and minimize 

the public’s reporting burden. Public 

comments were previously requested 

via the Federal Register on August 10, 

2023, during a 60-day comment period. 

This notice allows for an additional 30 

days for public comments. 

Agency: Bureau of Industry and 

Security, Department of Commerce. 

Title: Additional Protocol to the U.S.- 

International Atomic Energy Agency 

Safeguards. 

OMB Control Number: 0694–0135. 

Form Number(s): AP–1 through AP– 

17, and AP–A through AP–Q. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

current information collection. 

Number of Respondents: 549. 

Average Hours per Response: 23 

minutes to 6 hours. 

Burden Hours: 920. 

Needs and Uses: The Additional 

Protocol requires the United States to 

submit declaration forms to the 

International Atomic Energy Agency 

(IAEA) on a number of commercial 

nuclear and nuclear-related items, 

materials, and activities that may be 

used for peaceful nuclear purposes, but 

also would be necessary elements for a 

nuclear weapons program. These forms 

provides the IAEA with information 

about additional aspects of the U.S. 

commercial nuclear fuel cycle, 

including: mining and milling of 

nuclear materials; buildings on sites of 

facilities selected by the IAEA from the 

U.S. Eligible Facilities List; nuclearrelated equipment manufacturing, 

assembly, or construction; import and 

export of nuclear and nuclear-related 

items and materials; and research and 

development. The Protocol also expands 

IAEA access to locations where these 

activities occur in order to verify the 

form data. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

Legal Authority: Additional Protocol 

Implementation Act (title II of Pub. L. 

109–401), Executive Order (E.O.) 13458. 

This information collection request 

may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov. 

Follow the instructions to view the 

Department of Commerce collections 

currently under review by OMB. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be 

submitted within 30 days of the 

publication of this notice on the 

following website www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain. Find this 

particular information collection by 

selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day 

Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or 

by using the search function and 

entering either the title of the collection 

or the OMB Control Number 0694–0135. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, 

Commerce Department. 

[FR Doc. 2023–27020 Filed 12–7–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–33–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of Industry and Security 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Simple Network Application 

Process and Multipurpose Application 

Form 

AGENCY: Bureau of Industry and 

Security, Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection, 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), invites the general public and 

other Federal agencies to comment on 

proposed, and continuing information 

collections, which helps us assess the 

impact of our information collection 

requirements and minimize the public’s 

reporting burden. The purpose of this 

notice is to allow for 60 days of public 

comment preceding submission of the 

collection to OMB. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, 

comments regarding this proposed 

information collection must be received 

on or before February 6, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments by email to 

Mark Crace, IC Liaison, Bureau of 

Industry and Security, at mark.crace@

bis.doc.gov or to PRAcomments@

doc.gov). Please reference OMB Control 

Number 0694–0088 in the subject line of 

your comments. Do not submit 

Confidential Business Information or 

otherwise sensitive or protected 

information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

specific questions related to collection 

activities should be directed to Mark 

Crace, IC Liaison, Bureau of Industry 

and Security, phone 202–482–8093 or 

by email at mark.crace@bis.doc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

Section 1761(h) under the Export 

Control Reform Act (ECRA) of 2018, 

authorizes the President and the 

Secretary of Commerce to issue 

regulations to implement the ECRA 

including those provisions authorizing 

the control of exports of U.S. goods and 

technology to all foreign destinations, as 

necessary for the purpose of national 

security, foreign policy and short 

supply, and the provision prohibiting 

U.S. persons from participating in 

certain foreign boycotts. Export control 

authority has been assigned directly to 


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