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Additional factors, such as diversity 

of company size, type, location, and 

demographics, may also be considered 

during the review process. 

Referrals from political organizations 

and any documents, including the 

application, containing references to 

partisan political activities (including 

political contributions) will be removed 

from an applicant’s submission and not 

considered during the selection process. 

Timeframe for Recruitment and 

Application 

Mission recruitment will be 

conducted in an open and public 

manner, including publication in the 

Federal Register, posting on the 

Commerce Department trade mission 

calendar (http://www.export.gov/

trademissions/) and other Internet Web 

sites, press releases to general and trade 

media, notices by industry trade 

associations and other multiplier 

groups, and publicity at industry 

meetings, symposia, conferences, and 

trade shows. 

Recruitment for this mission will 

begin immediately and conclude no 

later than December 31, 2014. The U.S. 

Department of Commerce will review 

applications and make selection 

decisions on a rolling basis beginning 

June 23, 2014 until the maximum of 20 

participants is selected. Applications 

received after December 31, 2014 will be 

considered only if space and scheduling 

constraints permit. 

Contacts 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 

Washington, DC, Anne Novak, Tel: 

202–482–8178, Email: 

Anne.Novak@trade.gov 

U.S. Commercial Service Johannesburg, 

Brent Omdahl, Deputy Senior 

Commercial Officer, Phone: 27–11– 

290–3227, Email: Brent.Omdahl@

trade.gov 

Elnora Moye, 

Trade Program Assistant. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; NIST MEP Client 

Impact Survey 

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards 

and Technology, 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 August 25, 2014. 

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 Dede McMahon, 

deirdre.mcmahon@nist.gov, 301–975– 

8328. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

Sponsored by NIST, the 

Manufacturing Extension Partnership 

(MEP) is a national network of locally 

based manufacturing extension centers 

working with small manufacturers to 

assist them improve their productivity, 

improve profitability and enhance their 

economic competitiveness. The 

information collected will provide the 

MEP with information regarding MEP 

Center performance regarding the 

delivery of technology, and business 

solutions to U.S.-based manufacturers. 

The collected information will assist in 

determining the performance of the 

MEP Centers at both local and national 

levels, provide information critical to 

monitoring and reporting on MEP 

programmatic performance, and assist 

management in policy decisions. 

Responses to the collection of 

information are mandatory per the 

regulations governing the operation of 

the MEP Program (15 CFR parts 290, 

291, 292, and H.R. 1274—section 2). 

The information collected will include 

MEP Customer inputs regarding their 

sales, costs, investments, employment, 

and exports. Customers will take the 

survey online. Customers will only be 

surveyed once per year under this 

collection. Data collected in this survey 

is confidential. 

II. Method of Collection 

Information will be collected 

electronically. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0693–0021. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission 

(extension of a currently approved 

information collection). 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

10,000. 

Estimated Time per Response: 10 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 1,667. 

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: June 20, 2014. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket ID DoD–2014–OS–0099] 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records 

AGENCY: National Guard Bureau, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice to add a new System of 

Records. 

SUMMARY: The National Guard Bureau 

proposes to add a new system of 

records, INGB 007, entitled, ‘‘Guard 

Equipment Acquisition Records’’ to its 

inventory of record systems subject to 

the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended. 

The information in this system will be 

used to track designated personnel 

authorized to manage records for new 


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equipment requirements and 

distribution to Army National Guard 

units. 

DATES: Comments will be accepted on or 

before July 28, 2014. This proposed 

action will be effective the day 

following the end of the comment 

period unless comments are received 

which result in a contrary 

determination. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number and title, 

by any of the following methods: 

* Federal Rulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

* Mail: Federal Docket Management 

System Office, 4800 Mark Center Drive, 

East Tower, 2nd Floor, Suite 02G09, 

Alexandria, VA 22350–3100. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

docket number for this Federal Register 

document. The general policy for 

comments and other submissions from 

members of the public is to make these 

submissions available for public 

viewing on the Internet at http://

www.regulations.gov as they are 

received without change, including any 

personal identifiers or contact 

information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Jennifer Nikolaisen, 111 South George 

Mason Drive, AH2, Arlington, VA 

22204–1373 or telephone: (571) 256– 

7838. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

National Guard Bureau notices for 

systems of records subject to the Privacy 

Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended, 

have been published in the Federal 

Register and are available from the 

address in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT or from the Defense Privacy 

and Civil Liberties Web site at http://

dpclo.defense.gov/. 

The proposed system report, as 

required by 5 U.S.C. 552a(r) of the 

Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, was 

submitted on March 14, 2014, to the 

House Committee on Oversight and 

Government Reform, the Senate 

Committee on Governmental Affairs, 

and the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) pursuant to paragraph 4c 

of Appendix I to OMB Circular No. A– 

130, ‘‘Federal Agency Responsibilities 

for Maintaining Records About 

Individuals,’’ dated February 8, 1996 

(February 20, 1996, 61 FR 6427). 

Dated: June 20, 2014. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

SYSTEM IDENTIFIER: 

INGB 007 

SYSTEM NAME: 

Guard Equipment Acquisition 

Records. 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

National Guard Bureau Army 

National Guard Materiel Programs 

Division: Planning and Integration, 111 

South George Mason Drive, Arlington, 

VA 22204–1382. 

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM: 

Department of Defense military and 

civilian personnel assigned to National 

Guard Bureau Army National Guard 

Materiel Programs Division. 

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

Full name of individual managing 

records; organizational email address; 

organizational telephone; and military 

rank/grade. 

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM: 

10 U.S.C. 10502, Chief, National 

Guard Bureau; Department of Defense 

Instruction 7045.7: Implementation of 

the Planning, Programming, and 

Budgeting Systems (PPBS); and 

Department of Defense Instruction 

1225.06: Equipping the Reserve Forces. 

PURPOSE(S): 

To track designated personnel 

authorized to manage records for new 

equipment requirements and 

distribution to Army National Guard 

units. 

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

THE PURPOSE OF SUCH USES: 

In addition to those disclosures 

generally permitted under 5 U.S.C. 

552a(b) of the Privacy Act of 1974, as 

amended, these records contained 

therein may specifically be disclosed 

outside the (DoD) as a routine use 

pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(3) as 

follows: 

The DoD Blanket Routine Uses may 

apply to this system. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING, 

RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND

DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

STORAGE: 

Electronic storage media. 

RETRIEVABILITY: 

Records are retrieved by individual’s 

name. 

SAFEGUARDS: 

Access to the database is strictly 

limited to authorized individuals with 

common access cards (CAC) issued by 

the DoD, and the database is maintained 

behind a firewall. Physical security 

measures include security guards, 

controlled access using CACs, and 

cipher locks. 

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL: 

Disposition pending, records are 

permanent until the National Archives 

and Record Administration has 

approved a retention and disposition 

schedule for the National Guard Bureau. 

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS: 

National Guard Bureau Army 

National Guard Materiel Programs 

Division: Planning and Integration, 111 

S. George Mason Drive, Arlington, VA 

22204–1382. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE: 

Individuals wishing to inquire if the 

system contains information about 

themselves should contact the system 

manager at National Guard Bureau 

Army National Guard Materiel Programs 

Division: Planning and Integration 

Branch Manager, 111 S. George Mason 

Drive, Arlington, VA 22204–1382. 

Written requests must include a 

signed declaration and include the 

individual’s first, middle and last name, 

and full mailing address in order to 

receive a response. 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: 

Individuals seeking access to 

information about themselves contained 

in this system should address written 

inquiries to: Branch Manager, Army 

National Guard Materiel Programs 

Division: Planning and Integration, 111 

S. George Mason Drive, Arlington, VA 

22204–1382. 

Written requests must include a 

signed declaration and include their 

first, middle and last name, and full 

mailing address in order to receive a 

response. 

CONTESTING RECORDS PROCEDURES: 

The National Guard Bureau rules for 

accessing records, and for contesting 

contents and appealing initial agency 

determinations are published at 32 CFR 

Part 329 or may be obtained from the 

system manager. 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

User information is provided by 

individual user. 

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

None. 

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