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Washington, DC 20230. Her telephone

number is (202) 482–0202.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

This information is collected in order

to respond to the Executive Order 12138

to promote women-owned business

enterprises. Additionally, it is the intent

of Congress to promote federal

contracting opportunities for womenowned businesses as expressed in the

proposed legislation in H.R. 3517, ‘‘The

Women’s Business Procurement

Assistance Act.’’ The Department of

Commerce through its use of the clause

entitled ‘‘Women-Owned Small

Business Sources’’ in certain Commerce

contracts, implements this policy and

encourages the use of women-owned

small businesses in its acquisition

programs. The Department currently

provides opportunities to womenowned businesses on their mailing lists

to receive solicitations for contracts. By

allowing these firms to compete for, and

receive, a fair proportion of the

Department’s contracts, it reduces a

significant economic impact on a

substantial number of small entities.

This clause is used by the Federal

Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Clause

52.219–9, entitled ‘‘Small, Small

Disadvantaged and Women-Owned

Small Business Subcontracting Plan’’ for

all negotiated contracts with large

businesses which exceed $500,000. The

FAR clause requires the successful

offeror to negotiate a small business and

small disadvantaged subcontracting

plan which provides subcontracting

goals for utilization of both small

businesses and small disadvantaged

concerns. The Department of Commerce

clause adds the requirement to include

subcontracting goals for women-owned

businesses in these subcontracting

plans. The clause also requires the

contractors to maintain lists of qualified

potential women-owned firms. The

Commerce Office of Small and

Disadvantaged Business Utilization

(OSDBU) provides assistance to the

contractors in complying with the

required list of potential subcontractors.

They also submit the Department’s

proposal goals for award of contracts

and subcontracts for women-owned

businesses to the Small Business

Administration (SBA).

II. Method of Collection

Written submission.

III. Data

OMB Number: 0605–0019.

Form Number: N/A.

Type of Review: Regular submission

for extension of a currently approved

collection.

Affected Public: Businesses or other

for-profit and not-for-profit institutions.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

20.

Estimated Time per Response: 12.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 240.

Estimated Total Annual Cost: $0 (no

capital expenditures are required).

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 will also

become a matter of public record.

Dated: May 7, 1998.

Linda Engelmeier,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office

of Management and Organization.

[FR Doc. 98–12892 Filed 5–13–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–EC–U

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Office of the Secretary

Department of Commerce

Solicitations: Requests for Proposals

(RFPs) or Invitations for Bids (IFBs)

ACTION: Proposed collection; comment

request.

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,

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 3506

(c)(2)(A)).

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before July 13, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Linda Engelmeier, Departmental

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 Ms. Deborah O’Neill,

Department of Commerce, 14th and

Constitution Avenue, NW, Room 6422,

Washington, DC, 20230. Her telephone

number is (202) 482–0202.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

The Department of Commerce (DOC)

is required by the Competition in

Contracting Act (Pub. L. 98–369) to seek

maximum competition when issuing

contracts for supplies and services. The

Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR)

require each Federal agency to obtained

needed supplies and services by

soliciting proposals from prospective

contractors prior to entering into

contracts necessary to accomplished the

missions of the agency. The Department

is required to issue solicitations which

require prospective contractors to

prepare and submit technical and cost

proposals as part of the Federal

acquisition process for awarding these

contracts. In soliciting proposals, the

agency collects, from each competing

contractor, the information necessary to

evaluate the proposals and make a

decision as to which proposal offers the

most benefit to the Government. In its

solicitations, the Commerce Department

uses Standard Forms and uniform

solicitation format which are prescribed

by the FAR. Each competing contractor

is required to submit a proposal

comprising various parts (technical,

business, and cost). Instructions for the

preparation of the proposal is tailored to

the statement of work, the amount of

information to be submitted in the

proposal will vary with the complexity

and size of the work. The proposal will

be evaluated by the Government using

criteria which must be stated in the

solicitation. The results of the

evaluation are used to make a decision

as to which firm shall be selected for the

contract. Commerce collects no

information other than that needed to

evaluate and select contractors to meet

the unique requirements of the

Department, and to meet the

requirement of the Federal procurement

system.

II. Method of Collection

Written submission.
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III. Data

OMB Number: 0690–0008.

Form Number: N/A.

Type of Review: Regular submission

for extension of a currently approved

collection.

Affected Public: Businesses or other

for-profit and not-for-profit institutions.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

250.

Estimated Time per Response: 20.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 5,000.

Estimated Total Annual Cost: $0 (no

capital expenditures are required).

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 will also

become a matter of public record.

Dated: May 7, 1998.

Linda Engelmeier,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office

of Management and Organization.

[FR Doc. 98–12893 Filed 5–13–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–EC–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Economics and Statistics

Administration

Census Advisory Committees

AGENCY: Economics and Statistics

Administration, Department of

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–

463, as amended by Pub. L. 94–409, P.L.

96–523, and Pub. L. 97–375), we are

giving notice of a joint meeting of the

Commerce Secretary’s 2000 Census

Advisory Committee (CAC), the CAC of

Professional Associations, the CAC on

the African American Population, the

CAC on the American Indian and

Alaska Native Populations, the CAC on

the Asian and Pacific Islander

Populations, and the CAC on the

Hispanic Population. The meeting will

convene on June 3, 1998, at the Holiday

Inn Hotel and Suites, 625 First Street,

Alexandria, VA 22314. The agenda will

be limited to discussion on issues

involved in the tabulation and

presentation of data on race from

Census 2000 within the framework of

the decision on standards for

maintaining, collecting, and presenting

Federal data on race and ethnicity

issued by the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) in October 1997. This

discussion will also assist the Census

Bureau in providing input into the OMB

process of developing final guidelines

on the tabulation of data on race for use

across the Federal system.

DATES: On Wednesday, June 3, 1998, the

meeting will begin at 9 a.m. and adjourn

for the day at 4:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place

at the Holiday Inn Hotel and Suites, 625

First Street, Alexandria, VA 22314.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Anyone wishing additional information

about this meeting, or who wishes to

submit written statements or questions,

may contact Maxine Anderson-Brown,

Committee Liaison Officer, Department

of Commerce, Bureau of the Census,

Room 3039, Federal Building 3,

Washington, DC 20233, telephone: 301–

457–2308.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Commerce Secretary’s 2000 Census

Advisory Committee is composed of a

Chair, Vice-Chair, and up to 35 member

organizations, all appointed by the

Secretary of Commerce. The Advisory

Committee considers the goals of

Census 2000 and user needs for

information provided by that census

and provides a perspective from the

standpoint of the outside user

community about how operational

planning and implementation methods

proposed for Census 2000 will realize

those goals and satisfy those needs. The

Advisory Committee considers all

aspects of the conduct of the 2000

Census of Population and Housing and

makes recommendations to the

Secretary of Commerce for improving

that census.

The CAC of Professional Associations

is composed of 36 members appointed

by the Presidents of the American

Economic Association, the American

Statistical Association, the Population

Association of America, and the

Chairman of the Board of the American

Marketing Association. The Committee

advises the Director, Bureau of the

Census, on the full range of Census

Bureau programs and activities in

relation to its areas of expertise.

The CACs on the African American,

American Indian and Alaska Native,

Asian and Pacific Islander, and

Hispanic Populations are composed of

nine members each appointed by the

Secretary of Commerce. The Committees

provide an organized and continuing

channel of communications between the

communities they represent and the

Bureau of the Census on its efforts to

reduce the differential in the count for

Census 2000 and on ways that census

data can be disseminated to maximum

usefulness to their communities and

other users.

A brief period will be set aside for

public comment and questions.

However, individuals with extensive

questions or statements for the record

must submit them in writing to the

Commerce Department official named

above at least three working days prior

to the meeting.

The meeting is physically accessible

to people with disabilities. Requests for

sign language interpretation or other

auxiliary aids should be directed to the

Census Bureau Committee Liaison

Officer on 301–457–2308, TDD 301–

457–2540.

Dated: May 6, 1998.

Lee Price,

Acting Under Secretary for Economic Affairs,

Economics and Statistics Administration.

[FR Doc. 98–12764 Filed 5–13–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–07–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Export Administration

Action Affecting Export Privileges;

David Irwin Portnoy; Order Denying

Permission To Apply for or Use Export

Licenses

In the matter of: David Irwin Portnoy, 2315

W. 5th Street, Irving, Texas 75060.

On August 1, 1997, David Irwin

Portnoy (Portnoy) was convicted in the

United States District Court for the

Northern District of Texas, Dallas

Division, on three counts of violating

the International Emergency Economic

Powers Act (50 U.S.C.A. §§ 1701–1706

(1991 & Supp. 1998)) (IEEPA).

Specifically, Portnoy was convicted of

knowingly and willfully exporting and

causing to be exported from the United

States to Switzerland, for transshipment to Libya, shipments of

electronic components and

telecommunications equipment.

Section 11(h) of the Export

Administration Act of 1979, as amended

(currently codified at 50 U.S.C.A. app.