Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 132 / Friday, July 10, 1998 / Notices 37317

DC 20530. Telephone: (202) 724–0088;

Fax: (202) 724–0457.

T. Jeremy Gunn,

General Counsel.

[FR Doc. 98–18606 Filed 7–8–98; 2:23 pm]

BILLING CODE 6118–01–P

COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR

SEVERELY DISABLED

Procurement List; Proposed Additions

and Deletions

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From

People Who Are Blind or Severely

Disabled.

ACTION: Proposed additions to and

deletions from Procurement List.

SUMMARY: The Committee has received

proposal(s) to add to the Procurement

List a commodity and services to be

furnished by nonprofit agencies

employing persons who are blind or

have other severe disabilities, and to

delete commodities and services

previously furnished by such agencies.

COMMENTS MUST BE RECEIVED ON OR

BEFORE: August 10, 1998.

ADDRESS: Committee for Purchase From

People Who Are Blind or Severely

Disabled, Crystal Gateway 3, Suite 310,

1215 Jefferson Davis Highway,

Arlington, Virginia 22202–4302.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Beverly Milkman, (703) 603–7740.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

notice is published pursuant to 41

U.S.C. 47(a)(2) and 41 CFR 51–2.3. Its

purpose is to provide interested persons

an opportunity to submit comments on

the possible impact of the proposed

actions.

Additions

If the Committee approves the

proposed addition, all entities of the

Federal Government (except as

otherwise indicated) will be required to

procure the commodity and services

listed below from nonprofit agencies

employing persons who are blind or

have other severe disabilities.

I certify that the following action will

not have a significant impact on a

substantial number of small entities.

The major factors considered for this

certification were:

1. The action will not result in any

additional reporting, recordkeeping or

other compliance requirements for small

entities other than the small

organizations that will furnish the

commodity and services to the

Government.

2. The action does not appear to have

a severe economic impact on current

contractors for the commodity and

services.

3. The action will result in

authorizing small entities to furnish the

commodity and services to

theGovernment.

4. There are no known regulatory

alternatives which would accomplish

the objectives of the Javits-WagnerO’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46–48c) in

connection with the commodity and

services proposed for addition to the

Procurement List. Comments on this

certification are invited. Commenters

should identify the statement(s)

underlying the certification on which

they are providing additional

information.

The following commodity and

services have been proposed for

addition to Procurement List for

production by the nonprofit agencies

listed:

Commodity

Cushion Assembly, Commander’s Seat

2540–01–314–7834

NPA: Lions Services, Inc., Charlotte,

North Carolina

Services

Administrative Services,

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)

Economic Research Service (ERS)

1031 New York Avenue, N.W.

Washington, DC

NPA: Fairfax Opportunities Unlimited,

Inc., Alexandria, Virginia

Janitorial/Custodial

Fort McHenry National Monument and

Historic Shrine

Hampton National Historic Site

Baltimore, Maryland

NPA: Baltimore Association for

Retarded Citizens, Inc., Baltimore,

Maryland

Mailroom Operation & Administrative

Support

Buildings 5250 & 5308

Redstone Arsenal, Alabama

NPA: Huntsville Rehabilitation

Foundation, Huntsville, Alabama

Deletions

I certify that the following action will

not have a significant impact on a

substantial number of small entities.

The major factors considered for this

certification were:

1. The action will not result in any

additional reporting, recordkeeping or

other compliance requirements for small

entities.

2. The action does not appear to have

a severe economic impact on future

contractors for the commodities and

services.

3. The action will result in

authorizing small entities to furnish the

commodities and services to the

Government.

4. There are no known regulatory

alternatives which would accomplish

the objectives of the Javits-WagnerO’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46–48c) in

connection with the commodities and

services proposed for deletion from the

Procurement List.

The following commodities and

services have been proposed for

deletion from the Procurement List:

Commodities

Cover, Generator Set

6115–00–960–2703

6115–00–941–1655

Roll, Tools and Accessories

5140–00–106–5616

6630–01–NIB–0001

Services

Carpet Cleaning

Portland, Oregon, plus 10-mile radius

Carwash Service

Bureau of Land Management

Medford District Office

3040 Biddle Road

Medford, Oregon

Car Wash/Operation of Recycling

Station

Olympic National Park

Port Angeles, Washington

Commissary Shelf Stocking

Naval Administrative Unit

Scotia, New York

Janitorial/Custodial

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at the

following Yakima, Washington

locations:

Fort Lewis Resident Office, Project

Office adjacent to Building 810,

Yakima Firing Center

Pallet Repair

Naval Supply Center, Puget Sound,

Bremerton, Washington.

G. John Heyer,

General Counsel.

[FR Doc. 98–18452 Filed 7–9–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6353–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of the Census

Annual Survey of Government

Employment

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
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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 September 8,

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 Alan Stevens, U.S. Bureau

of the Census, Governments Division,

Washington, DC 20233–6800, (301) 457–

1550.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

The Annual Survey of Government

Employment collects data on the

employment, payrolls, and hours

worked by part-time employees of state

and local governments for one pay

period in March. Data are collected from

all agencies, departments, and

institutions of the fifty state

governments and from a sample of all

local governments (counties, cities,

townships, school districts, and special

districts).

This is a mail canvass survey with an

initial mailing and one follow-up

mailing. Telephone follow-up is used to

contact non-respondents and, as

necessary, to correct apparent errors and

incomplete responses. These forms and

procedures are similar to those used in

the previous annual survey conducted

in March 1998.

Results from this survey are used

directly in a variety of Federal

programs: By the Bureau of Economic

Analysis to develop the public sector

components of the National Income and

Product Accounts and to develop

personal income statistics; by the

Department of Housing and Urban

Development for the allocation of

operating subsidies to local housing

authorities; and by the Bureau of Labor

Statistics to bench mark the government

component in their monthly

employment and earnings statistics

program. Other users include state and

local government executives and

legislators, policy makers, economists,

researchers, and the general public.

II. Method of Collection

Data collection is primarily

accomplished through the use of mail

canvass questionnaires that are tailored

to the type of government, agency or

institution being surveyed. Mail canvass

replies are screened for completeness,

electronically recorded for processing,

and electronically edited. Special data

reporting arrangements exist with many

state governments and some local

governments to facilitate data reporting

in ways that help minimize reporting

burden (e.g. central reporting of data for

all agencies and institutions of

individual state governments, electronic

reporting of data by some state and local

governments, central reporting of school

systems data by a number of state

education agencies, etc.).

III. Data

OMB Number: 0607–0452.

Form Number: E–1, E–2, E–3, E–4, E–

6, E–7, E–9.

Type of Review: Regular.

Affected Public: State, local or tribal

government.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

20,244.

Estimated Time Per Response: 1.06.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 21,437.

Estimated Total Cost: The estimated

cost to respondents for the employment

survey is $326,277. The budgeted cost to

the Federal government for all phases of

this survey is $1.1 million.

Legal Authority: This survey is

authorized by Title 13, United States

Code, Section 161.

Respondents’ Obligation: This is a

voluntary survey.

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 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: July 6, 1998.

Linda Engelmeier,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office

of Management and Organization.

[FR Doc. 98–18335 Filed 7–9–98; 8:45 a.m.]

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Economic Analysis

Annual Survey of Foreign Direct

Investment in the United States

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

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 September 8,

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

instruments and instructions should be

directed to: R. David Belli, U.S.

Department of Commerce, Bureau of

Economic Analysis, BE–50(OC),

Washington, D.C. 20230 (Telephone:

202–606–9800).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

The Annual Survey of Foreign Direct

Investment in the United States (Form

BE–15) is necessary to provide reliable,

useful, and timely measures of foreign

direct investment in the United States.

The annual survey covers all affiliates

above a size-exemption level and

collects annual data on the financial

structure and operations of nonbank

U.S. affiliates of foreign companies

needed to update similar data for the

universe of U.S. affiliates collected once

every 5 years in the BE–12 benchmark

survey. The data are used to derive

annual estimates of the operations of

U.S. affiliates of foreign companies,

including their balance sheets; income

statements; property, plant, and

equipment; external financing;

employment and employee