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Vol. 74, No. 37 

Thursday, February 26, 2009 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). 

Agency: International Trade 

Administration (ITA). 

Title: Internet Web site Forms. 

Form Number(s): ITA–4148P. 

OMB Control Number: 0625–0237. 

Type of Request: Regular submission. 

Burden Hours: 3,559. 

Number of Respondents: 21,335. 

Average Hours per Response: 5–10 

minutes. 

Needs and Uses: The International 

Trade Administration’s (ITA) U.S. 

Commercial Service (CS) is mandated 

by Congress to broaden and deepen the 

U.S. exporter base. The CS 

accomplishes this by providing 

counseling, programs and services to 

help U.S. firms export and conduct 

business in overseas markets. This 

information collection enables the CS to 

provide appropriate export services to 

U.S. exporters. 

The dissemination of international 

market information and potential 

business opportunities for U.S. 

exporters are critical components of the 

Commercial Service’s export assistance 

programs and services. U.S. companies 

conveniently access and indicate their 

interest in these services by completing 

and submitting the appropriate forms 

via ITA and CS U.S. Export Assistance 

Center Web sites. 

The forms ask U.S. exporters standard 

questions about their company details, 

export experience, information about 

the products or services they wish to 

export and exporting goals. A few 

questions are tailored to a specific 

program type and will vary slightly with 

each program. CS staff use this 

information to gain an understanding of 

client’s needs and objectives so that 

they can provide appropriate and 

effective export assistance tailored to an 

exporter’s particular requirements. 

U.S. companies that are interested in 

obtaining export assistance or 

participating in a CS export-related 

program will provide the CS with 

information about: 

• The export-related programs and 

services that they wish to participate in; 

• Company background such as 

product/service to be exported, 

industry, company size, export 

experience, company contact 

information, and client name and 

contact information; 

• Exporting goals and objectives such 

as markets of interest, industries, 

potential end-users; and 

• Previous contact information with 

CS, such as the U.S. Export Assistance 

Center(s), CS staff, etc. 

The collected information will be 

used by CS staff in counseling and 

assisting clients and in fulfilling U.S. 

firms’ requests for export assistance 

services and programs. 

The CS requests approval for the 

following nine information collection 

instruments: 

Currently Approved 

• Preliminary Consultation. 

• Local Event. 

• ShowTime. 

• Market Express Bulletin. 

• Export.gov Registration (current and 

new versions). 

• Reporting International Success. 

New 

• Industry Focused Program. 

• Featured U.S. Exporter. 

• Business Service Providers. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

OMB Desk Officer: Wendy L. 

Liberante, (202) 395–3647. 

Copies of the above information 

collection proposal can be obtained by 

calling or writing Diana Hynek, 

Departmental Paperwork Clearance 

Officer, (202) 482–0266, Department of 

Commerce, Room 7845, 14th and 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 

dHynek@doc.gov). 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to Wendy L. Liberante, OMB 

Desk Officer, (202) 395–395–3647 or via 

the Internet at 

Wendy_L._Liberante@omb.eop.gov. 

Dated: February 20, 2009. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–4061 Filed 2–25–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–FP–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

chapter 35). 

Agency: U.S. Census Bureau. 

Title: Quarterly Survey of State and 

Local Government Tax Revenues. 

Form Number(s): F–71, F–72, F–73. 

OMB Control Number: 0607–0112. 

Type of Request: Regular submission. 

Burden Hours: 7,159. 

Number of Respondents: 7,108. 

Average Hours per Response: 15 

minutes. 

Needs and Uses: The U.S. Census 

Bureau requests an extension of the 

current expiration date of the Quarterly 

Survey of State and Local Government 

Tax Revenues to ensure accurate 

collection of information about state and 

local government tax collections. These 

tax collections, amounting to nearly 

$1.3 trillion annually, constitute 

approximately 47 percent of all 

governmental revenues. Quarterly 

measurement of, and reporting on, these 

massive fund flows provides valuable 

insight into trends in the national 

economy and that of individual states. 

Information collected on the type and 

quantity of taxes collected gives 

comparative data on how the various 

levels of government fund their public 

sector obligations. 

The Census Bureau uses the three 

forms covered by this statement to 

collect state and local government tax 

data for this long established data series. 

The Bureau of Economic Analysis, the 

Federal Reserve Board, the Department 

of Treasury, the Department of Housing