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U.S.C. chapter 35), the Federal

Acquisition Regulation (FAR)

Secretariat will be submitting to the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) a request to review and approve

an extension of a currently approved

information collection requirement

concerning Commerce Patent

Regulations, Public Law 98–620. The

clearance currently expires on August

31, 2001.

Public comments are particularly

invited on: Whether this collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of functions of the FAR,

and whether it will have practical

utility; whether our estimate of the

public burden of this collection of

information is accurate, and based on

valid assumptions and methodology;

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and ways in which we can

minimize the burden of the collection of

information on those who are to

respond, through the use of appropriate

technological collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

DATES: Submit comments on or before

August 14, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding

this burden estimate or any other aspect

of this collection of information,

including suggestions for reducing this

burden to: FAR Desk Officer, OMB,

Room 10102, NEOB, Washington, DC

20503, and a copy to the General

Services Administration, FAR

Secretariat, 1800 F Street, NW., Room

4035, Washington, DC 20405.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Victoria Moss, Acquisition Policy

Division, GSA (202) 501–4764.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

As a result of the Department of

Commerce (Commerce) publishing a

final rule in the Federal Register

implementing Public Law 98–620 (52

FR 8552, March 18, 1987), a revision to

FAR Subpart 27.3 to implement the

Commerce regulation was published in

the Federal Register as an interim rule

on June 12, 1989 (54 FR 25060).

A Government contractor must report

all subject inventions to the contracting

officer, submit a disclosure of the

invention, and identify any publication,

or sale, or public use of the invention

(52.227–11(c), 52.228–12(c), and

52.227–13(e)(2)). Contractors are

required to submit periodic or interim

and final reports listing subject

inventions (27.303(a); 27.304–1(e)(1)(i)

and (ii); 27.304–1(e)(2)(i) and (ii);

52.227–12(f)(7); 52.227–14(e)(3)). In

order to ensure that subject inventions

are reported, the contractor is required

to establish and maintain effective

procedures for identifying and

disclosing subject inventions (52.227–

11, Alternate IV; 52.227–12(f)(5);

52.227–13(e)(1)). In addition, the

contractor must require his employees,

by written agreements, to disclose

subject inventions (52.227–11(f)(2);

52.227–12(f)(2); 52.227–13(e)(4)). The

contractor also has an obligation to

utilize the subject invention, and agree

to report, upon request, the utilization

or efforts to utilize the subject invention

(27.302(e); 52.227–11(h); 52.227–12 (h)).

B. Annual Reporting Burden

The annual reporting burden is

estimated as follows:

Respondents: 1,200.

Responses Per Respondent: 9.75.

Total Responses: 11,700.

Hours Per Response: 3.9;

Total Burden Hours: 45,630.

Obtaining Copies or Proposals

Requester may obtain a copy of the

proposal from the General Services

Administration, FAR Secretariat (MVP),

1800 F Street, NW., Room 4035,

Washington, DC 20405, telephone (202)

501–4755. Please cite OMB Control No.

9000–0095, Commerce Patent

Regulations, in all correspondence.

Dated: May 29, 2001.

Al Matera,

Director, Acquisition Policy Division.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND

SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 9000–0113]

Federal Acquisition Regulation;

Proposed Collection; Acquisition of

Helium

AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DOD),

General Services Administration (GSA),

and National Aeronautics and Space

Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Notice of request for comments

regarding an extension to an existing

OMB clearance (9000–0113).

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. chapter 35), the Federal

Acquisition Regulation (FAR)

Secretariat will be submitting to the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) a request to review and approve

an extension of a currently approved

information collection requirement

concerning Acquisition of Helium. The

clearance currently expires on

September 30, 2001.

Public comments are particularly

invited on: Whether this collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of functions of the FAR,

and whether it will have practical

utility; whether our estimate of the

public burden of this collection of

information is accurate, and based on

valid assumptions and methodology;

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and ways in which we can

minimize the burden of the collection of

information on those who are to

respond, through the use of appropriate

technological collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

DATES: Submit comments on or before

August 14, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding

this burden or any other aspect of this

collection of information, including

suggestions for reducing this burden to:

FAR Desk Officer, OMB, Room 10102,

NEOB, Washington, DC 20503, and a

copy to the General Services

Administration, FAR Secretariat (MVP),

1800 F Street, NW.,Room 4035,

Washington, DC 20405.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Linda Nelson, Federal Acquisition

Policy Division, GSA (202) 501–1900.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

The Helium Act (Pub. L. 86–777) (50

U.S.C. 167a, et seq.) and the Department

of the Interior’s implementing

regulations (30 CFR parts 601 and 602)

require Federal agencies to procure all

major helium requirements from the

Bureau of Land Management,

Department of the Interior.

The FAR requires offerors responding

to contract solicitations to provide

information as to their forecast of

helium required for performance of the

contract. Such information will

facilitate enforcement of the

requirements of the Helium Act and the

contractual provisions requiring the use

of Government helium by agency

contractors, in that it will permit

corrective action to be taken if the

Bureau of Land Management, after

comparing helium sales data against

helium requirement forecasts, discovers

apparent serious discrepancies.

The information is used in

administration of certain Federal

contracts to ensure contractor

compliance with contract clauses.

Without the information, the required

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use of Government helium cannot be

monitored and enforced effectively.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

Respondents: 20.

Responses Per Respondent: 1.

Total Responses: 20.

Hours Per Response: 1.

Total Burden Hours: 20.

Obtaining Copies of Proposals

Requester may obtain a copy of the

proposal from the General Services

Administration, FAR Secretariat (MVP),

Room 4035, 1800 F Street, Washington,

DC 20405, telephone (202) 501–4755.

Please cite OMB Control No. 9000–0113,

Acquisition of Helium, in all

correspondence.

Dated: May 29, 2001.

Al Matera,

Director, Acquisition Policy Division.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army; Army Corps

of Engineers

Grant of Exclusive Licenses

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,

DOD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In accordance with 37 CFR

404.7(b)(1)(i), announcement is made of

a prospective exclusive license in each

of the following countries covered by

European Patent Office application

number 94926514.4, title ‘‘Concrete

Armor Unit to Protect Coastal and

Hydraulic Structures and Shorelines.’’

The countries are: Austria, Belgium,

Denmark, Germany, Greece, Ireland,

Luxembourg, Netherlands, Sweden, and

Switzerland.

DATES: Written objections must be filed

not later than August 14, 2001.

ADDRESSES: U.S. Army Waterways

Experiment Station, 3909 Halls Ferry

Road, Vicksburg, MS 39180–6199,

ATTN: CEWES–OC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Phil Stewart (601) 634–4113, emailstewarp@exl.wes.army.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Jeffrey A.

Melby and George F. Turk invented The

Concrete Armor Unit. Rights to the

patent application identified above has

been assigned to the United States of

America as represented by the Secretary

of the Army. The United States of

America as represented by the Secretary

of the Army intends to grant an

exclusive license for all fields of use, in

the manufacture, use, and sale in the

territories and possessions, including

territorial waters of Russia to W.F. Baird

and Associates, a Delaware corporation

with principal offices at 2981 Yarmouth

Greenway, Madison, Wisconsin 53711.

Pursuant to 37 CFR 404.7(b)(1)(I), any

interested party may file a written

objection to this prospective exclusive

license agreement.

Richard L. Frenette,

Counsel.

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection Requests

AGENCY: Department of Education.

SUMMARY: The Leader, Regulatory

Information Management Group, Office

of the Chief Information Officer, invites

comments on the proposed information

collection requests as required by the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to

submit comments on or before August

14, 2001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of

1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires

that the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) provide interested

Federal agencies and the public an early

opportunity to comment on information

collection requests. OMB may amend or

waive the requirement for public

consultation to the extent that public

participation in the approval process

would defeat the purpose of the

information collection, violate State or

Federal law, or substantially interfere

with any agency’s ability to perform its

statutory obligations. The Leader,

Regulatory Information Management

Group, Office of the Chief Information

Officer, publishes that notice containing

proposed information collection

requests prior to submission of these

requests to OMB. Each proposed

information collection, grouped by

office, contains the following: (1) Type

of review requested, e.g. new, revision,

extension, existing or reinstatement; (2)

Title; (3) Summary of the collection; (4)

Description of the need for, and

proposed use of, the information; (5)

Respondents and frequency of

collection; and (6) Reporting and/or

Recordkeeping burden. OMB invites

public comment.

The Department of Education is

especially interested in public comment

addressing the following issues: (1) is

this collection necessary to the proper

functions of the Department; (2) will

this information be processed and used

in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate

of burden accurate; (4) how might the

Department enhance the quality, utility,

and clarity of the information to be

collected; and (5) how might the

Department minimize the burden of this

collection on the respondents, including

through the use of information

technology.

Dated: June 11, 2001.

John Tressler,

Leader, Regulatory Information Management,

Office of the Chief Information Officer.

Office of the Undersecretary

Type of Review: New.

Title: Study of State Administration of

Even Start and Statewide Family

Literacy Initiative Grants.

Frequency: On Occasion.

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal

Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs (primary).

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour

Burden: Responses: 94; Burden Hours:

240.

Abstract: The Study of State

Administration of Even Start and

Statewide Family Literacy Initiative

Grants will systematically describe the

structure and processes associated with

all major areas of Even Start

administration at the state level. This

information is needed by the U.S.

Department of Education to enhance its

capacity to monitor the development

and improvement of the Even Start

program and provide guidance and

assistance to the states. This study will

involve two data collection components:

(1) Survey of State Even Start

Coordinators which will include Even

Start state coordinators and (2) State

Even Start Case Study Interviews

(telephone interviews with six state

coordinators, and site visit interviews

with six additional state coordinators

and up to five additional state staff per

each of these six states).

Requests for copies of the proposed

information collection request may be

accessed from http://edicsweb.ed.gov, or

should be addressed to Vivian Reese,

Department of Education, 400 Maryland

Avenue, SW, Room 4050, Regional

Office Building 3, Washington, D.C.

20202–4651. Requests may also be

electronically mailed to the internet

address OCIO_RIMG@ed.gov or faxed to

202–708–9346. Please specify the

complete title of the information

collection when making your request.

Comments regarding burden and/or

the collection activity requirements

should be directed to Jackie Montague at

202–708–5359. Individuals who use a

telecommunications device for the deaf