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1See http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/ 

files/20091217-recovery-act-investmentsbroadband.pdf (last viewed May 11, 2010). 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before July 23, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Diana Hynek, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 

14th and Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20230 (or via the 

Internet at dHynek@doc.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to Larry Hall, BIS ICB Liaison, 

(202) 482–4895, lhall@bis.doc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

This collection of information is 

needed to detect violations of the Export 

Administration Act and Regulations, 

and determine if an investigation or 

prosecution is necessary and to reach a 

settlement with violators. Voluntary 

self-disclosure of EAR violations 

strengthens BIS’s enforcement efforts by 

allowing BIS to conduct investigations 

of the disclosed incidents faster than 

would be the case if BIS had to detect 

the violations without such disclosures. 

BIS evaluates the seriousness of the 

violation and either (1) Informs the 

person making the disclosure that no 

action is warranted; (2) issues a warning 

letter; (3) issues a proposed charging 

letter and attempts to settle the matter; 

(4) issues a charging letter if settlement 

is not reached; and/or (5) refers the 

matter to the U.S. Department of Justice 

for criminal prosecution. 

II. Method of Collection 

Submitted electronically or in paper 

form. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0694–0058. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

193. 

Estimated Time per Response: 10 

hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 1,930. 

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: May 19, 2010. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–12352 Filed 5–21–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–33–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Telecommunications and 

Information Administration 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Broadband 

Subscription and Usage Supplement to 

the Census Bureau’s Current 

Population Survey 

AGENCY: National Telecommunications 

and Information Administration. 

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 July 23, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Diana Hynek, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 

14th and Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20230 (or via the 

Internet at dHynek@doc.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to James McConnaughey, 

Senior Economist, Office of Policy and 

Analysis Development, NTIA, at (202) 

482–1880, 

jmcConnaughey@ntia.doc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

NTIA proposes to add eight questions 

to the Census Bureau’s October 2010 

Current Population Survey (CPS) in 

order to gather reliable data on 

broadband (also known as high-speed 

Internet) use by U.S. households. 

President Obama has established a 

national goal of universal, affordable 

broadband access for all Americans.1 To 

that end, the Administration is working 

with Congress, the Federal 

Communications Commission (FCC), 

and other stakeholders to develop and 

advance economic and regulatory 

policies that foster broadband 

deployment and adoption. Current, 

systematic, and comprehensive data on 

broadband access and non-use by U.S. 

households is critical to allow 

policymakers not only to gauge progress 

made to date, but also to identify 

problem areas with a specificity that 

permits carefully targeted and cost 

effective responses. 

The need for comprehensive 

broadband data has become more 

pressing. The General Accountability 

Office (GAO), NTIA, and the FCC 

recently issued reports noting the lack 

of useful broadband data for 

policymakers, and Congress passed 

legislation—the Broadband Data 

Improvement Act in 2008 and the 

American Recovery and Reinvestment 

Act in 2009—wholly or partly in 

response to such criticisms. The 

Organization for Economic Cooperation 

and Development (OECD) has ranked 

the United States a disappointing 

number 15 in household broadband 

access over the past several years 

despite a period of rapid growth in the 

technology’s penetration. The OECD 

looks to Census data as an important 

input into their inter-country 

benchmark analyses. Modifying the 

October CPS to include NTIA’s 

requested broadband data will allow the 

Commerce Department and NTIA to 

respond to congressional concerns, 

congressional directives, and to work 

with the OECD on its broadband 

methodologies with more recent data. 

II. Method of Collection 

Personal visits and telephone 

interviews, using computer-assisted 

telephone interviewing and computerassisted personal interviewing. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0660–0021. 

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Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission 

(Reinstatement). 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

54,000. 

Estimated Time per Response: 90 

seconds. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 1,350 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $0. 

IV. Requests 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 be a matter of public 

record. 

Dated: May 19, 2010. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–12350 Filed 5–21–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–60–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

Liquid Crystal Institute, et al., Notice of 

Consolidated Decision on Applications 

for Duty–Free Entry of Electron 

Microscopes 

This is a decision consolidated pursuant 

to Section 6(c) of the Educational, 

Scientific, and Cultural Materials 

Importation Act of 1966 (Pub. L. 89– 

651, as amended by Pub. L. 106–36; 80 

Stat. 897; 15 CFR part 301). Related 

records can be viewed between 8:30 

A.M. and 5:00 P.M. in Room 3720, U.S. 

Department of Commerce, 14th and 

Constitution Avenue., NW, Washington, 

D.C. 

Docket Number: 10–005. Applicant: 

Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent, OH 

44242. Instrument: Electron Microscope. 

Manufacturer: FEI Company, the Czech 

Republic. Intended Use: See notice at 75 

FR 21232, April 23, 2010. 

Docket Number: 10–006. Applicant: 

Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 

21232, April 23, 2010. Instrument: 

Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI 

Corporation, the Netherlands. Intended 

Use: See notice at 75 FR 21232, April 

23, 2010. 

Docket Number: 10–007. Applicant: 

Washington University in St. Louis, St. 

Louis, MO 63130. Instrument: Electron 

Microscope. Manufacturer: JEOL, Ltd., 

Japan. Intended Use: See notice at 78 FR 

21232, April 23, 2010. 

Comments: None received. Decision: 

Approved. No instrument of equivalent 

scientific value to the foreign 

instrument, for such purposes as these 

instruments are intended to be used, 

was being manufactured in the United 

States at the time the instruments were 

ordered. Reasons: Each foreign 

instrument is an electron microscope 

and is intended for research or scientific 

educational uses requiring an electron 

microscope. We know of no electron 

microscope, or any other instrument 

suited to these purposes, which was 

being manufactured in the United States 

at the time of order of each instrument. 

Dated: May 17, 2010. 

Christopher Cassel, 

Director, Subsidies Enforcement Office, 

Import Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2010–12427 Filed 5–21–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

United States Patent and Trademark 

Office 

[Docket No. PTO–C–2010–0045] 

Extension of Period for Nominations to 

the National Medal of Technology and 

Innovation Nomination Evaluation 

Committee 

AGENCY: United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

nominations. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(United States Patent and Trademark 

Office) previously published a notice in 

the Federal Register requesting 

nominations of individuals to serve on 

the National Medal of Technology and 

Innovation Nomination Evaluation 

Committee. The USPTO is extending the 

deadline until August 1, 2010. The 

United States Patent and Trademark 

Office will consider nominations 

received in response to the original 

notice as published on February 1, 2010, 

as well as from this notice of extension 

and from other sources. The 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this notice provides committee and 

membership criteria. 

DATES: Please submit nominations by 

August 1, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Nominations should be 

submitted to Richard Maulsby, Program 

Manager, National Medal of Technology 

and Innovation Program, United States 

Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 

1450, Alexandria, Virginia 22313–1450. 

Nominations also may be submitted via 

fax: (571) 270–9100 or by electronic 

mail to: nmti@uspto.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Richard Maulsby, Program Manager, 

National Medal of Technology and 

Innovation Program, United States 

Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 

1450, Alexandria, Virginia 22313–1450, 

telephone (571) 272–8333, or electronic 

mail: nmti@uspto.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: The committee was 

established in accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA) (Title 5, United States Code, 

Appendix 2). The following provides 

information about the committee and 

membership: 

• Committee members are appointed 

by and serve at the discretion of the 

Secretary of Commerce. The committee 

provides advice to the Secretary on the 

implementation of Public Law 96–480 

(15 U.S.C. 3711), as amended August 9, 

2007. 

• The committee functions solely as 

an advisory body under the FACA. 

Members are appointed to the 12- 

member committee for a term of three 

years. Each will be reevaluated at the 

conclusion of the three-year term with 

the prospect of renewal, pending 

advisory committee needs and the 

Secretary’s concurrence. Selection of 

membership is made in accordance with 

applicable Department of Commerce 

guidelines. 

• Members are responsible for 

reviewing nominations and making 

recommendations for the Nation’s 

highest honor for technological 

innovation, awarded annually by the 

President of the United States. Members 

of the committee must have an 

understanding of, and experience in, 

developing and utilizing technological 

innovation and/or be familiar with the 

education, training, employment and 

management of technological 

manpower. 

• Under the FACA, membership on a 

committee must be balanced. To achieve 

balance, the Department is seeking 

additional nominations of candidates 

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