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defense and defense allocations. Those 

industries include: Small Arms and 

Ordnance; Communications Equipment; 

Search and Navigation Equipment; 

Aircraft; Aircraft Engine and Parts; 

Missile, Space Vehicle, and Parts 

Manufacturing Defense; and Ship and 

Boat Building. 

There is a clear need to perform a 

periodic benchmark of the M3 estimates 

to reflect the manufacturing universe 

levels. The Annual Survey of 

Manufactures (ASM) provides annual 

benchmarks for the shipments and 

inventory data for the M3 survey, 

however, the ASM does not distinguish 

between non-defense and defense 

activities. The U.S. Census Bureau plans 

a reinstatement to an expired collection 

‘‘Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories, 

and Orders to the Department of 

Defense Supplement: 2006–2007,’’ (M– 

3DOD) to be renamed ‘‘Manufacturers’ 

Shipments, Inventories, and Orders 

Benchmark Supplement’’ (MA–3001). 

This form will be cognitive tested before 

being mailed out in 2011, which may 

include a title change. After analyzing 

the results of the 2008 survey, the 

Census Bureau ascertained the need for 

an annual data collection for nondefense and defense manufacturing 

activities. The last collection instrument 

used to benchmark defense and nondefense data before the ‘‘Manufacturers’ 

Shipments, Inventories, and Orders to 

the Department of Defense Supplement: 

2006–2007’’ was the Shipments to 

Federal Agencies Benchmark Survey 

(MA–9675) conducted in 1992. 

The ‘‘Manufacturers’ Shipments, 

Inventories, and Orders Benchmark 

Supplement’’ will be used as a 

benchmark for the M3 Survey each year. 

The Census Bureau will use these data 

to develop an accurate defense/nondefense split among the 13 industry 

categories in the M3 Survey. 

II. Method of Collection 

To ease respondent burden, we permit 

companies to submit their data through 

an Internet Reporting System or by fax. 

Companies will be asked to respond to 

the survey within 30 days of receipt. 

Letters encouraging participation will be 

mailed to companies that have not 

responded by the designated time. 

Telephone follow-up will be conducted 

to obtain response from delinquent 

companies. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0607–0949. 

Form Number: MA–3001. 

Type of Review: Regular submission. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profit organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

4,000. 

Estimated Time per Response: 30 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 2,000. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$64,840. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

Legal Authority: Title 13, U.S.C., 

Sections 131 and 182. 

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: September 10, 2010. 

Glenna Mickelson, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–22968 Filed 9–14–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Telecommunications and 

Information Administration 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Broadband 

Technology Opportunities Program 

Post-Award Quarterly and Annual 

Performance Progress Reports 

AGENCY: National Telecommunications 

and Information Administration, 

Commerce. 

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 November 15, 

2010. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Diana Hynek, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 

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 

instruments and instructions should be 

directed to Anthony Wilhelm, Deputy 

Associate Administrator, Infrastructure 

Division, Office of Telecommunications 

and Information Applications, National 

Telecommunications and Information 

Administration, via the Internet at 

btop@ntia.doc.gov or by telephone at 

(202) 482–2048. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The American Recovery and 

Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery 

Act) establishes and provides $4.7 

billion for the Broadband Technology 

Opportunities Program (BTOP) and 

directs that these funds be awarded by 

September 30, 2010. Of these funds, at 

least $200 million will be made 

available for competitive grants to 

expand public computer center 

capacity; at least $250 million will be 

made available for competitive grants 

for innovative programs to encourage 

sustainable adoption of broadband 

service; and up to $350 million will be 

made available to fund the State 

Broadband Data and Development Grant 

Program (Broadband Mapping Program) 

authorized by the Broadband Data 

Improvement Act. The Broadband 

Mapping Program is designed to support 

the development and maintenance of a 

nationwide broadband map for use by 

policymakers and consumers. 

The Office of Management and Budget 

requires agencies administrating grant 

programs to implement post-award 

financial and performance reporting for 

those programs. The Department of 

Commerce Uniform Administrative 

Requirements for Grants authorizes 

NTIA to require performance reports 

from BTOP grant recipients. 

A general description of the 

performance reporting requirements for 

recipients of BTOP grants was included 

in the Notice of Funds Availability 

(NOFA) published on July 9, 2009 for 

the first round of funding and in the 

NOFA published on January 26, 2010, 

for the second round of funding. 

The quarterly performance reports, 

submitted at the end of each quarter of 


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the year, ask a series of questions that 

broadly address project progress and 

monitoring needs of program personnel 

by getting baseline (planned) and actual 

information on quarterly and 

cumulative project and milestone 

progress, and potential project barriers, 

if any. 

The annual performance reports, 

submitted at the end of each Federal 

fiscal year, ask a series of questions that 

broadly address BTOP programmatic 

objectives and outcomes, NOFA 

requirements, and the information 

needs of external audiences, such as 

OMB. This includes information on: 

• Broadband Infrastructure and CCI— 

Subscribers passed and served, 

improved vs. new access for subscribers, 

pricing plans and broadband speeds 

available to subscribers, and community 

anchor institutions served. 

• PCC—Hours of operation, speed of 

broadband service, average number of 

users per week, training provided, 

equipment deployed, workstations 

available. 

• SBA—Awareness campaigns, 

training provided, equipment deployed, 

broadband subscription rates. 

II. Method of Collection 

NTIA will collect the information 

from BTOP grant recipients through 

post-award quarterly and annual 

performance progress reports. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0660–0037. 

Title: Broadband Technology 

Opportunities Program Post-Award 

Quarterly and Annual Performance 

Progress Reporting Requirements. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission 

(extension of a currently approved 

information collection). 

Affected Public: Business and other 

for-profit organizations; not-for-profit 

institutions; and State, local, and Tribal 

government organizations. 

Burden 

Infrastructure and Comprehensive 

Community Infrastructure Reports 

(Annually) 

Number of Respondents: 150. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 5. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 750. 

Average Burden Hours per Response: 

4.66. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 3,498. 

Public Computer Center Reports 

(Annually) 

Number of Respondents: 75. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 5. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 375. 

Average Burden Hours per Response: 

4.07. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 1,527. 

Sustainable Broadband Adoption 

Application Reports (Annually) 

Number of Respondents: 75. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 5. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 375. 

Average Burden Hours per Response: 

3.76. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 1,411.5. 

Need and Uses: NTIA needs to collect 

performance progress information 

specific to Infrastructure and 

Comprehensive Community 

Infrastructure (CCI), Public Computer 

Center (PCC), and Sustainable 

Broadband Adoption (SBA) grant 

recipients in order to effectively 

monitor, manage and evaluate 

individual projects and the overall 

success of the program in achieving 

statutory goals and objectives. 

IV. Request for Comments 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the 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 proposed revision of a 

currently approved collection of 

information. They will also become a 

matter of public record. 

Dated: September 9, 2010. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–60–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Economics and Statistics 

Administration 

Establishment of the Federal 

Economic Statistics Advisory 

Committee and Intention To Recruit 

New Members 

AGENCY: Economics and Statistics 

Administration, Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of the Establishment of 

the Federal Economic Statistics 

Advisory Committee and Intention to 

Recruit New Members. 

SUMMARY: The Secretary of Commerce is 

announcing the establishment of and 

intention to recruit new members of a 

Federal Advisory Committee. In 

accordance with the provisions of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 

U.S.C. App. 2, and the General Services 

Administration rule on Federal 

Advisory Committee Management, 41 

CFR part 101–6.1001, the Secretary of 

Commerce has determined that the 

establishment of the Federal Economic 

Statistics Advisory Committee (the 

‘‘Committee’) within the Economics and 

Statistics Administration (ESA), is in 

the public interest in connection with 

the performance of duties imposed on 

the Department by law. 

The Committee will advise the 

Directors of ESA’s two statistical 

agencies, the Bureau of Economic 

Analysis (BEA) and the U.S. Census 

Bureau (Census), and the Commissioner 

of the Department of Labor’s Bureau of 

Labor Statistics (BLS) on statistical 

methodology and other technical 

matters related to the collection, 

tabulation, and analysis of Federal 

economic statistics. 

The Committee will function solely as 

an advisory committee to the senior 

officials of BEA, Census and BLS (the 

Agencies) in consultation with the 

Committee chairperson. Important 

aspects of the Committee’s 

responsibilities include, but are not 

limited to: 

a. Recommending research to address 

important technical problems arising in 

Federal economic statistics. 

b. Identifying areas in which better 

coordination of the Agencies’ activities 

would be beneficial. 

c. Establishing relationships with 

professional associations with an 

interest in Federal economic statistics. 

d. Coordinating, in its identification 

of agenda items, with other existing 

academic advisory committees 

chartered to provide agency-specific 

advice, for the purpose of avoiding 

duplication of effort. 


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