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National Women’s Business Council, 

Small Business Administration, 409 3rd 

Street, Room 210, Washington, DC 

20416. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin 

Kelley, Director of Research and Policy, 

National Women’s Business Council, 

erin.kelley@nwbc.gov 202–205–3850, or 

Curtis B. Rich, Management Analyst, 

202–205–7030, curtis.rich@sba.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

National Women’s Business Council 

(NWBC) is a non-partisan federal 

advisory council created to serve as an 

independent source of advice and 

counsel to the President, Congress, and 

the U.S. Small Business Administration 

on economic issues of importance to 

women business owners. 

NWBC is undertaking a research 

study that will explore how corporate 

supplier diversity programs have and 

can be used to support the growth of 

women-owned businesses (WOBs). Data 

will be collected using surveys, focus 

groups and telephone interviews. 

This study will build on the existing 

body of knowledge about the 

opportunities and challenges WOBs 

have faced in their experiences with 

corporate supplier diversity programs; 

the perceived and actual value 

corporations gain by offering supplier 

diversity programs; how corporations 

intentionally support the success of 

WOBs; and what factors are most 

critical to the success of supplier 

diversity programs—from the 

perspective of both women 

entrepreneurs and corporations. 

NWBC will use the resulting report 

from this data collection to inform its 

annual report to the President, Congress, 

and the SBA on policy and program 

recommendations to support the growth 

of women-owned businesses. 

Solicitation of Public Comments 

SBA is requesting comments on (a) 

Whether the collection of information is 

necessary for the agency to properly 

perform its functions; (b) whether the 

burden estimates are accurate; (c) 

whether there are ways to minimize the 

burden, including through the use of 

automated techniques or other forms of 

information technology; and (d) whether 

there are ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information. 

Summary of Information Collection 

Title: Women’s Participation in 

Corporate Supplier Diversity. 

Description of Respondents: 

Respondents in the study will be 

women business owners and managers 

of corporate supplier diversity 

programs. A random selection of women 

business owners across the United 

States will be invited to complete a 

survey regarding their experiences with 

corporate supplier diversity programs. 

To delve more deeply into the 

perceptions and opinions about 

corporate supplier diversity programs, 

focus groups with women business 

owners will be held in Washington, DC, 

New York, NY, Chicago, IL, and Los 

Angeles, CA. Individual interviews will 

be conducted with managers of 

corporate supplier diversity programs in 

order to explore characteristics of 

corporate supplier diversity programs 

and factors that contribute to their 

success in meeting targets for 

participation of women owned 

businesses. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Total Estimated Annual Responses 

The study anticipates that 

approximately 400 surveys will be 

completed by women business owners; 

that there will be a maximum of 96 

focus group participants (no more than 

12 persons for each of 8 focus groups); 

and 20 individual interviews will be 

conducted. Potential participants will 

be identified through organizations that 

certify and provide services that 

facilitate the growth of women owned 

businesses. 

Total Estimated Annual Hour Burden 

It is estimated that survey 

respondents will spend a maximum of 

30 minutes completing the 

questionnaire. Focus groups 

participants will spend approximately 

120 minutes completing a prediscussion questionnaire, engaging in 

the focus group discussion and traveling 

to and from the focus group location. 

Interviews with corporate supplier 

diversity managers will require 

approximately 60 minutes. 

The total annual time burden is 

estimated at 417 hours for completion of 

all aspects of data collection. To 

estimate the annualized cost of this time 

burden, we assumed 2,000 annual 

working hours and an annual salary of 

$75,000, which is the median salary of 

small business owners as reported by 

PayScale Human Resources 1, resulting 

in a cost per participant of $0.63. For 

survey respondents, the total annualized 

time burden would be would be $18.90 

per participant or a total of $7,560; for 

focus group participants, it would be 

$75.60 or a total of $7,257.60; and for 

interview respondents it would be 

$37.80 or a total of $756.00. 

In order to obtain 96 focus 

participants, it is estimated that 300 

contacts will be needed. Of those 204 

individuals who are contacted and 

screened, but who are not eligible, 

willing, or able to participate in the 

focus groups, the time burden is 

approximately five minutes. This adds 

an additional annual time burden of 

$642.60. 

In total, the time burden cost for this 

study is estimated at $16,216.20. 

Curtis B. Rich, 

Management Analyst. 

[FR Doc. 2014–25071 Filed 10–21–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

[Disaster Declaration #14159 and #14160] 

Montana Disaster #MT–00044 

AGENCY: U.S. Small Business 

Administration. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This is a Notice of the 

Presidential declaration of a major 

disaster for Public Assistance Only for 

the State of Montana (FEMA–4198–DR), 

dated 10/09/2014. 

Incident: Severe Storms, Straight-line 

Winds, and Flooding. 

Incident Period: 08/21/2014 through 

08/25/2014. 

Effective Date: 10/09/2014. 

Physical Loan Application Deadline 

Date: 12/08/2014. 

Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan 

Application Deadline Date: 07/09/2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit completed loan 

applications to: U.S. Small Business 

Administration, Processing and 

Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport 

Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A. 

Escobar, Office of Disaster Assistance, 

U.S. Small Business Administration, 

409 3rd Street SW., Suite 6050, 

Washington, DC 20416. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that as a result of the 

President’s major disaster declaration on 

10/09/2014, Private Non-Profit 

organizations that provide essential 

services of governmental nature may file 

disaster loan applications at the address 

listed above or other locally announced 

locations. 

The following areas have been 

determined to be adversely affected by 

the disaster: 

Primary Counties: Blaine, Carter, 

Musselshell, Petroleum, Valley, and 

the Fort Belknap Reservation within 

Blaine County. 

The Interest Rates are: 

Percent 

For Physical Damage: 

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Percent 

Non-Profit Organizations With 

Credit Available Elsewhere 2.625 

Non-Profit Organizations 

Without Credit Available 

Elsewhere .......................... 2.625 

For Economic Injury: 

Non-Profit Organizations 

Without Credit Available 

Elsewhere .......................... 2.625 

The number assigned to this disaster 

for physical damage is 14159B and for 

economic injury is 14160B. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Numbers 59002 and 59008) 

James E. Rivera, 

Associate Administrator for Disaster 

Assistance. 

[FR Doc. 2014–25069 Filed 10–21–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

Military Reservist Economic Injury 

Disaster Loans Interest Rate for First 

Quarter FY 2015 

In accordance with the Code of 

Federal Regulations 13—Business Credit 

and Assistance § 123.512, the following 

interest rate is effective for Military 

Reservist Economic Injury Disaster 

Loans approved on or after October 17, 

2014. 

Military Reservist Loan Program— 

4.000% 

Dated: October 16, 2014. 

James E. Rivera, 

Associate Administrator for Disaster 

Assistance. 

[FR Doc. 2014–25070 Filed 10–21–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 8923] 

60-Day Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection: Annual Report—JNONIMMIGRANT Exchange Visitor 

Program 

ACTION: Notice of request for public 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of State is 

seeking Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) approval for the 

information collection described below. 

In accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, we are 

requesting comments on this collection 

from all interested individuals and 

organizations. The purpose of this 

notice is to allow 60 days for public 

comment preceding submission of the 

collection to OMB. 

DATES: The Department will accept 

comments from the public up to 60 days 

from October 22, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

• Web: Persons with access to the 

Internet may use the Federal Docket 

Management System (FDMS) to 

comment on this notice by going to 

www.Regulations.gov. You can search 

for the document by entering ‘‘Public 

Notice 8923’’ in the Search bar. If 

necessary, use the Narrow by Agency 

filter option on the Results page. 

• Email: JExchanges@State.gov 

• Mail (paper, disk, or CD–ROM 

submissions): U.S. Department of State, 

ECA/EC, SA–5, Floor 5, 2200 C Street 

NW., Washington, DC 20522–0505, 

ATTN: Federal Register Notice 

Response. You must include the DS 

form number (if applicable), information 

collection title, and OMB control 

number in any correspondence. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Direct requests for additional 

information regarding the collection 

listed in this notice, including requests 

for copies of the proposed information 

collection and supporting documents, to 

Robin J. Lerner, Deputy Assistant 

Secretary for Private Sector Exchange, 

ECA/EC, SA–5, Floor 5, Department of 

State, 2200 C Street NW., Washington, 

DC 20522–0505, who may be reached on 

202–632–3206 or at JExchanges@

state.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

• Title of Information Collection: 

Annual Report—J-NONIMMIGRANT 

Exchange Visitor Program. 

• OMB Control Number: 1405–0151. 

• Type of Request: Revision of a 

Currently Approved Collection. 

• Originating Office: Bureau of 

Educational and Cultural Affairs, Office 

of Private Sector Exchange, ECA/EC. 

• Form Number: Form DS–3097. 

• Respondents: Designated 

J-NONIMMIGRANT program sponsors. 

• Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,400. 

• Estimated Number of Responses: 

1,400. 

• Average Hours per Response: 2 

hours. 

• Total Estimated Burden: 2,800 

hours. 

• Frequency: Annually. 

• Obligation to Respond: Required to 

Obtain or Retain Benefits. 

We are soliciting public comments to 

permit the Department to: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

information collection is necessary for 

the proper performance of our 

functions; 

• Evaluate the accuracy of our 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection, including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

• Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; 

• Minimize the reporting burden on 

those who are to respond, including the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of technology. 

Abstract of Proposed Collection 

Annual reports from designated 

program sponsors assist the Department 

in oversight and administration of the 

J-NONIMMIGRANT visa program. The 

reports provide qualitative data on the 

number of exchange participants an 

organization sponsored annually per 

category of exchange. The reports also 

provide a summary of the activities in 

which exchange visitors were engaged 

and indicate information about program 

effectiveness. Program sponsors include 

government agencies, academic 

institutions, and private sector not-forprofit and for-profit entities. Annual 

reports are completed through the 

Student and Exchange Visitor 

Information System (SEVIS) and then 

printed and signed by a sponsor official, 

and sent to the Department by mail or 

fax. 

Dated: October 16, 2014. 

Robin Lerner, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Private Sector 

Exchange, Bureau of Educational and 

Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2014–25180 Filed 10–21–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 8924] 

In the Matter of the Designation of 

Ramzi Mawafi, also known as Ramzi 

Mowafi, also known as Ramzi 

Mahmoud Al Mowafi, also known as 

Ramzi Muwafi, as a Specially 

Designated Global Terrorist pursuant 

to Section 1(b) of Executive Order 

13224, as Amended 

Acting under the authority of and in 

accordance with section 1(b) of 

Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 

2001, as amended by Executive Order 

13268 of July 2, 2002, and Executive 

Order 13284 of January 23, 2003, I 

hereby determine that the individual 

known as Ramzi Mawafi, also known as 

Ramzi Mowafi, also known as Ramzi 

Mahmoud Al Mowafi, also known as 

Ramzi Muwafi, committed, or poses a 

significant risk of committing, acts of 

terrorism that threaten the security of 

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