[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 248 (Tuesday, December 24, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67771-67772]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-32619]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
Grant Recipient Survey for the Telecommunications and Information
Infrastructure Assistance Program
ACTION: Proposed collection; comment request.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, as a 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, Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)).
DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before February 24,
1997.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Linda Engelmeier, Acting
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Department of Commerce--Room
5327, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW Washington, DC 20230.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should
be directed to Gay Shrum, NTIA--Room 4892, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20230. (202-482-1056)
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The purpose of the Telecommunications and Information
Infrastructure Assistance Program (TIIAP) is to promote the widespread
and efficient use of advanced telecommunications services in the public
and non-profit sectors to serve America's communities. It does this by
providing matching funds to public and non-profit sector organizations
to use information infrastructure to provide community-wide
information, health, life-long learning, public safety and other public
services.
The program has the following objectives:
To increase awareness in public and non-profit sectors of
the National Information Infrastructure and its benefits.
To stimulate public and non-profit sector organizations to
examine potential benefits of, and plan for, investments in the
information infrastructure.
To provide a wide variety of model information
infrastructure projects for public and non-profit sector organizations
to follow.
To educate the public and non-profit sectors about best
practices in implementing a wide variety of information infrastructure
projects.
To help reduce disparities in access to, and use of,
information infrastructure.
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration
(NTIA), in administering TIIAP, awards a varying number of awards each
year, but there are an average of 225 active grantees involved in some,
or all, of the reporting requirements each year. In order to ensure
that grant recipients are effectively promoting the efficient and
widespread use of advanced telecommunications services to serve
American communities and to comply with the Government Performance and
Results Act, NTIA will collect and analyze quantitative and qualitative
data relating to the impacts of the projects TIIAP funds.
NTIA is interested in the effects that the funded projects are
having at the local level and, over the long term, at the national
level. It is NTIA's intention to understand the nature and degree of
those effects on the organizations implementing the projects, other
organizations that are involved with the projects, the individuals who
are served by the projects, and the community as a whole. NTIA is
especially interested in understanding the difference that the Federal
grant has had in the creation, scale, and scope of the project.
II. Method of Collection
The information collection instruments to be used for this study
will include:
Administration of telephone survey to 210 grant recipients
III. Data
OMB Number: NA--to be assigned.
Form Number: NA.
Type of Review: Regular Submission.
Affected Public: State and Local Government and Non-Profit
Institutions.
Burden Hours Calculations/Reporting
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Hours/ No. Burden
Requirement grantee grantees hours
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Administration of telephone survey........ 1 210 210
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Total............................... ........ ........ 210
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Estimated Total Annual Cost: Cost to respondents is consistent with
their normal administrative overhead. No material or equipment will
need to be purchased to provide information.
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 program, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of
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 the information
collection; they also become a matter of public record.
Dated: December 16, 1996.
Linda Engelmeier,
Acting Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and
Organization.
[FR Doc. 96-32619 Filed 12-23-96; 8:45 am]
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