98-10910. Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request  

  • [Federal Register Volume 63, Number 79 (Friday, April 24, 1998)]
    [Notices]
    [Page 20378]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 98-10910]
    
    
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    DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
    
    
    Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
    
        DOC has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
    clearance the following proposal for collection of information under 
    the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-
    13.
        Bureau: International Trade Administration.
        Title: Business Information Service for the Newly Independent 
    States (BISNIS) FinanceLink.
        Agency Form Number: N/A.
        OMB Number: N/A (number to be assigned).
        Type of Request: Regular Submission.
        Burden: 33 hours.
        Number of Respondents: 200.
        Avg. Hours Per Response: 10 minutes.
        Needs and Uses: The International Trade Administration's Business 
    Information Service for the Newly Independent States offers business 
    intelligence and counseling to U.S. companies seeking to export or 
    invest in the countries of the former Soviet Union. One of the 
    essential components of BISNIS's services is assisting companies in 
    locating suitable financing for exports. Often, official sources, such 
    as the Export-Import Bank of the United States, cannot handle all 
    requests for a variety of reasons. BISNIS's FinanceLink is an internet-
    based service that will facilitate contact between exporters and 
    financing agencies. U.S. exporters fill out a form giving relevant 
    details about the desired transaction and submit it via Internet to 
    BISNIS; BISNIS will, in turn, distribute the information collected to 
    U.S.-based financing agencies who have expressed an interest in 
    receiving such information. The intention is to provide a service that 
    benefits both exporters and financing agencies.
        Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
        Frequency: On occasion.
        Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
        OMB Desk Officer: Dennis Marvich, (202) 395-5871.
        Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
    by calling or writing Linda Engelmeier, Departmental Forms Clearance 
    Officer, (202) 482-3272, Department of Commerce, Room 5327, 14th and 
    Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230.
        Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
    collection should be sent to Dennis Marvich, OMB Desk Officer, Room 
    10202, New Executive Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20503.
    
        Dated: April 20, 1998.
    Linda Engelmeier,
    Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
    Organization.
    [FR Doc. 98-10910 Filed 4-23-98; 8:45 am]
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Document Information

Published:
04/24/1998
Department:
Commerce Department
Entry Type:
Notice
Document Number:
98-10910
Pages:
20378-20378 (1 pages)
PDF File:
98-10910.pdf