03-8573. Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

The Department of Commerce 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 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).

Agency: Office of Inspector General.

Title: Applicant for Funding Assistance.

Form Number(s): CD-346.

OMB Approval Number: 0605-0001.

Type of Review: Regular submission.

Burden Hours: 625.

Number of Respondents: 500.

Average Hours Per Response: 1.

Needs and Uses: The Department of Commerce's Form CD-346 is used to assist program and grants administration officials in determining the responsibility, financial integrity, and management principles of principal officers and employees of organizations, firms, or recipients or beneficiaries of grants, loans, or loan guarantee programs of operating units in the Department.

Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations, individuals or households.

Frequency: Annually.

Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.

OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker, [phone].

Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained by calling or writing Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, [phone], Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at [e-mail]).

Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to David Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, Room 10202, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: April 3, 2003.

Gwellnar Banks,

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.