87 FR 144 pgs. 45297-45298 - Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award and Examiner Applications

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Type: NOTICEVolume: 87Number: 144Pages: 45297 - 45298

FR document: [FR Doc. 2022-16202 Filed 7-27-22; 8:45 am]

Agency: Commerce Department

Sub Agency: National Institute of Standards and Technology

Official PDF Version: PDF Version

Pages: 45297, 45298

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology

Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award and Examiner Applications

[top] The Department of Commerce will submit the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, on or after the date of publication of this notice. We invite the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of our information collection requirements and minimize the public's reporting burden. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on April 19, 2022, during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.

Agency: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Commerce.

Title: Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award and Examiner Applications.

OMB Control Number: 0693-0006.

Form Number(s): None.

Type of Request: Regular submission, revision of a current information collection.

Number of Respondents: 580 (30 Applications for MBNQA and 550 Applicants for the Board of Examiners).

Average Hours per Response: 30 minutes for MBNQA eligibility form, 74 hours for MBNQA application, and 30 minutes for examiner applications.

Burden Hours: 2,510 (MBNQA = 15 hours for eligibility form, 2,220 hours for application, Board of Examiners = 275 hours).

Needs and Uses: Collection needed to obtain information to conduct the MBNQA (Pub. L. 100-107, Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Improvement Act of 1987).

Affected Public: Business, health care, education, or other for-profit organizations; health care, education, and other nonprofit organizations; and individuals or households.

Frequency: Annually.

Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.

This information collection request may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view the Department of Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.

Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of this notice on the following website www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting "Currently under 30-day Review-Open for Public Comments" or by using the search function and entering either the title of the collection or the OMB Control Number 0693-0006.

Sheleen Dumas,

Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Commerce Department.

[FR Doc. 2022-16202 Filed 7-27-22; 8:45 am]

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