Notice2021-16345
Agency Information Collection Extension
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Published
August 2, 2021
Issuing agencies
Energy Department
Abstract
The Department of Energy (DOE) has submitted an information collection request to the OMB for extension under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The information collection requests a three-year extension of its Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Commercialization Survey, OMB Control Number 1910-5166. The proposed collection will satisfy the program requirements of the Small Business Act, including requirements established in the SBIR program reauthorization legislation. DOE will collect the survey data via web-enabled software and provide it to the Small Business Administration (SBA) to maintain information about the DOE SBIR/STTR awards issued through the two programs. This data will be provided by DOE based on information collected from SBIR/STTR awardees. This data will be used by DOE, SBA, and Congress to assess the commercial impact of these two programs.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 145 (Monday, August 2, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 41465]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-16345]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Agency Information Collection Extension
AGENCY: Office of Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business
Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR), Office of Science, Department of
Energy.
ACTION: Submission for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) review;
comment request.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) has submitted an information
collection request to the OMB for extension under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The information collection requests a
three-year extension of its Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Commercialization Survey,
OMB Control Number 1910-5166. The proposed collection will satisfy the
program requirements of the Small Business Act, including requirements
established in the SBIR program reauthorization legislation. DOE will
collect the survey data via web-enabled software and provide it to the
Small Business Administration (SBA) to maintain information about the
DOE SBIR/STTR awards issued through the two programs. This data will be
provided by DOE based on information collected from SBIR/STTR awardees.
This data will be used by DOE, SBA, and Congress to assess the
commercial impact of these two programs.
DATES: Comments regarding this collection must be received on or before
September 1, 2021. If you anticipate that you will be submitting
comments but find it difficult to do so within the period of time
allowed by this notice, please advise the OMB Desk Officer of your
intention to make a submission as soon as possible. The Desk Officer
may be telephoned at (202) 395-4718.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Claudia Cantoni, SBIR/STTR Programs
Manager, U.S. Department of Energy, 19901 Germantown Road, Germantown,
MD 20874-1290. Phone: (240) 255-8590. Email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#20434c41554449410e43414e544f4e4960534349454e43450e444f450e474f56"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7c1f101d0918151d521f1d12081312153c0f1f1519121f1952181319521b130a">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request
contains: (1) OMB No.: 1910-5166; (2) Information Collection Request
Title: Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business
Technology Transfer (STTR) Commercialization Survey; (3) Type of
Request: Renewal; (4) Purpose: The DOE needs this information to
satisfy the program requirements of the Small Business Act, including
requirements established in the SBIR program reauthorization
legislation, Public Law 106-554 and Public Law 107-50. This data will
be collected by the DOE and provided to the Small Business
Administration (SBA) to maintain information about SBIR/STTR awards
issued through the two programs. This data will be provided by DOE
based on information collected from SBIR/STTR awardees. This data will
be used by DOE, SBA, and Congress to assess the commercial impact of
these two programs; (5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,000;
(6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 1,000; (7) Annual
Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 1,000; (8) Annual Estimated Reporting
and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $83,000.
Statutory Authority: Section 9 of the Small Business Act, as
amended, codified at 15 U.S.C. 638(g).
Signing Authority
This document of the Department of Energy was signed on July 27,
2021, by Manny Oliver, Director, Office of Small Business Innovation
Research and Small Business Technology Transfer, pursuant to delegated
authority from the Secretary of Energy. That document with the original
signature and date is maintained by DOE. For administrative purposes
only, and in compliance with requirements of the Office of the Federal
Register, the undersigned DOE Federal Register Liaison Officer has been
authorized to sign and submit the document in electronic format for
publication, as an official document of the Department of Energy. This
administrative process in no way alters the legal effect of this
document upon publication in the Federal Register.
Signed in Washington, DC, on July 27, 2021.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2021-16345 Filed 7-30-21; 8:45 am]
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