Notice2025-16517
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; National Security and Critical Technology Assessments of the U.S. Industrial Base
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Published
August 28, 2025
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 165 (Thursday, August 28, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41976-41977]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-16517]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; National Security and Critical Technology Assessments of the
U.S. Industrial Base
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 June 13, 2025, during a 60-day comment period. This
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
Agency: Bureau of Industry and Security, Department of Commerce.
Title: National Security and Critical Technology Assessments of the
U.S. Industrial Base.
OMB Control Number: 0694-0119.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission, extension of a current
information collection.
Number of Respondents: 28,000.
Average Hours per Response: 11 hours.
Burden Hours: 308,000.
Needs and Uses: The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) conducts
surveys and assessments of critical U.S. industrial sectors and
technologies. Undertaken at the request of various policy, research and
development (R&D), and program and planning organizations within the
Department of Defense and the Armed Services, Department of Homeland
Security (DHS), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
and other agencies, BIS research, data collection and analysis provide
needed information to benchmark industry performance and raise
awareness of diminishing manufacturing capabilities. The use of a
generic clearance process allows BIS to conduct the data collection and
final assessments in a shorter timeframe, thus providing policy and
program offices with needed results in a timely manner. Most surveys
under this generic clearance process include questions necessary to
obtain data on employment, supply chain, financial performance,
production, technology and service capabilities, R&D, investment,
competitive outlook, export controls and other relevant information.
Affected Public: Private Sector. Business or other for-profit
organizations.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Section 705 of the Defense Production Act of 1950,
as amended, Executive Orders 12656 and 13603.
This information collection request may be viewed at
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov">www.reginfo.gov</a>. Follow the instructions to view the
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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 <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 and entering either the title of the collection or the OMB
Control Number 0694-0119.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Compliance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2025-16517 Filed 8-27-25; 8:45 am]
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