Notice2025-18260
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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Published
September 22, 2025
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Commerce DepartmentNational Institute of Standards and Technology
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 181 (Monday, September 22, 2025)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-18260]
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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
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 20, 2025, 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, extension of a current
information collection.
Number of Respondents: 220 (20 Applications for MBNQA and 200
Applicants for the Board of Examiners).
Average Hours Per Response: 40 hours for MBNQA application and 30
minutes for examiner applications.
Burden Hours: 900 (MBNQA application = 800 hours and Board of
Examiners = 100 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
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov">www.reginfo.gov</a>. 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 <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 0693-0006.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Compliance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2025-18260 Filed 9-19-25; 8:45 am]
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