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]
[Page 45376]
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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