[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 16 (Tuesday, January 26, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 4247]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-01389]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
January 20, 2016.
The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following
information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. Comments
are requested regarding (1) whether the collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility; (2) the
accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are
to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments regarding this information collection received by February
25, 2016 will be considered. Written comments should be addressed to:
Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), New Executive Office
Building, 725--17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20502. Commenters are
encouraged to submit their comments to OMB via email to:
[email protected] or fax (202) 395-5806 and to Departmental
Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250-
7602. Copies of the submission(s) may be obtained by calling (202) 720-
8958.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information
unless the collection of information displays a currently valid OMB
control number and the agency informs potential persons who are to
respond to the collection of information that such persons are not
required to respond to the collection of information unless it displays
a currently valid OMB control number.
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Title: Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program
OMB Control Number: 0524-NEW
Summary Of Collection: The Small Business Innovation Research
(SBIR) program at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) makes
competitively awarded grants to qualified small businesses to support
high quality, advanced concepts research related to important
scientific problems and opportunities in agriculture that could lead to
significant public benefit if successful. The objectives of the SBIR
Program are to: stimulate technological innovation in the private
sector; strengthen the role of small businesses in meeting Federal
research and development needs; increase private sector
commercialization of innovations derived from USDA-supported research
and development efforts; and foster and encourage participation by
women-owned and socially and economically disadvantaged small business
firms in technological innovation. The USDA SBIR Program is
administered by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)
of the USDA.
Need And Use Of The Information: The USDA SBIR Program Office
proposes to contact Phase II awardees to determine their success in
achieving commercial application of a market ready technology that was
funded under the USDA SBIR Program. The survey would collect
information from Phase II companies that received funding during the
years of 1994 to 2014. Data from the survey will be used to provide
information that currently does not exist. The data will be used
internally by the USDA SBIR Office to identify past and current
activities of Phase II grantees in the areas of technology development,
commercialization success, product development or services, and factors
that may have prevented the technology from entering into the
marketplace.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit
Number of Respondents: 499
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion
Total Burden Hours: 499
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-01389 Filed 1-25-16; 8:45 am]
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