[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 202 (Thursday, October 17, 1996)] [Notices] [Page 54239] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 96-26677] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION [Notice 96-127] Notice of Agency Report Forms Under OMB Review AGENCY: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), agencies are required to submit proposed information collection requests to OMB for review and approval, and to publish a notice in the Federal Register notifying the public that the agency has made submission. Accordingly, this notice announces NASA's plans to survey NASA's Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) firm awardees for the purposes of obtaining information regarding the extent to which NASA funded SBIR technology has been commercially applied and to assess the industrial activity otherwise that has resulted from technology developed under NASA's SBIR program. This information is critical to the assessment of NASA's success regarding its mission objective that NASA programs contribute significantly to national economic growth and competitiveness in accordance with the Vice President's National Performance Review recommendations and the President's National Space Policy of September 19, 1996. DATES: Written comments and recommendations on the proposal for the collection of information should be received on or before December 16, 1996. ADDRESSES: All comments should be addressed to John R. Yadvish, Code XC, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, DC 20546-0001. All comments will become a matter of public record and will be summarized in NASA's request for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bessie B. Berry, NASA Reports Officer, (202) 358-1368. Reports Title: NASA SBIR Commercial Metrics. OMB Number: None Assigned. Type of review: New collection. Need and Uses: NASA SBIR Phase II awardee firms would be asked to voluntarily provide data once every three years regarding the extent to which commercial products and services and related commercial activity have resulted from NASA funded SBIR technology. This information is critical to NASA's evaluating and reporting on its success regarding one of its primary mission objectives that NASA programs' contributing significantly to the national economic growth, as well as NASA's success in meeting the objectives of the Vice President's National Performance Review recommendations for NASA and the President's National Space Policy. Affected Public: Business or other for-profit. Estimated Number of Respondents: 650 in total, of which approximately 200 will be sampled every year at a frequency of once every three for each firm. Responses Per Respondent: Once every three years. Estimated Annual Responses: 200. Estimated Hours Per Request: 1. Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 217. Frequency of Report: Once every three years. Dated: October 10, 1996. Russell S. Rice, Director, IRM Division. [FR Doc. 96-26677 Filed 10-16-96; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7510-01-M