[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 186 (Monday, September 27, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 51952]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-25022]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce (DOC) has submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for 
collection of information under provisions of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Agency: Bureau of Export Administration (BXA).
    Title: Commercial Encryption Items Under the Jurisdiction of DOC.
    Agency Form Number: BXA 748-P.
    OMB Control Number: 0694-0104.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 650 hours.
    Average Time Per Response: Ranges between 1 and 4 hours depending 
on the requirement.
    Number of Respondents: 200.
    Needs and Uses: Encryption items can be used to maintain the 
secrecy of information, and thereby may be used by persons to harm 
national security, foreign policy and law enforcement interests. For 
those items controlled, licenses are required for exports and reexports 
of encryption items. The Export Administration Regulations set forth 
the licensing policy for exports and reexports of encryption 
commodities and software to U.S. subsidiaries, insurance companies, 
health and medical end-users, on-line merchants and foreign commercial 
firms. The information is used in making licensing decisions.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker (202) 395-3897.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Linda Engelmeier, DOC Forms Clearance Officer, 
(202) 482-3272, Department of Commerce, Room 5327, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to David Roster, OMB Desk Officer, Room 10202, New Executive Office 
Building, 725 17th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230.

    Dated: September 20, 1999.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-25022 Filed 9-24-99; 8:45 am]
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