[Federal Register: October 24, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 206)]
[Notices]               
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

 
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    DOC has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
clearance the following proposal for collection of information under 
the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Agency: Bureau of Economic Analysis.
    Title: Annual Survey of Financial Services Transactions Between 
U.S. Financial Services Providers and Unaffiliated Foreign Persons.
    Form Number(s): BE-82.
    Agency Approval Number: 0608-0063.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection 
without any change in the substance or in method of collection.
    Burden: 2,100 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 300.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 7.
    Needs and Uses: The Government requires data from the BE-82, Annual 
Survey of Financial Services Transactions Between U.S. Financial 
Services Providers and Unaffiliated Foreign Persons, to obtain accurate 
and up-to-date information on U.S. financial services transactions with 
unaffiliated foreign persons. It will use the data collected in 
monitoring U.S. exports and imports of financial services; analyzing 
their impact on the U.S. and foreign economies; supporting U.S. 
international trade policy on financial services; compiling the 
international transactions, national income and product, and input-
output accounts of the United States; assessing U.S. competitiveness in 
international trade in services; and improving the ability of U.S. 
businesses to identify and evaluate market opportunities.
    Affected Public: U.S. businesses or other for-profit institutions 
engaging in international financial services transactions with 
unaffiliated foreign persons.
    Frequency: Annual.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: Title 22 U.S.C., Sections 3101-3108, as amended.

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    OMB Desk Officer: Paul Bugg, (202) 395-3093.
    You may obtain copies of the above information collection proposal 
by calling or writing Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, Diana 
Hynek, (202) 482-3201, Department of Commerce, Room 6086, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230 or by e-mail to dhynek@doc.gov.
    Send comments on the proposed information collection within 30 days 
of publication of this notice to Paul Bugg, OMB Desk Officer, via e-mail at pbugg@omb.eop.gov or by fax at (202) 395-7245.

    Dated: October 21, 2003.
Madeleine Clayton,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-26876 Filed 10-23-03; 8:45 am]

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