Notice of Agency Report Forms Under OMB Review

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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.