We appreciate
the efforts the Department has made in reanalyzing the burden of
the DBE program in response to the action notice of 7/20/98. We
caution the Department on slow action to obtain final clearance of
revised information collection requirements before requesting the
public to comply with these requirements. We urge the Department to
work hard to simplify compliance, particularly in respect to the
goal setting requirments and in respect to smaller entites that may
have difficulty in complying. Burden revisions as of 9/30 have been
worked out with program staff and are being provided to the
Clearance office. Please ensure that these revised estimates are
fully understood and agreed upon so they can be easily updated as
the program develops._If further revisions are required, please
provide with a 83-c.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
10/31/2002
10/31/2002
07/31/2001
1,798
0
1,798
1,456,683
0
20,824
0
0
0
These collections concern program
documents, certification, good faith efforts, goal setting, and bid
data for the DOT DBE program.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
Report of DBE Awards and Commitments