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BILLING CODE 4510–30–P
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Comment Request
ACTION:
Notice.
Under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, Pub. L. 104–13
(44 U.S.C. U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), and as
part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden, the
National Science Foundation invites the
general public and other Federal
agencies to take this opportunity to
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comment on this information collection.
This is the second notice for public
comment; the first was published in the
Federal Register at 71 FR 51641 and no
substantive comments were received
regarding the materials provided. NSF is
forwarding the proposed submission to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for clearance simultaneously
with the publication of this second
notice.
Comments regarding these
information collections are best assured
of having their full effect if received by
OMB within 30 days of publication in
the Federal Register.
ADDRESSES: Written comments
regarding the information collection and
DATES:
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requests for copies of the proposed
information collection request should be
addressed to Suzanne Plimpton, Reports
Clearance Officer, National Science
Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Rm.
295, Arlington, VA 22230, or by e-mail
to splimpto@nsf.gov. Copies of the
submission may be obtained by calling
(703) 292–7556.
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR
COMMENTS: Contact Suzanne Plimpton,
the NSF Reports Clearance Officer,
phone (703) 292–7556, or send e-mail to
splimpto@nsf.gov. Individuals who use
a telecommunications device for the
deaf (TDD) may call the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–
800–877–8339 between 8 a.m. and 8
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p.m., Eastern time, Monday through
Friday.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor a collection of information
unless the collection of information
displays a currently valid OMB control
number and the agency informs
potential persons who are to respond to
the collection of information that such
persons are not required to respond to
the collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Generic Clearance of the
Science Resources Statistics Survey
Improvement Projects.
OMB Approval Number: 3145–0174.
Abstract: Generic Clearance of the
Science Resources Statistics Survey
Improvement Projects. The National
Science Foundation’s Division of
Science Resources Statistics (NSF/SRS)
needs to collect timely data on constant
changes in the science and technology
sector and to provide the most complete
and accurate information possible to
policy makers in Congress and
throughout government and academia.
NSF/SRS conducts many surveys to
obtain the data for these purposes. The
Generic Clearance will be used to
ensure that the highest quality data are
obtained from these surveys. State-ofthe-art methodology will be used to
develop, evaluate, and test
questionnaires and survey concepts as
well as to improve survey methodology.
This may include field or pilot tests of
questions for future large-scale surveys,
as needed.
Expected Respondents: The
respondents will be from industry,
academia, nonprofit organizations,
members of the public, and state, local,
and federal governments. Respondents
will be either individuals or
institutions, depending upon the survey
under investigation. Qualitative
procedures will generally be conducted
in person or over the phone, but
quantitative procedures may be
conducted using mail, web, e-mail, or
phone modes, depending on the topic
under investigation. Up to 19,150
respondents will be contacted across all
survey improvement projects. No
respondent will be contacted more than
twice in one year under this generic
clearance. Every effort will be made to
use technology to limit the burden on
respondents from small entities.
Both qualitative and quantitative
methods will be used to improve NSF’s
current data collection instruments and
processes and to reduce respondent
burden, as well as to develop new
surveys. Qualitative methods include,
but are not limited to, expert review;
exploratory, cognitive, and usability
interviews; focus groups; and
respondent debriefings. Cognitive and
usability interviews may include the use
of scenarios, paraphrasing, card sorts,
vignette classifications, and rating tasks.
Quantitative methods include, but are
not limited to, telephone surveys,
behavior coding, split panel tests, and
field tests.
Information being collected is not
considered sensitive. In general,
assurances of data confidentiality will
not be provided to respondents in the
pretests. Instead, respondents have the
option of requesting that any and all
data they provide be kept confidential.
Use of the Information: The purpose
of these studies is to use the latest and
most appropriate methodology to
improve NSF surveys. The data will be
used internally to improve NSF surveys.
Methodological findings may be
presented externally in technical papers
at conferences, published in the
proceedings of conferences, or in
journals. Improved NSF surveys will
help policy makers in decisions on
research and development funding,
graduate education, scientific and
technical workforce, regulations, and
reporting guidelines, as well as
contributing to reduced survey costs.
Burden on the Public: NSF estimates
that a total reporting and recordkeeping
burden of 14,950 hours will result from
activities to improve its surveys. The
calculation is:
TABLE 1.—ANTICIPATED SURVEYS TO UNDERTAKE IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, ALONG WITH THE NUMBER OF
RESPONDENTS AND BURDEN HOURS PER SURVEY FOR THREE YEAR PERIOD
Number of
respondents1
Survey Name
Graduate Student Survey ........................................................................................................................................
SESTAT Surveys .....................................................................................................................................................
Postdoc Project ........................................................................................................................................................
New and Redesigned R&D Surveys:
Academic R&D .................................................................................................................................................
Government R&D .............................................................................................................................................
Nonprofit R&D ..................................................................................................................................................
Industry R&D ....................................................................................................................................................
Survey of Scientific & Engineering Facilities ...........................................................................................................
Public Understanding of S&E Surveys ....................................................................................................................
Survey of Earned Doctorates ..................................................................................................................................
Additional surveys not specified ..............................................................................................................................
2 5,000
Total ...........................................................................................................................................................
Hours
10,000
800
3,000
5,000
1,600
600
50
200
500
300
200
300
1,200
1,200
100
100
2,000
150
50
550
1,200
19,150
14,950
1 Number
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of respondents listed for any individual survey may represent several methodological improvement projects.
2 This number refers to the science, engineering, and health-related departments within the academic institutions of the United States (not the
academic institutions themselves).
Comments: Comments are invited on
(a) whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Agency, including whether the
information shall have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the Agency’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
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collection of information; (c) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information on respondents,
including through the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology; and (d) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on those who are to
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respond, including through the use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for OMB
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approval of this information collection;
they also will become a matter of public
record.
Dated: November 15, 2006.
Suzanne Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer, National Science
Foundation.
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NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL
REVIEW BOARD
The Board
currently maintains two systems of
records, NWTRB–1 and NWTRB–2, that
contain information covered by the
Privacy Act of 1974. In its review of
these systems, the Board has found
classes of information that were not
included in its previous notice and is
republishing the first, NWTRB–1, with
the corrections added. The Board
further found that expanding the
records in the second, NWTRB–2,
would make it more useful.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Privacy Act of 1974; Systems of
Records
U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical
Review Board.
ACTION: Notice of modification to two
existing systems of records.
List of Subjects
Administrative practice and
procedure; Privacy; Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements.
NWTRB–1
AGENCY:
USC 552a requires that each
federal agency review its systems of
records containing personal information
covered by the Privacy Act of 1974. As
a result of its latest review, the Board is
proposing to amend both of the systems
of records that it maintains. A
description of these systems was last
published in November 22, 1996 (61 FR
227, 59472–59473). The Board has
concluded that one system needs to be
amended and that the second system
needs to be expanded to include other
information useful to the Board. In the
first system, NWTRB–1 Administrative
Files, some categories were overlooked
in the previous notice. The Board is
proposing to expand the second system,
NWTRB–2 Mailing List, to become
NWTRB–2 Contact List. The Board has
determined that the changes to
NWTRB–1 are imporant enough to
republish the notice with the changes
and that the changes to NWTRB–2 are
substantial enough to accept comments
on the proposed expansion.
DATES: Comments on the changes to
NWTRB–2 should be received before
January 15, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Comments on this proposed
rule may be submitted as follows:
By mail or hand delivery: Joyce M.
Dory, Director of Administration; U.S.
Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board;
2300 Clarendon Blvd., Suite 1300;
Arlington, VA 22201.
By Fax: 703–235–4495.
To the Federal eRulemaking Portal:
https://www.regulations.gov.
Via the Board Web site at https://
www.nwtrb.gov via the ‘‘contact us’’
function.
All comments on this proposed
Privacy Act rule modification should be
clearly identified as such.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Victoria Reich, 703–235–4473.
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SYSTEM NAME:
Administrative Files.
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:
Unclassified.
SYSTEM LOCATION:
U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review
Board; 2300 Clarendon Boulevard, Suite
1300; Arlington, VA 22201.
CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE
SYSTEM:
Employees and applicants for
employment with the Board, including
NWTRB contractors and consultants.
CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
Records containing the following
information:
(1) Time and attendance;
(2) Payroll actions, direct deposit, and
deduction information;
(3) Personnel actions, evaluations,
and other data;
(4) Authorizations for overtime and
night differential;
(5) Credit cards and telephone calling
cards issued to individuals;
(6) Destination, itinerary, mode and
purpose of travel;
(7) Date(s) of travel and all expenses;
(8) Passport number;
(9) Request for advance of funds and
voucher with receipt;
(10) Travel authorizations;
(11) Name, address, Social Security
number, and birth date;
(12) Employee public transit subsidy
applications and vouchers;
(13) Security clearance information;
and
(14) 450’s.
AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:
Public Law 100–203, Part E.
ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE
SYSTEM:
Information is used ‘‘in house.’’
Notwithstanding the above, access also
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may be gained under the following
conditions:
(a) In the event that a system of
records maintained by this agency to
carry out its functions indicates a
violation or potential violation of law,
whether civil, criminal, or regulatory in
nature, and whether arising by general
statute or particular program statute, or
by regulation, rule, or order issued
pursuant thereto, the relevant records in
the system of records may be referred,
as a routine use, to the appropriate
agency, whether federal, state, local, or
foreign, charged with the responsibility
of investigating or prosecuting such
violation or charged with enforcing or
implementing the statutes, or rule,
regulation, or order issued pursuant
thereto.
(b) A record from the system of
records may be disclosed as a ‘‘routine
use’’ to a federal, state, or local agency
maintaining civil, criminal, or other
relevant enforcement information or
other pertinent information, such as
current licenses, if necessary to obtain
information relevant to an agency
decision concerning the hiring or
retention of an employee, the issuance
of a security clearance, the letting of a
contract, or the issuance of a license,
grant, or other benefit.
(c) A record from this system of
records may be disclosed to a federal
agency, in response to a request, in
connection with the hiring or retention
of an employee, the issuance of a
security clearance, the reporting of an
investigation of an employee, the letting
of a contract, or the issuance of a
license, grant, or other benefits by the
requesting agency, to the extent that the
information is relevant and necessary to
the requesting agency’s decision on the
matter.
POLICY AND PRACTICES FOR STORING,
RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND
DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
STORAGE:
Paper and electronic records.
RETRIEVABILITY:
By type of document, then by name.
SAFEGUARDS:
Access is limited to employees having
a need to know. Records containing
personal information are stored in
locked file cabinets in controlled-access
areas or in password-protected
electronic databases in accordance with
federal guidelines.
RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:
Record retention and disposal
authorities are in ‘‘General Records
Schedules’’ published by National
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13 (44
U.S.C. U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), and as part of its continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent burden, the National Science Foundation
invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on this information collection. This is the
second notice for public comment; the first was published in the
Federal Register at 71 FR 51641 and no substantive comments were
received regarding the materials provided. NSF is forwarding the
proposed submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for
clearance simultaneously with the publication of this second notice.
DATES: Comments regarding these information collections are best
assured of having their full effect if received by OMB within 30 days
of publication in the Federal Register.
ADDRESSES: Written comments regarding the information collection and
requests for copies of the proposed information collection request
should be addressed to Suzanne Plimpton, Reports Clearance Officer,
National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Rm. 295, Arlington, VA
22230, or by e-mail to splimpto@nsf.gov. Copies of the submission may
be obtained by calling (703) 292-7556.
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR COMMENTS: Contact Suzanne Plimpton, the
NSF Reports Clearance Officer, phone (703) 292-7556, or send e-mail to
splimpto@nsf.gov. Individuals who use a telecommunications device for
the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at
1-800-877-8339 between 8 a.m. and 8
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p.m., Eastern time, Monday through Friday.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information
unless the collection of information displays a currently valid OMB
control number and the agency informs potential persons who are to
respond to the collection of information that such persons are not
required to respond to the collection of information unless it displays
a currently valid OMB control number.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Generic Clearance of the Science Resources Statistics Survey
Improvement Projects.
OMB Approval Number: 3145-0174.
Abstract: Generic Clearance of the Science Resources Statistics
Survey Improvement Projects. The National Science Foundation's Division
of Science Resources Statistics (NSF/SRS) needs to collect timely data
on constant changes in the science and technology sector and to provide
the most complete and accurate information possible to policy makers in
Congress and throughout government and academia. NSF/SRS conducts many
surveys to obtain the data for these purposes. The Generic Clearance
will be used to ensure that the highest quality data are obtained from
these surveys. State-of-the-art methodology will be used to develop,
evaluate, and test questionnaires and survey concepts as well as to
improve survey methodology. This may include field or pilot tests of
questions for future large-scale surveys, as needed.
Expected Respondents: The respondents will be from industry,
academia, nonprofit organizations, members of the public, and state,
local, and federal governments. Respondents will be either individuals
or institutions, depending upon the survey under investigation.
Qualitative procedures will generally be conducted in person or over
the phone, but quantitative procedures may be conducted using mail,
web, e-mail, or phone modes, depending on the topic under
investigation. Up to 19,150 respondents will be contacted across all
survey improvement projects. No respondent will be contacted more than
twice in one year under this generic clearance. Every effort will be
made to use technology to limit the burden on respondents from small
entities.
Both qualitative and quantitative methods will be used to improve
NSF's current data collection instruments and processes and to reduce
respondent burden, as well as to develop new surveys. Qualitative
methods include, but are not limited to, expert review; exploratory,
cognitive, and usability interviews; focus groups; and respondent
debriefings. Cognitive and usability interviews may include the use of
scenarios, paraphrasing, card sorts, vignette classifications, and
rating tasks. Quantitative methods include, but are not limited to,
telephone surveys, behavior coding, split panel tests, and field tests.
Information being collected is not considered sensitive. In
general, assurances of data confidentiality will not be provided to
respondents in the pretests. Instead, respondents have the option of
requesting that any and all data they provide be kept confidential.
Use of the Information: The purpose of these studies is to use the
latest and most appropriate methodology to improve NSF surveys. The
data will be used internally to improve NSF surveys. Methodological
findings may be presented externally in technical papers at
conferences, published in the proceedings of conferences, or in
journals. Improved NSF surveys will help policy makers in decisions on
research and development funding, graduate education, scientific and
technical workforce, regulations, and reporting guidelines, as well as
contributing to reduced survey costs.
Burden on the Public: NSF estimates that a total reporting and
recordkeeping burden of 14,950 hours will result from activities to
improve its surveys. The calculation is:
Table 1.--Anticipated Surveys To Undertake Improvement Projects, Along
With the Number of Respondents and Burden Hours per Survey for Three
Year Period
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Number of
Survey Name respondents\1\ Hours
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Graduate Student Survey................. \2\ 5,000 3,000
SESTAT Surveys.......................... 10,000 5,000
Postdoc Project......................... 800 1,600
New and Redesigned R&D Surveys:
Academic R&D........................ 600 1,200
Government R&D...................... 50 100
Nonprofit R&D....................... 200 100
Industry R&D........................ 500 2,000
Survey of Scientific & Engineering 300 150
Facilities.............................
Public Understanding of S&E Surveys..... 200 50
Survey of Earned Doctorates............. 300 550
Additional surveys not specified........ 1,200 1,200
-------------------------------
Total........................... 19,150 14,950
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ Number of respondents listed for any individual survey may represent
several methodological improvement projects.
\2\ This number refers to the science, engineering, and health-related
departments within the academic institutions of the United States (not
the academic institutions themselves).
Comments: Comments are invited on (a) whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the Agency, including whether the information shall
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the Agency's estimate of
the burden of the proposed collection of information; (c) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information on
respondents, including through the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information technology; and (d) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are
to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for OMB
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approval of this information collection; they also will become a matter
of public record.
Dated: November 15, 2006.
Suzanne Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation.
[FR Doc. E6-19608 Filed 11-21-06; 8:45 am]
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