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Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 160 / Monday, August 18, 2008 / Notices
Dated: August 13, 2008.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E8–19058 Filed 8–15–08; 8:45 am]
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Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
The Department of Commerce will
submit 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: U.S. Census Bureau.
Title: Business R&D and Innovation
Survey.
OMB Control Number: 0607–0912.
Form Number(s): BRDI–1, BRDI–1A.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Burden Hours: 155,450.
Number of Respondents: 40,000.
Average Hours Per Response: 3 hours
and 53 minutes.
Needs and Uses: The National
Science Foundation’s (NSF) Division of
Science Resources Statistics (SRS) and
the U.S. Census Bureau’s Economic
Directorate have been engaged in a
significant redesign of the Survey of
Industrial Research and Development.
To better understand how research and
development (R&D) is actually
conducted in today’s innovative and
global based economy, NSF has done
extensive background work, starting
with the Committee on National
Statistics’ Report Measuring Research
and Development Expenditures in the
U.S. Economy. NSF has hosted
numerous meetings/workshops with
external data users both in the federal
government and private sector, and has
conducted a number of recordkeeping
visits to companies to understand what
is collectable. To better understand the
issues in the present survey, NSF has
done extensive review of both the
statistical and subject matter aspects of
it. Current plans for the redesigned
survey call for five core sections, which
will comprise the fixed elements. NSF
and the Census Bureau have conducted
four rounds of cognitive interviews to
test the new content, and a final round
of testing on the entire questionnaire
will be conducted in July and August
2008. Results from these interviews
have been included in a generic
clearance submitted by Census. In order
for the new data to be included, and
actually be the centerpiece of the
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National Science Board’s Science and
Engineering Indicators: 2012 report,
NSF has required delivery of results
from the redesigned survey in December
2010. To ensure this delivery, there are
a number of groups composed of Census
Bureau and SRS staff that have been
working on components of the
redesigned survey, such as; content
testing, instrument development, frame
creation, and sampling, edit, imputation
and estimation methodologies as well as
tabulation design and data
dissemination. In addition, NSF is
consulting with Dr. Donald Dillman of
Washington State University, a noted
survey methodology expert and scholar,
on best approaches to the extensive
questionnaire redesign and methods of
response.
The result of this redesign will be a
substantially new survey, and to
emphasize that fact a new name has
been selected, the Business R&D and
Innovation Survey (BRDIS). This name
was selected not only to highlight the
emergence of the new survey, but also
to emphasize that the survey covers the
R&D and innovation activities of service
as well as manufacturing companies.
The 2008 BRDIS is being conducted as
a pilot of the new survey, hence the
possibility of releasing two years worth
of data as reflected in the project
schedule (section 16). Results from the
2008 BRDIS will be evaluated and may
bring about changes for the 2009 BRDIS.
The National Science Foundation Act
of 1950 as amended authorizes and
directs NSF ‘‘* * * to provide a central
clearinghouse for the collection,
interpretation, and analysis of data on
scientific and engineering resources and
to provide a source of information for
policy formulation by other agencies of
the Federal government.’’ The SIRD has
been and the new BRDIS will be the
vehicle with which NSF carries out the
business portion of this mandate. NSF
together with the Census Bureau, the
collecting and compiling agent, analyze
the data and publish the resulting
statistics.
Companies are the major performers
of R&D in the United States, accounting
for over 70 percent of total U.S. R&D
outlays each year. A consistent business
R&D information base is essential to
government officials formulating public
policy, industry personnel involved in
corporate planning, and members of the
academic community conducting
research. To develop policies designed
to promote and enhance science and
technology, past trends and the present
status of R&D and innovation must be
evaluated. The survey, as now designed,
will be the platform through which data
on innovation activities in the business
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sector will be collected. Without
comprehensive business R&D statistics,
it would be impossible to evaluate the
health of science and technology in the
United States or to make comparisons
between the technological progress of
our country and that of other nations.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.
Frequency: Annually.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C.,
Section 182; National Science
Foundation Act of 1950.
OMB Desk Officer: Brian HarrisKojetin, (202) 395–7314.
Copies of the above information
collection proposal can be obtained by
calling or writing Diana Hynek,
Departmental Paperwork Clearance
Officer, (202) 482–0266, Department of
Commerce, Room 6625, 14th and
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,
DC 20230 (or via the Internet at
dhynek@doc.gov).
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to Brian Harris-Kojetin, OMB
Desk Officer either by fax (202–395–
7245) or e-mail (bharrisk@omb.eop.gov).
Dated: August 13, 2008.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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Board) by the Indianapolis Airport
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special–purpose subzone status for the
automotive transmission manufacturing
plant of GETRAG Transmission
Manufacturing LLC (GETRAG), located
in Tipton, Indiana. The application was
submitted pursuant to the provisions of
the Foreign–Trade Zones Act, as
amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), and the
regulations of the Board (15 CFR part
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2008.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
The Department of Commerce will submit 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: U.S. Census Bureau.
Title: Business R&D and Innovation Survey.
OMB Control Number: 0607-0912.
Form Number(s): BRDI-1, BRDI-1A.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Burden Hours: 155,450.
Number of Respondents: 40,000.
Average Hours Per Response: 3 hours and 53 minutes.
Needs and Uses: The National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of
Science Resources Statistics (SRS) and the U.S. Census Bureau's
Economic Directorate have been engaged in a significant redesign of the
Survey of Industrial Research and Development. To better understand how
research and development (R&D) is actually conducted in today's
innovative and global based economy, NSF has done extensive background
work, starting with the Committee on National Statistics' Report
Measuring Research and Development Expenditures in the U.S. Economy.
NSF has hosted numerous meetings/workshops with external data users
both in the federal government and private sector, and has conducted a
number of recordkeeping visits to companies to understand what is
collectable. To better understand the issues in the present survey, NSF
has done extensive review of both the statistical and subject matter
aspects of it. Current plans for the redesigned survey call for five
core sections, which will comprise the fixed elements. NSF and the
Census Bureau have conducted four rounds of cognitive interviews to
test the new content, and a final round of testing on the entire
questionnaire will be conducted in July and August 2008. Results from
these interviews have been included in a generic clearance submitted by
Census. In order for the new data to be included, and actually be the
centerpiece of the National Science Board's Science and Engineering
Indicators: 2012 report, NSF has required delivery of results from the
redesigned survey in December 2010. To ensure this delivery, there are
a number of groups composed of Census Bureau and SRS staff that have
been working on components of the redesigned survey, such as; content
testing, instrument development, frame creation, and sampling, edit,
imputation and estimation methodologies as well as tabulation design
and data dissemination. In addition, NSF is consulting with Dr. Donald
Dillman of Washington State University, a noted survey methodology
expert and scholar, on best approaches to the extensive questionnaire
redesign and methods of response.
The result of this redesign will be a substantially new survey, and
to emphasize that fact a new name has been selected, the Business R&D
and Innovation Survey (BRDIS). This name was selected not only to
highlight the emergence of the new survey, but also to emphasize that
the survey covers the R&D and innovation activities of service as well
as manufacturing companies. The 2008 BRDIS is being conducted as a
pilot of the new survey, hence the possibility of releasing two years
worth of data as reflected in the project schedule (section 16).
Results from the 2008 BRDIS will be evaluated and may bring about
changes for the 2009 BRDIS.
The National Science Foundation Act of 1950 as amended authorizes
and directs NSF ``* * * to provide a central clearinghouse for the
collection, interpretation, and analysis of data on scientific and
engineering resources and to provide a source of information for policy
formulation by other agencies of the Federal government.'' The SIRD has
been and the new BRDIS will be the vehicle with which NSF carries out
the business portion of this mandate. NSF together with the Census
Bureau, the collecting and compiling agent, analyze the data and
publish the resulting statistics.
Companies are the major performers of R&D in the United States,
accounting for over 70 percent of total U.S. R&D outlays each year. A
consistent business R&D information base is essential to government
officials formulating public policy, industry personnel involved in
corporate planning, and members of the academic community conducting
research. To develop policies designed to promote and enhance science
and technology, past trends and the present status of R&D and
innovation must be evaluated. The survey, as now designed, will be the
platform through which data on innovation activities in the business
sector will be collected. Without comprehensive business R&D
statistics, it would be impossible to evaluate the health of science
and technology in the United States or to make comparisons between the
technological progress of our country and that of other nations.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
Frequency: Annually.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., Section 182; National Science
Foundation Act of 1950.
OMB Desk Officer: Brian Harris-Kojetin, (202) 395-7314.
Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained
by calling or writing Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance
Officer, (202) 482-0266, Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 14th and
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at
dhynek@doc.gov).
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice
to Brian Harris-Kojetin, OMB Desk Officer either by fax (202-395-7245)
or e-mail (bharrisk@omb.eop.gov).
Dated: August 13, 2008.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E8-19059 Filed 8-15-08; 8:45 am]
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