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Agency Information Collection
Activities: Comment Request
National Science Foundation.
Submission for OMB review;
comment request.
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
SUMMARY: The National Science
Foundation (NSF) has submitted the
following information collection
requirement to OMB for review and
clearance under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104–
13. This is the second notice for public
comment; the first was published in the
Federal Register at 74 FR 27829, and no
comments were received. NSF is
forwarding the proposed renewal
submission to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for clearance
simultaneously with the publication of
this second notice. The full submission
may be found at: https://
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Comments regarding (a) whether the
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of burden including
the validity of the methodology and
assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance
the quality, utility and clarity of the
information to be collected; or (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 should be
addressed to: Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs of OMB, Attention:
Desk Officer for National Science
Foundation, 725 17th Street, NW., Room
10235, Washington, DC 20503, and to
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Suzanne H. Plimpton, Reports Clearance
Officer, National Science Foundation,
4201 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 295,
Arlington, Virginia 22230 or send e-mail
to splimpto@nsf.gov. Comments
regarding this information collection are
best assured of having their full effect if
received within 30 days of this
notification. Copies of the submission(s)
may be obtained by calling 703–292–
7556.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Suzanne H. Plimpton at (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 p.m., Eastern time,
Monday through Friday.
NSF 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:
Request for Clearance for Program
Review of the Science and Technology
Centers (STC): Integrative Partnership
Program.
Title of Collection: Program Review of
the National Science Foundation’s
(NSF) Science and Technology Centers:
Integrative Partnership Program.
OMB Control No.: 3145–(NEW)
Abstract:
The National Science Foundation
(NSF) requests a three-year clearance for
research, evaluation and data collection
(e.g. surveys and interviews) from
graduate student and postdoctoral
participants in the Science and
Technology Centers: Integrative
Partnerships (STC) Program. Other STC
stakeholders typically are limited to
PhD scientists and engineers and faculty
and administrators from universities
and not-for-profit institutions and
industrial/business partners, NSF
employees and former NSF employees
and intergovernmental personnel act
(IPA) appointees.
The STC program provides multiyear
(up to ten years) support to STCs as
continuing awards that are among the
largest (up to $4 million a year) awarded
by the National Science Foundation
(NSF). This support fuels innovation
and builds intellectual and physical
infrastructure within and among
disciplines in the integrative conduct of
research, education, and knowledge
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transfer. The STC program currently
funds a total of 17 Centers—five
beginning in 2000, six beginning in
2002, two beginning in 2005, and four
beginning in 2006. STCs conduct worldclass research through partnerships
among academic institutions, national
laboratories, industrial organizations,
and/or other public/private entities, and
via international collaborations, as
appropriate. STCs enable and foster
excellence in education, the integration
of research and education, and the
creation of bonds between learning and
inquiry so that discovery and creativity
more fully support the learning process.
In addition, STCs capitalize on diversity
through participation in Center
activities and demonstrate leadership in
the involvement of groups
underrepresented in science and
engineering.
Based on prior evaluations of the
program, the National Science Board
(NSB) approved the continuation of
Science and Technology Centers
through the establishment of new
program solicitations and several new
competitions. As part of the
continuation, the NSB required the
program to conduct a program
evaluation of the outcomes and impact
of the program seven years after the first
new cohort of Centers were established
(Memorandum to Members of the
National Science Board, February 13,
1997).
A related data collection effort that
consists of general grantee reporting is
approved for program monitoring under
OMB 3145–0194. To enable effective
oversight of its investment, the NSF
requires that each currently funded
Center submit an annual progress report
that describes all activities of the Center;
each existing Center began submitting
an annual report at the end of its first
year. While a database of Centers’
characteristics, activities, and outcomes
has been created using data from these
annual reports, supplemental
information is required to fulfill the
evaluative needs of the program.
NSF has planned a new program
review of STC, and has contracted with
Abt Associates Inc. to provide for
analytic and technical support, to
include data collection and analysis, for
an expert peer review of the program.
To help fulfill the evaluation needs of
the program, NSF has planned to collect
data that is designed to explore the
structures and processes the STCs and
their participating universities have in
place for developing the human capital
of program participants and for fostering
a variety of career paths. The primary
methods of data collection will include
data gathering from open sources and
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from records at NSF and grantee centers
and from surveys of program
participants. There are a bounded (or
limited) number of respondents within
the general public who will be affected
by this research, including former
graduate student and postdoctoral
fellow participants of the centers. NSF
will use the STC program evaluation
data and analyses to provide members
of an expert peer review panel with
information about the program’s role in
the talent development and on the
career paths taken by students who
participated in STCs and were involved
in particular STC activities.
Respondents: Individuals or
households, Federal Government, and
not-for-profit institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
1,700.
Burden on the Public: 850 hours.
Dated: December 3, 2009.
Suzanne H. Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer, National Science
Foundation.
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Agency Information Collection
Activities: Comment Request
National Science Foundation.
Submission for OMB review;
comment request.
AGENCY:
WReier-Aviles on DSKGBLS3C1PROD with NOTICES
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The National Science
Foundation (NSF) has submitted the
following information collection
requirement to OMB for review and
clearance under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104–
13. This is the second notice for public
comment; the first was published in the
Federal Register at 74 FR 48316, and no
comments were received. NSF is
forwarding the proposed renewal
submission to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for clearance
simultaneously with the publication of
this second notice. The full submission
may be found at: https://
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Comments regarding (a) whether the
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of burden including
the validity of the methodology and
assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance
the quality, utility and clarity of the
information to be collected; or (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 should be
addressed to: Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs of OMB, Attention:
Desk Officer for National Science
Foundation, 725—17th Street, NW.,
Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503,
and to Suzanne H. Plimpton, Reports
Clearance Officer, National Science
Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard,
Suite 295, Arlington, Virginia 22230 or
send e-mail to splimpto@nsf.gov.
Comments regarding this information
collection are best assured of having
their full effect if received within 30
days of this notification. Copies of the
submission(s) may be obtained by
calling 703–292–7556.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Suzanne H. Plimpton at (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 p.m., Eastern time,
Monday through Friday.
NSF 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 of
Collection: Revitalizing Computing
Pathways (CPATH) in Undergraduate
Education Program Evaluation.
OMB Number: 3145–NEW.
Type of request: New.
Abstract: The CPATH program was
established by the National Science
Foundation’s Computer & Information
Science & Engineering (CISE) division
with a vision towards preparing a U.S.
workforce with the computing
competencies and skills imperative to
the Nation’s health, security, and
prosperity in the 21st century. This
workforce includes a cadre of
computing professionals prepared to
contribute to sustained U.S. leadership
in computing in a wide range of
application domains and career fields,
and a broader professional workforce
with knowledge and understanding of
critical computing concepts,
methodologies, and techniques. To
achieve this vision, CISE/CPATH is
calling for colleges and universities to
work together and with other
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stakeholders (industry, professional
societies, and other types of
organizations) to formulate and
implement plans to revitalize
undergraduate computing education in
the United States. The full engagement
of faculty and other individuals in CISE
disciplines will be critical to success.
Successful CPATH projects will be
systemic in nature, address a broad
range of issues, and have significant
potential to contribute to the
transformation and revitalization of
undergraduate computing education on
a national scale.
The qualitative data collection of this
program evaluation will document
CPATH program strategies utilized in
infusing computational thinking across
different contexts and disciplines,
examine the development of
communities of practitioners and the
dissemination of best practices around
computational thinking, and analyze
preliminary evidence for how the
CPATH program is preparing students
for career options in the STEM
workforce.
Five overarching evaluation questions
will guide this program evaluation:
(1) How is the CPATH program
infusing computational thinking into a
wide range of disciplines serving
undergraduate education?
(2) What is the evidence that
university and community college
departments and faculty are integrating
computational thinking into their
courses?
(3) How are undergraduate students
benefiting from participating in CPATH
projects?
(4) What is the evidence that the
CPATH program is developing
communities of practitioners that
regularly share best practices across
different contexts and disciplinary
boundaries?
(5) How is the CPATH program
promoting sustainable multi-sector
partnerships that represent a broad
range of stakeholders (e.g., industry,
higher education, K12) and contribute to
workforce development that supports
continued U.S. leadership in
innovation?
Answers to these questions will be
obtained through the use of mixed
evaluation methods including document
analyses, site visit interviews, and
telephone interviews with selected
CPATH grant participants including
principal investigators, staff, faculty,
administrators, students, and external
partners. Participation in CPATH
program evaluation activities is a
mandatory requirement for all CPATH
awardees in accordance with the
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request
AGENCY: National Science Foundation.
ACTION: Submission for OMB review; comment request.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: The National Science Foundation (NSF) has submitted the
following information collection requirement to OMB for review and
clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13.
This is the second notice for public comment; the first was published
in the Federal Register at 74 FR 27829, and no comments were received.
NSF is forwarding the proposed renewal submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance simultaneously with the
publication of this second notice. The full submission may be found at:
https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Comments regarding (a)
whether the collection of information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency's estimate of burden including the validity of the methodology
and assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information to be collected; or (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 should be addressed to: Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs of OMB, Attention: Desk Officer for National
Science Foundation, 725 17th Street, NW., Room 10235, Washington, DC
20503, and to Suzanne H. Plimpton, Reports Clearance Officer, National
Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 295, Arlington,
Virginia 22230 or send e-mail to splimpto@nsf.gov. Comments regarding
this information collection are best assured of having their full
effect if received within 30 days of this notification. Copies of the
submission(s) may be obtained by calling 703-292-7556.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Suzanne H. Plimpton at (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
p.m., Eastern time, Monday through Friday.
NSF 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:
Request for Clearance for Program Review of the Science and
Technology Centers (STC): Integrative Partnership Program.
Title of Collection: Program Review of the National Science
Foundation's (NSF) Science and Technology Centers: Integrative
Partnership Program.
OMB Control No.: 3145-(NEW)
Abstract:
The National Science Foundation (NSF) requests a three-year
clearance for research, evaluation and data collection (e.g. surveys
and interviews) from graduate student and postdoctoral participants in
the Science and Technology Centers: Integrative Partnerships (STC)
Program. Other STC stakeholders typically are limited to PhD scientists
and engineers and faculty and administrators from universities and not-
for-profit institutions and industrial/business partners, NSF employees
and former NSF employees and intergovernmental personnel act (IPA)
appointees.
The STC program provides multiyear (up to ten years) support to
STCs as continuing awards that are among the largest (up to $4 million
a year) awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). This support
fuels innovation and builds intellectual and physical infrastructure
within and among disciplines in the integrative conduct of research,
education, and knowledge transfer. The STC program currently funds a
total of 17 Centers--five beginning in 2000, six beginning in 2002, two
beginning in 2005, and four beginning in 2006. STCs conduct world-class
research through partnerships among academic institutions, national
laboratories, industrial organizations, and/or other public/private
entities, and via international collaborations, as appropriate. STCs
enable and foster excellence in education, the integration of research
and education, and the creation of bonds between learning and inquiry
so that discovery and creativity more fully support the learning
process. In addition, STCs capitalize on diversity through
participation in Center activities and demonstrate leadership in the
involvement of groups underrepresented in science and engineering.
Based on prior evaluations of the program, the National Science
Board (NSB) approved the continuation of Science and Technology Centers
through the establishment of new program solicitations and several new
competitions. As part of the continuation, the NSB required the program
to conduct a program evaluation of the outcomes and impact of the
program seven years after the first new cohort of Centers were
established (Memorandum to Members of the National Science Board,
February 13, 1997).
A related data collection effort that consists of general grantee
reporting is approved for program monitoring under OMB 3145-0194. To
enable effective oversight of its investment, the NSF requires that
each currently funded Center submit an annual progress report that
describes all activities of the Center; each existing Center began
submitting an annual report at the end of its first year. While a
database of Centers' characteristics, activities, and outcomes has been
created using data from these annual reports, supplemental information
is required to fulfill the evaluative needs of the program.
NSF has planned a new program review of STC, and has contracted
with Abt Associates Inc. to provide for analytic and technical support,
to include data collection and analysis, for an expert peer review of
the program. To help fulfill the evaluation needs of the program, NSF
has planned to collect data that is designed to explore the structures
and processes the STCs and their participating universities have in
place for developing the human capital of program participants and for
fostering a variety of career paths. The primary methods of data
collection will include data gathering from open sources and
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from records at NSF and grantee centers and from surveys of program
participants. There are a bounded (or limited) number of respondents
within the general public who will be affected by this research,
including former graduate student and postdoctoral fellow participants
of the centers. NSF will use the STC program evaluation data and
analyses to provide members of an expert peer review panel with
information about the program's role in the talent development and on
the career paths taken by students who participated in STCs and were
involved in particular STC activities.
Respondents: Individuals or households, Federal Government, and
not-for-profit institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,700.
Burden on the Public: 850 hours.
Dated: December 3, 2009.
Suzanne H. Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation.
[FR Doc. E9-29221 Filed 12-7-09; 8:45 am]
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