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decommissioning services for
Progressive Furniture.
Workers of Progressive Furniture
producing wooden furniture were
certified eligible to apply for TAA on
the basis of increased company imports
of articles like or directly competitive
with those manufactured by the worker
group at the subject firm.
During the reconsideration
investigation, the Department
determined that the workers at
Progressive Furniture, Inc., a Subsidiary
of Sauder Furniture, Claremont, North
Carolina, who are engaged in
employment related to the supply of
decommissioning services, have met the
criteria of Section 222(a).
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts
provided during the initial
investigation, I determine that workers
of Progressive Furniture, Inc.,
Claremont, North Carolina, who are
engaged in employment related to the
supply of decommissioning services,
meet the worker group certification
criteria under Section 222(a) of the Act,
19 U.S.C. 2272(a). In accordance with
Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. 2273,
I make the following certification:
‘‘All workers of Progressive Furniture, Inc.,
a Subsidiary of Sauder Furniture, Claremont,
North Carolina, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or
after March 19, 2009, through two years from
the date of this revised certification, and all
workers in the group threatened with total or
partial separation from employment on date
of certification through two years from the
date of certification, are eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under Chapter 2 of
Title II of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended.’’
Signed in Washington, DC, this 21st day of
January, 2011.
Del Min Amy Chen,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment
Assistance.
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assured of having their full effect if
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7556.
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Collection: EHR Generic Clearance.
OMB Approval Number: 3145–0136.
Abstract: The National Science
Foundation requests renewal of program
accountability and communication data
collections (e.g., surveys, face-to-face
and telephone interviews, observations,
and focus groups) that describe and
track the impact of NSF funding that
focuses on the Nation’s science,
technology, engineering, and
mathematics (STEM) education and
STEM workforce. NSF funds grants,
contracts, and cooperative agreements to
colleges, universities, and other eligible
institutions, and provides graduate
research fellowships to individuals in
all parts of the United States and
internationally.
The Directorate for Education and
Human Resources (EHR), a unit within
NSF, promotes rigor and vitality within
the Nation’s STEM education enterprise
to further the development of the 21st
century’s STEM workforce and public
scientific literacy. EHR does this
through diverse projects and programs
that support research, extension,
outreach, and hands-on activities that
service STEM learning and research at
all institutional (e.g., pre-school through
postdoctoral) levels in formal and
informal settings; and individuals of all
ages (birth and beyond). EHR also
focuses on broadening participation in
STEM learning and careers among
United States citizens, permanent
residents, and nationals, particularly
those individuals traditionally
underemployed in the STEM research
workforce, including but not limited to
women, persons with disabilities, and
racial and ethnic minorities.
At the request of OMB an EHR
Generic Clearance was established in
1995 to integrate management,
monitoring, and evaluation information
pertaining to the NSF’s Education and
Training (E&T) portfolio in response to
the Government Performance and
Results Acts (GPRA) of 1993. Under
this generic survey clearance (OMB
3145–0136), data from the NSF
administrative databases are
incorporated with findings gathered
through initiative-, divisional-, and
program-specific data collections. The
scope of the EHR Generic Clearance
primarily covers descriptive information
gathered from education and training
projects that are funded by NSF. Most
programs subject to EHR Generic data
collection are funded by the EHR
Directorate, but some are funded in
whole or in part by disciplinary
directorates or multi-disciplinary or
cross-cutting programs. Since 2001 in
accordance with OMB’s Terms of
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Clearance (TOC), NSF primarily uses
the data from the EHR Generic
Clearance for program planning,
management, and audit purposes to
respond to queries from the Congress,
the public, NSF’s external merit
reviewers who serve as advisors,
including Committees of Visitors
(COVs), and the NSF’s Office of the
Inspector General.
OMB has limited the collection to
three categories of descriptive data: (1)
Staff and project participants (data that
are also necessary to determine
individual-level treatment and control
groups for future third-party study); (2)
project implementation characteristics
(also necessary for future use to identify
well-matched comparison groups); and
(3) project outputs (necessary to
measure baseline for pre- and postNSF-funding-level impacts).
Use of the Information: This
information is required for effective
administration, communication,
program and project monitoring and
evaluation, and for measuring
attainment of NSF’s program, project,
and strategic goals, and as identified by
the President’s Accountable
Government Initiative; the GPRA
Modernization Act of 2010, and the
NSF’s Strategic Plan. The Foundation’s
FY 2006–2011 Strategic Plan describes
four strategic outcome goals of
Discovery, Learning, Research
Infrastructure, and Stewardship. NSF’s
complete strategic plan may be found at:
https://www.nsf.gov/publications/
pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf0648.
Since the EHR Generic Clearance
research is primarily used for
accountability purposes, including
responding from queries from COVs and
other scientific experts, a census rather
than sampling design typically is
necessary. At the individual project
level funding can be adjusted based on
individual project’s responses to some
of the surveys. Some data collected
under the EHR Clearance serve as
baseline data for separate research and
evaluation studies.
In order to conduct program- or
portfolio-level evaluations, however,
both experimental and quasiexperimental evaluation research
studies on STEM education
interventions require researchers to
identify individual-level and
organization- or project-level control
and treatment groups or comparison
groups. NSF-funded contract or grantee
researchers and evaluators in part may
identify control, comparison, or
treatment groups for NSF’s E&T
portfolio using some of the descriptive
data gathered through OMB 3145–0136
to conduct well-designed, rigorous
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research and portfolio evaluation
studies.
In accordance with the 2001, 2005,
and 2008 OMB TOCs, NSF requests
separate stand-alone clearance (and
separately announces for comment in
the Federal Register) any program or
portfolio research or evaluation. Two
examples of third-party evaluations that
used EHR OMB 3145–0136 data to
inform study design are: OMB No.
3145–0187 (Expiring 8/2011) Evaluation
of the NSF’s Graduate STEM Fellows in
K–12 Education (GK–12) Program and
OMB No. 3145–0182 (Expiring 3/2011)
Evaluation of the NSF’s Integrative
Graduate Education and Research
Traineeship (IGERT) Program: Followup Study of IGERT Graduates, both
conducted by Abt Associates.
Respondents: Individuals or
households, not-for-profit institutions,
business or other for profit, and Federal,
State, local or tribal government.
Number of Respondents: 7,470.
Burden of the Public: The total
estimate for this collection is 49,556
annual burden hours. This figure is
based on the previous 3 years of
collecting information under this
clearance and anticipated collections.
The average annual reporting burden is
between 1 and 72 hours per
‘‘respondent,’’ depending on whether a
respondent is a direct participant who is
self-reporting or representing a project
and reporting on behalf of many project
participants.
Dated: January 28, 2011.
Suzanne H. Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer, National Science
Foundation.
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Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request
AGENCY: National Science Foundation.
ACTION: Submission for OMB review; comment request.
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SUMMARY: The National Science Foundation (NSF) has submitted the
following information collection requirement to the Office of
Management and Budget (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 75 FR 68829, and no substantial comments were received. NSF
is forwarding the proposed renewal submission to OMB for clearance
simultaneously with 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 shall have practical utility; (b) the
accuracy of the agency's estimate of the 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; 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 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, VA 22030, or send e-mail to splimpto@nsf.gov.
Comments regarding these information collections 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 devise 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. Under OMB regulations, NSF may continue to
conduct or sponsor the collection of information while this submission
is pending at OMB.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title of Collection: EHR Generic Clearance.
OMB Approval Number: 3145-0136.
Abstract: The National Science Foundation requests renewal of
program accountability and communication data collections (e.g.,
surveys, face-to-face and telephone interviews, observations, and focus
groups) that describe and track the impact of NSF funding that focuses
on the Nation's science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
(STEM) education and STEM workforce. NSF funds grants, contracts, and
cooperative agreements to colleges, universities, and other eligible
institutions, and provides graduate research fellowships to individuals
in all parts of the United States and internationally.
The Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR), a unit
within NSF, promotes rigor and vitality within the Nation's STEM
education enterprise to further the development of the 21st century's
STEM workforce and public scientific literacy. EHR does this through
diverse projects and programs that support research, extension,
outreach, and hands-on activities that service STEM learning and
research at all institutional (e.g., pre-school through postdoctoral)
levels in formal and informal settings; and individuals of all ages
(birth and beyond). EHR also focuses on broadening participation in
STEM learning and careers among United States citizens, permanent
residents, and nationals, particularly those individuals traditionally
underemployed in the STEM research workforce, including but not limited
to women, persons with disabilities, and racial and ethnic minorities.
At the request of OMB an EHR Generic Clearance was established in
1995 to integrate management, monitoring, and evaluation information
pertaining to the NSF's Education and Training (E&T) portfolio in
response to the Government Performance and Results Acts (GPRA) of 1993.
Under this generic survey clearance (OMB 3145-0136), data from the NSF
administrative databases are incorporated with findings gathered
through initiative-, divisional-, and program-specific data
collections. The scope of the EHR Generic Clearance primarily covers
descriptive information gathered from education and training projects
that are funded by NSF. Most programs subject to EHR Generic data
collection are funded by the EHR Directorate, but some are funded in
whole or in part by disciplinary directorates or multi-disciplinary or
cross-cutting programs. Since 2001 in accordance with OMB's Terms of
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Clearance (TOC), NSF primarily uses the data from the EHR Generic
Clearance for program planning, management, and audit purposes to
respond to queries from the Congress, the public, NSF's external merit
reviewers who serve as advisors, including Committees of Visitors
(COVs), and the NSF's Office of the Inspector General.
OMB has limited the collection to three categories of descriptive
data: (1) Staff and project participants (data that are also necessary
to determine individual-level treatment and control groups for future
third-party study); (2) project implementation characteristics (also
necessary for future use to identify well-matched comparison groups);
and (3) project outputs (necessary to measure baseline for pre- and
post- NSF-funding-level impacts).
Use of the Information: This information is required for effective
administration, communication, program and project monitoring and
evaluation, and for measuring attainment of NSF's program, project, and
strategic goals, and as identified by the President's Accountable
Government Initiative; the GPRA Modernization Act of 2010, and the
NSF's Strategic Plan. The Foundation's FY 2006-2011 Strategic Plan
describes four strategic outcome goals of Discovery, Learning, Research
Infrastructure, and Stewardship. NSF's complete strategic plan may be
found at: https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf0648.
Since the EHR Generic Clearance research is primarily used for
accountability purposes, including responding from queries from COVs
and other scientific experts, a census rather than sampling design
typically is necessary. At the individual project level funding can be
adjusted based on individual project's responses to some of the
surveys. Some data collected under the EHR Clearance serve as baseline
data for separate research and evaluation studies.
In order to conduct program- or portfolio-level evaluations,
however, both experimental and quasi-experimental evaluation research
studies on STEM education interventions require researchers to identify
individual-level and organization- or project-level control and
treatment groups or comparison groups. NSF-funded contract or grantee
researchers and evaluators in part may identify control, comparison, or
treatment groups for NSF's E&T portfolio using some of the descriptive
data gathered through OMB 3145-0136 to conduct well-designed, rigorous
research and portfolio evaluation studies.
In accordance with the 2001, 2005, and 2008 OMB TOCs, NSF requests
separate stand-alone clearance (and separately announces for comment in
the Federal Register) any program or portfolio research or evaluation.
Two examples of third-party evaluations that used EHR OMB 3145-0136
data to inform study design are: OMB No. 3145-0187 (Expiring 8/2011)
Evaluation of the NSF's Graduate STEM Fellows in K-12 Education (GK-12)
Program and OMB No. 3145-0182 (Expiring 3/2011) Evaluation of the NSF's
Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT)
Program: Follow-up Study of IGERT Graduates, both conducted by Abt
Associates.
Respondents: Individuals or households, not-for-profit
institutions, business or other for profit, and Federal, State, local
or tribal government.
Number of Respondents: 7,470.
Burden of the Public: The total estimate for this collection is
49,556 annual burden hours. This figure is based on the previous 3
years of collecting information under this clearance and anticipated
collections. The average annual reporting burden is between 1 and 72
hours per ``respondent,'' depending on whether a respondent is a direct
participant who is self-reporting or representing a project and
reporting on behalf of many project participants.
Dated: January 28, 2011.
Suzanne H. Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation.
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