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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[Notice: (11–033)]
Notice of Information Collection
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration (NASA).
ACTION: Notice of information collection.
AGENCY:
The National Aeronautics and
Space Administration, as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork
and respondent burden, invites the
general public and other Federal
agencies to take this opportunity to
comment on proposed and/or
continuing information collections, as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)).
DATES: All comments should be
submitted within sixty calendar days
from the date of this publication.
ADDRESSES: All comments should be
addressed to Lori Parker, National
Aeronautics and Space Administration,
Washington, DC 20546–0001.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument(s) and instructions should
be directed to Lori Parker, Office of the
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Chief Information Officer, Mail Suite
2S65, National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, Washington, DC 20546–
0001, (202) 358–1351,
lori.parker@nasa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The Scientific and Technical
Information (STI) Program Office desires
to seek out customer feedback from
industry, academia, research institutes,
other government, as well as individual
members of the public, in order to
assess the impact of the STI
disseminated to those populations in
terms of cost avoidance, schedule gain,
productivity, innovation, and potential
job creation.
II. Method of Collection
We intend to introduce the feedback
questionnaire by initially by e-mail in
reply to fulfilled information requests
initiated by customers; however,
customers accessing STI online will also
have an option to provide their feedback
via e-mail or web-based questionnaire as
part of the document retrieval process.
III. Data
Title: NASA STI Impact Assessment.
OMB Number: 2700–XXXX.
Type of review: New Collection.
Affected Public: Industry, academia,
research institutes, other government,
individuals.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
500 annually.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 1.
Estimated Time per Response: 2
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 17 hours.
Estimated Annual Cost for
Respondents: $3.50.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (1) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of NASA, including
whether the information collected has
practical utility; (2) the accuracy of
NASA’s estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the
proposed collection of information; (3)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and 4) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including automated
collection techniques or the use of other
forms of information technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and
included in the request for OMB
approval of this information collection.
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public record.
Fran Teel,
Acting NASA Clearance Officer.
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NATIONAL AERONAUTIC AND SPACE
ADMINISTRATION
[Notice: (11–032)]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Generic Clearance
for the Collection of Qualitative
Feedback on Agency Service Delivery
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration.
ACTION: Notice of Information
Collection. This is a 30-day notice of
submission of information collection
approval from the Office of Management
and Budget and request for comments.
AGENCY:
As part of a Federal
Government-wide effort to streamline
the process to seek feedback from the
public on service delivery, NASA
Headquarters has submitted a Generic
Information Collection Request (Generic
ICR): ‘‘Generic Clearance for the
Collection of Qualitative Feedback on
Agency Service Delivery’’ to OMB for
approval under the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et
seq.).
DATES: All comments should be
submitted within 15 calendar days
following the date of this publication.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be
submitted to Lori Parker, Office of the
Chief Information Officer, Mail Suite
2S65, National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, Washington, DC 20546–
0001.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument(s) and instructions should
be directed to Lori Parker, Office of the
Chief Information Officer, Mail Suite
2S65, National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, Washington, DC 20546–
0001, (202) 358–1351,
lori.parker@nasa.gov.
SUMMARY:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Generic Clearance for the
Collection of Qualitative Feedback on
Agency Service Delivery.
Abstract: The information collection
activity will garner qualitative customer
and stakeholder feedback in an efficient,
timely manner, in accordance with the
Administration’s commitment to
improving service delivery. By
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qualitative feedback we mean
information that provides useful
insights on perceptions and opinions,
but are not statistical surveys that yield
quantitative results that can be
generalized to the population of study.
This feedback will provide insights into
customer or stakeholder perceptions,
experiences and expectations, provide
an early warning of issues with service,
or focus attention on areas where
communication, training or changes in
operations might improve delivery of
products or services. These collections
will allow for ongoing, collaborative and
actionable communications between the
Agency and its customers and
stakeholders. It will also allow feedback
to contribute directly to the
improvement of program management.
Feedback collected under this generic
clearance will provide useful
information, but it will not yield data
that can be generalized to the overall
population. This type of generic
clearance for qualitative information
will not be used for quantitative
information collections that are
designed to yield reliably actionable
results, such as monitoring trends over
time or documenting program
performance. Such data uses require
more rigorous designs that address: The
target population to which
generalizations will be made, the
sampling frame, the sample design
(including stratification and clustering),
the precision requirements or power
calculations that justify the proposed
sample size, the expected response rate,
methods for assessing potential nonresponse bias, the protocols for data
collection, and any testing procedures
that were or will be undertaken prior to
fielding the study. Depending on the
degree of influence the results are likely
to have, such collections may still be
eligible for submission for other generic
mechanisms that are designed to yield
quantitative results.
The Agency received no comments in
response to the 60-day notice published
in the Federal Register of December 22,
2010 (75 FR 80542).
Below we provide NASA
Headquarters projected average
estimates for the next three years: 1
1 The 60-day notice included the following
estimate of the aggregate burden hours for this
generic clearance federal-wide:
Average Expected Annual Number of Activities:
25,000.
Average Number of Respondents per Activity:
200.
Annual Responses: 5,000,000.
Frequency of Response: Once per request.
Average Minutes per Response: 30.
Burden Hours: 2,500,000.
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Current Actions: New collection of
information.
Type of Review: New Collection.
Affected Public: Individuals and
Households, Businesses and
Organizations, State, Local or Tribal
Government.
Average Expected Annual Number of
Activities: 1,000.
Respondents: 200,000 annually.
Annual Responses: 200,000.
Frequency of Response: Once per
request.
Average Minutes per Response: 15
minutes.
Burden Hours: 50,000 hours (over
three years).
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid
Office of Management and Budget
control number.
Fran Teel,
Acting NASA Clearance Officer.
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[Notice (11–034)]
National Environmental Policy Act;
Sounding Rockets Program; Poker Flat
Research Range
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration.
ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
and to conduct scoping for continuing
sounding rocket operations at Poker Flat
Research Range (PFRR), Alaska.
AGENCY:
Pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act, as amended,
(NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), the
Council on Environmental Quality
Regulations for Implementing the
Procedural Provisions of NEPA (40 CFR
parts 1500–1508), and NASA’s NEPA
policy and procedures (14 CFR part
1216, subpart 1216.3), NASA intends to
prepare an EIS for its continued use of
the University of Alaska-Fairbanks
(UAF) owned and managed PFRR,
outside of Fairbanks, Alaska. The U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS),
Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and
UAF will serve as Cooperating Agencies
as they possess both regulatory
authority and specialized expertise
regarding the Proposed Action that will
be the subject of the EIS.
The purpose of this notice is to
apprise interested agencies,
organizations, tribal governments, and
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individuals of NASA’s intent to prepare
the EIS and to request input regarding
the definition of reasonable alternatives
and significant environmental issues to
be evaluated in the EIS.
In cooperation with BLM, UAF, and
USFWS, NASA will hold public scoping
meetings as part of the NEPA process
associated with the development of the
EIS. The scoping meeting locations and
dates identified at this time are
provided under SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION below.
DATES: Interested parties are invited to
submit comments on environmental
issues and concerns, preferably in
writing, on or before June 1, 2011, to
assure full consideration during the
scoping process.
ADDRESSES: Comments submitted by
mail should be addressed to Joshua
Bundick, Manager, Poker Flat Research
Range EIS, NASA Goddard Space Flight
Center’s Wallops Flight Facility,
Wallops Island, Virginia 23337.
Comments may be submitted via e-mail
to Joshua.A.Bundick@nasa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Joshua Bundick, Manager, Poker Flat
Research Range EIS, NASA Wallops
Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia
23337; telephone (757) 824–2319;
e-mail: Joshua.A.Bundick@nasa.gov.
Additional information about NASA’s
Sounding Rocket Program (SRP) and the
University of Alaska-Fairbanks’ PFRR
may be found on the internet at https://
sites.wff.nasa.gov/code810 and https://
www.pfrr.alaska.edu, respectively.
Information regarding the NEPA process
for this proposal and supporting
documents (as available) are located at
https://sites.wff.nasa.gov/code250/
pfrr_eis.html.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Programmatic Background
NASA’s SRP, based at the Goddard
Space Flight Center’s Wallops Flight
Facility (WFF), supports the NASA
Science Mission Directorate’s strategic
vision and goals for understanding the
phenomena affecting the past, present,
and future of Earth and the solar system
and supports the Agency’s educational
mission. The suborbital missions
enabled by the SRP provide researchers
with opportunities to build, test, and fly
new instrument concepts while
simultaneously conducting world class
scientific research. With its hands-on
approach to mission formulation and
execution, the SRP also helps ensure
that the next generation of space
scientists receives the training and
experience necessary to move on to
NASA’s larger, more complex missions.
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NATIONAL AERONAUTIC AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[Notice: (11-032)]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative
Feedback on Agency Service Delivery
AGENCY: National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
ACTION: Notice of Information Collection. This is a 30-day notice of
submission of information collection approval from the Office of
Management and Budget and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: As part of a Federal Government-wide effort to streamline the
process to seek feedback from the public on service delivery, NASA
Headquarters has submitted a Generic Information Collection Request
(Generic ICR): ``Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative
Feedback on Agency Service Delivery'' to OMB for approval under the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
DATES: All comments should be submitted within 15 calendar days
following the date of this publication.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be submitted to Lori Parker, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, Mail Suite 2S65, National Aeronautics
and Space Administration, Washington, DC 20546-0001.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection instrument(s) and instructions
should be directed to Lori Parker, Office of the Chief Information
Officer, Mail Suite 2S65, National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, Washington, DC 20546-0001, (202) 358-1351,
lori.parker@nasa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback
on Agency Service Delivery.
Abstract: The information collection activity will garner
qualitative customer and stakeholder feedback in an efficient, timely
manner, in accordance with the Administration's commitment to improving
service delivery. By
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qualitative feedback we mean information that provides useful insights
on perceptions and opinions, but are not statistical surveys that yield
quantitative results that can be generalized to the population of
study. This feedback will provide insights into customer or stakeholder
perceptions, experiences and expectations, provide an early warning of
issues with service, or focus attention on areas where communication,
training or changes in operations might improve delivery of products or
services. These collections will allow for ongoing, collaborative and
actionable communications between the Agency and its customers and
stakeholders. It will also allow feedback to contribute directly to the
improvement of program management.
Feedback collected under this generic clearance will provide useful
information, but it will not yield data that can be generalized to the
overall population. This type of generic clearance for qualitative
information will not be used for quantitative information collections
that are designed to yield reliably actionable results, such as
monitoring trends over time or documenting program performance. Such
data uses require more rigorous designs that address: The target
population to which generalizations will be made, the sampling frame,
the sample design (including stratification and clustering), the
precision requirements or power calculations that justify the proposed
sample size, the expected response rate, methods for assessing
potential non-response bias, the protocols for data collection, and any
testing procedures that were or will be undertaken prior to fielding
the study. Depending on the degree of influence the results are likely
to have, such collections may still be eligible for submission for
other generic mechanisms that are designed to yield quantitative
results.
The Agency received no comments in response to the 60-day notice
published in the Federal Register of December 22, 2010 (75 FR 80542).
Below we provide NASA Headquarters projected average estimates for
the next three years: \1\
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\1\ The 60-day notice included the following estimate of the
aggregate burden hours for this generic clearance federal-wide:
Average Expected Annual Number of Activities: 25,000.
Average Number of Respondents per Activity: 200.
Annual Responses: 5,000,000.
Frequency of Response: Once per request.
Average Minutes per Response: 30.
Burden Hours: 2,500,000.
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Current Actions: New collection of information.
Type of Review: New Collection.
Affected Public: Individuals and Households, Businesses and
Organizations, State, Local or Tribal Government.
Average Expected Annual Number of Activities: 1,000.
Respondents: 200,000 annually.
Annual Responses: 200,000.
Frequency of Response: Once per request.
Average Minutes per Response: 15 minutes.
Burden Hours: 50,000 hours (over three years).
An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required
to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a
currently valid Office of Management and Budget control number.
Fran Teel,
Acting NASA Clearance Officer.
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