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Title: Generic Clearance of the
National Center for Science and
Engineering Statistics Improvement
Projects.
OMB Approval Number: 3145–0174.
Abstract. Generic Clearance for the
National Center for Science and
Engineering Statistics Survey
Improvement Projects. Established
within the National Science Foundation
by the America COMPETES
Reauthorization Act of 2010 § 505,
codified in the National Science
Foundation Act of 1950, as amended,
the National Center for Science and
Engineering Statistics (NCSES) serves as
a central Federal clearinghouse for the
collection, interpretation, analysis, and
dissemination of objective data on
science, engineering, technology, and
research and development for use by
practitioners, researchers, policymakers,
and the public. NCSES conducts about
a dozen nationally representative
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, email, or
phone modes, depending on the topic
under investigation. Up to 11,060
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
NCSES’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.
Use of the Information: The purpose
of these studies is to use the latest and
most appropriate methodology to
improve NCSES surveys and evaluate
new data collection efforts.
Methodological findings may be
presented externally in technical papers
at conferences, published in the
proceedings of conferences, or in
journals. Improved NCSES surveys will
help policy makers in decisions on
research and development funding,
graduate education, and the scientific
and technical workforce, as well as
contributing to reduced survey costs.
Burden on the Public: NCSES
estimates that a total reporting and
recordkeeping burden of 14,280 hours
will result from activities to improve its
surveys. The calculation is shown in
Table 1.
TABLE 1—POTENTIAL SURVEYS FOR IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, WITH THE NUMBER OF RESPONDENTS AND BURDEN
HOURS
Number of
respondents 1
Survey name
Graduate Student Survey ........................................................................................................................................
SESTAT Surveys .....................................................................................................................................................
Early Career Doctorate Project ...............................................................................................................................
New and Redesigned R&D Surveys:
Higher Education R&D .....................................................................................................................................
Government R&D .............................................................................................................................................
Nonprofit R&D ..................................................................................................................................................
Business R&D ..................................................................................................................................................
Microbusiness R&D ..........................................................................................................................................
Survey of Scientific & Engineering Facilities ...........................................................................................................
Public Understanding of S&E Surveys ....................................................................................................................
Survey of Earned Doctorates ..................................................................................................................................
Additional surveys not specified ..............................................................................................................................
2 1,500
Total ..................................................................................................................................................................
Hours
4,000
2,000
2,500
2,000
2,500
400
60
100
50
150
300
200
700
1,600
1,200
180
300
150
450
300
50
450
4,200
11,060
14,280
1 Number
of respondents listed for any individual survey may represent several methodological improvement projects.
number refers to the science, engineering, and health-related departments within the academic institutions of the United States (not the
academic institutions themselves).
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Suzanne H. Plimpton,
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Proposal Review Panel for Physics;
Notice of Meeting
In accordance with the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–
463, as amended), the National Science
Foundation announces the following
meeting.
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Name: LIGO Annual Review Site Visit
at Hanford Observatory for Physics
(1208).
Date and Time: Tuesday, April 9,
2013; 8:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
Place: LIGO site at Hanford, WA.
Type of Meeting: Partially Closed.
Contact Person: Mark Coles, Director
of Large Facilities, Division of Physics,
National Science Foundation, Arlington,
VA (703) 292–4432.
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Purpose of Meeting: To provide an
evaluation of the project construction
for implementation of the AdvLIGO
project to the National Science
Foundation.
Agenda:
8:00 a.m.–8:30 a.m. Closed Panel
session
8:30 a.m.–10:30 a.m. Open—
Introduction: LIGO, Advanced
LIGO, the 3rd Interferometer PostProject Operations activities,
Storage Plan Overview by
subsystem
10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Open—Tour
12:30 Lunch
1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m. Open—Parallel
discussions, if desired, and ‘drill
down’, Group discussions; walk
through Charge items
15:30 p.m.–6:00 p.m. Closed—Session
Panel writing, Closeout
presentation by review panel
Reason For Closing: The proposal
contains proprietary or confidential
material, including technical
information on personnel. These matters
are exempt under 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(2)(4)
and (6) of the Government in the
Sunshine Act.
Dated: March 8, 2013.
Susanne Bolton,
Committee Management Officer.
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Proposal Review Panel for Physics; Notice of Meeting
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-
463, as amended), the National Science Foundation announces the
following meeting.
Name: LIGO Annual Review Site Visit at Hanford Observatory for
Physics (1208).
Date and Time: Tuesday, April 9, 2013; 8:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
Place: LIGO site at Hanford, WA.
Type of Meeting: Partially Closed.
Contact Person: Mark Coles, Director of Large Facilities, Division
of Physics, National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA (703) 292-4432.
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Purpose of Meeting: To provide an evaluation of the project
construction for implementation of the AdvLIGO project to the National
Science Foundation.
Agenda:
8:00 a.m.-8:30 a.m. Closed Panel session
8:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m. Open--Introduction: LIGO, Advanced LIGO, the 3rd
Interferometer Post-Project Operations activities, Storage Plan
Overview by subsystem
10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Open--Tour
12:30 Lunch
1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. Open--Parallel discussions, if desired, and `drill
down', Group discussions; walk through Charge items
15:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m. Closed--Session Panel writing, Closeout
presentation by review panel
Reason For Closing: The proposal contains proprietary or
confidential material, including technical information on personnel.
These matters are exempt under 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(2)(4) and (6) of the
Government in the Sunshine Act.
Dated: March 8, 2013.
Susanne Bolton,
Committee Management Officer.
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