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request.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Mary Ziegler, Director, Division of
Regulations, Legislation, and
Interpretation, Wage and Hour, U.S.
Department of Labor, Room S–3502, 200
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,
DC 20210; telephone: (202) 693–0406
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Wage and Hour Division of the
Department of Labor administers the
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), 29
U.S.C. 201, et seq.,which sets the
Federal minimum wage, overtime pay,
recordkeeping, and youth employment
standards of most general application.
See 29 U.S.C. 206; 207; 211; 212. FLSA
requirements apply to employers of
employees engaged in interstate
commerce or in the production of goods
for interstate commerce and of
employees in certain enterprises,
including employees of a public agency;
however, the FLSA contains exemptions
that apply to employees in certain types
of employment. See 29 U.S.C. 213, et al.
FLSA section 11(c) requires all
employers covered by the FLSA to
make, keep, and preserve records of
employees and of wages, hours, and
other conditions and practices of
employment. See 29 U.S.C. 211(c). A
FLSA covered employer must maintain
the records for such period of time and
make such reports as prescribed by
regulations issued by the Secretary of
Labor. Id.
The DOL has promulgated regulations
29 CFR part 516 to establish the basic
FLSA recordkeeping requirements. The
DOL has also issued specific sections of
regulations 29 CFR parts 505, 519, 520,
525, 530, 547, 548, 549, 551, 552, 553,
570, 575, and 794 to supplement the
part 516 requirements and to provide for
the creation and maintenance of records
relating to various FLSA exemptions
and special provisions.
The Wage and Hour Division (WHD)
uses this information to determine
whether covered employers have
complied with various FLSA
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requirements. Employers use the
records to document FLSA compliance,
including showing qualification for
various FLSA exemptions.
The WHD seeks approval to renew
this information collection related to
various FLSA recordkeeping
requirements.
Dated: March 11, 2013.
Mary Ziegler,
Director, Division of Regulations, Legislation,
and Interpretation.
II. Review Focus
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
The Department of Labor is
particularly interested in comments
which:
• Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
• Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected;
• Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
• 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,
e.g., permitting electronic submissions
of responses.
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
III. Current Actions
The Department of Labor seeks an
approval for the extension of this
information collection that requires
employers to make, maintain, and
preserve records in accordance with
statutory and regulatory requirements.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Wage and Hour Division.
Title: Records to be kept by
Employers—Fair Labor Standards Act.
OMB Number: 1235–0018.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit, Not-for-profit institutions, Farms.
Agency Numbers: Form WH–14, Form
WH–5.
Total Respondents: 3,621,240.
Total Annual Responses: 40,288,195.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
874,154.
Estimated Time per Response: 6
minutes.
Frequency: On occasion.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
$0.
Total Burden Costs (operation/
maintenance): $0.
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National Science Foundation.
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
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 77
FR 76077 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: 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 email
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.
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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).
2 This
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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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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
AGENCY: National Science Foundation.
ACTION: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request.
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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 77 FR 76077 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: 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 email 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.
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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 Sec. 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
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Number of
Survey name respondents Hours
\1\
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Graduate Student Survey................. \2\ 1,500 2,500
SESTAT Surveys.......................... 4,000 2,000
Early Career Doctorate Project.......... 2,000 2,500
New and Redesigned R&D Surveys:
Higher Education R&D................ 400 1,200
Government R&D...................... 60 180
Nonprofit R&D....................... 100 300
Business R&D........................ 50 150
Microbusiness R&D................... 150 450
Survey of Scientific & Engineering 300 300
Facilities.............................
Public Understanding of S&E Surveys..... 200 50
Survey of Earned Doctorates............. 700 450
Additional surveys not specified........ 1,600 4,200
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Total............................... 11,060 14,280
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\1\ Number of respondents listed for any individual survey may represent
several methodological improvement projects.
\2\ This number refers to the science, engineering, and health-related
departments within the academic institutions of the United States (not
the academic institutions themselves).
Dated: March 8, 2013.
Suzanne H. Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation.
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