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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
SBIR/STTR Phase I to Phase II
Transition Benchmarks
U.S. Small Business
Administration.
ACTION: Notice for Small Business
Innovation Research Program Phase I to
Phase II Transition Benchmarks;
Amended.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Small Business
Administration (SBA) is soliciting
comments on proposed amendments to
the SBIR/STTR Phase I to Phase II
transition rate benchmark Table, which
was originally published in the Federal
Register on October 16, 2012. The Table
will be amended to change the
transition benchmark rate for the U.S.
Department of Transportation (DOT)
from the current rate of 0.45 to 0.25, and
to change the length of the time period
used to calculate the transition rate for
the Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) and the Department of Education
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(ED) from the current length of 10 years
to 5 years.
DATES: Effective Date: The amended rate
is effective July 22, 2013.
Comment Date: Comments must be
received on or before July 8, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be
submitted to Edsel Brown, Jr., Assistant
Director, Office of Innovation, Small
Business Administration, 409 Third
Street SW., Washington, DC 20416; or
email to Technology@sba.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Edsel Brown, Jr., Assistant Director,
Office of Innovation at the address listed
above, or telephone (202) 205–6450.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
4(a)(3)(iii) of the SBIR Policy Directive
(77 FR 46806) and the STTR Policy
Directive (77 FR 46855) require each
agency to establish an SBA-approved
Phase I–Phase II Transition Rate
benchmark for the minimum required
number of Phase II awards the applicant
must have received relative to a given
number of Phase I awards during a
specified period. Section 5165 of the
SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of
2011, requires SBA to publish the
approved benchmarks and any
subsequent changes to the benchmarks
in the Federal Register and solicit
comments from the public at least 60
days before the benchmarks can take
effect. As a result, on October 16, 2012,
at 77 FR 63410, SBA published the
required notice in the Federal Register
announcing that the Agency had
approved the benchmarks for the 11
SBIR/STTR participating agencies and
requested comments on those
benchmarks. The benchmarks,
including the required transition rates
and the time period used to calculate
the rates, were subsequently published
on www.sbir.gov.
The approved and published
transition benchmark rate for DOT is
currently 0.45 and DOT uses a five year
period for the benchmark calculation.
DOT is revising its benchmark rate from
0.45 to 0.25. After review of the
transition rates, DOT concludes that a
benchmark rate of 0.25 is more
appropriate for its SBIR program than
the benchmark rate of 0.45. DOT is
interested in providing small businesses
with an ample opportunity to
participate in its SBIR program and
considers the lower rate to be more
consistent with the innovative and
exploratory nature of SBIR Phase I
research. DOT is not changing the time
period used for this benchmark.
The approved and published time
period used by EPA and ED for this
benchmark calculation is currently 10
years. EPA and ED have concluded that
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the 5 year period is appropriate and that
the use of a uniform period across all
agencies would make the requirement
less confusing and burdensome on
potential applicants.
The amended Table will read as
follows:
Benchmark
rate
(Phase II/
Phase I)
Agency
USDA ................
DOC (NIST) ......
DOC (NOAA) ....
NASA ................
DHS ..................
DOE ..................
EPA ...................
DoD ...................
NSF ...................
DOT ..................
ED .....................
collection packages requiring clearance
by the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) in compliance with
Public Law 104–13, the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, effective October
1, 1995. This notice includes revisions
of OMB-approved information
collections.
SSA is soliciting comments on the
accuracy of the agency’s burden
estimate; the need for the information;
its practical utility; ways to enhance its
quality, utility, and clarity; and ways to
minimize burden on respondents,
including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology. Mail, email, or
fax your comments and
recommendations on the information
collection(s) to the OMB Desk Officer
and SSA Reports Clearance Officer at
the following addresses or fax numbers.
(OMB), Office of Management and
Budget, Attn: Desk Officer for SSA, Fax:
202–395–6974, Email address:
OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov.
(SSA), Social Security
Administration, DCRDP, Attn: Reports
Clearance Director, 107 Altmeyer
Building, 6401 Security Blvd.,
Baltimore, MD 21235, Fax: 410–966–
2830, Email address:
OR.Reports.Clearance@ssa.gov.
I. The information collections below
are pending at SSA. SSA will submit
them to OMB within 60 days from the
date of this notice. To be sure we
consider your comments, we must
receive them no later than July 22, 2013.
Length of
period
(years)
0.25
0.25
0.25
0.25
0.25
0.25
0.25
0.25
0.25
0.25
0.25
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 638(9).
Pravina Raghavan,
Director, Office of Innovation and
Technology.
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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Request and
Comment Request
The Social Security Administration
(SSA) publishes a list of information
Individuals can obtain copies of the
collection instruments by writing to the
above email address.
1. Waiver of Your Right to Personal
Appearance before an Administrative
Law Judge—20 CFR 404.948(b)(l)(i) and
416.1448(b)(l)(i)—0960–0284.
Applicants for Social Security, Old Age,
Survivors and Disability Insurance
(OASDI) benefits and Supplemental
Security Income (SSI) payments have
the statutory right to appear in person
(or through a representative) and
present evidence about their claims at a
hearing before an administrative law
judge (ALJ). If claimants wish to waive
this right to appear before an ALJ, they
do so in writing. Form HA–4608 serves
as a written waiver for the claimant’s
right to a personal appearance before an
ALJ. The ALJ uses the information we
collect on Form HA–4608 to continue
processing the case, and makes the
completed form a part of the
documentary evidence of record by
placing it in the official record of the
proceedings as an exhibit. Respondents
are applicants or claimants for OASDI
and SSI, or their representatives, who
request to waive their right to appear in
person before an ALJ.
Type of Request: Revision of an
approved-OMB information collection.
Modality of completion
Number of
respondents
Frequency of
response
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Estimated total
annual burden
(hours)
HA–4608 ..........................................................................................................
12,000
1
2
400
2. Letter to Custodian of Birth
Records/Letter to Custodian of School
Records—20 CFR 404.704, 404.716,
416.802, and 422.107—0960–0693.
When individuals need help in
obtaining evidence of their age in
connection with Social Security number
(SSN) card applications and claims for
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Modality of completion
SSA–L106
SSA–L106
SSA–L706
SSA–L706
benefits, SSA can prepare SSA–L106,
Letter to Custodian of School Records,
or SSA–L706, Letter to Custodian of
Birth Records. SSA uses the SSA–L706
to determine the existence of primary
evidence of age of SSN applicants. SSA
uses both letters to verify with the
issuing entity, when necessary, the
Number of
respondents
Type of respondents
authenticity of the record submitted by
the SSN applicant or claimant. The
respondents are schools, State and local
bureaus of vital statistics, and religious
entities.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Frequency of
response
Estimated total
annual burden
(hours)
.........................................
.........................................
.........................................
.........................................
Private Sector ...................................
State/Local/Tribal Government ........
Private Sector ...................................
State/Local/Tribal Government ........
1,800
1,800
1,800
1,800
1
1
1
1
10
10
10
10
300
300
300
300
Totals .........................................
...........................................................
7,200
........................
........................
1,200
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[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 2013-12312]
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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
SBIR/STTR Phase I to Phase II Transition Benchmarks
AGENCY: U.S. Small Business Administration.
ACTION: Notice for Small Business Innovation Research Program Phase I
to Phase II Transition Benchmarks; Amended.
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SUMMARY: The Small Business Administration (SBA) is soliciting comments
on proposed amendments to the SBIR/STTR Phase I to Phase II transition
rate benchmark Table, which was originally published in the Federal
Register on October 16, 2012. The Table will be amended to change the
transition benchmark rate for the U.S. Department of Transportation
(DOT) from the current rate of 0.45 to 0.25, and to change the length
of the time period used to calculate the transition rate for the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Education
(ED) from the current length of 10 years to 5 years.
DATES: Effective Date: The amended rate is effective July 22, 2013.
Comment Date: Comments must be received on or before July 8, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted to Edsel Brown, Jr., Assistant
Director, Office of Innovation, Small Business Administration, 409
Third Street SW., Washington, DC 20416; or email to Technology@sba.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Edsel Brown, Jr., Assistant Director,
Office of Innovation at the address listed above, or telephone (202)
205-6450.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 4(a)(3)(iii) of the SBIR Policy
Directive (77 FR 46806) and the STTR Policy Directive (77 FR 46855)
require each agency to establish an SBA-approved Phase I-Phase II
Transition Rate benchmark for the minimum required number of Phase II
awards the applicant must have received relative to a given number of
Phase I awards during a specified period. Section 5165 of the SBIR/STTR
Reauthorization Act of 2011, requires SBA to publish the approved
benchmarks and any subsequent changes to the benchmarks in the Federal
Register and solicit comments from the public at least 60 days before
the benchmarks can take effect. As a result, on October 16, 2012, at 77
FR 63410, SBA published the required notice in the Federal Register
announcing that the Agency had approved the benchmarks for the 11 SBIR/
STTR participating agencies and requested comments on those benchmarks.
The benchmarks, including the required transition rates and the time
period used to calculate the rates, were subsequently published on
www.sbir.gov.
The approved and published transition benchmark rate for DOT is
currently 0.45 and DOT uses a five year period for the benchmark
calculation. DOT is revising its benchmark rate from 0.45 to 0.25.
After review of the transition rates, DOT concludes that a benchmark
rate of 0.25 is more appropriate for its SBIR program than the
benchmark rate of 0.45. DOT is interested in providing small businesses
with an ample opportunity to participate in its SBIR program and
considers the lower rate to be more consistent with the innovative and
exploratory nature of SBIR Phase I research. DOT is not changing the
time period used for this benchmark.
The approved and published time period used by EPA and ED for this
benchmark calculation is currently 10 years. EPA and ED have concluded
that
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the 5 year period is appropriate and that the use of a uniform period
across all agencies would make the requirement less confusing and
burdensome on potential applicants.
The amended Table will read as follows:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Benchmark Length of
Agency rate (Phase period
II/Phase I) (years)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
USDA.......................................... 0.25 5
DOC (NIST).................................... 0.25 5
DOC (NOAA).................................... 0.25 5
NASA.......................................... 0.25 5
DHS........................................... 0.25 5
DOE........................................... 0.25 5
EPA........................................... 0.25 5
DoD........................................... 0.25 5
NSF........................................... 0.25 5
DOT........................................... 0.25 5
ED............................................ 0.25 5
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 638(9).
Pravina Raghavan,
Director, Office of Innovation and Technology.
[FR Doc. 2013-12312 Filed 5-22-13; 8:45 am]
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