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Estimated Number of Respondents:
142.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 23,000.
Abstract: The Truth in Savings Act
(TISA), 12 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. was
enacted to enhance economic stability,
improve competition between
depository institutions, and strengthen
consumer ability to make informed
decisions regarding deposit accounts by
requiring uniformity in the disclosure of
interest rates and fees. Consumers rely
on the disclosures required by TISA and
Regulation DD to facilitate informed
decision making regarding deposit
accounts offered at depository
institutions. Without this information,
consumers would be severely hindered
in their ability to assess the true costs
and terms of the deposit accounts
offered. Federal agencies and private
litigants use the records to ascertain
whether accurate and complete
disclosures of depository accounts have
been provided to consumers. This
information also provides the primary
evidence of law violations in TISA
enforcement actions brought by the
CFPB. Without the Regulation DD
recordkeeping requirement, the CFPB’s
ability to enforce TISA would be
significantly impaired.
Request for Comments: The Bureau
issued a 60-day Federal Register notice
on May 14, 2013 (78 FR 28204).
Comments were solicited and continue
to be invited on: (a) Whether the
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the Bureau, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (b) The accuracy of the
Bureau’s estimate of the burden of the
collection of information, including the
validity of the methods and the
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
respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments submitted in response to this
notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
approval. All comments will become a
matter of public record.
Dated: July 26th, 2013.
Nellisha Ramdass,
Deputy Acting Chief Information Officer,
Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
[Docket ID DoD–2013–OS–0059]
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
ACTION:
Notice.
The Department of Defense has
submitted to OMB for clearance, the
following proposal for collection of
information under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35).
DATES: Consideration will be given to all
comments received by August 30, 2013.
Title, Associated Form and OMB
Number: Qualification to Possess
Firearms or Ammunition; OMB Control
Number 0704–0461.
Type of Request: Extension
Number of Respondents: 50
Responses per Respondent: 300
Annual Responses: 15000
Average Burden per Response: 15
minutes
Annual Burden Hours: 3,750
Needs and Uses: In accordance with
DoD Instruction 3020.50, ‘‘Private
Security Contractors Operating in
Contingency Operations’’ written
acknowledgement by the contract
company and its individual Private
Security Contractor (PSC) Personnel,
after investigation of background of PSC
personnel by the contractor, shall be
provided verifying such personnel are
not prohibited under 922(g) of title 18,
United States Code to possess firearms
or ammunition.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain benefits.
OMB Desk Officer: Ms. Jasmeet
Seehra.
Written comments and
recommendations on the proposed
information collection should be sent to
Ms. Jasmeet Seehra at the Office of
Management and Budget, Desk Officer
for DoD, Room 10236, New Executive
Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.
You may also submit comments,
identified by docket number and title,
by the following method:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the agency name, docket
number and title for this Federal
Register document. The general policy
for comments and other submissions
from members of the public is to make
these submissions available for public
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viewing on the Internet at https://
www.regulations.gov as they are
received without change, including any
personal identifiers or contact
information.
DOD Clearance Officer: Ms. Patricia
Toppings.
Written requests for copies of the
information collection proposal should
be sent to Ms. Toppings at WHS/ESD
Information Management Division, 4800
Mark Center Drive, East Tower, Suite
02G09, Alexandria, VA 22350–3100.
Dated: July 26, 2013.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
Officer, Department of Defense.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
[Docket ID DoD–2013–OS–0169]
Proposed Collection: Comment
Request
Office of the Assistant
Secretary of Defense for Research and
Engineering, DoD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In compliance with Section
3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the
Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Research and Engineering announces a
proposed public information collection
and seeks public comment on the
provisions thereof. Comments are
invited on: (a) Whether the proposed
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 of the
proposed information collection; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the information collection on
respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
DATES: Consideration will be given to all
comments received by September 30,
2013.
You may submit comments,
identified by docket number and title,
by any of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
• Mail: Federal Docket Management
System Office, 4800 Mark Center Drive,
ADDRESSES:
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East Tower, Suite 02G09, Alexandria,
VA 22350–3100.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the agency name, docket
number and title for this Federal
Register document. The general policy
for comments and other submissions
from members of the public is to make
these submissions available for public
viewing on the Internet at https://
www.regulations.gov as they are
received without change, including any
personal identifiers or contact
information.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
To
request more information on this
proposed information collection or to
obtain a copy of the proposal and
associated collection instruments,
please write to the Office of the
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Research
and Engineering), Basic Research Office,
Mark Center 17C08, 4800 Mark Center
Dr., Alexandria, VA 22311–1882, ATTN:
Dr. Mark Herbst, or call 571–372–6547.
Title; Associated Form; and OMB
Number: Title: Research Performance
Progress Report (RPPR). OMB Control
Number: 0704–TBD.
Needs and Uses: DoD research grants
and cooperative agreements require
recipients to periodically report on
progress made towards achieving the
objectives of their awards, and to
document accomplishments and
identify reasons for failure to meet
planned objectives. This periodic
reporting is required by section 32.51 of
32 CFR part 32, the DoD
implementation of OMB Circular A–
110. In April 2010, the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) and
Office of Science and Technology
(OSTP) issued a policy memorandum to
the heads of Executive Departments and
Agencies on usage of a new format—the
Research Performance Progress Report
(RPPR)—for doing interim progress
reporting (e.g., annual reports during the
award performance period, other than
the final report that is due after the end
of that period). The information
collection requirement under this
Notice is part of the Department’s
implementation of the RPPR, usage of
which will consolidate interim progress
reporting requirements of the multiple
DoD offices that award research grants
and cooperative agreements. DoD’s
implementation of the RPPR will:
• Make DoD research offices’
requirements for grants and cooperative
agreements more uniform with each
other, as each office has historically
specified its reporting requirements
separately from other awarding offices.
• Make DoD offices’ reporting
requirements more common with those
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of other Federal agencies that make
research awards, as each of them
implements the guidance from OMB
and OSTP.
• Enable broadening of RPPR usage to
basic research contracts awarded by
DoD offices, any of which may adopt the
RPPR format for basic research contract
progress reporting in lieu of their
existing basic research contract
reporting requirements. This will
benefit entities having both research
grant and contract awards, and is
consistent with the joint OMB and
OSTP policy memorandum.
Affected Public: Colleges and
universities, nonprofit organizations,
business and industry.
Annual Burden Hours: 72,000.
Number of Respondents: 2,000.
Responses per Respondent: 6.
Average Burden per Response: 6
hours.
Frequency: On occasion.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Summary of Information Collection
The RPPR is a uniform format for use
by federal agencies to obtain interim
progress reports from recipients of
research and research training grants
and cooperative agreements. DoD
intends to adopt the RPPR in lieu of
existing progress reports for interim
progress reporting on its research grants
and cooperative agreements, and, for
some DoD awarding offices, interim
progress reporting on basic research
contracts. Background information on
the RPPR may be found at the National
Science Foundation Web site https://
www.nsf.gov/bfa/dias/policy/rppr/.
The RPPR consists of a required
‘‘Cover Page’’ and multiple optional
components. For DoD, the ‘‘Cover Page’’
and ‘‘Accomplishments’’ component
will be mandatory, however DoD
awarding offices may require recipients
to complete fields in one or more of the
optional RPPR reporting components, as
specified in the terms and conditions of
their awards. DoD awarding offices will
implement the RPPR through means
such as web portals or fillable electronic
forms.
Some DoD awarding offices have
identified supplemental reporting
elements for use within the Cover Page
and other RPPR components in addition
to the standard RPPR elements. DoD
awarding offices will individually
determine which optional RPPR fields
will be requested from recipients.
Therefore, not all of the DoD
supplemental data elements will be
required for all DoD awards using the
RPPR. The following are the
supplemental reporting elements that
some DoD awarding offices may require
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for their interim reporting purposes,
listed under the applicable RPPR
reporting component.
Cover Page—Report Information
• Distribution Statement. A onecharacter code that indicates what type
of limitations there are, if any, on the
release of the report to the general
public. Required by DoD Instruction
5230.24 ‘‘Distribution Statements on
Technical Documents’’, dated 23 August
2012.
Accomplishments
• Honors and Awards. A text field
where the recipient describes any
project-related honors and awards that
were received during the reporting
period. Project-related honors and
awards are often used as markers or
indicators of the significance of the
research. They are a natural extension of
the list of accomplishments that funded
research may yield but should be
reported separate from the actual
research accomplishments.
• Regulatory Protocol and Activity
Status. A text field for use in awards
involving human and/or animal subjects
to describe changes in research protocol
or problems. This information is
required by DoD Instruction 3216.01,
Use of Animals in DoD Programs, or
DoD Instruction 3216.02, Protection of
Human Subjects and Adherence to
Ethical Standards in DoD-Supported
Research, so that changes can be
reviewed and approved by a DoD
Animal Care and Use Review Official or
a DoD Human Research Protection
Official.
Products—Publications: Journal Articles
• Keywords. A text field to provide
keywords related to each publication.
Awarding offices will provide public
access to these publications by means
such as posting on agency Web sites,
providing links to other Web sites
containing the publications, and/or
providing these publications to the
Defense Technical Information Center.
The use of keywords for categorizing the
content of the publication assists
members of the public in searching for
and finding the document, and relating
it to the original research, which helps
to ensure the best cross-discipline use of
the science.
• Abstract. A text field that
summarizes the journal article.
Awarding offices will provide public
access to these publications by means
such as posting on agency Web sites,
providing links to other Web sites
containing the publications, and/or
providing these publications to the
Defense Technical Information Center.
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An abstract of the article helps members
of the public find articles of interest,
which helps to ensure the best crossdiscipline use of the science.
• Distribution Statement. A text field
that describes how distribution of the
article should be restricted, if
applicable. Required by DoD Instruction
5230.24 dated August 23, 2012.
• Submitted Date. A date field that
indicates when the author submitted the
article for publication, whether or not
publication actually took place. Funded
research yields products of many forms.
Some are submitted for publication but
may not be published. Unpublished
articles may be available from the DoD
awarding office. The submitted date
provides a useful time context for the
unpublished research when members of
the public are searching for research on
DoD public-facing web portals.
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Products—Publications: Conference
Papers and Presentations
• Publication Date. A date field
indicating the publication date of the
conference proceedings. If a conference
is funded, the proceedings and resulting
published records may have dates that
are subsequent to the conference. For
the fullest use of the funded research,
the publication date provides timeframe
context for application of the science in
the future.
Intellectual Property—Inventions
The following three fields supplement
the existing RPPR data fields on
invention reporting and will be used
only if the awarding office elects to use
the RPPR for interim contract reporting.
These fields support certain invention
reporting requirements for contracts
awarded under Federal Acquisition
Regulation (FAR) Part 27, Patents, Data,
and Copyrights, and Defense FAR
Supplement Part 227, Patents, Data, and
Copyrights. The RPPR may be used to
collect these data fields in lieu of
collecting them on other existing
reporting mechanisms used for
contracts, such as the DD Form 882,
Report of Inventions and Subcontracts.
• Name of Employer. A text field
indicating the name of the inventor’s
employer.
• Address of Employer. A text field
indicating the address of the inventor’s
employer.
• Confirmatory Instrument. A Yes/No
field indicating if a confirmatory
instrument or assignment was
forwarded to the DoD Contracting
Officer.
Participants
• National Academy Member. A Yes/
No field to indicate if a participant on
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the project is, or became, a National
Academy of Science member during the
reporting period. This data is used for
statistical purposes to determine the
number of National Academy members
participating in the funded research.
Special Reporting Requirements
• Clinical trial(s) issues. A text field
for use in awards involving clinical
trials to describe any enrollment issues,
retention problems, and adverse event/
unanticipated problems involving risks
to subjects or others, and actions or
plans for mitigation. DoD Instruction
3216.02, Protection of Human Subjects
and Adherence to Ethical Standards in
DoD-Supported Research, requires that
any changes to previously-approved
clinical trials be reported for review by
the DoD Human Research Protection
Official.
The following two fields are for
awards to Historically Black Colleges
and Universities and Minority-Serving
Institutions (HBCU/MI), to help evaluate
the outcomes of HBCU/MI investments:
• Number of undergraduate and
graduate student Science, Technology,
Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
participants. A numeric field to indicate
the number of student participants
enrolled in STEM disciplines during the
reporting period. This data will be
useful in assessing the impact of DoD
funding on STEM education at HBCU/
MI.
• Number of student participants that
received a STEM degree. A numeric
field to indicate the number of student
participants that received a STEM
degree during the reporting period. This
data will be useful in assessing the
impact of DoD funding on STEM
education at HBCU/MI.
Dated: July 26, 2013.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
Officer, Department of Defense.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
[Docket ID: DoD–2013–HA–0084]
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
ACTION:
Notice.
The Department of Defense has
submitted to OMB for clearance, the
following proposal for collection of
information under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35).
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Consideration will be given to all
comments received by August 30, 2013.
Title, Associated Form and OMB
Number: Women, Infants, and Children
Overseas Program Eligibility
Determination; OMB Control Number
0720–0030.
Type of Request: Extension
Number of Respondents: 15,836
Responses per Respondent: 2
Annual Responses: 31,672
Average Burden per Response: 15
minutes
Annual Burden Hours: 7,918
Needs and Uses: The information
collection requirement is necessary for
individuals to apply for certification
and periodic recertification to received
WIC Overseas benefits.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Frequency: On occasion, semiannually
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain benefits.
OMB Desk Officer: Mr. John Kraemer.
Written comments and
recommendations on the proposed
information collection should be sent to
Mr. Kraemer at the Office of
Management and Budget, Desk Officer
for DoD, Room 10236, New Executive
Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.
You may also submit comments,
identified by docket number and title,
by the following method:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the agency name, docket
number and title for this Federal
Register document. The general policy
for comments and other submissions
from members of the public is to make
these submissions available for public
viewing on the Internet at https://
www.regulations.gov as they are
received without change, including any
personal identifiers or contact
information.
DOD Clearance Officer: Ms. Patricia
Toppings.
Written requests for copies of the
information collection proposal should
be sent to Ms. Toppings at WHS/ESD
Information Management Division, 4800
Mark Center Drive, East Tower, Suite
02G09, Alexandria, VA 22350–3100.
DATES:
Dated: July 26, 2013.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
Officer, Department of Defense.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
[Docket ID DoD-2013-OS-0169]
Proposed Collection: Comment Request
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and
Engineering, DoD.
ACTION: Notice.
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In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Research and Engineering announces a proposed public information
collection and seeks public comment on the provisions thereof. Comments
are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed 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 of the proposed
information collection; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize
the burden of the information collection on respondents, including
through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by
September 30, 2013.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number and
title, by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Federal Docket Management System Office, 4800 Mark
Center Drive,
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East Tower, Suite 02G09, Alexandria, VA 22350-3100.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency
name, docket number and title for this Federal Register document. The
general policy for comments and other submissions from members of the
public is to make these submissions available for public viewing on the
Internet at https://www.regulations.gov as they are received without
change, including any personal identifiers or contact information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on this
proposed information collection or to obtain a copy of the proposal and
associated collection instruments, please write to the Office of the
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Research and Engineering), Basic
Research Office, Mark Center 17C08, 4800 Mark Center Dr., Alexandria,
VA 22311-1882, ATTN: Dr. Mark Herbst, or call 571-372-6547.
Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: Title: Research Performance
Progress Report (RPPR). OMB Control Number: 0704-TBD.
Needs and Uses: DoD research grants and cooperative agreements
require recipients to periodically report on progress made towards
achieving the objectives of their awards, and to document
accomplishments and identify reasons for failure to meet planned
objectives. This periodic reporting is required by section 32.51 of 32
CFR part 32, the DoD implementation of OMB Circular A-110. In April
2010, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and Office of Science
and Technology (OSTP) issued a policy memorandum to the heads of
Executive Departments and Agencies on usage of a new format--the
Research Performance Progress Report (RPPR)--for doing interim progress
reporting (e.g., annual reports during the award performance period,
other than the final report that is due after the end of that period).
The information collection requirement under this Notice is part of the
Department's implementation of the RPPR, usage of which will
consolidate interim progress reporting requirements of the multiple DoD
offices that award research grants and cooperative agreements. DoD's
implementation of the RPPR will:
Make DoD research offices' requirements for grants and
cooperative agreements more uniform with each other, as each office has
historically specified its reporting requirements separately from other
awarding offices.
Make DoD offices' reporting requirements more common with
those of other Federal agencies that make research awards, as each of
them implements the guidance from OMB and OSTP.
Enable broadening of RPPR usage to basic research
contracts awarded by DoD offices, any of which may adopt the RPPR
format for basic research contract progress reporting in lieu of their
existing basic research contract reporting requirements. This will
benefit entities having both research grant and contract awards, and is
consistent with the joint OMB and OSTP policy memorandum.
Affected Public: Colleges and universities, nonprofit
organizations, business and industry.
Annual Burden Hours: 72,000.
Number of Respondents: 2,000.
Responses per Respondent: 6.
Average Burden per Response: 6 hours.
Frequency: On occasion.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Summary of Information Collection
The RPPR is a uniform format for use by federal agencies to obtain
interim progress reports from recipients of research and research
training grants and cooperative agreements. DoD intends to adopt the
RPPR in lieu of existing progress reports for interim progress
reporting on its research grants and cooperative agreements, and, for
some DoD awarding offices, interim progress reporting on basic research
contracts. Background information on the RPPR may be found at the
National Science Foundation Web site https://www.nsf.gov/bfa/dias/policy/rppr/.
The RPPR consists of a required ``Cover Page'' and multiple
optional components. For DoD, the ``Cover Page'' and
``Accomplishments'' component will be mandatory, however DoD awarding
offices may require recipients to complete fields in one or more of the
optional RPPR reporting components, as specified in the terms and
conditions of their awards. DoD awarding offices will implement the
RPPR through means such as web portals or fillable electronic forms.
Some DoD awarding offices have identified supplemental reporting
elements for use within the Cover Page and other RPPR components in
addition to the standard RPPR elements. DoD awarding offices will
individually determine which optional RPPR fields will be requested
from recipients. Therefore, not all of the DoD supplemental data
elements will be required for all DoD awards using the RPPR. The
following are the supplemental reporting elements that some DoD
awarding offices may require for their interim reporting purposes,
listed under the applicable RPPR reporting component.
Cover Page--Report Information
Distribution Statement. A one-character code that
indicates what type of limitations there are, if any, on the release of
the report to the general public. Required by DoD Instruction 5230.24
``Distribution Statements on Technical Documents'', dated 23 August
2012.
Accomplishments
Honors and Awards. A text field where the recipient
describes any project-related honors and awards that were received
during the reporting period. Project-related honors and awards are
often used as markers or indicators of the significance of the
research. They are a natural extension of the list of accomplishments
that funded research may yield but should be reported separate from the
actual research accomplishments.
Regulatory Protocol and Activity Status. A text field for
use in awards involving human and/or animal subjects to describe
changes in research protocol or problems. This information is required
by DoD Instruction 3216.01, Use of Animals in DoD Programs, or DoD
Instruction 3216.02, Protection of Human Subjects and Adherence to
Ethical Standards in DoD-Supported Research, so that changes can be
reviewed and approved by a DoD Animal Care and Use Review Official or a
DoD Human Research Protection Official.
Products--Publications: Journal Articles
Keywords. A text field to provide keywords related to each
publication. Awarding offices will provide public access to these
publications by means such as posting on agency Web sites, providing
links to other Web sites containing the publications, and/or providing
these publications to the Defense Technical Information Center. The use
of keywords for categorizing the content of the publication assists
members of the public in searching for and finding the document, and
relating it to the original research, which helps to ensure the best
cross-discipline use of the science.
Abstract. A text field that summarizes the journal
article. Awarding offices will provide public access to these
publications by means such as posting on agency Web sites, providing
links to other Web sites containing the publications, and/or providing
these publications to the Defense Technical Information Center.
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An abstract of the article helps members of the public find articles of
interest, which helps to ensure the best cross-discipline use of the
science.
Distribution Statement. A text field that describes how
distribution of the article should be restricted, if applicable.
Required by DoD Instruction 5230.24 dated August 23, 2012.
Submitted Date. A date field that indicates when the
author submitted the article for publication, whether or not
publication actually took place. Funded research yields products of
many forms. Some are submitted for publication but may not be
published. Unpublished articles may be available from the DoD awarding
office. The submitted date provides a useful time context for the
unpublished research when members of the public are searching for
research on DoD public-facing web portals.
Products--Publications: Conference Papers and Presentations
Publication Date. A date field indicating the publication
date of the conference proceedings. If a conference is funded, the
proceedings and resulting published records may have dates that are
subsequent to the conference. For the fullest use of the funded
research, the publication date provides timeframe context for
application of the science in the future.
Intellectual Property--Inventions
The following three fields supplement the existing RPPR data fields
on invention reporting and will be used only if the awarding office
elects to use the RPPR for interim contract reporting. These fields
support certain invention reporting requirements for contracts awarded
under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 27, Patents, Data, and
Copyrights, and Defense FAR Supplement Part 227, Patents, Data, and
Copyrights. The RPPR may be used to collect these data fields in lieu
of collecting them on other existing reporting mechanisms used for
contracts, such as the DD Form 882, Report of Inventions and
Subcontracts.
Name of Employer. A text field indicating the name of the
inventor's employer.
Address of Employer. A text field indicating the address
of the inventor's employer.
Confirmatory Instrument. A Yes/No field indicating if a
confirmatory instrument or assignment was forwarded to the DoD
Contracting Officer.
Participants
National Academy Member. A Yes/No field to indicate if a
participant on the project is, or became, a National Academy of Science
member during the reporting period. This data is used for statistical
purposes to determine the number of National Academy members
participating in the funded research.
Special Reporting Requirements
Clinical trial(s) issues. A text field for use in awards
involving clinical trials to describe any enrollment issues, retention
problems, and adverse event/unanticipated problems involving risks to
subjects or others, and actions or plans for mitigation. DoD
Instruction 3216.02, Protection of Human Subjects and Adherence to
Ethical Standards in DoD-Supported Research, requires that any changes
to previously-approved clinical trials be reported for review by the
DoD Human Research Protection Official.
The following two fields are for awards to Historically Black
Colleges and Universities and Minority-Serving Institutions (HBCU/MI),
to help evaluate the outcomes of HBCU/MI investments:
Number of undergraduate and graduate student Science,
Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) participants. A numeric
field to indicate the number of student participants enrolled in STEM
disciplines during the reporting period. This data will be useful in
assessing the impact of DoD funding on STEM education at HBCU/MI.
Number of student participants that received a STEM
degree. A numeric field to indicate the number of student participants
that received a STEM degree during the reporting period. This data will
be useful in assessing the impact of DoD funding on STEM education at
HBCU/MI.
Dated: July 26, 2013.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2013-18411 Filed 7-30-13; 8:45 am]
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