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Payee Report, Short Form (CM–623S)
and Physician’s/Medical Officer’s
Statement (CM–787). A copy of the
proposed information collection request
can be obtained by contacting the office
listed below in the addresses section of
this Notice.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
addresses section below on or before
July 21, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Ms. Yoon Ferguson, U.S.
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution
Ave. NW., Room S–3201, Washington,
DC 20210, telephone (202) 693–0701,
fax (202) 693–1449, Email
Ferguson.yoon@dol.gov. Please use only
one method of transmission for
comments (mail, fax, or Email).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Division of Coal Mine Workers’
Compensation administers the Black
Lung Benefits Act (30 U.S.C. 901 et seq.)
which provides benefits to coal miners
totally disabled due to pneumoniosis,
and their surviving dependents. The
CM–623, Representative Payee Report is
used to collect expenditure data
regarding the disbursement of the
beneficiary’s benefits by the
representative payee to assure that the
beneficiary’s needs are being met. The
CM–623S, Representative Payee—Short
Form, is a shortened version of the CM–
623 that is used when the representative
payee is a family member residing with
the beneficiary. The CM–787,
Physician’s/Medical Officer’s Statement
is used to gather information from the
beneficiary’s physician about the
capability of the beneficiary to manage
monthly benefits. This form is used by
OWCP to determine if it is in the
beneficiary’s best interest to have his/
her benefits managed by another party.
The regulatory authority for collecting
this information is in 20 CFR 725.506,
510, 511, and 513. This information
collection is currently approved for use
through October 31, 2014.
II. Review Focus
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;
• 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;
Time to
complete
Frequency of response
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• Enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
• 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.
III. Current Actions
The Department of Labor seeks the
approval for the extension of this
currently-approved information
collection in order to carry out its
responsibility to administer the Black
Lung Benefits Act.
Agency: Office of Workers’
Compensation Programs.
Type of Review: Extension.
Title: Representative Payee Report
(CM–623), Representative Payee Report,
Short Form (CM–623S) and Physician’s/
Medical Officer’s Statement (CM–787).
OMB Number: 1240–0020.
Agency Number: CM–623, CM–623S
and CM–787.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households, business or other for-profit
and not-for-profit institutions.
Annually ............................................
Annually ............................................
Once .................................................
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Total Respondents: 2,100.
Total Annual Responses: 2,100.
Average Time per Response: 46.9
minutes.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1,642.
Frequency: On occasion.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
$0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintenance): $0.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for Office of
Management and Budget approval of the
information collection request; they will
also become a matter of public record.
Dated: May 14, 2014.
Yoon Ferguson,
Agency Clearance Officer, Office of Workers’
Compensation Programs, US Department of
Labor.
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
National Science Foundation.
Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, Pub. L. 104–13
(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), and as part of
its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden, the
National Science Foundation (NSF) is
inviting the general public or other
Federal agencies to comment on this
proposed continuing information
collection. The NSF will publish
periodic summaries of the proposed
projects.
Comments: Comments are invited on:
(a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
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performance of the functions of the
Foundation, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the Foundation’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information; (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 those who
are to respond, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
Written comments on this notice
must be received by July 21, 2014, to be
assured consideration. Comments
received after that date will be
considered to the extent practicable.
Send comments to address below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Suzanne H. Plimpton, Reports Clearance
Officer, National Science Foundation,
4201 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1265,
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Arlington, Virginia 22230; telephone
(703) 292–7556; or send email to
splimpto@nsf.gov. Individuals who use
a telecommunications device for the
deaf (TDD) may call the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–
800–877–8339, which is accessible 24
hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a
year (including federal holidays).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title of Collection: Survey of Graduate
Students and Postdoctorates in Science
and Engineering.
OMB Approval Number: 3145–0062.
Expiration Date of Current Approval:
October 31, 2014.
Type of Request: Intent to seek
approval to renew an information
collection for three years.
1. Abstract
The Survey of Graduate Students and
Postdoctorates in Science and
Engineering (GSS) is sponsored by the
National Science Foundation and the
National Institutes of Health. The GSS
originated in 1966 and has been
conducted annually since 1972. The
GSS is a census of all departments in
science, engineering and health fields
within academic institutions with postbaccalaureate programs in the United
States. The total number of respondents
in 2014 survey is estimated to be 13,774
departments (reporting units) located in
about 670 degree-granting institutions.
The GSS is the only national survey that
collects information on the
characteristics of graduate enrollment
for specific science, engineering and
health disciplines at the department
level. It also collects information on race
and ethnicity, citizenship, gender,
sources of support, mechanisms of
support, and enrollment status for
graduate students; information on
postdoctoral appointments (postdocs)
by citizenship, sex, sources of support,
type and origin of doctoral degree; and
information on other doctorate-holding
non-faculty researchers. To improve
coverage of postdocs, the GSS will
collect information on the race and
ethnicity, sex, citizenship, source of
support, field of research for the
postdocs employed in Federally Funded
Research and Development Centers
(FFRDCs) in 2015.
The National Science Foundation Act
of 1950, as subsequently amended,
includes a statutory charge to ‘‘. . .
provide a central clearinghouse for the
collection, interpretation, and analysis
of data on scientific and engineering
resources, and to provide a source of
information for policy formulation by
other agencies of the Federal
Government.’’ The GSS is designed to
comply with these mandates by
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providing information on the
characteristics of academic graduate
enrollment and postdoctoral
components in science, engineering and
health fields.
The GSS data are routinely provided
to Congress and other Federal agencies.
The GSS institutions are major users of
the GSS data along with professional
societies such American Association of
Universities, Association of American
Medical Colleges, and the Carnegie
Foundation. Graduate enrollment and
postdoc data are often used in reports by
the national media.
The GSS (along with other academic
sector surveys from both NSF and the
National Center for Education Statistics)
is one of the inputs into the
WebCASPAR data system, which
provides access to science and
engineering statistical data from U.S.
academic institutions. Among other
uses, this NSF on-line database is used
by NSF to review changing enrollment
levels to assess the effects of NSF
initiatives, to track student support
patterns and to analyze participation in
S&E fields by targeted groups for all
disciplines or for selected disciplines
and for selected groups of institutions.
The Foundation also uses the GSS
information to prepare congressionally
mandated reports such as Women,
Minorities and Persons with Disabilities
in Science and Engineering and Science
and Engineering Indicators. A public
use file is also made available on the
world-wide Web.
Data are obtained by a Web survey
and starts each fall in mid-October. The
data are solicited under the authority of
the National Science Foundation Act of
1950, as amended. All information will
be used for statistical purposes only.
Participation in the survey is voluntary.
2. Expected Respondents
The GSS is a census of all eligible
academic institutions in the U.S. with
post-baccalaureate programs in science,
engineering and health fields and their
related departments. The response rate
is based on the number of departments
that respond to the survey.
3. Estimate of Burden
The initial GSS data request is sent to
a designated respondent (School
Coordinator) at each academic
institution in the fall. The School
Coordinator may complete or delegate
the collection of the list of eligible units
(departments, programs, research
centers and health care facilities) and of
the aggregate counts of graduate
students enrolled or postdocs employed
in each unit by various characteristics.
The amount of time it takes to complete
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the GSS data (unit lists and counts of
graduate students and postdocs) varies
dramatically and depends to a large
degree on the extent to which the
school’s records are centrally stored and
computerized.
The 2013 GSS asked the unit
respondents to provide an estimate of
the time spent in providing the GSS
data. The average burden for completing
the GSS was 2.6 hours per reporting
unit, which includes providing unit
listing and aggregate counts. Based on
prior experience, the estimate of the per
unit burden will decrease slightly each
year as the respondents become familiar
with the question items in the survey,
thus we estimate a burden of 2.6 hours
per reporting unit in 2014, and a burden
of 2.5 hours per reporting unit in 2015
and 2016. The number of units in the
subsequent survey cycle will include
the units in the previous year plus
approximately an additional 1%
increase in units. The estimated burden
estimates for 2014 GSS is 36,171 hours
from 13,912 units; 35,268 hours from
14,091 units (including 40 FFRDCs) for
2015; and 35,481 hours from 14,192
units for 2016. The average estimated
burden for each cycle of GSS is about
35,760 hours. The total estimated
respondent burden of the GSS,
including 360 hours for the
methodological testing, would be
107,280 hours over the 3-year clearance
period.
Dated: May 15, 2014.
Suzanne H. Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer, National Science
Foundation.
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
AGENCY: National Science Foundation.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), and as part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden, the National Science Foundation (NSF)
is inviting the general public or other Federal agencies to comment on
this proposed continuing information collection. The NSF will publish
periodic summaries of the proposed projects.
Comments: Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the Foundation, including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the Foundation's estimate
of the burden of the proposed collection of information; (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 those who are to respond, including through the use of
automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
DATES: Written comments on this notice must be received by July 21,
2014, to be assured consideration. Comments received after that date
will be considered to the extent practicable. Send comments to address
below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Suzanne H. Plimpton, Reports
Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard,
Suite 1265,
[[Page 29221]]
Arlington, Virginia 22230; telephone (703) 292-7556; or send email to
splimpto@nsf.gov. Individuals who use a telecommunications device for
the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at
1-800-877-8339, which is accessible 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365
days a year (including federal holidays).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title of Collection: Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates
in Science and Engineering.
OMB Approval Number: 3145-0062.
Expiration Date of Current Approval: October 31, 2014.
Type of Request: Intent to seek approval to renew an information
collection for three years.
1. Abstract
The Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and
Engineering (GSS) is sponsored by the National Science Foundation and
the National Institutes of Health. The GSS originated in 1966 and has
been conducted annually since 1972. The GSS is a census of all
departments in science, engineering and health fields within academic
institutions with post-baccalaureate programs in the United States. The
total number of respondents in 2014 survey is estimated to be 13,774
departments (reporting units) located in about 670 degree-granting
institutions. The GSS is the only national survey that collects
information on the characteristics of graduate enrollment for specific
science, engineering and health disciplines at the department level. It
also collects information on race and ethnicity, citizenship, gender,
sources of support, mechanisms of support, and enrollment status for
graduate students; information on postdoctoral appointments (postdocs)
by citizenship, sex, sources of support, type and origin of doctoral
degree; and information on other doctorate-holding non-faculty
researchers. To improve coverage of postdocs, the GSS will collect
information on the race and ethnicity, sex, citizenship, source of
support, field of research for the postdocs employed in Federally
Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs) in 2015.
The National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as subsequently
amended, includes a statutory charge to ``. . . provide a central
clearinghouse for the collection, interpretation, and analysis of data
on scientific and engineering resources, and to provide a source of
information for policy formulation by other agencies of the Federal
Government.'' The GSS is designed to comply with these mandates by
providing information on the characteristics of academic graduate
enrollment and postdoctoral components in science, engineering and
health fields.
The GSS data are routinely provided to Congress and other Federal
agencies. The GSS institutions are major users of the GSS data along
with professional societies such American Association of Universities,
Association of American Medical Colleges, and the Carnegie Foundation.
Graduate enrollment and postdoc data are often used in reports by the
national media.
The GSS (along with other academic sector surveys from both NSF and
the National Center for Education Statistics) is one of the inputs into
the WebCASPAR data system, which provides access to science and
engineering statistical data from U.S. academic institutions. Among
other uses, this NSF on-line database is used by NSF to review changing
enrollment levels to assess the effects of NSF initiatives, to track
student support patterns and to analyze participation in S&E fields by
targeted groups for all disciplines or for selected disciplines and for
selected groups of institutions.
The Foundation also uses the GSS information to prepare
congressionally mandated reports such as Women, Minorities and Persons
with Disabilities in Science and Engineering and Science and
Engineering Indicators. A public use file is also made available on the
world-wide Web.
Data are obtained by a Web survey and starts each fall in mid-
October. The data are solicited under the authority of the National
Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended. All information will be
used for statistical purposes only. Participation in the survey is
voluntary.
2. Expected Respondents
The GSS is a census of all eligible academic institutions in the
U.S. with post-baccalaureate programs in science, engineering and
health fields and their related departments. The response rate is based
on the number of departments that respond to the survey.
3. Estimate of Burden
The initial GSS data request is sent to a designated respondent
(School Coordinator) at each academic institution in the fall. The
School Coordinator may complete or delegate the collection of the list
of eligible units (departments, programs, research centers and health
care facilities) and of the aggregate counts of graduate students
enrolled or postdocs employed in each unit by various characteristics.
The amount of time it takes to complete the GSS data (unit lists and
counts of graduate students and postdocs) varies dramatically and
depends to a large degree on the extent to which the school's records
are centrally stored and computerized.
The 2013 GSS asked the unit respondents to provide an estimate of
the time spent in providing the GSS data. The average burden for
completing the GSS was 2.6 hours per reporting unit, which includes
providing unit listing and aggregate counts. Based on prior experience,
the estimate of the per unit burden will decrease slightly each year as
the respondents become familiar with the question items in the survey,
thus we estimate a burden of 2.6 hours per reporting unit in 2014, and
a burden of 2.5 hours per reporting unit in 2015 and 2016. The number
of units in the subsequent survey cycle will include the units in the
previous year plus approximately an additional 1% increase in units.
The estimated burden estimates for 2014 GSS is 36,171 hours from 13,912
units; 35,268 hours from 14,091 units (including 40 FFRDCs) for 2015;
and 35,481 hours from 14,192 units for 2016. The average estimated
burden for each cycle of GSS is about 35,760 hours. The total estimated
respondent burden of the GSS, including 360 hours for the
methodological testing, would be 107,280 hours over the 3-year
clearance period.
Dated: May 15, 2014.
Suzanne H. Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation.
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