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Based on the performance-based
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the Ouachita Job Corps Center in Royal,
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the five-year OBS, and the five-year FCI
and then calculated the Overall Rating
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Comment Request;
Graduate Research Fellowship
Program Pilot Data Collection for
Monitoring Longitudinal Career
Outcomes of Fellowship Recipients;
Proposed Information Collection
Request
National Science Foundation.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The National Science
Foundation (NSF) is announcing plans
to request establishment and clearance
of this collection. In accordance with
the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A)
of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(Pub. L. 104–13), we are providing
opportunity for public comment on this
action. After obtaining and considering
public comment, NSF will prepare the
submission requesting that OMB
approve clearance of this collection for
no longer than three years.
A copy of the proposed information
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by contacting the office listed below in
the ADDRESSES section of this notice.
DATES: Submit comments before May 9,
2016.
ADDRESSES: Suzanne H. Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer, National
Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson
Boulevard, Suite 1265, Arlington,
Virginia 22230 or send email to
splimpto@nsf.gov. Copies of the
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information collection request.
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Suzanne H. Plimpton, Reports Clearance
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Title of Collection:
OMB Number: 3145–NEW.
Type of request: Intent to seek
approval for ICR.
Abstract
The National Science Foundation
(NSF) seeks to develop and pilot an
instrument to follow several cohorts of
Graduate Research Fellowship Program
(GRFP) Fellows to track program and
career outcomes over time. The intent is
for the pilot instrument to become part
of a permanent monitoring system to
track all Fellows over time.
As part of NSF’s commitment to
graduate student education in the U.S,
the GRFP seeks to promote and
maintain advanced training in science,
technology, engineering, and
mathematics (STEM) field by annually
awarding about 2,000 fellowships to
graduate students in research-based
programs. The program goals are: (1) To
select, recognize, and financially
support, early in their careers,
individuals with the demonstrated
potential to be high achieving scientists
and engineers, and (2) to broaden
participation in science and engineering
of underrepresented groups, including
women, minorities, persons with
disabilities, and veterans. NSF
especially encourages women, members
of underrepresented minority groups,
persons with disabilities, and veterans
to apply. NSF also encourages
undergraduate seniors to apply. GRFP is
a critical program in NSF’s overall
strategy to develop the globally-engaged
workforce necessary to ensure the
Nation’s leadership in advancing
science and engineering research and
innovation.
The program has had two large-scale
evaluations, first in 2002 and again in
2012. The second evaluation coincided
with a major program expansion by
NSF, whereby the annual number of
fellowship awards was increased from
roughly 1,000 to the current 2,000. As
the program has expanded, so has the
need for a monitoring system to track
program outcomes and Fellow career
trajectories following completion of the
fellowship.
NSF contracts with NORC at the
University of Chicago to develop and
pilot a data collection instrument to
support GRFP monitoring. The objective
of the monitoring activity will be to
accomplish the following:
• NSF will be able at any time to
provide cumulative as well as
annualized data on outcomes for the
Fellows (e.g., career outcomes of
minority Fellows in 2017, as compared
to 2015, etc.) and compare those results
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to national samples. The longitudinal
collections will allow NSF to analyze
how Fellows’ careers develop over time
and if there are differences in the career
outcomes related to Fellow
demographics and field of study.
• NSF will be able to analyze trends
on a large number of career outcomes
for key subpopulations of Fellows
including women, underrepresented
minorities, individuals with disabilities,
and veterans, and monitor them within
fields of graduate study, in order to
inform policy and program changes.
The data collection instrument will be
designed to gather information on the
following broad sets of variables:
• Career activities, progress, and job
characteristics following graduate
school;
• STEM-related professional
productivity (e.g., publications,
presentations, patents, etc.);
• Broader impacts of the Fellows
(ways in which the Fellows or their
work may benefit society).
The pilot data will be collected
primarily through a Web-based survey.
The data will be supplemented with
administrative data collected by the
GRFP on the demographic and
educational backgrounds of the Fellows.
The pilot data will be collected in two
rounds after questionnaire testing, with
survey rounds conducted in both 2016
and 2017. The 2016 round will include
all Fellows from award years 2003,
2006, and 2009 and the 2017 round will
include all Fellows from award years
2004, 2007, and 2010. These two rounds
will collect data from Fellows with
different award years (i.e., no Fellow
will be asked to participate in both
rounds) to obtain comparable baseline
data on their career outcomes, and to
refine the instrument administration
procedures and survey content to
maximize the reliability and validity of
the questionnaire items.
Although the project will adopt
questions that have been tested and
used in previous National Center for
Science and Engineering Statistics
(NCSES) instruments, the GRFP
instrument is be considered a new
instrument because it will include some
new questions and the questions from
different NCSES questionnaires will be
combined and re-sequenced. Therefore,
there is a need to test the questionnaire
via cognitive interviews before
conducting a larger data collection with
all Fellows.
I. Review Focus
NSF is interested in comments on the
practical utility of the survey in view of
the project goals and the study
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approach, the burden on respondents
and potential ways to minimize it.
Comments submitted in response to
this Notice will be summarized and
included in the request for Office of
Management and Budget approval of the
ICR; they will also become a matter of
public record.
II. Current Actions
Affected Public: Individuals.
Frequency: Questionnaire testing
followed by two rounds of pilot data
collection.
Total Respondents:
Questionnaire Testing Phase: The
plan is to conduct two iterations
(‘‘rounds’’) of cognitive interviews, with
up to 25 respondents in the first round
and 15 in the second round. In the first
round the instrument will be tested to
determine if revisions are necessary
and, if so, to develop revisions to be
tested in the second round. The
respondents are expected to be graduate
degree candidates or recipients.
Pilot Round 1: Surveys will be
administered to approximately 2,434
GRFP Fellows (there are approximately
3,042 Fellows who were awarded the
GRFP in 2003, 2006, or 2009, and we
expect approximately 80% of these
Fellows to respond).
Pilot Round 2: Surveys will be
administered to approximately 3,152
GRFP Fellows (there are approximately
3,940 Fellows who were awarded the
GRFP in 2004, 2007, or 2010, and we
expect approximately 80% of these
Fellows to respond). Note that because
different award years are included in
each round of the survey, there is no
overlap in participants between rounds
1 and 2.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
Questionnaire Testing Phase: The
Foundation estimates that, on average,
120 minutes per respondent will be
required to participate in the cognitive
interview. The annual respondent
burden for participating in the cognitive
interviews is estimated at 80 hours,
based on 40 respondents.
Pilot Round 1: The Foundation
estimates that, on average, the survey
will take approximately 45–60 minutes
to complete. The annual respondent
burden for Pilot Round 1 is estimated at
between 1,826 and 2,434 hours, based
on 2,434 respondents.
Pilot Round 2: The Foundation
estimates that, on average, the survey
will take approximately 45–60 minutes
to complete. The annual respondent
burden for Pilot Round 2 is estimated at
between 2,364 and 3,152 hours, based
on 3,152 respondents.
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Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule
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The Exchange proposes to establish
the fees for the Order Imbalances Data
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access to the Order Imbalances Data
Feed, the Exchange proposes to charge
$500 per month. Although the Exchange
charges professional and nonprofessional user fees for other
proprietary market data products, the
Exchange does not intend to charge
such fees for the Order Imbalances Data
Feed.
2. Non-Display Fees. The Exchange
proposes to establish non-display fees
for the Order Imbalances Data Feed
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other market data products.5 Nondisplay use would mean accessing,
processing, or consuming the Order
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for a purpose other than in support of
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internal or external redistribution
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would include any trading use, such as
high frequency or algorithmic trading,
and would also include any trading in
any asset class, automated order or
quote generation and/or order pegging,
price referencing for algorithmic trading
or smart order routing, operations
control programs, investment analysis,
order verification, surveillance
programs, risk management,
compliance, and portfolio management.
Under the proposal, for Non-Display
Use of the Order Imbalances Data Feed,
there would be three categories of, and
fees applicable to, data recipients. One,
two or three categories of Non-Display
Use may apply to a data recipient.
• Under the proposal, the Category 1
Fee would be $500 per month and
4 The proposed rule change establishing the Order
Imbalances Data Feed was immediately effective on
January 13, 2016. See Securities Exchange Act
Release No. 76968 (January 22, 2016), 81 FR 4689
(January 27, 2016) (SR–NYSEArca–2016–10).
5 See Securities Exchange Act Release Nos. 73011
(September 5, 2014), 79 FR 54315 (September 11,
2014) (SR–NYSEArca–2014–93) and 73619
(November 18, 2014), 79 FR 69902 (November 24,
2014) (SR–NYSEArca–2014–132).
6 ‘‘Redistributor’’ means a vendor or any person
that provides a real-time NYSE Arca data product
to a data recipient or to any system that a data
recipient uses, irrespective of the means of
transmission or access.
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Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request;
Graduate Research Fellowship Program Pilot Data Collection for
Monitoring Longitudinal Career Outcomes of Fellowship Recipients;
Proposed Information Collection Request
AGENCY: National Science Foundation.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The National Science Foundation (NSF) is announcing plans to
request establishment and clearance of this collection. In accordance
with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13), we are providing opportunity
for public comment on this action. After obtaining and considering
public comment, NSF will prepare the submission requesting that OMB
approve clearance of this collection for no longer than three years.
A copy of the proposed information collection request (ICR) can be
obtained by contacting the office listed below in the ADDRESSES section
of this notice.
DATES: Submit comments before May 9, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Suzanne H. Plimpton, Reports Clearance Officer, National
Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1265, Arlington,
Virginia 22230 or send email to splimpto@nsf.gov. Copies of the
submission may be obtained by calling (703) 292-7556.
Instructions: Please submit one copy of your comments by only one
method. All submissions received must include the agency name and
collection name identified above for this information collection.
Commenters are strongly encouraged to transmit their comments
electronically via email. Comments, including any personal information
provided become a matter of public record. They will be summarized and/
or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget approval
of the information collection request.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Suzanne H. Plimpton, Reports Clearance
Officer, National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Suite
1265, Arlington, Virginia 22230 or send email to splimpto@nsf.gov.
Copies of the submission may be obtained by calling (703) 292-7556.
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).
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title of Collection:
OMB Number: 3145-NEW.
Type of request: Intent to seek approval for ICR.
Abstract
The National Science Foundation (NSF) seeks to develop and pilot an
instrument to follow several cohorts of Graduate Research Fellowship
Program (GRFP) Fellows to track program and career outcomes over time.
The intent is for the pilot instrument to become part of a permanent
monitoring system to track all Fellows over time.
As part of NSF's commitment to graduate student education in the
U.S, the GRFP seeks to promote and maintain advanced training in
science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) field by
annually awarding about 2,000 fellowships to graduate students in
research-based programs. The program goals are: (1) To select,
recognize, and financially support, early in their careers, individuals
with the demonstrated potential to be high achieving scientists and
engineers, and (2) to broaden participation in science and engineering
of underrepresented groups, including women, minorities, persons with
disabilities, and veterans. NSF especially encourages women, members of
underrepresented minority groups, persons with disabilities, and
veterans to apply. NSF also encourages undergraduate seniors to apply.
GRFP is a critical program in NSF's overall strategy to develop the
globally-engaged workforce necessary to ensure the Nation's leadership
in advancing science and engineering research and innovation.
The program has had two large-scale evaluations, first in 2002 and
again in 2012. The second evaluation coincided with a major program
expansion by NSF, whereby the annual number of fellowship awards was
increased from roughly 1,000 to the current 2,000. As the program has
expanded, so has the need for a monitoring system to track program
outcomes and Fellow career trajectories following completion of the
fellowship.
NSF contracts with NORC at the University of Chicago to develop and
pilot a data collection instrument to support GRFP monitoring. The
objective of the monitoring activity will be to accomplish the
following:
NSF will be able at any time to provide cumulative as well
as annualized data on outcomes for the Fellows (e.g., career outcomes
of minority Fellows in 2017, as compared to 2015, etc.) and compare
those results to national samples. The longitudinal collections will
allow NSF to analyze how Fellows' careers develop over time and if
there are differences in the career outcomes related to Fellow
demographics and field of study.
NSF will be able to analyze trends on a large number of
career outcomes for key subpopulations of Fellows including women,
underrepresented minorities, individuals with disabilities, and
veterans, and monitor them within fields of graduate study, in order to
inform policy and program changes.
The data collection instrument will be designed to gather
information on the following broad sets of variables:
Career activities, progress, and job characteristics
following graduate school;
STEM-related professional productivity (e.g.,
publications, presentations, patents, etc.);
Broader impacts of the Fellows (ways in which the Fellows
or their work may benefit society).
The pilot data will be collected primarily through a Web-based
survey. The data will be supplemented with administrative data
collected by the GRFP on the demographic and educational backgrounds of
the Fellows. The pilot data will be collected in two rounds after
questionnaire testing, with survey rounds conducted in both 2016 and
2017. The 2016 round will include all Fellows from award years 2003,
2006, and 2009 and the 2017 round will include all Fellows from award
years 2004, 2007, and 2010. These two rounds will collect data from
Fellows with different award years (i.e., no Fellow will be asked to
participate in both rounds) to obtain comparable baseline data on their
career outcomes, and to refine the instrument administration procedures
and survey content to maximize the reliability and validity of the
questionnaire items.
Although the project will adopt questions that have been tested and
used in previous National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics
(NCSES) instruments, the GRFP instrument is be considered a new
instrument because it will include some new questions and the questions
from different NCSES questionnaires will be combined and re-sequenced.
Therefore, there is a need to test the questionnaire via cognitive
interviews before conducting a larger data collection with all Fellows.
I. Review Focus
NSF is interested in comments on the practical utility of the
survey in view of the project goals and the study approach, the burden
on respondents and potential ways to minimize it.
Comments submitted in response to this Notice will be summarized
and included in the request for Office of Management and Budget
approval of the ICR; they will also become a matter of public record.
II. Current Actions
Affected Public: Individuals.
Frequency: Questionnaire testing followed by two rounds of pilot
data collection.
Total Respondents:
Questionnaire Testing Phase: The plan is to conduct two iterations
(``rounds'') of cognitive interviews, with up to 25 respondents in the
first round and 15 in the second round. In the first round the
instrument will be tested to determine if revisions are necessary and,
if so, to develop revisions to be tested in the second round. The
respondents are expected to be graduate degree candidates or
recipients.
Pilot Round 1: Surveys will be administered to approximately 2,434
GRFP Fellows (there are approximately 3,042 Fellows who were awarded
the GRFP in 2003, 2006, or 2009, and we expect approximately 80% of
these Fellows to respond).
Pilot Round 2: Surveys will be administered to approximately 3,152
GRFP Fellows (there are approximately 3,940 Fellows who were awarded
the GRFP in 2004, 2007, or 2010, and we expect approximately 80% of
these Fellows to respond). Note that because different award years are
included in each round of the survey, there is no overlap in
participants between rounds 1 and 2.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
Questionnaire Testing Phase: The Foundation estimates that, on
average, 120 minutes per respondent will be required to participate in
the cognitive interview. The annual respondent burden for participating
in the cognitive interviews is estimated at 80 hours, based on 40
respondents.
Pilot Round 1: The Foundation estimates that, on average, the
survey will take approximately 45-60 minutes to complete. The annual
respondent burden for Pilot Round 1 is estimated at between 1,826 and
2,434 hours, based on 2,434 respondents.
Pilot Round 2: The Foundation estimates that, on average, the
survey will take approximately 45-60 minutes to complete. The annual
respondent burden for Pilot Round 2 is estimated at between 2,364 and
3,152 hours, based on 3,152 respondents.
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Dated: March 4, 2016.
Suzanne H. Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation.
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