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Worksite Report (MWR) is sent to the
employer requesting employment and
wages for each worksite each quarter.
Thus, the ARS is also used to identify
new potential MWR-eligible employers.
II. Current Action
Office of Management and Budget
clearance is being sought for a revision
of the ARS. While the primary purpose
of the ARS is to verify or to correct the
North American Industry Classification
System (NAICS) code assigned to
establishments, there are other
important purposes of the ARS. For
example, the BLS and the Census
Bureau enhance the quality of their data
and reduce costs and respondent burden
through increased data sharing. Such
sharing improves the quality and the
reliability of information for multilocation businesses by developing
consistent industrial and geographical
classifications for these businesses. The
ARS seeks accurate mailing and
physical location addresses of
establishments as well as geographical
codes such as county and township
(independent city, parish, or island in
some States).
Once every three years, the SWAs
survey employers that are covered by
the State’s UI laws to ensure that State
records correctly reflect the business
activities and locations of those
employers. States survey approximately
one-third of their businesses each year
and largely take care of the entire
universe of covered businesses over a
three-year cycle. The selection criterion
for surveying establishments is based on
the nine-digit Federal Employer
Identification Number of the
respondent.
BLS constantly pursues a growing
number of automated reporting options
to reduce employer burden and costs
and to take advantage of more efficient
methods and procedures. Even given
such actions, mailing remains an
important part of the survey. The BLS
developed a one-page letter rather than
mailing forms for ARS solicitation. This
letter explains the purpose of the ARS
and provides respondents with a unique
Web ID and password. Respondents are
directed to the BLS online web
collection system to verify or to update
their geographic and industry
information.
Additionally, BLS staff review
selected, large multi-worksite national
employers rather than surveying these
employers with traditional ARS forms.
This central review reduces postage
costs incurred in sending letters or
forms. It also reduces respondent
burden, as the selected employers do
not have to return forms either.
Finally, BLS continues to use a
private contractor to handle various
administrative aspects of the survey to
reduce the costs associated with the
ARS. This initiative is called the
Centralized Annual Refiling Survey
(CARS). Under CARS, BLS effectively
utilizes the commercial advantages
Total
respondents
ARS collection instrument
related to printing and mailing large
volumes of survey letters.
III. Desired Focus of Comments
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is
particularly interested in comments
that:
• 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.
• Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected.
• Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including 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.
Title of Collection: Annual Refiling
Survey (ARS).
OMB Number: 1220–0032.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit institutions, not-for-profit
institutions, and farms.
Frequency: Annually.
Average time
per response
(minutes)
Total
responses
Frequency
Total
burden
(hours)
BLS 3023–(NVS) ..........................................
BLS 3023–(NVM) .........................................
BLS 3023–(NCA) ..........................................
695,969
18,328
283,810
Once .........................
Once .........................
Once .........................
695,969
18,328
283,810
5 ................................
15 ..............................
10 ..............................
57,997
4,582
47,302
Totals .....................................................
998,107
...................................
998,107
....................................
109,881
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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 also
will become a matter of public record.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 14th day of
July 2017.
Kimberley Hill,
Chief, Division of Management Systems.
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Comment Request
AGENCY:
National Science Foundation.
Submission for OMB review;
comment request.
ACTION:
Under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, and as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork
and respondent burden, the National
Science Foundation (NSF) is inviting
the general public and other Federal
agencies to comment on this proposed
reinstated information collection. NSF
SUMMARY:
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is forwarding the proposed 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.
Written comments on this notice
must be received by August 21, 2017, to
be assured consideration. Comments
received after that date will be
considered to the extent practicable.
Send comments to address below.
DATES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Suzanne H. Plimpton, Reports Clearance
Officer, National Science Foundation,
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4201 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1265,
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: This is the
second notice for public comment; the
first was published in the Federal
Register at 81 FR 35805 and no
comments were received. 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.
Title of Collection: 2017 Early Career
Doctorates Survey.
OMB Approval Number: 3145–0235.
Type of Request: Intent to seek
approval to reinstate an information
collection for three years.
Abstract: Established within the NSF
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. The Early Career
Doctorates Survey (ECDS) will become
part of an integrated survey system that
meets the human resources statistics
part of this mission.
The Early Career Doctorates Project
was established to gather in-depth
information about early career
doctorates (ECD), including postdoctoral
researchers (postdocs). Early career
doctorates are critical to the success of
the U.S. scientific enterprise and will
influence U.S. and global scientific
markets for years to come. Despite their
importance, current surveys of this
population are limited, and extant
workforce studies are insufficient for
covering all doctorates who contribute
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to the U.S. economy. The NSF’s Survey
of Earned Doctorates and the Survey of
Doctorate Recipients are limited to
individuals who received research
doctorates from U.S. academic
institutions, thereby excluding
individuals who earned professional
doctorates and those who earned
doctorates from institutions outside the
United States but are currently
employed in the United States. The
NSF’s Survey of Graduate Students and
Postdoctorates in Science and
Engineering (GSS) provides aggregate
level data for all postdocs and
nonfaculty researchers regardless of
where they earned the degree. However,
the GSS is limited to science,
engineering, and selected health (SEH)
fields in U.S. academic institutions and
their related research facilities and is
collected at the program rather than the
individual level.
Through its multi-year Postdoc Data
Project, NCSES determined the need for
and the feasibility of gathering
information about postdocs working in
the United States. However, efforts to
reliably identify and gather information
about postdocs proved difficult due to
substantial variation in how institutions
characterize postdoc appointments. As a
result, NCSES expanded the target
population to include all individuals
who earned their first doctorate within
the past 10-years. Expanding the
population to doctoral degree holders
ensures a larger, more consistent and
reliable target population. Unique in
scope, the key goals of the ECD Project
are:
• To broaden the scope and depth of
national statistics on the ECD
population both U.S. degreed and nonU.S. degreed, across employment
sectors and fields of discipline
• To collect nationally representative
data from ECD that can be used by
funding agencies, policy makers, and
other researchers to better understand
the labor market and work experiences
of recent doctorate recipients
• To gather the diverse definitions for
ECD to allow for analysis within and
across employment sectors
The current focus of the ECD Project
is to conduct a survey of ECD working
in three areas of employment: U.S.
academic institutions in the GSS,
Federally Funded Research and
Development Centers, and the National
Institutes of Health Intramural Research
Programs. NCSES, under full clearance
(OMB #3145–0235), has conducted a
pilot survey with data collection period
spanning July 2014 to March 2015. The
Pilot ECDS data was released in January
2017.
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Beginning in August 2017, NSF will
request lists of ECD from approximately
350 institutions nationwide, and sample
22,855 individuals from these lists.
Sample members will be invited to
participate in a 32-minute web-based
questionnaire. The survey topics cover:
educational achievement, professional
activities, employer demographics,
professional and personal life balance,
mentoring, training and research
opportunities, and career paths and
plans. Participation in the survey is
voluntary.
The survey will be collected in
conformance with the Privacy Act of
1974, the Confidential Information
Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act
(CIPSEA) of 2002, and the Federal
Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of
2015. The NSF will ensure that all
individually identifiable information
collected will be kept strictly
confidential and will be used for
research or statistical purposes.
Use of the Information: The NSF will
publish statistics from the survey in
several reports, including the National
Science Board’s Science and
Engineering Indicators and NCSES’s
Women, Minorities, and Persons with
Disabilities in Science and Engineering.
These reports will be made available
electronically on the NSF Web site.
Restricted-use and public use data files
will also be developed, and will be
made available to interested researchers
from government, professional
associations, and other organizations.
Restricted-use data may be obtained
under a license agreement.
Expected Respondents: There are five
groups who contribute to the estimated
total burden hours of the 2017 ECDS
data collection. Three groups assist in
the development of an accurate list of
ECD: Institutional high authority (HA),
communication coordinator (CC), and
list coordinator (LC). The fourth and
fifth groups consist of the individual
early career doctorates (ECD) and
ineligible respondents. At the first stage
of sampling, the 2017 ECDS will select
approximately 350 institutions. At each
institution, a high authority (HA) will
authorize the institution’s participation
in the study, designate a list coordinator
(LC) and a communication coordinator
(CC), and provide a letter of support for
the survey. The primary responsibility
of the LC is to prepare a list of ECD
working at the institution. The LC will
provide a list of all ECD, that is,
individuals working at their institution
who earned their first doctorate or
doctorate-equivalent degree within the
past 10 years, including postdocs, nonfaculty researchers, tenured or tenuretrack faculty members. The primary
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responsibility of the CC is to coordinate
all ECDS-related institutional
communications. In the second stage,
the 2017 ECDS will select a sample of
up to 22,855 ECD to participate in the
survey with the goal of attaining 18,000
eligible ECD respondents. The HA, with
the help of the CC, will notify the
sampled individuals of their selection
and NSF will survey these individuals.
Estimate of Burden: In the 2017 ECDS,
taking into account all five respondent
types (HA, CC, LC, ECD, and ineligible
respondents), we estimate the total
respondent burden to be 12,641 hours.
We estimate a total burden of 157 hours
for HAs, 470 hours for CCs, 2,400 hours
for list coordinators, 9,600 hours for
ECD, and 14 hours for ineligible
respondents. These estimates use the
burden information collected during the
Pilot ECDS and assume that 300
institutions will participate
(approximately 86%) during stage 1 of
the 2017 ECDS data collection, 240 of
the participating institutions (80%) will
send pre-notification emails to potential
respondents in stage 2 of data
collection, and that the 22,855 sample
size will result in 18,000 eligible
responding ECD and 410 ineligible
respondents. The amount of time for
eligible responding ECD to complete the
2017 ECDS questionnaire may vary
depending on an individual’s
circumstances; however, NCSES
estimate it will take approximately 32
minutes. The below table shows the
estimated burden by stage and
respondent type.
ESTIMATED BURDEN BY STAGE AND RESPONDENT TYPE: 2017 ECDS
Sample
members
Respondent type
Stage 1: Frame Creation:
High Authority (HA) ..............................................................................................................
Communication Coordinator (CC) ........................................................................................
List Coordinator (LC) ............................................................................................................
Minutes per
respondent
Estimated total
burden hours
20
60
480
117
350
2,400
Subtotal .........................................................................................................................
Stage 2: Individual Survey
High Authority (HA) Communication ....................................................................................
Coordinator (CC) ..................................................................................................................
Early Career Doctorate (ECD) .............................................................................................
Ineligible Respondents .........................................................................................................
........................
........................
2,867
240
240
18,000
410
10
30
32
2
40
120
9,600
14
Subtotal .........................................................................................................................
Total .......................................................................................................................
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350
350
300
........................
........................
........................
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9,774
12,641
Updates: Relative to the first notice,
there are three substantive changes: (1)
The first notice included the statement
that ‘‘NSF will request lists of ECD from
approximately 390 institutions
nationwide, and sample 24,000
individuals from these lists’’ was based
on the initial sample design plan. Based
on additional analysis, the final sample
sizes decreased to a sample of
approximately 350 institutions and
22,855 individuals. (2) The first notice
also stated ‘‘Sample members will be
invited to participate in a 40-minute
web-based questionnaire.’’ Since the
first notice, NCSES further revised the
Pilot ECDS questionnaire to reduce the
time needed to complete the survey to
32 minutes. (3) NCSES reduced the
estimated burden to 12,641 hours from
the 19,900 hours provided in the first
notice. This reduction in the estimated
burden was a result of the smaller
sample sizes, a reduction in the time to
complete the survey, and a change in
the expected response rate.
NSF may not conduct or sponsor a
collection of information unless the
collection of information displays a
currently valid OMB control number
and the agency informs potential
persons who are to respond to the
collection of information that such
persons are not required to respond to
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the collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
Dated: July 17, 2017.
Suzanne H. Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer.
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[NRC–2016–0174]
Information Collection: DOE/NRC Form
740M, Concise Note; DOE/NRC Form
741, Nuclear Material Transaction
Report; DOE/NRC Form 742, Material
Balance Report; DOE/NRC Form 742C,
Physical Inventory Listing
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Notice of submission to the
Office of Management and Budget;
request for comment.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) has recently
submitted a request for renewal of an
existing collection of information to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review. The information
collections are entitled, ‘‘DOE/NRC
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Form 740M, Concise Note; DOE/NRC
Form 741, Nuclear Material Transaction
Report; DOE/NRC Form 742, Material
Balance Report and, DOE/NRC Form
742C, Physical Inventory Listing.’’
DATES: Submit comments by August 21,
2017.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments directly
to the OMB reviewer at: Aaron Szabo,
Desk Officer, Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs (3150–0057, 3150–
0003, 3150–0004, 3150–0058), NEOB–
10202, Office of Management and
Budget, Washington, DC 20503;
telephone: 202–395–3621, email: oira_
submission@omb.eop.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David Cullison, NRC Clearance Officer,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone:
301–415–2084; email:
INFOCOLLECTS.Resource@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and
Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID: NRC–2016–
0174 when contacting the NRC about
the availability of information for this
action. You may obtain publiclyavailable information related to this
action by any of the following methods:
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request
AGENCY: National Science Foundation.
ACTION: Submission for OMB review; comment request.
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SUMMARY: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, and as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, the
National Science Foundation (NSF) is inviting the general public and
other Federal agencies to comment on this proposed reinstated
information collection. NSF is forwarding the proposed 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.
DATES: Written comments on this notice must be received by August 21,
2017, 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: Suzanne H. Plimpton, Reports Clearance
Officer, National Science Foundation,
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4201 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1265, 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: This is the second notice for public
comment; the first was published in the Federal Register at 81 FR 35805
and no comments were received. 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.
Title of Collection: 2017 Early Career Doctorates Survey.
OMB Approval Number: 3145-0235.
Type of Request: Intent to seek approval to reinstate an
information collection for three years.
Abstract: Established within the NSF 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. The Early Career Doctorates Survey (ECDS)
will become part of an integrated survey system that meets the human
resources statistics part of this mission.
The Early Career Doctorates Project was established to gather in-
depth information about early career doctorates (ECD), including
postdoctoral researchers (postdocs). Early career doctorates are
critical to the success of the U.S. scientific enterprise and will
influence U.S. and global scientific markets for years to come. Despite
their importance, current surveys of this population are limited, and
extant workforce studies are insufficient for covering all doctorates
who contribute to the U.S. economy. The NSF's Survey of Earned
Doctorates and the Survey of Doctorate Recipients are limited to
individuals who received research doctorates from U.S. academic
institutions, thereby excluding individuals who earned professional
doctorates and those who earned doctorates from institutions outside
the United States but are currently employed in the United States. The
NSF's Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and
Engineering (GSS) provides aggregate level data for all postdocs and
nonfaculty researchers regardless of where they earned the degree.
However, the GSS is limited to science, engineering, and selected
health (SEH) fields in U.S. academic institutions and their related
research facilities and is collected at the program rather than the
individual level.
Through its multi-year Postdoc Data Project, NCSES determined the
need for and the feasibility of gathering information about postdocs
working in the United States. However, efforts to reliably identify and
gather information about postdocs proved difficult due to substantial
variation in how institutions characterize postdoc appointments. As a
result, NCSES expanded the target population to include all individuals
who earned their first doctorate within the past 10-years. Expanding
the population to doctoral degree holders ensures a larger, more
consistent and reliable target population. Unique in scope, the key
goals of the ECD Project are:
To broaden the scope and depth of national statistics on
the ECD population both U.S. degreed and non-U.S. degreed, across
employment sectors and fields of discipline
To collect nationally representative data from ECD that
can be used by funding agencies, policy makers, and other researchers
to better understand the labor market and work experiences of recent
doctorate recipients
To gather the diverse definitions for ECD to allow for
analysis within and across employment sectors
The current focus of the ECD Project is to conduct a survey of ECD
working in three areas of employment: U.S. academic institutions in the
GSS, Federally Funded Research and Development Centers, and the
National Institutes of Health Intramural Research Programs. NCSES,
under full clearance (OMB #3145-0235), has conducted a pilot survey
with data collection period spanning July 2014 to March 2015. The Pilot
ECDS data was released in January 2017.
Beginning in August 2017, NSF will request lists of ECD from
approximately 350 institutions nationwide, and sample 22,855
individuals from these lists. Sample members will be invited to
participate in a 32-minute web-based questionnaire. The survey topics
cover: educational achievement, professional activities, employer
demographics, professional and personal life balance, mentoring,
training and research opportunities, and career paths and plans.
Participation in the survey is voluntary.
The survey will be collected in conformance with the Privacy Act of
1974, the Confidential Information Protection and Statistical
Efficiency Act (CIPSEA) of 2002, and the Federal Cybersecurity
Enhancement Act of 2015. The NSF will ensure that all individually
identifiable information collected will be kept strictly confidential
and will be used for research or statistical purposes.
Use of the Information: The NSF will publish statistics from the
survey in several reports, including the National Science Board's
Science and Engineering Indicators and NCSES's Women, Minorities, and
Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering. These reports
will be made available electronically on the NSF Web site. Restricted-
use and public use data files will also be developed, and will be made
available to interested researchers from government, professional
associations, and other organizations. Restricted-use data may be
obtained under a license agreement.
Expected Respondents: There are five groups who contribute to the
estimated total burden hours of the 2017 ECDS data collection. Three
groups assist in the development of an accurate list of ECD:
Institutional high authority (HA), communication coordinator (CC), and
list coordinator (LC). The fourth and fifth groups consist of the
individual early career doctorates (ECD) and ineligible respondents. At
the first stage of sampling, the 2017 ECDS will select approximately
350 institutions. At each institution, a high authority (HA) will
authorize the institution's participation in the study, designate a
list coordinator (LC) and a communication coordinator (CC), and provide
a letter of support for the survey. The primary responsibility of the
LC is to prepare a list of ECD working at the institution. The LC will
provide a list of all ECD, that is, individuals working at their
institution who earned their first doctorate or doctorate-equivalent
degree within the past 10 years, including postdocs, non-faculty
researchers, tenured or tenure-track faculty members. The primary
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responsibility of the CC is to coordinate all ECDS-related
institutional communications. In the second stage, the 2017 ECDS will
select a sample of up to 22,855 ECD to participate in the survey with
the goal of attaining 18,000 eligible ECD respondents. The HA, with the
help of the CC, will notify the sampled individuals of their selection
and NSF will survey these individuals.
Estimate of Burden: In the 2017 ECDS, taking into account all five
respondent types (HA, CC, LC, ECD, and ineligible respondents), we
estimate the total respondent burden to be 12,641 hours. We estimate a
total burden of 157 hours for HAs, 470 hours for CCs, 2,400 hours for
list coordinators, 9,600 hours for ECD, and 14 hours for ineligible
respondents. These estimates use the burden information collected
during the Pilot ECDS and assume that 300 institutions will participate
(approximately 86%) during stage 1 of the 2017 ECDS data collection,
240 of the participating institutions (80%) will send pre-notification
emails to potential respondents in stage 2 of data collection, and that
the 22,855 sample size will result in 18,000 eligible responding ECD
and 410 ineligible respondents. The amount of time for eligible
responding ECD to complete the 2017 ECDS questionnaire may vary
depending on an individual's circumstances; however, NCSES estimate it
will take approximately 32 minutes. The below table shows the estimated
burden by stage and respondent type.
Estimated Burden by Stage and Respondent Type: 2017 ECDS
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Estimated
Respondent type Sample members Minutes per total burden
respondent hours
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Stage 1: Frame Creation:
High Authority (HA)......................................... 350 20 117
Communication Coordinator (CC).............................. 350 60 350
List Coordinator (LC)....................................... 300 480 2,400
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Subtotal................................................ .............. .............. 2,867
Stage 2: Individual Survey
High Authority (HA) Communication........................... 240 10 40
Coordinator (CC)............................................ 240 30 120
Early Career Doctorate (ECD)................................ 18,000 32 9,600
Ineligible Respondents...................................... 410 2 14
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Subtotal................................................ .............. .............. 9,774
Total............................................... .............. .............. 12,641
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Updates: Relative to the first notice, there are three substantive
changes: (1) The first notice included the statement that ``NSF will
request lists of ECD from approximately 390 institutions nationwide,
and sample 24,000 individuals from these lists'' was based on the
initial sample design plan. Based on additional analysis, the final
sample sizes decreased to a sample of approximately 350 institutions
and 22,855 individuals. (2) The first notice also stated ``Sample
members will be invited to participate in a 40-minute web-based
questionnaire.'' Since the first notice, NCSES further revised the
Pilot ECDS questionnaire to reduce the time needed to complete the
survey to 32 minutes. (3) NCSES reduced the estimated burden to 12,641
hours from the 19,900 hours provided in the first notice. This
reduction in the estimated burden was a result of the smaller sample
sizes, a reduction in the time to complete the survey, and a change in
the expected response rate.
NSF may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless
the collection of information displays a currently valid OMB control
number and the agency informs potential persons who are to respond to
the collection of information that such persons are not required to
respond to the collection of information unless it displays a currently
valid OMB control number.
Dated: July 17, 2017.
Suzanne H. Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-15326 Filed 7-20-17; 8:45 am]
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