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published in the Federal Register on
June 16, 2017 (82 FR 27725).
Interested parties are encouraged to
send comments to the OMB, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs at
the address shown in the ADDRESSES
section within thirty (30) days of
publication of this notice in the Federal
Register. In order to help ensure
appropriate consideration, comments
should mention OMB Control Number
1225–0088. The OMB 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; 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 submission of
responses.
Agency: DOL–DM.
Title of Collection: Department of
Labor Generic Clearance for the
Collection of Qualitative Feedback on
Agency Service Delivery.
OMB Control Number: 1225–0088.
Affected Public: Individuals or
Households; State Local, and Tribal
Governments; and Private Sector—
businesses or other for-profits, farms,
and not for profit institutions.
Total Estimated Number of
Respondents: 380,000.
Total Estimated Number of
Responses: 380,000.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden:
38,000 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs
Burden: $0.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D).
Dated: August 26, 2017.
Michel Smyth,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
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expenditure data that allows items that
are priced in the CPI to be properly
weighted.
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Information Collection Activities;
Comment Request
Bureau of Labor Statistics,
Department of Labor.
ACTION: Notice of information collection,
request for comment.
AGENCY:
The Department of Labor, as
part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden,
conducts a pre-clearance consultation
program to provide the general public
and Federal agencies with an
opportunity to comment on proposed
and/or continuing collections of
information in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This
program helps to ensure that requested
data can be provided in the desired
format, reporting burden (time and
financial resources) is minimized,
collection instruments are clearly
understood, and the impact of collection
requirements on respondents can be
properly assessed. The Bureau of Labor
Statistics (BLS) is soliciting comments
concerning the proposed revision of the
‘‘Telephone Point of Purchase Survey.’’
A copy of the proposed information
collection request can be obtained by
contacting the individual listed below
in the ADDRESSES section of this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
ADDRESSES section of this notice on or
before October 30, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Nora
Kincaid, BLS Clearance Officer,
Division of Management Systems,
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Room 4080,
2 Massachusetts Avenue NE.,
Washington, DC 20212. Written
comments also may be transmitted by
fax to 202–691–5111 (this is not a toll
free number).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nora Kincaid, BLS Clearance Officer, at
202–691–7628 (this is not a toll free
number). (See ADDRESSES section.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
I. Background
The purpose of this survey is to
develop and maintain a timely list of
retail, wholesale, and service
establishments where urban consumers
shop for specified items. This
information is used as the sampling
universe for selecting establishments at
which prices of specific items are
collected and monitored for use in
calculating the Consumer Price Index
(CPI). The survey has been ongoing
since 1980 and also provides
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II. Current Action
Office of Management and Budget
clearance is being sought for the
Telephone Point of Purchase Survey.
Since 1997, the survey has been
administered quarterly via a computerassisted-telephone-interview. This
survey is flexible and creates the
possibility of introducing new products
into the CPI in a timely manner. The
data collected in this survey are
necessary for the continuing
construction of a current outlet universe
from which locations are selected for
the price collection needed for
calculating the CPI. Furthermore, the
TPOPS provides the weights used in
selecting the items that are priced at
these establishments. This sample
design produces an overall CPI market
basket that is more reflective of the
prices faced and the establishments
visited by urban consumers. TPOPS will
complete the transition from the 1998 to
the 2018 geographic redesign over the
next several years, resulting in a
reduction of the number of PSUs from
87 to 75 when fully implemented.
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 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.
Title of Collection: The Telephone
Point of Purchase Survey.
OMB Number: 1220–0044.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Individuals or
Households.
Total Respondents: 10,183.
Frequency: Quarterly.
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Total Responses: 29,938.
Average Time per Response: 12.65
minutes.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 6,312
hours.
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 25th day of
August 2017.
Kimberley Hill,
Chief, Division of Management Systems.
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Comment Request
National Science Foundation.
Submission for OMB review;
comment request.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The National Science
Foundation (NSF) has submitted the
following information collection
requirement to OMB for review and
clearance under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 on the National
Science Foundation Proposal and
Award Policies and Procedures Guide.
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.
Comments: Comments are invited on:
(a) Whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of burden including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information to be
collected; (d) ways to 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.
DATES: Comments regarding these
information collections are best assured
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of having their full effect if received
October 2, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be
addressed to: Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs of OMB, Attention:
Desk Officer for National Science
Foundation, 725 17th Street NW., Room
10235, Washington, DC 20503, and to
Suzanne H. Plimpton, Reports Clearance
Officer, National Science Foundation,
4201 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1265,
Arlington, Virginia 22230 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).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Suzanne H. Plimpton at splimpto@
nsf.gov. Copies of the submission(s) may
be obtained by calling 703–292–7556.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is the
second notice for public comment on
plans to obtain OMB clearance for the
Survey of Public Attitudes Toward and
Understanding of Science and
Technology (S&T Attitudes Survey); the
first notice was published in the Federal
Register at 82 FR 15240, and no
comments were received. NSF is
forwarding the proposed renewal
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.
Title of Collection: Survey of Public
Attitudes Toward and Understanding of
Science and Technology.
OMB Approval Number: 3145–NEW.
Summary of Collection: 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 Survey of Public
Attitudes Toward and Understanding of
Science and Technology (‘‘S&T
Attitudes Survey’’) is part of this NCSES
system, focused on public support for,
understanding of, and attitudes toward
science and technology. The S&T
Attitudes Survey is conducted as one
module of the General Social Survey
(GSS), one of the three large, high
quality social surveys funded under a
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grant by the National Science
Foundation.
Use of the Information and Means of
Dissemination: The S&T Attitudes
Survey was established to gather highquality data on public attitudes toward
and understanding of science for the
NCSES biennial publication, Science
and Engineering Indicators (SEI). SEI is
a congressionally mandated report on
the status of the science and engineering
enterprise in the United States,
including comparisons with other
countries. The ‘‘Science and
Technology: Public Attitudes and
Understanding’’ chapter of the report is
dedicated to public understanding of
and attitudes toward science and
technology. These attitudes and
understandings may influence students’
decisions to pursue STEM careers,
public support for funding scientific
research, what technologies are adopted
and how, and what public policies are
put in place. It is expected that the
information in Chapter 7 will be used by
policymakers, journalists, government
agencies, researchers, and the general
public.
NSF will publish statistics from the
survey in NCSES’ SEI report and
possibly in InfoBriefs that focus on
particular research topics. SEI,
Infobriefs, and data tables and figures
will be made available electronically on
the NSF Web site. Public use data files
will also be developed and made freely
available via the Internet.
Expected Respondents: GSS
respondents are a probability sample of
all noninstitutionalized English and
Spanish speaking persons 18 years of
age or older, living in the United States.
The expected number of participants is
1,250.
Estimate of Burden: In the 2014 GSS
data collection cycle, respondents took
an average of 20 minutes to respond to
the S&T Attitudes Survey module. This
is not expected to change. In addition,
while the target number of participants
is 1,250, this can vary depending on the
systematic assignment of GSS
respondents to the S&T Attitudes
Survey and patterns of non-response.
No more than 1,313 participants are
expected for the 2018 GSS. Thus, the
total number of person-hours expected
for the 2018 GSS is at most (20/60) *
1,313 or 438 hours.
Updates: Relative to the first Federal
Register notice, there is one substantive
change. The first notice described an
older methodology. The current
methodology is as follows. The sample
is a multi-stage area probability sample.
The geographical units employed are
national frame areas (NFAs) which are
comprised of Metropolitan Statistical
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Information Collection Activities; Comment Request
AGENCY: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor.
ACTION: Notice of information collection, request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance
consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies
with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing
collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995. This program helps to ensure that requested data can be
provided in the desired format, reporting burden (time and financial
resources) is minimized, collection instruments are clearly understood,
and the impact of collection requirements on respondents can be
properly assessed. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is soliciting
comments concerning the proposed revision of the ``Telephone Point of
Purchase Survey.'' A copy of the proposed information collection
request can be obtained by contacting the individual listed below in
the ADDRESSES section of this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
ADDRESSES section of this notice on or before October 30, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Nora Kincaid, BLS Clearance Officer,
Division of Management Systems, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Room 4080,
2 Massachusetts Avenue NE., Washington, DC 20212. Written comments also
may be transmitted by fax to 202-691-5111 (this is not a toll free
number).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nora Kincaid, BLS Clearance Officer,
at 202-691-7628 (this is not a toll free number). (See ADDRESSES
section.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The purpose of this survey is to develop and maintain a timely list
of retail, wholesale, and service establishments where urban consumers
shop for specified items. This information is used as the sampling
universe for selecting establishments at which prices of specific items
are collected and monitored for use in calculating the Consumer Price
Index (CPI). The survey has been ongoing since 1980 and also provides
expenditure data that allows items that are priced in the CPI to be
properly weighted.
II. Current Action
Office of Management and Budget clearance is being sought for the
Telephone Point of Purchase Survey.
Since 1997, the survey has been administered quarterly via a
computer-assisted-telephone-interview. This survey is flexible and
creates the possibility of introducing new products into the CPI in a
timely manner. The data collected in this survey are necessary for the
continuing construction of a current outlet universe from which
locations are selected for the price collection needed for calculating
the CPI. Furthermore, the TPOPS provides the weights used in selecting
the items that are priced at these establishments. This sample design
produces an overall CPI market basket that is more reflective of the
prices faced and the establishments visited by urban consumers. TPOPS
will complete the transition from the 1998 to the 2018 geographic
redesign over the next several years, resulting in a reduction of the
number of PSUs from 87 to 75 when fully implemented.
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 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.
Title of Collection: The Telephone Point of Purchase Survey.
OMB Number: 1220-0044.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
Total Respondents: 10,183.
Frequency: Quarterly.
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Total Responses: 29,938.
Average Time per Response: 12.65 minutes.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 6,312 hours.
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 25th day of August 2017.
Kimberley Hill,
Chief, Division of Management Systems.
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