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(45 CFR part 614), the National Science
Foundation Act, as amended (42 U.S.C.
1862n–5), and the Government in the
Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. 552b), hereby
gives notice of the scheduling of a
teleconference for the transaction of
National Science Board business, as
follows:
TIME AND DATE: Friday, December 21,
2018 at 2:00–3:00 p.m. EST.
PLACE: This meeting will be held by
teleconference at the National Science
Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue,
Alexandria, VA 22314. An audio link
will be available for the public.
Members of the public must contact the
Board Office to request the public audio
link by sending an email to
nationalsciencebrd@nsf.gov at least 24
hours prior to the teleconference.
STATUS: Open.
MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Discussion
of the Task Force’s deliverables and
associated production timelines.
CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Point of contact for this meeting is:
Christina Maranto, cmaranto@nsf.gov,
703–292–7000. Meeting information and
updates may be found at https://
www.nsf.gov/nsb/notices.jsp#sunshine.
Please refer to the National Science
Board website at www.nsf.gov/nsb for
general information.
Chris Blair,
Executive Assistant to the National Science
Board Office.
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Request for Information on National
Strategic Overview for Quantum
Information Science
National Science Foundation.
Notice of Request for
Information; Correction.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The National Science
Foundation (NSF) published a
document in the Federal Register of
December 11, 2018, concerning a
Request for Information on the National
Strategic Overview for Quantum
Information Science. There was a
broken link in the notice.
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SUMMARY:
Correction
In the Federal Register of December
11, 2018, in FR Doc. 2018–26754, on
page 63685, in the third column, please
correct the web link to read: https://
www.surveymonkey.com/r/QIS-RFI_
Responses.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: C.
Denise Caldwell at (703) 292–7371 or
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nsfscqis@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
between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern time,
Monday through Friday.
Dated: December 11, 2018.
Suzanne H. Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer, National Science
Foundation.
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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. This is the
second notice for public comment; the
first was published in the Federal
Register on September 17, 2018, and no
comments were received. NSF is
forwarding the proposed reinstatement
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: Comments regarding these
information collections are best assured
of having their full effect if received
within 30 days of this notification.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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 Suzanne H.
Plimpton, Reports Clearance Officer,
National Science Foundation, 2415
Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA
22314, 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).
Copies of the submission(s) may be
obtained by calling 703–292–7556.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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
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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 regarding (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 should be
addressed to the points of contact in the
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
section.
Title of Collection: Grantee Reporting
Requirements for Science and
Technology Centers (STC): Integrative
Partnerships.
OMB Number: 3145–0194.
Type of Request: Intent to seek
approval to extend an information
collection.
Abstract
Proposed Project
The Science and Technology Centers
(STC): Integrative Partnerships Program
supports innovation in the integrative
conduct of research, education and
knowledge transfer. Science and
Technology Centers build intellectual
and physical infrastructure within and
between disciplines, weaving together
knowledge creation, knowledge
integration, and knowledge transfer.
STCs conduct world-class research
through partnerships of academic
institutions, national laboratories,
industrial organizations, and/or other
public/private entities. New knowledge
thus created is meaningfully linked to
society.
STCs enable and foster excellent
education, integrate research and
education, and create bonds between
learning and inquiry so that discovery
and creativity more fully support the
learning process. STCs capitalize on
diversity through participation in center
activities and demonstrate leadership in
the involvement of groups
underrepresented in science and
engineering.
Centers selected will be required to
submit annual reports on progress and
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plans, which will be used as a basis for
performance review and determining
the level of continued funding. To
support this review and the
management of a Center, STCs will be
required to develop a set of management
and performance indicators for
submission annually to NSF via an NSF
evaluation technical assistance
contractor. These indicators are both
quantitative and descriptive and may
include, for example, the characteristics
of center personnel and students;
sources of financial support and in-kind
support; expenditures by operational
component; characteristics of industrial
and/or other sector participation;
research activities; education activities;
knowledge transfer activities; patents,
licenses; publications; degrees granted
to students involved in Center activities;
descriptions of significant advances and
other outcomes of the STC effort. Part of
this reporting will take the form of a
database which will be owned by the
institution and eventually made
available to an evaluation contractor.
This database will capture specific
information to demonstrate progress
towards achieving the goals of the
program. Such reporting requirements
will be included in the cooperative
agreement which is binding between the
academic institution and the NSF.
Each Center’s annual report will
address the following categories of
activities: (1) Research, (2) education,
(3) knowledge transfer, (4) partnerships,
(5) diversity, (6) management and (7)
budget issues.
For each of the categories the report
will describe overall objectives for the
year, problems the Center has
encountered in making progress towards
goals, anticipated problems in the
following year, and specific outputs and
outcomes.
Use of the Information: NSF will use
the information to continue funding of
the Centers, and to evaluate the progress
of the program.
Estimate of Burden: 100 hours per
center for 12 centers for a total of 1,200
hours.
Respondents: Non-profit institutions;
federal government.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Report: One from each of the twelve
centers.
Dated: December 10, 2018.
Suzanne H. Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer, National Science
Foundation.
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION
[NRC–2018–0013]
Information Collection: Requests to
Agreement States for Information
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
collection is entitled, ‘‘Requests to
Agreement States for Information.’’
DATES: Submit comments by January 14,
2019.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments directly
to the OMB reviewer at: OMB Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs
(3150–0029), Attn: Desk Officer for the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 725
17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503;
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:
SUMMARY:
I. Obtaining Information and
Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2018–
0013 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:
• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2018–0013. A copy
of the collection of information and
related instructions may be obtained
without charge by accessing Docket ID
NRC–2018–0013 on this website.
• NRC’s Agencywide Documents
Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publiclyavailable documents online in the
ADAMS Public Documents collection at
https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
adams.html. To begin the search, select
‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.’’ For
problems with ADAMS, please contact
the NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR)
reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, 301–
415–4737, or by email to pdr.resource@
nrc.gov. The supporting statement is
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available in ADAMS under Accession
No. ML18331A291.
• NRC’s PDR: You may examine and
purchase copies of public documents at
the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One
White Flint North, 11555 Rockville
Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
• NRC’s Clearance Officer: A copy of
the collection of information and related
instructions may be obtained without
charge by contacting the NRC’s
Clearance Officer, David Cullison,
Office of the Chief Information Officer,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone:
301–415–2084; email:
Infocollects.Resource@nrc.gov.
B. Submitting Comments
The NRC cautions you not to include
identifying or contact information in
comment submissions that you do not
want to be publicly disclosed in your
comment submission. All comment
submissions are posted at https://
www.regulations.gov and entered into
ADAMS. Comment submissions are not
routinely edited to remove identifying
or contact information.
If you are requesting or aggregating
comments from other persons for
submission to the OMB, then you
should inform those persons not to
include identifying or contact
information that they do not want to be
publicly disclosed in their comment
submission. Your request should state
that comment submissions are not
routinely edited to remove such
information before making the comment
submissions available to the public or
entering the comment into ADAMS.
II. Background
Under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35), the NRC recently
submitted a request for renewal of an
existing collection of information to
OMB for review entitled, ‘‘Requests to
Agreement States for Information.’’ The
NRC hereby informs potential
respondents that an agency may not
conduct or sponsor, and that a person is
not required to respond to, a collection
of information unless it displays a
currently valid OMB control number.
The NRC published a Federal
Register notice with a 60-day comment
period on this information collection on
August 23, 2018 (83 FR 42712).
1. The title of the information
collection: ‘‘Requests to Agreement
States for Information.’’
2. OMB approval number: 3150–0029.
3. Type of submission: Extension.
4. The form number if applicable:
N/A.
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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: 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. This is the second
notice for public comment; the first was published in the Federal
Register on September 17, 2018, and no comments were received. NSF is
forwarding the proposed reinstatement 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: Comments regarding these information collections are best
assured of having their full effect if received within 30 days of this
notification.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 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
Suzanne H. Plimpton, Reports Clearance Officer, National Science
Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22314, or send email
to [email protected]. 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).
Copies of the submission(s) may be obtained by calling 703-292-
7556.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 regarding (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 should be addressed to the points
of contact in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.
Title of Collection: Grantee Reporting Requirements for Science and
Technology Centers (STC): Integrative Partnerships.
OMB Number: 3145-0194.
Type of Request: Intent to seek approval to extend an information
collection.
Abstract
Proposed Project
The Science and Technology Centers (STC): Integrative Partnerships
Program supports innovation in the integrative conduct of research,
education and knowledge transfer. Science and Technology Centers build
intellectual and physical infrastructure within and between
disciplines, weaving together knowledge creation, knowledge
integration, and knowledge transfer. STCs conduct world-class research
through partnerships of academic institutions, national laboratories,
industrial organizations, and/or other public/private entities. New
knowledge thus created is meaningfully linked to society.
STCs enable and foster excellent education, integrate research and
education, and create bonds between learning and inquiry so that
discovery and creativity more fully support the learning process. STCs
capitalize on diversity through participation in center activities and
demonstrate leadership in the involvement of groups underrepresented in
science and engineering.
Centers selected will be required to submit annual reports on
progress and
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plans, which will be used as a basis for performance review and
determining the level of continued funding. To support this review and
the management of a Center, STCs will be required to develop a set of
management and performance indicators for submission annually to NSF
via an NSF evaluation technical assistance contractor. These indicators
are both quantitative and descriptive and may include, for example, the
characteristics of center personnel and students; sources of financial
support and in-kind support; expenditures by operational component;
characteristics of industrial and/or other sector participation;
research activities; education activities; knowledge transfer
activities; patents, licenses; publications; degrees granted to
students involved in Center activities; descriptions of significant
advances and other outcomes of the STC effort. Part of this reporting
will take the form of a database which will be owned by the institution
and eventually made available to an evaluation contractor. This
database will capture specific information to demonstrate progress
towards achieving the goals of the program. Such reporting requirements
will be included in the cooperative agreement which is binding between
the academic institution and the NSF.
Each Center's annual report will address the following categories
of activities: (1) Research, (2) education, (3) knowledge transfer, (4)
partnerships, (5) diversity, (6) management and (7) budget issues.
For each of the categories the report will describe overall
objectives for the year, problems the Center has encountered in making
progress towards goals, anticipated problems in the following year, and
specific outputs and outcomes.
Use of the Information: NSF will use the information to continue
funding of the Centers, and to evaluate the progress of the program.
Estimate of Burden: 100 hours per center for 12 centers for a total
of 1,200 hours.
Respondents: Non-profit institutions; federal government.
Estimated Number of Responses per Report: One from each of the
twelve centers.
Dated: December 10, 2018.
Suzanne H. Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation.
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