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Needs and Uses: The National Survey
of Children’s Health (NSCH) enables the
Maternal and Child Health Bureau
(MCHB) of the Health Resources and
Services Administration (HRSA) of the
U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) to produce national and
state-based estimates on the health and
well-being of children, their families,
and their communities as well as
estimates of the prevalence and impact
of children with special health care
needs.
Data will be collected using one of
two modes. The first mode is a web
instrument (Centurion) survey that
contains the screener and topical
instruments. The web instrument first
will take the respondent through the
screener questions. If the household
screens into the study, the respondent
will be taken directly into one of the
three age-based topical sets of questions.
The second mode is a mailout/mailback
of a self-administered paper-and-pencil
interviewing (PAPI) screener instrument
followed by a separate mailout/mailback
of a PAPI age-based topical instrument.
A test of a single-question PAPI screener
card instrument to ease the burden for
households without children is also
being conducted concurrently with the
production survey.
The National Survey of Children’s
Health (NSCH) is a large-scale (sample
size is 184,000 addresses) national
survey with approximately 180,000
addresses included in the production
survey and 4,000 addresses included in
the screener card test. The survey will
consist of one additional experiment to
test the effectiveness of an envelope
design that is aimed at increasing the
likelihood of response by increasing the
chance that the initial mail package is
opened. Higher response can reduce
follow-up costs and nonresponse bias.
As in prior cycles of the NSCH, there
remain two key, non-experimental
design elements. The first additional
non-experimental design element is
either a $2 or $5 screener cash incentive
mailed to 90% (45% each) of sampled
addresses; the remaining 10% (the
control) will receive no incentive to
monitor the effectiveness of the cash
incentive. This incentive is designed to
increase response and reduce
nonresponse bias. The incentive
amounts were chosen based on the
results of the 2018 NSCH as well as
funding availability. The second
additional non-experimental design
element is a data collection procedure
based on the block group-level paperonly response probability used to
identify households (30% of the sample)
that would be more likely to respond by
paper and send them a paper
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questionnaire from the initial mailing.
The two experiments that will be further
evaluated during the 2019 NSCH cycle
are the screener card test as mentioned
above along with a test of a more
visually appealing, eye-catching
envelope design that is aimed at
increasing the likelihood that a mail
package is opened, furthermore
increasing the probability of response.
Affected Public: Parents, researchers,
policymakers, and family advocates.
Frequency: The 2019 collection is the
fourth administration of the NSCH. It is
an annual survey, with a new sample
drawn for each administration.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Census Authority: 13
U.S.C. Section 8(b).
HRSA MCHB Authority: Section
501(a)(2) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 701)
USDA Authority: The Healthy,
Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, Public
Law 111–296. In particular, 42 U.S.C.
1769d(a) authorizes USDA to conduct
research on the causes and
consequences of childhood hunger
included in 1769d(a)(4)(B), the
geographic dispersion of childhood
hunger and food insecurity.
CDC/NCBDDD Authority: Public
Health Service Act, Section 301, 42
U.S.C. 241.
Confidentiality: The Census Bureau is
required by law to protect your
information. The Census Bureau is not
permitted to publicly release your
responses in a way that could identify
you or your household. Federal law
protects your privacy and keeps your
answers confidential (Title 13, United
States Code, Section 9). Per the Federal
Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of
2015, your data are protected from
cybersecurity risks through screening of
the systems that transmit your data.
This information collection request
may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov.
Follow the instructions to view
Department of Commerce collections
currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to OIRA_Submission@
omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395–5806.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental Lead PRA Officer, Office of the
Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Census Bureau
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
The Department of Commerce will
submit to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for clearance the
following proposal for collection of
information under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act.
Agency: U.S. Census Bureau.
Title: Survey of State Government
Research and Development.
OMB Control Number: 0607–0933.
Form Number(s): Survey Frame
Review Module; SRD–1 State Agency
Form.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Number of Respondents: 604.
Average Hours per Response: 1 hour
and 45 minutes.
Burden Hours: 1,056.
Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau
is requesting clearance to conduct the
Survey of State Government Research
and Development (SGRD) for the 2019–
2021 survey years. The Census Bureau
conducts this survey on behalf of the
National Science Foundation’s (NSF)
National Center for Science and
Engineering Statistics (NCSES). The
NSF Act of 1950 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 in
the Federal Government.’’ Under the
aegis of this legislative mandate, NCSES
and its predecessors have sponsored
surveys of research and development
(R&D) since 1953, including the SGRD
since 2006. This survey has helped to
expand the scope of R&D collections to
include state governments, where
previously there had been no regularly
established collection efforts, and thus a
gap in the national portfolio of R&D
statistics.
NCSES sponsors surveys of R&D
activities of Federal agencies, higher
education institutions, and private
industries. The results of these surveys
provide a consistent information base
for both federal and state government
officials, industry professionals, and
researchers to use in formulating public
policy and planning in science and
technology. These surveys allow for the
analysis of current and historical trends
of R&D in the U.S. and in international
comparisons of R&D with other
countries. The data collected from the
SGRD fills a void that previously existed
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for collection of R&D activities.
Although NCSES conducted periodic
data collections of state government
R&D in 1995, 1988 and 1987, more
frequent collection was necessary to
account for the changing dynamic of
state governments’ role in performing
and funding R&D and their role as
fiduciary intermediaries of federal funds
for R&D. The survey is a census of state
government departments, agencies,
commissions, public authorities, and
other dependent entities as defined by
the Census Bureau’s Census of
Governments program, that performed
or funded R&D activities in a given
fiscal year.
The Census Bureau, serving as
collection agent, employs a
methodology similar to the one used to
collect information from state and local
governments on other established
censuses and surveys. This
methodology involves identifying a
central coordinator in each state who
will assist Census Bureau staff in
identifying appropriate state agencies to
be surveyed. Since not all state agencies
have the budget authority or operational
capacity to perform or fund R&D,
NCSES and Census Bureau staffs have
identified those agencies most likely to
perform or fund R&D based on state
session laws, authorizing legislation,
budget authority, previous R&D
activities, and reports issued by state
government agencies. The state
coordinators, based on their knowledge
of the state government’s own activities
and priorities, are asked to confirm
which of the selected agencies
identified should be sent the survey for
a given fiscal year or to add additional
agencies to the survey frame. These state
coordinators also verify the final
responses at the end of the data
collection cycle and may assist with
nonresponse follow-up with individual
state agencies. The collection approach
using a central state coordinator is used
successfully at the Census Bureau in
surveys of local school districts, as well
as the annual surveys of state and local
government finance.
The FY 2019 survey will follow the
same content that was collected during
the FYs 2016–2018 survey cycles.
Final survey results produced by
NCSES contain state and national
estimates and are useful to a variety of
data users interested in R&D
performance, including: The National
Science Board; the OMB; the Office of
Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)
and other science policy makers;
institutional researchers; and private
organizations; and many state
governments.
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Legislators, policy officials, and
researchers rely on statistics to make
informed decisions about R&D
investment at the Federal, state, and
local level. These statistics are derived
from the existing NCSES sponsored
surveys of Federal agencies, higher
education institutions, and private
industry. The total picture of R&D
expenditures, however, had been
incomplete due to the lack of data from
state governments prior to this
implementation of the SGRD in 2006,
which now fills that void.
State government officials and policy
makers garner the most benefit from the
results of this survey. Governors and
legislatures need a reliable,
comprehensive source of data to help in
evaluating how best to attract the hightech R&D industries to their state.
Officials are able to evaluate their
investment in R&D based on
comparisons with other states. These
comparisons include the sources of
funding, the type of R&D being
conducted, and the type of R&D
performer.
State governments serve a unique role
within the national portfolio of R&D.
Not only are they both performers and
funders of R&D like other sectors such
as the Federal Government, higher
education, or industry, but they also
serve as fiduciary intermediaries
between the Federal Government and
other R&D performers while also
providing state specific funds for R&D.
The information collected from the
SGRD provides data users with
perspective on this complex flow of
funds. Survey results are used at the
Federal level to assess and direct
investment in technology and economic
issues. Congressional committees and
the Congressional Research Service use
results of the R&D surveys. The BEA
uses these data to estimate the
contribution of state agency-funded R&D
to the overall impact of treating R&D as
an investment in BEA’s statistics of
gross domestic product by state-area.
NSF also uses data from this survey
in various publications produced about
the state of R&D in the U.S. The Science
and Engineering Indicators, for example,
is a biennial report mandated by
Congress and describes quantitatively
the condition of the country’s R&D
efforts and includes data from the
SGRD. Survey results are also included
in the National Patterns of Research and
Development report’s tabulations.
The availability of state R&D survey
results are posted to NSF’s web page
allowing for public access from a variety
of other data users as well. Media,
university researchers, nonprofit
organizations, and foreign government
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officials are also consumers of state R&D
statistics. All users are able to utilize
this information in an attempt to better
understand the Nation’s R&D resources.
Affected Public: State, local or tribal
government.
Frequency: Annually.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: This survey is
conducted under the authority of the
National Science Foundation Act of
1950, as amended, the America
COMPETES Reauthorization Act of
2010, and collected under Title 13,
United States Code, Section 8(b).
This information collection request
may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov.
Follow the instructions to view
Department of Commerce collections
currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to OIRA_Submission@
omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395–5806.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental Lead PRA Officer, Office of the
Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.
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Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[B–73–2019]
Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 41—
Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Authorization
of Production Activity; Jeneil Biotech,
Inc. (Natural Fragrance Intermediates),
Saukville, Wisconsin
On September 27, 2018, the Port of
Milwaukee, grantee of FTZ 41,
submitted a notification of proposed
production activity to the FTZ Board on
behalf of Jeneil Biotech, Inc., within Site
16, in Saukville, Wisconsin.
The notification was processed in
accordance with the regulations of the
FTZ Board (15 CFR part 400), including
notice in the Federal Register, inviting
public comment (83 FR 57717–57718,
November 16, 2018). On March 6, 2019,
the applicant was notified of the FTZ
Board’s decision that no further review
of the activity is warranted at this time.
The production activity described in the
notification was authorized, subject to
the FTZ Act and the FTZ Board’s
regulations, including Section 400.14.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Census Bureau
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
The Department of Commerce will submit to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of
information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act.
Agency: U.S. Census Bureau.
Title: Survey of State Government Research and Development.
OMB Control Number: 0607-0933.
Form Number(s): Survey Frame Review Module; SRD-1 State Agency
Form.
Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Number of Respondents: 604.
Average Hours per Response: 1 hour and 45 minutes.
Burden Hours: 1,056.
Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau is requesting clearance to
conduct the Survey of State Government Research and Development (SGRD)
for the 2019-2021 survey years. The Census Bureau conducts this survey
on behalf of the National Science Foundation's (NSF) National Center
for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES). The NSF Act of 1950
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 in the Federal Government.'' Under the
aegis of this legislative mandate, NCSES and its predecessors have
sponsored surveys of research and development (R&D) since 1953,
including the SGRD since 2006. This survey has helped to expand the
scope of R&D collections to include state governments, where previously
there had been no regularly established collection efforts, and thus a
gap in the national portfolio of R&D statistics.
NCSES sponsors surveys of R&D activities of Federal agencies,
higher education institutions, and private industries. The results of
these surveys provide a consistent information base for both federal
and state government officials, industry professionals, and researchers
to use in formulating public policy and planning in science and
technology. These surveys allow for the analysis of current and
historical trends of R&D in the U.S. and in international comparisons
of R&D with other countries. The data collected from the SGRD fills a
void that previously existed
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for collection of R&D activities. Although NCSES conducted periodic
data collections of state government R&D in 1995, 1988 and 1987, more
frequent collection was necessary to account for the changing dynamic
of state governments' role in performing and funding R&D and their role
as fiduciary intermediaries of federal funds for R&D. The survey is a
census of state government departments, agencies, commissions, public
authorities, and other dependent entities as defined by the Census
Bureau's Census of Governments program, that performed or funded R&D
activities in a given fiscal year.
The Census Bureau, serving as collection agent, employs a
methodology similar to the one used to collect information from state
and local governments on other established censuses and surveys. This
methodology involves identifying a central coordinator in each state
who will assist Census Bureau staff in identifying appropriate state
agencies to be surveyed. Since not all state agencies have the budget
authority or operational capacity to perform or fund R&D, NCSES and
Census Bureau staffs have identified those agencies most likely to
perform or fund R&D based on state session laws, authorizing
legislation, budget authority, previous R&D activities, and reports
issued by state government agencies. The state coordinators, based on
their knowledge of the state government's own activities and
priorities, are asked to confirm which of the selected agencies
identified should be sent the survey for a given fiscal year or to add
additional agencies to the survey frame. These state coordinators also
verify the final responses at the end of the data collection cycle and
may assist with nonresponse follow-up with individual state agencies.
The collection approach using a central state coordinator is used
successfully at the Census Bureau in surveys of local school districts,
as well as the annual surveys of state and local government finance.
The FY 2019 survey will follow the same content that was collected
during the FYs 2016-2018 survey cycles.
Final survey results produced by NCSES contain state and national
estimates and are useful to a variety of data users interested in R&D
performance, including: The National Science Board; the OMB; the Office
of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and other science policy
makers; institutional researchers; and private organizations; and many
state governments.
Legislators, policy officials, and researchers rely on statistics
to make informed decisions about R&D investment at the Federal, state,
and local level. These statistics are derived from the existing NCSES
sponsored surveys of Federal agencies, higher education institutions,
and private industry. The total picture of R&D expenditures, however,
had been incomplete due to the lack of data from state governments
prior to this implementation of the SGRD in 2006, which now fills that
void.
State government officials and policy makers garner the most
benefit from the results of this survey. Governors and legislatures
need a reliable, comprehensive source of data to help in evaluating how
best to attract the high-tech R&D industries to their state. Officials
are able to evaluate their investment in R&D based on comparisons with
other states. These comparisons include the sources of funding, the
type of R&D being conducted, and the type of R&D performer.
State governments serve a unique role within the national portfolio
of R&D. Not only are they both performers and funders of R&D like other
sectors such as the Federal Government, higher education, or industry,
but they also serve as fiduciary intermediaries between the Federal
Government and other R&D performers while also providing state specific
funds for R&D. The information collected from the SGRD provides data
users with perspective on this complex flow of funds. Survey results
are used at the Federal level to assess and direct investment in
technology and economic issues. Congressional committees and the
Congressional Research Service use results of the R&D surveys. The BEA
uses these data to estimate the contribution of state agency-funded R&D
to the overall impact of treating R&D as an investment in BEA's
statistics of gross domestic product by state-area.
NSF also uses data from this survey in various publications
produced about the state of R&D in the U.S. The Science and Engineering
Indicators, for example, is a biennial report mandated by Congress and
describes quantitatively the condition of the country's R&D efforts and
includes data from the SGRD. Survey results are also included in the
National Patterns of Research and Development report's tabulations.
The availability of state R&D survey results are posted to NSF's
web page allowing for public access from a variety of other data users
as well. Media, university researchers, nonprofit organizations, and
foreign government officials are also consumers of state R&D
statistics. All users are able to utilize this information in an
attempt to better understand the Nation's R&D resources.
Affected Public: State, local or tribal government.
Frequency: Annually.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: This survey is conducted under the authority of
the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended, the America
COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010, and collected under Title 13,
United States Code, Section 8(b).
This information collection request may be viewed at
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view Department of Commerce
collections currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice
to OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395-5806.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental Lead PRA Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer,
Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2019-04304 Filed 3-8-19; 8:45 am]
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