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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED–2020–SCC–0121]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Comment Request;
International Study of Adult Skills and
Learning (ISASL) [Program for the
International Assessment of Adult
Competencies (PIAAC) Cycle II]
National Center for Education
Statistics (NCES), Department of
Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is
proposing change to an existing
information collection request.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before August
27, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for proposed
information collection requests should
be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/
do/PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection request by
selecting ‘‘Department of Education’’
under ‘‘Currently Under Review,’’ then
check ‘‘Only Show ICR for Public
Comment’’ checkbox.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
specific questions related to collection
activities, please call Carrie Clarady,
202–245–6347 or send an email to
NCES.Information.Collections@ed.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Department of Education (ED), in
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accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general
public and Federal agencies with an
opportunity to comment on proposed,
revised, and continuing collections of
information. This helps the Department
assess the impact of its information
collection requirements and minimize
the public’s reporting burden. It also
helps the public understand the
Department’s information collection
requirements and provide the requested
data in the desired format. ED is
soliciting comments on the proposed
information collection request (ICR) that
is described below. The Department of
Education is especially interested in
public comment addressing the
following issues: (1) Is this collection
necessary to the proper functions of the
Department; (2) will this information be
processed and used in a timely manner;
(3) is the estimate of burden accurate;
(4) how might the Department enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (5) how
might the Department minimize the
burden of this collection on the
respondents, including through the use
of information technology. Please note
that written comments received in
response to this notice will be
considered public records.
Title of Collection: International
Study of Adult Skills and Learning
(ISASL) [Program for the International
Assessment of Adult Competencies
(PIAAC) Cycle II].
OMB Control Number: 1850–0870.
Type of Review: Change to an existing
information collection.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Individuals or households.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 5,611.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 1,258.
Abstract: The Program for the
International Assessment of Adult
Competencies (PIAAC) is a cyclical,
large-scale study of adult skills and life
experiences focusing on education and
employment. PIAAC is an international
study designed to assess adults in
different countries over a broad range of
abilities, from simple reading to
complex problem-solving skills, and to
collect information on individuals’ skill
use and background. PIAAC is
coordinated by the Organization for
Economic Cooperation and
Development (OECD) and developed by
participating countries with the support
of the OECD. In the United States, the
National Center for Education Statistics
(NCES), within the U.S. Department of
Education (ED) conducts PIAAC. The
U.S. participated in the PIAAC Main
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Study data collection in 2012 and
conducted national supplement data
collections in 2014 and 2017. All three
of these collections are part of PIAAC
Cycle I. A new PIAAC cycle is to be
conducted every 10 years, and PIAAC
Cycle II Main Study data collection will
be conducted from August 2021 through
March 2022. In preparation for the main
study collection, PIAAC Cycle II will
begin with a Field Test in 2020, in
which 34 countries are expected to
participate with the primary goal of
evaluating newly developed assessment
and questionnaire items and to test the
PIAAC 2022 planned operations. PIAAC
2022 defines four core competency
domains of adult cognitive skills that
are seen as key to facilitating the social
and economic participation of adults in
advanced economies: (1) Literacy, (2)
numeracy, (3) reading and numeracy
components, and (4) adaptive problem
solving. The U.S. will administer all
four domains of the PIAAC 2022
assessment to a nationally
representative sample of adults, along
with a background questionnaire with
questions about their education
background, work history, the skills
they use on the job and at home, their
civic engagement, and sense of their
health and well-being. The results are
used to compare the skills capacities of
the workforce-aged adults in
participating countries, and to learn
more about relationships between
educational background, employment,
and other outcomes. In addition, in
PIAAC 2022, a set of financial literacy
questions will be included in the
background questionnaire. As in Cycle I,
a user-friendly name for PIAAC Cycle II
was created—the International Study of
Adult Skills and Learning (ISASL)—to
represent the program to the public, and
will be used on all public-facing
materials and reports. As this
international program is well-known
within the federal and education
research communities, we continue to
use ‘‘PIAAC’’ in all internal and OMB
clearance materials and
communications, and use the ‘‘PIAAC’’
name throughout this submission;
however all recruitment and
communication materials refer to the
study as ISASL. The request to conduct
the PIAAC Cycle II Field Test in April–
June 2020 was approved by OMB in
December 2019 (OMB# 1850–0870 v.7–
8). This request updates Part A of the
package to reflect a one-year delay in all
data collections, due to the global
coronavirus pandemic.
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Dated: July 22, 2020.
Stephanie Valentine,
PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and
Clearance, Governance and Strategy Division,
Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of
Planning, Evaluation and Policy
Development.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC20–15–000]
Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–510); Comment
Request; Extension
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Notice of information collection
and request for comments.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission or FERC) is soliciting
public comment on the currently
approved information collection FERC–
510 (Application for Surrender of a
Hydropower License) and submitting
the information collection to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) for
review. Any interested person may file
comments directly with OMB and
should address a copy of those
comments to the Commission as
explained below.
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due August 27, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments on
FERC–510 to OMB through
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission Desk Officer. Please
identify the OMB Control Number
(1902–0068) in the subject line of your
comments. Comments should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain.
A copy of the comments should also
be sent to the Commission, in Docket
No. IC20–15–000, by any of the
following methods:
• eFiling at Commission’s Website:
https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
efiling.asp.
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• U.S. Postal Service Mail: Persons
unable to file electronically may mail
similar pleadings to the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street
NE, Washington, DC 20426.
• Effective 7/1/2020, delivery of
filings other than by eFiling or the U.S.
Postal Service should be delivered to
Health and Human Services, 12225
Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland
20852.
Instructions:
OMB submissions must be formatted
and filed in accordance with submission
guidelines at www.reginfo.gov/public/
do/PRAMain. Using the search function
under the ‘‘Currently Under Review’’
field, select Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission; click ‘‘submit,’’ and select
‘‘comment’’ to the right of the subject
collection.
FERC submissions must be formatted
and filed in accordance with submission
guidelines at: https://www.ferc.gov. For
user assistance, contact FERC Online
Support by email at ferconlinesupport@
ferc.gov, or by phone at: (866) 208–3676
(toll-free).
Docket: Users interested in receiving
automatic notification of activity in this
docket or in viewing/downloading
comments and issuances in this docket
may do so at https://www.ferc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ellen Brown may be reached by email
at DataClearance@FERC.gov and
telephone at (202) 502–8663.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: FERC–510, Application for
Surrender of a Hydropower License.
OMB Control No.: 1902–0068.
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the FERC–510 information collection
requirements with no changes to the
current reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
Abstract: The information collected
under the requirements of FERC–510 is
used by the Commission to implement
the statutory provisions of sections 4(e),
6, and 13 of the Federal Power Act
(FPA) (16 U.S.C. 797(e), 799 and 806).
Section 4(e) gives the Commission
authority to issue licenses for the
purposes of constructing, operating and
maintaining dams, water conduits,
reservoirs, powerhouses, transmission
lines or other power project works
necessary or convenient for developing
and improving navigation, transmission
and utilization of power using bodies of
water over which Congress has
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jurisdiction. Section 6 gives the
Commission the authority to prescribe
the conditions of licenses including the
revocation or surrender of the license.
Section 13 defines the Commission’s
authority to delegate time periods for
when a license must be terminated if
project construction has not begun.
Surrender of a license may be desired by
a licensee when a licensed project is
retired or not constructed or natural
catastrophes have damaged or destroyed
the project facilities.
FERC–510 is the application for the
surrender of a hydropower license. The
information is used by Commission staff
to determine the broad impact of such
surrender. The Commission will issue a
notice soliciting comments from the
public and other agencies and conduct
a careful review of the application
before issuing an order for Surrender of
a License. The order is the result of an
analysis of the information produced
(i.e., dam safety, public safety, and
environmental concerns, etc.), which is
examined to determine whether any
conditions must be satisfied before
granting the surrender. The order
implements the existing regulations and
is inclusive for surrender of all types of
hydropower licenses issued by FERC
and its predecessor, the Federal Power
Commission. The Commission
implements these mandatory filing
requirements in the Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) under 18 CFR 6.1–
6.4.
On April 20, 2020, the Commission
published a Notice in the Federal
Register in Docket No. IC20–15–000
requesting public comments.1 The
Commission received no public
comments.
Type of Respondent: Private or
Municipal Hydropower Licensees.
Estimate of Annual Burden 2: The
Commission estimates the total annual
burden and cost 3 for this information
collection as follows:
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FR 21846.
is the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to generate,
maintain, retain, or disclose or provide information
to or for a Federal agency. For further explanation
of what is included in the information collection
burden, refer to Title 5 Code of Federal Regulations
1320.3.
3 The Commission staff thinks that the average
respondent for this collection is similarly situated
to the Commission, in terms of salary plus benefits.
The FERC 2019 average salary plus benefits for one
FERC full-time equivalent (FTE) is $167,091/year
(or $80.00/hour).
2 ‘‘Burden’’
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED-2020-SCC-0121]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; International Study of Adult Skills and Learning (ISASL)
[Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC)
Cycle II]
AGENCY: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), Department of
Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is
proposing change to an existing information collection request.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
August 27, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for proposed
information collection requests should be sent within 30 days of
publication of this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find
this particular information collection request by selecting
``Department of Education'' under ``Currently Under Review,'' then
check ``Only Show ICR for Public Comment'' checkbox.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to
collection activities, please call Carrie Clarady, 202-245-6347 or send
an email to [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Education (ED), in
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general public and Federal agencies with
an opportunity to comment on proposed, revised, and continuing
collections of information. This helps the Department assess the impact
of its information collection requirements and minimize the public's
reporting burden. It also helps the public understand the Department's
information collection requirements and provide the requested data in
the desired format. ED is soliciting comments on the proposed
information collection request (ICR) that is described below. The
Department of Education is especially interested in public comment
addressing the following issues: (1) Is this collection necessary to
the proper functions of the Department; (2) will this information be
processed and used in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate of burden
accurate; (4) how might the Department enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be collected; and (5) how might the
Department minimize the burden of this collection on the respondents,
including through the use of information technology. Please note that
written comments received in response to this notice will be considered
public records.
Title of Collection: International Study of Adult Skills and
Learning (ISASL) [Program for the International Assessment of Adult
Competencies (PIAAC) Cycle II].
OMB Control Number: 1850-0870.
Type of Review: Change to an existing information collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 5,611.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 1,258.
Abstract: The Program for the International Assessment of Adult
Competencies (PIAAC) is a cyclical, large-scale study of adult skills
and life experiences focusing on education and employment. PIAAC is an
international study designed to assess adults in different countries
over a broad range of abilities, from simple reading to complex
problem-solving skills, and to collect information on individuals'
skill use and background. PIAAC is coordinated by the Organization for
Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and developed by
participating countries with the support of the OECD. In the United
States, the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), within the
U.S. Department of Education (ED) conducts PIAAC. The U.S. participated
in the PIAAC Main Study data collection in 2012 and conducted national
supplement data collections in 2014 and 2017. All three of these
collections are part of PIAAC Cycle I. A new PIAAC cycle is to be
conducted every 10 years, and PIAAC Cycle II Main Study data collection
will be conducted from August 2021 through March 2022. In preparation
for the main study collection, PIAAC Cycle II will begin with a Field
Test in 2020, in which 34 countries are expected to participate with
the primary goal of evaluating newly developed assessment and
questionnaire items and to test the PIAAC 2022 planned operations.
PIAAC 2022 defines four core competency domains of adult cognitive
skills that are seen as key to facilitating the social and economic
participation of adults in advanced economies: (1) Literacy, (2)
numeracy, (3) reading and numeracy components, and (4) adaptive problem
solving. The U.S. will administer all four domains of the PIAAC 2022
assessment to a nationally representative sample of adults, along with
a background questionnaire with questions about their education
background, work history, the skills they use on the job and at home,
their civic engagement, and sense of their health and well-being. The
results are used to compare the skills capacities of the workforce-aged
adults in participating countries, and to learn more about
relationships between educational background, employment, and other
outcomes. In addition, in PIAAC 2022, a set of financial literacy
questions will be included in the background questionnaire. As in Cycle
I, a user-friendly name for PIAAC Cycle II was created--the
International Study of Adult Skills and Learning (ISASL)--to represent
the program to the public, and will be used on all public-facing
materials and reports. As this international program is well-known
within the federal and education research communities, we continue to
use ``PIAAC'' in all internal and OMB clearance materials and
communications, and use the ``PIAAC'' name throughout this submission;
however all recruitment and communication materials refer to the study
as ISASL. The request to conduct the PIAAC Cycle II Field Test in
April-June 2020 was approved by OMB in December 2019 (OMB# 1850-0870
v.7-8). This request updates Part A of the package to reflect a one-
year delay in all data collections, due to the global coronavirus
pandemic.
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Dated: July 22, 2020.
Stephanie Valentine,
PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and Clearance, Governance and
Strategy Division, Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of Planning,
Evaluation and Policy Development.
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