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The Maker/STEM Education Support
for 21st Century Community Learning
Centers program is designed to enhance
science, technology, engineering, and
math (STEM) education learning in 21st
CCLC programs by providing 21st CCLC
site staff with maker-related
professional development, and a
curriculum and activities to implement
with youth at approximately forty 21st
CCLC sites across seven states. The
purpose of this collection is to
document the program’s
implementation across these sites and
investigate the associated outcomes for
participating youth, 21st CCLC site staff,
and museum staff.
The evaluation is intended to provide
insight for programmatic improvements
and learning for potential future
implementations. Methods will include
qualitative and quantitative data
collection via a mixed methods
approach. Data collection activities will
include interviews with 21st CCLC
youth, staff, and museum staff, and
surveys with 21st CCLC staff.
Agency: Institute of Museum and
Library Services.
Title: Maker/STEM Education
Support for 21st Century Community
Learning Centers Program Evaluation.
OMB Control Number: 3137–0108.
Agency Number: 3137.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Museum staff, 21st CCLC staff, and 21st
CCLC youth participants.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 115.
Frequency of Response: One-time
collection anticipated.
Average Minutes per Response: Adult
surveys: 20 minutes; adult interviews:
45 minutes; youth interviews: 10
minutes.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 51 hours.
Cost Burden (dollars): To be
determined.
Public Comments Invited: Comments
submitted in response to this notice will
be summarized and/or included in the
request for OMB’s clearance of this
information collection.
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Dated: September 29, 2020.
Kim Miller,
Senior Grants Management Specialist,
Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Notice of Intent to Renew a Current
Information Collection
National Science Foundation.
Notice and request for
comments.
The National Center for
Science and Engineering Statistics
(NCSES) within the National Science
Foundation (NSF) is announcing plans
to request an amendment to the Higher
Education Research and Development
(HERD) Survey (OMB Number 3145–
0100). In accordance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, we are providing
opportunity for public comment on this
action. After obtaining and considering
public comment, NCSES will prepare
the submission requesting that OMB
amend the clearance of this collection.
DATES: Written comments on this notice
must be received by October 26, 2020 to
be assured of consideration. Comments
received after that date will be
considered to the extent practicable.
SUMMARY:
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Advisory Committee for Biological
Sciences; Notice of Meeting
In accordance with the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–
463, as amended), the National Science
Foundation announces the following
meeting:
Name and Committee Code: Advisory
Committee for Biological Sciences
(#1110) (Virtual).
Date and Time: October 29,
2020,10:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m.; October 30,
2020,10:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Place: National Science Foundation,
2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Room E2030,
Alexandria, VA 22314 (Virtual).
Due to ongoing social distancing best
practices because of COVID–19 the
meeting will be held virtually among
the Advisory Committee members.
Livestreaming will be accessible
through this page: https://nsf.gov/bio/
advisory.jsp.
Type of Meeting: Open.
Contact Person: Karen Cone, National
Science Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower
Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22314;
Telephone: (703) 292–8400.
Purpose of Meeting: The Advisory
Committee for the Directorate for
Biological Sciences (BIO) provides
advice, recommendations, and oversight
concerning major program emphases,
directions, and goals for the researchrelated activities of the divisions that
make up BIO.
Agenda: Agenda items will include a
directorate business update, status
update on the research community’s
adaptations to the COVID–19 pandemic,
BIO’s recent investments in integration
across the biological sciences, a joint
session on strategies for broadening
participation with the Committee on
Equal Opportunities in Science and
Engineering, discussion with the NSF
Director, and BIO’s investments in
collections.
Dated: September 29, 2020.
Crystal Robinson,
Committee Management Officer.
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FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR
COMMENTS: Contact Suzanne H.
Plimpton, Reports Clearance Officer,
National Science Foundation, 2415
Eisenhower Avenue, W18253,
Alexandria, Virginia 22314; 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 between 8:00 a.m. and
8:00 p.m., Eastern time, Monday
through Friday.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title of Collection: Higher Education
Research and Development Survey
OMB Approval Number: 3145–0100.
Expiration Date of Current Approval:
August 31, 2022.
Type of Request: Intent to Amend a
Current Information Collection.
Abstract: Established within NSF by
the America COMPETES
Reauthorization Act of 2010 § 505,
codified in the NSF Act of 1950, as
amended, NCSES—one of 13 principal
federal statistical agencies—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 Higher Education Research and
Development (R&D) Survey (formerly
known as the Survey of R&D
Expenditures at Universities and
Colleges) originated in fiscal year (FY)
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1954 and has been conducted annually
since FY 1972. The survey represents
one facet of the research and
development component of NCSES’s
statistical program, which includes R&D
surveys on the business, federal
government, higher education, state
government, and nonprofit sectors.
NCSES proposes amending the survey
to collect new information on R&D
personnel. Details are below.
Description of New Information: The
Higher Education R&D Survey is one of
several surveys at NCSES that collect
comparable information on R&D from
different sectors of the economy (e.g.,
businesses, nonprofits, government).
However, it does not currently collect as
much information about the personnel
carrying out R&D activities as some of
the other NCSES R&D sector surveys,
making it less useful for measurements
of the R&D workforce in the United
States. NCSES intends to address this
shortcoming by collecting data on the
number (headcounts) of R&D personnel
by function, and the number of full-time
equivalents (FTEs) by R&D function.
These specific data are not available
through other NCSES or federal surveys.
NCSES intends to revise the current
question on R&D personnel headcounts
and add a question on the number of
full-time equivalents for those personnel
to the HERD questionnaire. The revised
question will collect headcounts on
three categories of R&D personnel
(researchers, R&D technicians, R&D
support staff) by sex and citizenship.
Headcounts of researchers will also be
collected by highest level of education
completed. The previous version of the
question collected headcounts for two
categories: principal investigators and
all other personnel, without
demographics. NCSES decided to make
the revised personnel headcount
question confidential and only publish
these data in the aggregate because some
institutions expressed reluctance to
publish detailed demographics on
employees and students. The
subsequent new question will collect
the full-time equivalents of the R&D
personnel accounted for in the revised
R&D personnel headcount question.
Use of the New Information: The
United States is the only Organisation
for Economic Co-operation and
Development (OECD) member country
that does not report higher education
sector FTEs as published in the OECD’s
Main Science and Technology
Indicators report. These new R&D
personnel variables will allow NCSES to
provide internationally comparable
information not available elsewhere to
data users interested in science policy,
the nature of the science and
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engineering workforce, and U.S. R&D
competitiveness.
Expected respondents: The R&D
personnel questions will only appear on
the HERD standard form that is
administered to approximately 650
institutions reporting at least $1 million
in R&D in the previous year. Neither the
HERD short form respondents (those
reporting at least $150 thousand but less
than $1 million), nor the Federally
Funded Research and Development
Centers (FFRDCs), will receive these
questions.
Estimate of burden: Since many
institutions will need to create new
internal reports to assemble these data
and calculate the full-time equivalents,
the average burden is estimated to
increase by 10 hours (to a total of 64
hours per institution) for the
approximately 650 institutions reporting
at least $1 million in R&D expenditures.
This estimate is based on 32 interviews
with 16 respondents conducted over
two rounds between April and July
2020.
Comments: Comments are invited on
(a) whether the proposed addition to the
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the Agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
Agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information on
respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology;
and (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.
Dated: September 25, 2020.
Suzanne H. Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer, National Science
Foundation.
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The Nuclear Regulatory
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making recommendations on
performance appraisal ratings and
performance awards for NRC Senior
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employees and appointments to the
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Notice of Intent to Renew a Current Information Collection
AGENCY: National Science Foundation.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics
(NCSES) within the National Science Foundation (NSF) is announcing
plans to request an amendment to the Higher Education Research and
Development (HERD) Survey (OMB Number 3145-0100). In accordance with
the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we are
providing opportunity for public comment on this action. After
obtaining and considering public comment, NCSES will prepare the
submission requesting that OMB amend the clearance of this collection.
DATES: Written comments on this notice must be received by October 26,
2020 to be assured of consideration. Comments received after that date
will be considered to the extent practicable.
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR COMMENTS: Contact Suzanne H. Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower
Avenue, W18253, Alexandria, Virginia 22314; telephone (703) 292-7556;
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 between 8:00 a.m.
and 8:00 p.m., Eastern time, Monday through Friday.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title of Collection: Higher Education Research and Development
Survey
OMB Approval Number: 3145-0100.
Expiration Date of Current Approval: August 31, 2022.
Type of Request: Intent to Amend a Current Information Collection.
Abstract: Established within NSF by the America COMPETES
Reauthorization Act of 2010 Sec. 505, codified in the NSF Act of 1950,
as amended, NCSES--one of 13 principal federal statistical agencies--
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 Higher Education Research and Development (R&D) Survey
(formerly known as the Survey of R&D Expenditures at Universities and
Colleges) originated in fiscal year (FY)
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1954 and has been conducted annually since FY 1972. The survey
represents one facet of the research and development component of
NCSES's statistical program, which includes R&D surveys on the
business, federal government, higher education, state government, and
nonprofit sectors. NCSES proposes amending the survey to collect new
information on R&D personnel. Details are below.
Description of New Information: The Higher Education R&D Survey is
one of several surveys at NCSES that collect comparable information on
R&D from different sectors of the economy (e.g., businesses,
nonprofits, government). However, it does not currently collect as much
information about the personnel carrying out R&D activities as some of
the other NCSES R&D sector surveys, making it less useful for
measurements of the R&D workforce in the United States. NCSES intends
to address this shortcoming by collecting data on the number
(headcounts) of R&D personnel by function, and the number of full-time
equivalents (FTEs) by R&D function. These specific data are not
available through other NCSES or federal surveys.
NCSES intends to revise the current question on R&D personnel
headcounts and add a question on the number of full-time equivalents
for those personnel to the HERD questionnaire. The revised question
will collect headcounts on three categories of R&D personnel
(researchers, R&D technicians, R&D support staff) by sex and
citizenship. Headcounts of researchers will also be collected by
highest level of education completed. The previous version of the
question collected headcounts for two categories: principal
investigators and all other personnel, without demographics. NCSES
decided to make the revised personnel headcount question confidential
and only publish these data in the aggregate because some institutions
expressed reluctance to publish detailed demographics on employees and
students. The subsequent new question will collect the full-time
equivalents of the R&D personnel accounted for in the revised R&D
personnel headcount question.
Use of the New Information: The United States is the only
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) member
country that does not report higher education sector FTEs as published
in the OECD's Main Science and Technology Indicators report. These new
R&D personnel variables will allow NCSES to provide internationally
comparable information not available elsewhere to data users interested
in science policy, the nature of the science and engineering workforce,
and U.S. R&D competitiveness.
Expected respondents: The R&D personnel questions will only appear
on the HERD standard form that is administered to approximately 650
institutions reporting at least $1 million in R&D in the previous year.
Neither the HERD short form respondents (those reporting at least $150
thousand but less than $1 million), nor the Federally Funded Research
and Development Centers (FFRDCs), will receive these questions.
Estimate of burden: Since many institutions will need to create new
internal reports to assemble these data and calculate the full-time
equivalents, the average burden is estimated to increase by 10 hours
(to a total of 64 hours per institution) for the approximately 650
institutions reporting at least $1 million in R&D expenditures. This
estimate is based on 32 interviews with 16 respondents conducted over
two rounds between April and July 2020.
Comments: Comments are invited on (a) whether the proposed addition
to the collection of information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the Agency, including whether the
information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
Agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of
the information on respondents, including through the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology; and (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.
Dated: September 25, 2020.
Suzanne H. Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation.
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