Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request, 4664-4665 [2022-01791]
Download as PDF
<![CDATA[
jspears on DSK121TN23PROD with NOTICES1
4664
Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 19 / Friday, January 28, 2022 / Notices
Office of Management and Budget,
Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, or
call (202) 395–7316.
OMB is particularly interested in
comments that help the agency to:
• 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).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Connie Bodner, Director, Office of
Grants Policy and Management,
Institute of Museum and Library
Services, 955 L’Enfant Plaza North SW,
Suite 4000, Washington, DC 20024–
2135. Dr. Bodner can be reached by
telephone at 202–653–4636, or by email
at cbodner@imls.gov. Persons who are
deaf or hard of hearing (TTY users) can
contact IMLS at 202–207–7858 via 711
for TTY-Based Telecommunications
Relay Service.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Institute of Museum and Library
Services (IMLS) is the primary source of
federal support for the nation’s libraries
and museums. We advance, support,
and empower America’s museums,
libraries, and related organizations
through grant making, research, and
policy development. To learn more,
visit www.imls.gov.
Current Actions: The purpose of this
collection is to facilitate the
administration of IMLS discretionary
grant programs by creating a record of
all IMLS-funded project activities,
results, and accomplishments at annual
intervals throughout the grant period
and at the conclusion of each award;
accounts of best practices and lessons
learned; and assessments of
performance measurement. Although
specific goals, objectives, and eligibility
criteria vary among the agency’s grant
programs, using standardized
performance report forms helps ensure
consistent information collection,
systematic monitoring practices, and
VerDate Sep<11>2014
18:03 Jan 27, 2022
Jkt 256001
comparable analyses of performance.
IMLS uses this information to monitor
individual grants, report to Congress
and the Office of Management and
Budget about the agency’s progress in
addressing its strategic goals, and to
improve its grant programs. The forms
submitted for public review in this
Notice are the IMLS Interim
Performance Report Form and the IMLS
Final Performance Report Form. This
action is to seek approval for these two
forms for the next three years.
The 60-day Notice was published in
the Federal Register on January 8, 2021
(86 FR 1534). No comments were
received.
Agency: Institute of Museum and
Library Services.
Title of Collection: 2022–2024 Grant
Performance Report Forms.
OMB Control Number: 3137–0100.
Agency Number: 3137.
Affected Public: Library and museum
grant program awardees.
Total Number of Respondents: 1,220.
Frequency of Response: Varies over a
3-year period.
Average Hours per Response: 8.75.
Total Burden Hours: 10,680.
Total Annualized Capital/Startup
Costs: n/a.
Total Annual Cost Burden:
$321,468.00.
Total Annual Federal Costs:
$78,462.00.
Dated: January 25, 2022.
Suzanne Mbollo,
Grants Management Specialist, Institute of
Museum and Library Services.
[FR Doc. 2022–01720 Filed 1–27–22; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7036–01–P
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Comment Request
National Center for Science and
Engineering Statistics, National Science
Foundation.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The National Center for
Science and Engineering Statistics
(NCSES) within the National Science
Foundation (NSF) is announcing plans
to request renewal of the NCSES
Generic Clearance for Improvement
Projects (3145–0174). 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
approve clearance of this collection for
three years.
SUMMARY:
PO 00000
Frm 00113
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
Written comments on this notice
must be received by March 29, 2022 to
be assured of consideration. Comments
received after that date will be
considered to the extent practicable.
Send comments to the address below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Suzanne H. Plimpton, Reports Clearance
Officer, National Science Foundation,
2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Suite
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, which is accessible 24
hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a
year (including Federal holidays).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title of Collection: NCSES Generic
Clearance for Improvement Projects.
OMB Control Number: 3145–0174.
Expiration Date of Current Approval:
July 31, 2022.
Type of Request: Intent to seek
approval to extend an information
collection for three years.
Abstract: Established within the
National Science Foundation 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)—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,
research and development for use by
practitioners, researchers, policymakers,
and the public. NCSES conducts about
a dozen nationally representative
surveys to obtain the data for these
purposes. The Generic Clearance will be
used to ensure that the highest quality
data are obtained from these surveys.
State of the art methodology will be
used to develop, evaluate, and test
questionnaires and survey concepts as
well as to improve survey and statistical
methodology. This may include field or
pilot tests of questions for future largescale surveys, as needed. The Generic
Clearance will also be used to test and
evaluate data dissemination tools and
methods, in an effort to improve access
for data users.
Use of the Information: The purpose
of these studies is to use the latest and
most appropriate methodology to
improve NCSES surveys, evaluate new
data collection efforts, and evaluate data
dissemination tools and mechanisms.
Methodological findings may be
presented externally in technical papers
DATES:
E:\FR\FM\28JAN1.SGM
28JAN1
4665
Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 19 / Friday, January 28, 2022 / Notices
at conferences, published in the
proceedings of conferences, or in
journals. Improved NCSES surveys, data
collections, and data dissemination will
help policymakers in decisions on
research and development funding,
graduate education, and the scientific
and engineering workforce, as well as
contributing to reduced survey costs.
Expected Respondents: The
respondents will be from industry,
academia, nonprofit organizations,
members of the public, and State, local,
and Federal governments. Respondents
will be either individuals or
institutions, depending on the topic
under investigation. Qualitative
procedures will generally be conducted
in person, online (using Zoom,
Microsoft Teams, or other conferencing
tools), or over the phone. Quantitative
procedures may be conducted using
mail, Web, email, smartphone app, or
telephone modes, depending on the
topic under investigation. Up to 28,515
respondents may be contacted across all
projects. No respondent will be
contacted more than twice in one year
under this generic clearance. Every
effort will be made to use technology to
limit the burden on respondents from
small entities.
Both qualitative and quantitative
methods will be used to improve
NCSES’s current data collection
instruments and processes and to
reduce respondent burden, as well as to
develop new surveys and new or
improved data dissemination tools.
Qualitative and quantitative methods
that may be used include, but are not
limited to, the following: Behavior
coding, split panel tests, experimental
pilot studies, field tests, focus groups,
respondent debriefings, exploratory
interviews, cognitive interviews, and
usability tests. Cognitive interviews and
usability tests may include the use of
scenarios, paraphrasing, card sorts,
vignette classifications, rating tasks, or
participatory design methods (e.g.,
collaborative digital whiteboards).
NCSES may conduct these studies using
interviewer-administered or selfadministered methods, including online
convenience samples.
Estimate of Burden: NCSES estimates
that a total reporting and recordkeeping
burden of 11,500 hours will result from
activities to improve its surveys. The
calculation is shown in Table 1.
TABLE 1—POTENTIAL SURVEYS FOR IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, WITH THE NUMBER OF RESPONDENTS AND BURDEN
HOURS
2022–25
number of
respondents
jspears on DSK121TN23PROD with NOTICES1
Survey or information collection
2022–25
number of
hours
Survey of Doctorate Recipients ...............................................................................................................................
Survey of Earned Doctorates ..................................................................................................................................
National Training, Education, and Workforce Survey .............................................................................................
Other surveys of the science and engineering workforce .......................................................................................
Higher Education Research & Development Survey ..............................................................................................
Federally Funded Research & Development Centers (FFRDC) Survey ................................................................
State Government Research & Development Survey .............................................................................................
Survey of Nonprofit Research Activities ..................................................................................................................
Business Enterprise Research & Development Survey ..........................................................................................
Survey of Scientific & Engineering Facilities ...........................................................................................................
Public Perceptions of Science .................................................................................................................................
Data dissemination tools and mechanisms .............................................................................................................
Projects conducted under the NCSES Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) ........................................................
Other surveys and projects not specified ................................................................................................................
5,000
2,500
660
1,250
450
80
150
200
50
300
1,100
3,100
3,675
10,000
1,100
945
400
550
350
100
225
200
150
200
180
800
3,300
3,000
Total ..................................................................................................................................................................
28,515
11,500
Comments: Comments are invited on
(a) whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of NCSES,
including whether the information shall
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of
NCSES’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, use, 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.
VerDate Sep<11>2014
18:03 Jan 27, 2022
Jkt 256001
Dated: January 25, 2022.
Suzanne H. Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer, National Science
Foundation.
[FR Doc. 2022–01791 Filed 1–27–22; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7555–01–P
License No. 24–16273–01, located in
Maryland Heights, MO.
The license termination for
Materials License No. 24–16273–01 was
issued on November 16, 2021.
DATES:
Please refer to Docket ID
NRC–2020–0214 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of
information regarding this document.
You may obtain publicly available
information related to this document
using any of the following methods:
• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2020–0214. Address
questions about Docket IDs in
Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann;
telephone: 301–415–0624; email:
Stacy.Schumann@nrc.gov. For technical
questions, contact the individual listed
in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section of this document.
ADDRESSES:
NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION
[Docket No. 30–10716; NRC–2020–0214]
Sigma-Aldrich Company, Fort Mims
Site
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: License termination; issuance.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is noticing the
termination of the Sigma-Aldrich
Company, Fort Mims Site, Materials
SUMMARY:
PO 00000
Frm 00114
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
E:\FR\FM\28JAN1.SGM
28JAN1
]]>Agencies
[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 19 (Friday, January 28, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4664-4665]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-01791]
=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request
AGENCY: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics,
National Science Foundation.
ACTION: Notice.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: The National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics
(NCSES) within the National Science Foundation (NSF) is announcing
plans to request renewal of the NCSES Generic Clearance for Improvement
Projects (3145-0174). 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 approve
clearance of this collection for three years.
DATES: Written comments on this notice must be received by March 29,
2022 to be assured of consideration. Comments received after that date
will be considered to the extent practicable. Send comments to the
address below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Suzanne H. Plimpton, Reports Clearance
Officer, National Science Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Suite
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, which is accessible 24 hours a day, 7
days a week, 365 days a year (including Federal holidays).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title of Collection: NCSES Generic Clearance for Improvement
Projects.
OMB Control Number: 3145-0174.
Expiration Date of Current Approval: July 31, 2022.
Type of Request: Intent to seek approval to extend an information
collection for three years.
Abstract: Established within the National Science Foundation by the
America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 Sec. 505, codified in the
National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended, the National
Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (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,
research and development for use by practitioners, researchers,
policymakers, and the public. NCSES conducts about a dozen nationally
representative surveys to obtain the data for these purposes. The
Generic Clearance will be used to ensure that the highest quality data
are obtained from these surveys. State of the art methodology will be
used to develop, evaluate, and test questionnaires and survey concepts
as well as to improve survey and statistical methodology. This may
include field or pilot tests of questions for future large-scale
surveys, as needed. The Generic Clearance will also be used to test and
evaluate data dissemination tools and methods, in an effort to improve
access for data users.
Use of the Information: The purpose of these studies is to use the
latest and most appropriate methodology to improve NCSES surveys,
evaluate new data collection efforts, and evaluate data dissemination
tools and mechanisms. Methodological findings may be presented
externally in technical papers
[[Page 4665]]
at conferences, published in the proceedings of conferences, or in
journals. Improved NCSES surveys, data collections, and data
dissemination will help policymakers in decisions on research and
development funding, graduate education, and the scientific and
engineering workforce, as well as contributing to reduced survey costs.
Expected Respondents: The respondents will be from industry,
academia, nonprofit organizations, members of the public, and State,
local, and Federal governments. Respondents will be either individuals
or institutions, depending on the topic under investigation.
Qualitative procedures will generally be conducted in person, online
(using Zoom, Microsoft Teams, or other conferencing tools), or over the
phone. Quantitative procedures may be conducted using mail, Web, email,
smartphone app, or telephone modes, depending on the topic under
investigation. Up to 28,515 respondents may be contacted across all
projects. No respondent will be contacted more than twice in one year
under this generic clearance. Every effort will be made to use
technology to limit the burden on respondents from small entities.
Both qualitative and quantitative methods will be used to improve
NCSES's current data collection instruments and processes and to reduce
respondent burden, as well as to develop new surveys and new or
improved data dissemination tools. Qualitative and quantitative methods
that may be used include, but are not limited to, the following:
Behavior coding, split panel tests, experimental pilot studies, field
tests, focus groups, respondent debriefings, exploratory interviews,
cognitive interviews, and usability tests. Cognitive interviews and
usability tests may include the use of scenarios, paraphrasing, card
sorts, vignette classifications, rating tasks, or participatory design
methods (e.g., collaborative digital whiteboards). NCSES may conduct
these studies using interviewer-administered or self-administered
methods, including online convenience samples.
Estimate of Burden: NCSES estimates that a total reporting and
recordkeeping burden of 11,500 hours will result from activities to
improve its surveys. The calculation is shown in Table 1.
Table 1--Potential Surveys for Improvement Projects, With the Number of
Respondents and Burden Hours
------------------------------------------------------------------------
2022-25
Survey or information collection number of 2022-25
respondents number of
---------------------------------------------------------------hours----
Survey of Doctorate Recipients.......... 5,000 1,100
Survey of Earned Doctorates............. 2,500 945
National Training, Education, and 660 400
Workforce Survey.......................
Other surveys of the science and 1,250 550
engineering workforce..................
Higher Education Research & Development 450 350
Survey.................................
Federally Funded Research & Development 80 100
Centers (FFRDC) Survey.................
State Government Research & Development 150 225
Survey.................................
Survey of Nonprofit Research Activities. 200 200
Business Enterprise Research & 50 150
Development Survey.....................
Survey of Scientific & Engineering 300 200
Facilities.............................
Public Perceptions of Science........... 1,100 180
Data dissemination tools and mechanisms. 3,100 800
Projects conducted under the NCSES Broad 3,675 3,300
Agency Announcement (BAA)..............
Other surveys and projects not specified 10,000 3,000
-------------------------------
Total............................... 28,515 11,500
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Comments: Comments are invited on (a) whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of NCSES, including whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of NCSES's estimate of the burden
of the proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, use, 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: January 25, 2022.
Suzanne H. Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation.
[FR Doc. 2022-01791 Filed 1-27-22; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7555-01-P
