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mathematics (STEM) discoveries and
innovations by catalyzing the STEM
enterprise for inclusive change,
resulting in a STEM workforce that
reflects the diverse population of the
Nation. The INCLUDES Initiative aligns
with NSF’s commitment to equity,
inclusion, and broadening participation
in the STEM fields and NSF’s strategic
objectives communicated in the NSF
Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years (FY)
2022–2026 (https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/
2022/nsf22068/nsf22068.pdf).
The INCLUDES initiative is supported
by NSF’s Eddie Bernice Johnson
INCLUDES Coordination Hub
(INCLUDES Coordination Hub;
www.includesnetwork.org), an NSFsupported project that provides focused
capacity building supports around data
and information gathering; learning,
community building and engagement;
and storytelling, and communications to
NSF’s Eddie Bernice Johnson
INCLUDES National Network
(INCLUDES National Network).
NSF is requesting OMB approval for
the INCLUDES Coordination Hub to
collect information from members of the
INCLUDES National Network.
Why you are collecting it: The
INCLUDES Coordination Hub seeks to
collect data from INCLUDES National
Network members to: (1) shape
INCLUDES Coordination Hub’s
activities (e.g., to identify support needs
in the coming year; to inform Shared
Measures and Network communication,
engagement, learning, and community
building, and expansion goals); (2)
assess the development and progress of
the INCLUDES National Network; and
(3) inform the INCLUDES Coordination
Hub’s assessment of progress toward its
theory of change.
What information is being collected:
The collected information will include
information on how and why
respondents engage with the Network,
each respondent’s perspectives on
desired outcomes and ways in which
the INCLUDES National Network is
informing and supporting their efforts to
change systems to broaden participation
in STEM, in addition to full name,
affiliated organizations, email addresses,
and home states. Personally identifiable
information (PII) is collected primarily
to categorize responses based on
respondents’ roles in the INCLUDES
National Network. PII will be accessed
only by the INCLUDES Coordination
Hub. Any public data reporting will be
in aggregate form, and any personal
identifiers will be removed.
Respondents: All members of the
INCLUDES National Network will be
invited to respond to the survey. The
INCLUDES National Network is
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comprised of individuals who are
interested in or working directly to
broaden participation in STEM. Some of
these individuals are INCLUDES
grantees; others have received NSF
awards outside of INCLUDES or pursue
broadening participation in STEM with
support from other sources, including
grants from federal, state, philanthropic,
or business entities. Some are
representatives of these various types of
funders or businesses, such as program
officers at NSF, other federal agencies,
and private foundations, as well as
interested individuals unaffiliated with
particular grant programs.
Estimated number of respondents:
840 (representing a 21% response rate).
Use of the Information: The
information collected is primarily for
the use of the INCLUDES Coordination
Hub to track the health, development,
expansion, and diversification of the
Network, understand the utility of the
INCLUDES Coordination Hub in
supporting Network members’ success,
and for informing design decisions the
INCLUDES Coordination Hub will make
regarding future programming and
support provided to National Network
members.
Estimate burden on the public:
Estimated at 280 hours, per year, for the
duration of the Coordination Hub’s
cooperative agreement with NSF. It is
beneficial for NSF and the Coordination
Hub to have access to this information
annually to track progress toward the
INCLUDES Initiative’s goals of
supporting constituencies in identifying
shared goals and objectives and
understanding National Network
members’ impact.
Average Time per Reporting: The
online survey is comprised primarily of
closed-ended questions and is designed
to be completed by respondents in
under 20 minutes.
Frequency: Once per year for the
duration of the INCLUDES Coordination
Hub’s cooperative agreement with NSF.
Comments: Comments are invited on:
(a) Whether the proposed 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 respondents, including
through the use of automated collection
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techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Please submit one copy of your
comments by only one method. All
submissions received must include the
agency name and collection name
identified above for this information
collection. Commenters are strongly
encouraged to transmit their comments
electronically via email. Comments,
including any personal information
provided become a matter of public
record. They will be summarized and/
or included in the request for Office of
Management and Budget approval of the
information collection request.
Dated: December 18, 2023.
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 Research
Traineeship Program Monitoring
System
National Science Foundation.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The National Science
Foundation (NSF) is announcing plans
to renew this collection. In accordance
with the requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, we are providing
the opportunity for public comment on
this action. After obtaining and
considering public comment, NSF will
prepare the submission requesting
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) clearance of this collection for no
longer than 3 years.
DATES: Written comments on this notice
must be received by February 20, 2024
to be assured consideration. Comments
received after that date will be
considered to the extent practicable.
Send comments to address below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Suzanne H. Plimpton, Reports Clearance
Officer, National Science Foundation,
2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Suite E7465,
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:
SUMMARY:
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Title of Collection: National Science
Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT)
Monitoring System.
OMB Number: 3145–0263.
Expiration Date of Approval:
November 30, 2024.
Type of Request: Intent to seek
approval to renew an information
collection.
Proposed Project: The National
Science Foundation’s (NSF’s) Division
of Graduate Education (DGE) in the
Directorate for STEM Education (EDU)
administers the NSF Research
Traineeship (NRT) program. The NRT
program is designed to encourage the
development and implementation of
bold, new, and potentially
transformative models for STEM
graduate education training. The NRT
program seeks to ensure that graduate
students in research-based master’s and
doctoral degree programs develop the
skills, knowledge, and competencies
needed to pursue a range of STEM
careers. NRT is dedicated to effective
training of STEM graduate students in
high-priority interdisciplinary or
convergent research areas through the
use of a comprehensive traineeship
model that is innovative, evidencebased, and aligned with changing
workforce and research needs.
Previously, NRT awardees provided
NSF with information on their activities
through periodic research performance
progress reports. The NRT monitoring
system (also referred to as the NRT
reporting system) has replaced these
reports with a tailored program
monitoring system that uses internetbased information and communication
technologies to collect, review, and
validate specific data on NRT awards.
EDU is committed to ensuring the
efficiency and effectiveness with which
respondents provide and NSF staff can
access and analyze data on funded
projects within the NRT programs.
The NRT monitoring system includes
subsets of questions aimed at the
different project participants (i.e.,
Principal Investigators (PIs), and
trainees), and allows for data analysis
and data report generation by
authorized NSF staff. The collection
generally includes three categories of
descriptive data: (1) Staff and project
participants (data that are necessary to
determine individual-level treatment
and control groups for future third-party
study or for internal evaluation); (2)
project implementation characteristics
(also necessary for future use to identify
well-matched comparison groups); and
(3) project outputs (necessary to
measure baseline for pre- and postNSF-funding-level impacts). NRT
awardees will be required to report data
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on an annual basis for the life of their
award.
Use of the Information: NSF will
primarily use the data from this
collection for program planning,
management, and audit purposes to
respond to queries from the Congress,
the public, NSF’s external merit
reviewers, who serve as advisors,
including Committees of Visitors
(COVs), the NSF’s Office of the
Inspector General, and as a basis for
either internal or third-party evaluations
of individual programs. This
information is required for effective
administration, communication,
program and project monitoring and
evaluation, and for measuring
attainment of NSF’s program, project,
and strategic goals, and as identified by
the President’s Accountability in
Government Initiative; GPRA, and the
NSF’s Strategic Plan. The Foundation’s
FY 2022–2026 Strategic Plan may be
found at: https://www.nsf.gov/
publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_
key=nsf22068.
Since this collection will primarily be
used for accountability and evaluation
purposes, including responding to
queries from COVs and other scientific
experts, a census, rather than sampling
design, typically is necessary. At the
individual project level, funding can be
adjusted based on individual project’s
responses to some of the surveys. Some
data collected under this collection will
serve as baseline data for separate
research and evaluation studies.
NSF-funded contract or grantee
researchers and internal or external
evaluators in part may identify control,
comparison, or treatment groups for
NSF’s education and training portfolio
using some of the descriptive data
gathered through this collection to
conduct well-designed, rigorous
research and portfolio evaluation
studies.
Burden on the Public: Estimated at 82
hours per award for 120 awards for a
total of 9,840 hours (per year).
Comments: Comments are invited on
(a) whether the proposed 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
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appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Dated: December 15, 2023.
Suzanne H. Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer, National Science
Foundation.
[FR Doc. 2023–28046 Filed 12–20–23; 8:45 am]
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COMMISSION
[NRC–2023–0149]
Information Collection: Criteria and
Procedures for Emergency Access to
Non-Federal and Regional Low-Level
Waste Disposal Facilities
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Renewal of existing information
collection; request for comment.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) invites public
comment on the renewal of Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
approval for an existing collection of
information. The information collection
is entitled, ‘‘Criteria and Procedures for
Emergency Access to Non-Federal and
Regional Low-Level Waste Disposal
Facilities.’’
DATES: Submit comments by February
20, 2024. Comments received after this
date will be considered if it is practical
to do so, but the Commission is able to
ensure consideration only for comments
received on or before this date.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by any of the following methods;
however, the NRC encourages electronic
comment submission through the
Federal rulemaking website:
• Federal rulemaking website: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2023–0149. 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.
• Mail comments to: David C.
Cullison, Office of the Chief Information
Officer, Mail Stop: T–6 A10M, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555–0001.
For additional direction on obtaining
information and submitting comments,
see ‘‘Obtaining Information and
Submitting Comments’’ in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this document.
SUMMARY:
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request;
National Science Foundation Research Traineeship Program Monitoring
System
AGENCY: National Science Foundation.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The National Science Foundation (NSF) is announcing plans to
renew this collection. In accordance with the requirements of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we are providing the opportunity for
public comment on this action. After obtaining and considering public
comment, NSF will prepare the submission requesting Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) clearance of this collection for no longer
than 3 years.
DATES: Written comments on this notice must be received by February 20,
2024 to be assured consideration. Comments received after that date
will be considered to the extent practicable. Send comments to address
below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Suzanne H. Plimpton, Reports Clearance
Officer, National Science Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Suite
E7465, 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:
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Title of Collection: National Science Foundation Research
Traineeship (NRT) Monitoring System.
OMB Number: 3145-0263.
Expiration Date of Approval: November 30, 2024.
Type of Request: Intent to seek approval to renew an information
collection.
Proposed Project: The National Science Foundation's (NSF's)
Division of Graduate Education (DGE) in the Directorate for STEM
Education (EDU) administers the NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) program.
The NRT program is designed to encourage the development and
implementation of bold, new, and potentially transformative models for
STEM graduate education training. The NRT program seeks to ensure that
graduate students in research-based master's and doctoral degree
programs develop the skills, knowledge, and competencies needed to
pursue a range of STEM careers. NRT is dedicated to effective training
of STEM graduate students in high-priority interdisciplinary or
convergent research areas through the use of a comprehensive
traineeship model that is innovative, evidence-based, and aligned with
changing workforce and research needs.
Previously, NRT awardees provided NSF with information on their
activities through periodic research performance progress reports. The
NRT monitoring system (also referred to as the NRT reporting system)
has replaced these reports with a tailored program monitoring system
that uses internet-based information and communication technologies to
collect, review, and validate specific data on NRT awards. EDU is
committed to ensuring the efficiency and effectiveness with which
respondents provide and NSF staff can access and analyze data on funded
projects within the NRT programs.
The NRT monitoring system includes subsets of questions aimed at
the different project participants (i.e., Principal Investigators
(PIs), and trainees), and allows for data analysis and data report
generation by authorized NSF staff. The collection generally includes
three categories of descriptive data: (1) Staff and project
participants (data that are necessary to determine individual-level
treatment and control groups for future third-party study or for
internal evaluation); (2) project implementation characteristics (also
necessary for future use to identify well-matched comparison groups);
and (3) project outputs (necessary to measure baseline for pre- and
post- NSF-funding-level impacts). NRT awardees will be required to
report data on an annual basis for the life of their award.
Use of the Information: NSF will primarily use the data from this
collection for program planning, management, and audit purposes to
respond to queries from the Congress, the public, NSF's external merit
reviewers, who serve as advisors, including Committees of Visitors
(COVs), the NSF's Office of the Inspector General, and as a basis for
either internal or third-party evaluations of individual programs. This
information is required for effective administration, communication,
program and project monitoring and evaluation, and for measuring
attainment of NSF's program, project, and strategic goals, and as
identified by the President's Accountability in Government Initiative;
GPRA, and the NSF's Strategic Plan. The Foundation's FY 2022-2026
Strategic Plan may be found at: https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf22068.
Since this collection will primarily be used for accountability and
evaluation purposes, including responding to queries from COVs and
other scientific experts, a census, rather than sampling design,
typically is necessary. At the individual project level, funding can be
adjusted based on individual project's responses to some of the
surveys. Some data collected under this collection will serve as
baseline data for separate research and evaluation studies.
NSF-funded contract or grantee researchers and internal or external
evaluators in part may identify control, comparison, or treatment
groups for NSF's education and training portfolio using some of the
descriptive data gathered through this collection to conduct well-
designed, rigorous research and portfolio evaluation studies.
Burden on the Public: Estimated at 82 hours per award for 120
awards for a total of 9,840 hours (per year).
Comments: Comments are invited on (a) whether the proposed
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: December 15, 2023.
Suzanne H. Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation.
[FR Doc. 2023-28046 Filed 12-20-23; 8:45 am]
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