[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 45 (Tuesday, March 9, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 11505]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-5677]
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request
AGENCY: National Science Foundation.
ACTION: Submission for OMB review; comment request.
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SUMMARY: The National Science Foundation (NSF) has submitted the
following information collection requirement to OMB for review and
clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13.
This is the second notice for public comment; the first was published
in the Federal Register at 63 FR 67150, and no comments were received.
NSF is forwarding the proposed renewal submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance simultaneously with the
publication of this second notice. Comments regarding (a) whether the
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the agency, including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of
burden including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information
to be collected; and (d) was 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 should be addressed to: Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs of OMB, Attention: Desk Officer for National Science
Foundation, 725-17th Street, N.W. Room 10235, Washington, D.C. 20503,
and to Suzanne H. Plimpton, Reports Clearance Officer, National Science
Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 295, Arlington, Virginia 22230
or send email to splimpto@nsf.gov. Comments regarding these information
collections are best assured of having their full effect if received
within 30 days of this notification. Copies of the submission(s) may be
obtained by calling 703-306-1125 X 2017.
NSF may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless
the collection of information displays a currently valid OMB control
number and the agency informs potential persons who are to respond to
the collection of information that such persons are not required to
respond to the collection of information unless it displays a currently
valid OMB control number.
Title: Outcomes and Impacts of the State/Industry University
Research Center (S/IUCRC) Program.
OMB Control Number: 3145-0153.
Summary of Collection: NSF's Directorate for Engineering
established the State/Industry-University Cooperative Research Centers
(S/IUCRC) Program in 1990. The Program was built on a model established
by NSF's Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers.
To achieve these objectives, data will be collected from
representatives from organizations that have been members of the nine
oldest S/IUCRCs (award cohorts 1991 and 1992) about the results in
their organization of involvement with the center. Data will not be
used to evaluate individual centers, but, rather, to study the Program
as a whole. To isolate the unique effects of the distinctive features
of the S/IUCRC Program, the project also will include a collection of
similar data from organization representatives to 20 of the I/IUCRCs as
well (there are over 50 I/IUCRCs) The I/UCRC data will be compared with
the S/IUCRC data to enable identification of results from the S/IUCRC
Program that emanate from the latter Program's distinctive elements.
Need and Use of the Information: The resulting information will be
used to look at program-wide patterns of outcomes and impacts on
organizations that are members of both types of centers. Lessons
learned will be used for continuous performance improvement in the
presently funded S/IUCRCs. In addition, lessons about the
characteristics that facilitate state-NSF partnerships will be prepared
for use in future planning of state-NSF partnerships.
Dexcription of Respondents: Individuals.
Number of Respondents: 580 (80% expected to respond--464
respondents).
Frequency of Responses: One time.
Total Burden Hours: 232 hours, broken down by 30 minutes per
respondent at 580 respondents.
Dated: March 3, 1999.
Suzanne H. Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation.
[FR Doc. 99-5677 Filed 3-8-99; 8:45 am]
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