80 FR 43801 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 141 (July 23, 2015)
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| FR Document | 2015-18028 |
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 141 (Thursday, July 23, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 43801-43802] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-18028] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request AGENCY: National Science Foundation. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The National Science Foundation (NSF) is announcing plans to request renewal of this collection. In accordance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we are providing opportunity for public comment on this action. After obtaining and considering public comment, NSF will prepare the submission requesting OMB clearance of this collection for no longer than 3 years. 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 techniques or other forms of information technology. DATES: Written comments should be received by September 21, 2015, to be assured of consideration. Comments received after that date would be considered to the extent practicable. ADDRESSES: Written comments regarding the information collection and requests for copies of the proposed information collection request should be addressed to Suzanne Plimpton, Reports Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Rm. 1265, Arlington, VA 22230, or by email to [email protected]. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Suzanne Plimpton on (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: Monitoring for the National Science Foundation's Math and Science Partnership (MSP) Program. OMB Control No.: 3145-0199. [[Page 43802]] Expiration Date of Approval: January 31, 2016. 1. AbstractThis document has been prepared to support the clearance of data collection instruments to be used in the evaluation of the Math and Science Partnership (MSP) program. The goals for the program are to (1) ensure that all K-12 students have access to, are prepared for, and are encouraged to participate and succeed in challenging curricula and advanced mathematics and science courses; (2) enhance the quality, quantity, and diversity of the K-12 mathematics and science teacher workforce; and (3) develop evidence-based outcomes that contribute to our understanding of how students effectively learn the knowledge, skills and ways of thinking inherent in mathematics, computer science, engineering, and/or the natural sciences. The motivational force for realizing these goals is the formation of partnerships between institutions of higher education (IHEs) and K-12 school districts. The role of IHE content faculty is the cornerstone of this intervention. In fact, it is the rigorous involvement of science, mathematics, and engineering faculty--and the expectation that both IHEs and K-12 school systems will be transformed--that distinguishes MSP from other education reform efforts. The components of the overall MSP portfolio include active projects whose initial awards were made in prior MSP competitions: (1) Comprehensive Partnerships that implement change in mathematics and/or science educational practices in both higher education institutions and in schools and school districts, resulting in improved student achievement across the K-12 continuum; (2) Targeted Partnerships that focus on improved K-12 student achievement in a narrower grade range or disciplinary focus within mathematics or science; (3) Institute Partnerships: Teacher Institutes for the 21st Century that focus on the development of mathematics and science teachers as school--and district-based intellectual leaders and master teachers; (4) Research, Evaluation and Technical Assistance (RETA) projects that build and enhance large-scale research and evaluation capacity for all MSP awardees and provide them with tools and assistance in the implementation and evaluation of their work; (5) MSP-Start Partnerships are for awardees new to the MSP program, especially from minority- serving institutions, community colleges and primarily undergraduate institutions, to support the necessary data analysis, project design, evaluation and team building activities needed to develop a full MSP Targeted or Institute Partnership; and (6) Phase II Partnerships for prior MSP Partnership awardees focus on specific innovation areas of their work where evidence of significant positive impact is clearly documented and where an investment of additional resources and time would produce more robust findings and results. The MSP monitoring information system, comprised of eight web-based surveys, collects a common core of data about each component of MSP. The Web application for MSP has been developed with a modular design that incorporates templates and self-contained code modules for rapid development and ease of modification. A downloadable version will also be available for respondents who prefer a paper version that they can mail or fax to the external contractor. Use of the information: This information is required for effective program planning, administration, communication, program and project monitoring and evaluation, and for measuring attainment of NSF's program, project and strategic goals; the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (Pub. L. 109-171) which established the Academic Competitiveness (ACC). The MSP program is also directly aligned with two of NSF's long-term investment categories: (1) Transform the Frontiers and (2) Innovate for Society. 2. Expected Respondents The expected respondents are principal investigators of all Targeted and Institute partnership projects; STEM and education faculty members and administrators who participated in MSP; school districts and IHEs that are partners in an MSP project; and teachers participating in Institute Partnerships. 3. Burden on the Public Number of Respondents: 1936. Burden of the Public: The estimated total annual response burden for this collection is 17,727 hours. This figure is based upon the previous 3 years of collecting information under this clearance and anticipated collections. The average annual reporting burden is estimated to be between less than 1 and 50 hours per respondent depending on whether a respondent is a direct participant who is self-reporting or representing a project and reporting on behalf of many project participants. The majority of respondents (60%) are estimated to require fewer than two hours to complete the survey. The burden on the public is negligible because the study is limited to project participants that have received funding from the MSP Program. Dated: July 17, 2015. Suzanne H. Plimpton, Reports Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation. [FR Doc. 2015-18028 Filed 7-22-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7555-01-P
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DATES: Written comments must be * Evaluate whether the proposed NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
submitted to the office listed in the collection of information is necessary
ADDRESSES section below on or before for the proper performance of the Agency Information Collection
September 21, 2015. functions of the agency, including Activities: Proposed Collection;
ADDRESSES: Ms. Yoon Ferguson, U.S. whether the information will have Comment Request
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution practical utility;
AGENCY: National Science Foundation.
Ave. NW., Room S–3323, Washington, * evaluate the accuracy of the ACTION: Notice.
DC 20210, telephone/fax (202) 354– agency’s estimate of the burden of the
9647, Email ferguson.yoon@dol.gov. proposed collection of information, SUMMARY: The National Science
Please use only one method of including the validity of the Foundation (NSF) is announcing plans
transmission for comments (mail, fax, or methodology and assumptions used; to request renewal of this collection. In
Email). accordance with the requirement of
* enhance the quality, utility and
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: clarity of the information to be section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
I. Background: The Office of Workers’ collected; and Reduction Act of 1995, we are providing
Compensation Programs (OWCP) is the opportunity for public comment on this
agency responsible for administration of * minimize the burden of the action. After obtaining and considering
the Federal Employees’ Compensation collection of information on those who public comment, NSF will prepare the
Act (FECA), 5 U.S.C. 8101 et seq., the are to respond, including through the submission requesting OMB clearance
Black Lung Benefits Act (BLBA), 30 use of appropriate automated, of this collection for no longer than 3
U.S.C. 901 et seq., and the Energy electronic, mechanical, or other years.
Employees Occupational Illness technological collection techniques or Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
Compensation Program Act of 2000 other forms of information technology, the proposed collection of information
(EEOICPA), 42 U.S.C. 7384 et seq. All e.g., permitting electronic submissions is necessary for the proper performance
three of these statutes require that of responses. of the functions of the Agency,
OWCP pay for medical treatment of III. Current Actions: The Department including whether the information shall
beneficiaries; this medical treatment can of Labor seeks the approval of the have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of
include inpatient/outpatient hospital extension of this currently approved the Agency’s estimate of the burden of
services, as well as services provided by information collection in order to carry the proposed collection of information;
nursing homes, skilled nursing facilities out its responsibility to provide (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility,
and home health aides in the home. In payment for covered medical services to and clarity of the information on
order to determine whether billed beneficiaries who are covered under respondents, including through the use
amounts are appropriate, OWCP needs FECA, BLBA and EEOICPA. of automated collection techniques or
to identify the patient, the specific Type of Review: Extension. other forms of information technology,
services that were rendered and their and (d) ways to minimize the burden of
relationship to the work-related injury Agency: Office of Workers’
the collection of information on
or illness. The regulations implementing Compensation Programs.
respondents, including through the use
these statutes require the use of Form Title: Uniform Billing Form. of automated collection techniques or
OWCP–04 or UB–04 for the submission OMB Number: 1240–0019. other forms of information technology.
of medical bills from institutional DATES: Written comments should be
providers (20 CFR 10.801, 30.701, Agency Number: OWCP–04.
received by September 21, 2015, to be
725.405, 725.406, 725.701 and 725.704). Affected Public: Individuals or assured of consideration. Comments
The Uniform Billing form, known as the households; Businesses or other for- received after that date would be
paper UB–04, has been approved by the profit; Not-for-profit institutions. considered to the extent practicable.
American Hospital Association, the Total Respondents: 6,277. ADDRESSES: Written comments
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services and the Civilian Health and Total Responses: 221,992. regarding the information collection and
Medical Program of Uniformed Services Time per Response: 1–7 minutes requests for copies of the proposed
(CHAMPUS), by various other information collection request should be
Estimated Total Burden Hours: addressed to Suzanne Plimpton, Reports
government health care providers, and 25,503.
the private sector, to request payment to Clearance Officer, National Science
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Rm.
institutional providers of medical
$0. 1265, Arlington, VA 22230, or by email
services. The paper UB–04 has been
designed by the National Uniform Total Burden Cost (operating/ to splimpto@nsf.gov.
Billing Committee and is neither a maintenance): $0. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
government-printed form nor Comments submitted in response to Suzanne Plimpton on (703) 292–7556 or
distributed by OWCP. However, this this notice will be summarized and/or send email to splimpto@nsf.gov.
collection includes the paper UB–04 as included in the request for Office of Individuals who use a
a collection instrument, with detailed Management and Budget approval of the telecommunications device for the deaf
instructions prepared by OWCP to information collection request; they will (TDD) may call the Federal Information
ensure that it obtains only the also become a matter of public record. Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–
8339, which is accessible 24 hours a
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information needed to consider requests
Dated: July 17, 2015. day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year
for payment from institutional providers
using this billing form. This information Yoon Ferguson, (including federal holidays).
collection is currently approved for use Agency Clearance Officer, Office of Workers’ SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
through January 31, 2016. Compensation Programs, US Department of Title of Collection: Monitoring for the
II. Review Focus: The Department of Labor. National Science Foundation’s Math
Labor is particularly interested in [FR Doc. 2015–18001 Filed 7–22–15; 8:45 am] and Science Partnership (MSP) Program.
comments which: BILLING CODE 4510–CR–P OMB Control No.: 3145–0199.
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Expiration Date of Approval: January support the necessary data analysis, complete the survey. The burden on the
31, 2016. project design, evaluation and team public is negligible because the study is
building activities needed to develop a limited to project participants that have
1. Abstract
full MSP Targeted or Institute received funding from the MSP
• This document has been prepared Partnership; and (6) Phase II Program.
to support the clearance of data Partnerships for prior MSP Partnership Dated: July 17, 2015.
collection instruments to be used in the awardees focus on specific innovation Suzanne H. Plimpton,
evaluation of the Math and Science areas of their work where evidence of
Partnership (MSP) program. The goals Reports Clearance Officer, National Science
significant positive impact is clearly Foundation.
for the program are to (1) ensure that all documented and where an investment
K–12 students have access to, are [FR Doc. 2015–18028 Filed 7–22–15; 8:45 am]
of additional resources and time would
prepared for, and are encouraged to produce more robust findings and BILLING CODE 7555–01–P
participate and succeed in challenging results.
curricula and advanced mathematics The MSP monitoring information
and science courses; (2) enhance the NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
system, comprised of eight web-based
quality, quantity, and diversity of the K– surveys, collects a common core of data Request for Public Comment on an
12 mathematics and science teacher about each component of MSP. The Web Updated Standardized Research
workforce; and (3) develop evidence- application for MSP has been developed Performance Progress Report Format
based outcomes that contribute to our with a modular design that incorporates to be Used for Both Interim and Final
understanding of how students templates and self-contained code Performance Progress Reporting
effectively learn the knowledge, skills modules for rapid development and
and ways of thinking inherent in ease of modification. A downloadable AGENCY: National Science Foundation
mathematics, computer science, version will also be available for (NSF).
engineering, and/or the natural sciences. respondents who prefer a paper version ACTION: Request for public comment on
The motivational force for realizing that they can mail or fax to the external an updated standardized Research
these goals is the formation of contractor. Performance Progress Report (RPPR)
partnerships between institutions of Use of the information: This format to be used for both interim and
higher education (IHEs) and K–12 information is required for effective final performance progress reporting.
school districts. The role of IHE content program planning, administration,
faculty is the cornerstone of this communication, program and project SUMMARY: The RPPR that was originally
intervention. In fact, it is the rigorous monitoring and evaluation, and for developed for use in preparation and
involvement of science, mathematics, measuring attainment of NSF’s program, submission of annual and other interim
and engineering faculty—and the project and strategic goals; the Deficit performance progress reports resulted
expectation that both IHEs and K–12 Reduction Act of 2005 (Pub. L. 109–171) from an initiative of Research Business
school systems will be transformed— which established the Academic Models (RBM), an Interagency Working
that distinguishes MSP from other Competitiveness (ACC). The MSP Group of the Social, Behavioral &
education reform efforts. program is also directly aligned with Economic Research Subcommittee of
• The components of the overall MSP two of NSF’s long-term investment the Committee on Science (CoS), a
portfolio include active projects whose categories: (1) Transform the Frontiers committee of the National Science and
initial awards were made in prior MSP and (2) Innovate for Society. Technology Council (NSTC). The
competitions: (1) Comprehensive original version of the RPPR format was
Partnerships that implement change in 2. Expected Respondents approved for implementation in the
mathematics and/or science educational The expected respondents are Federal Register (FR) [Volume 75, pages
practices in both higher education principal investigators of all Targeted 1816–1819, January 13, 2010]. As part of
institutions and in schools and school and Institute partnership projects; this FR notice, it was stated that the
districts, resulting in improved student STEM and education faculty members development of a final RPPR format
achievement across the K–12 and administrators who participated in would take place upon completion of
continuum; (2) Targeted Partnerships MSP; school districts and IHEs that are the interim RPPR exercise.
that focus on improved K–12 student partners in an MSP project; and teachers A revised draft of the format has been
achievement in a narrower grade range participating in Institute Partnerships. developed to incorporate lessons
or disciplinary focus within learned by agencies during the initial
mathematics or science; (3) Institute 3. Burden on the Public implementation of the RPPR. The
Partnerships: Teacher Institutes for the Number of Respondents: 1936. approach also has been changed from
21st Century that focus on the Burden of the Public: The estimated using the format for interim
development of mathematics and total annual response burden for this performance progress reports only to
science teachers as school—and district- collection is 17,727 hours. using the format for both interim and
based intellectual leaders and master This figure is based upon the previous final performance progress reports.
teachers; (4) Research, Evaluation and 3 years of collecting information under On behalf of the RBM, the National
Technical Assistance (RETA) projects this clearance and anticipated Science Foundation (NSF) has agreed to
that build and enhance large-scale collections. The average annual continue to serve as the sponsor of the
research and evaluation capacity for all reporting burden is estimated to be updated version of this Federal-wide
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MSP awardees and provide them with between less than 1 and 50 hours per performance progress reporting format.
tools and assistance in the respondent depending on whether a The general public and Federal agencies
implementation and evaluation of their respondent is a direct participant who is are invited to comment on the proposed
work; (5) MSP-Start Partnerships are for self-reporting or representing a project revised format during the 60-day public
awardees new to the MSP program, and reporting on behalf of many project comment period. A ‘‘For Comment’’
especially from minority-serving participants. The majority of version of the draft format for use in
institutions, community colleges and respondents (60%) are estimated to submission of interim and final
primarily undergraduate institutions, to require fewer than two hours to Research Performance Progress Reports,
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| Contact | Suzanne Plimpton on (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). | |
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