80_FR_67103 80 FR 66893 - Senior Executive Service Performance Review Board

80 FR 66893 - Senior Executive Service Performance Review Board

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 210 (October 30, 2015)

Page Range66893-66894
FR Document2015-27757

This notice provides the Performance Review Board Standing Register for the Department of Energy. This listing supersedes all previously published lists of PRB members.

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 210 (Friday, October 30, 2015) 
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 210 (Friday, October 30, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66893-66894]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-27757]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Senior Executive Service Performance Review Board

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Designation of Performance Review Board Standing Register.

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SUMMARY: This notice provides the Performance Review Board Standing 
Register for the Department of Energy. This listing supersedes all 
previously published lists of PRB members.

DATES: This appointment is effective as of September 30, 2015.

Bremer, John
Brown, Fred
Cooper, Suzanne
Dickinson, Mark
Erhart, Steven
Gilbertson, Mark
Grose, Amy
Lee, Terri
Lenhard, Joseph
Livengood, Joanna
Mays, Cyndi

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McMillian, Jimmy
Mefford, Penny
Mollot, Darren
Moore, Johnny
O'Konski, Peter
Pearson, Gina

    Issued in Washington, DC, October 23, 2015.
Erin S. Moore,
Acting Director, Office of Corporate Executive Management, Office of 
the Chief Human Capital Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-27757 Filed 10-29-15; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6450-01-P

Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 210 / Friday, October 30, 2015 / Notices 66893 published in the Federal Register, in Information Collection Clearance collection in 2015. This submission is text or Adobe Portable Document Division, U.S. Department of Education, for the ninth cycle in the series, Format (PDF). To use PDF, you must 400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, Room NPSAS:16, which will also serve as the have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 2E105, Washington, DC 20202–4537. base year study for the 2016 available free at the site. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal You may also access documents of the specific questions related to collection Study (B&B) which provides data on the Department published in the Federal activities, please contact Kashka various paths of recent college graduates Register by using the article search Kubzdela at (202) 502–7411 or by email into employment and additional feature at: www.federalregister.gov. kashka.kubzdela@ed.gov. education. The NPSAS:16 sample will Specifically, through the advanced SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The include about 2,000 institutions and search feature at this site, you can limit Department of Education (ED), in about 128,000 students. Institution your search to documents published by accordance with the Paperwork contacting began in October 2015 and the Department. Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. student data collection will be Authority: Pub. L. 107–279, Title III— 3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general conducted from January through National Assessment of Educational Progress public and Federal agencies with an September 2016. The NPSAS:16 full section 301. opportunity to comment on proposed, scale institution contacting and Dated: October 27, 2015. revised, and continuing collections of enrollment list collection was approved William J. Bushaw, information. This helps the Department in July 2015 (OMB# 1850–0666 v.15– assess the impact of its information 16). This submission covers NPSAS:16 Executive Director, National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB), U.S. Department collection requirements and minimize full scale materials and procedures of Education. the public’s reporting burden. It also required for student record abstractions, [FR Doc. 2015–27720 Filed 10–29–15; 8:45 am] helps the public understand the student surveying, and matching data to Department’s information collection administrative files. Because the BILLING CODE P requirements and provide the requested institution contacting and enrollment data in the desired format. ED is list collection will still be ongoing at the DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION soliciting comments on the proposed time this request is approved, the information collection request (ICR) that burden and materials from the [Docket No.: ED–2015–ICCD–0126] NPSAS:16 Full Scale Institution is described below. The Department of Education is especially interested in Contacting And Enrollment List Agency Information Collection Collection request (OMB# 1850–0666 Activities; Submission to the Office of public comment addressing the following issues: (1) Is this collection v.15–16) are being carried over in this Management and Budget for Review submission. and Approval; Comment Request; necessary to the proper functions of the 2015–16 National Postsecondary Department; (2) will this information be Dated: October 27, 2015. Student Aid Study (NPSAS:16) Full processed and used in a timely manner; Stephanie Valentine, Scale Student Data Collection (3) is the estimate of burden accurate; Acting Director, Information Collection (4) how might the Department enhance Clearance Division, Office of the Chief Privacy AGENCY: National Center for Education the quality, utility, and clarity of the Officer, Office of Management. Statistics (NCES), Department of information to be collected; and (5) how [FR Doc. 2015–27727 Filed 10–29–15; 8:45 am] Education (ED). might the Department minimize the BILLING CODE 4000–01–P ACTION: Notice. burden of this collection on the respondents, including through the use SUMMARY: In accordance with the of information technology. Please note Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY that written comments received in U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is response to this notice will be Senior Executive Service Performance proposing a revision of an existing considered public records. Review Board information collection. Title of Collection: 2015–16 National DATES: Interested persons are invited to Postsecondary Student Aid Study AGENCY: Department of Energy. submit comments on or before (NPSAS:16) Full Scale Student Data ACTION:Designation of Performance November 30, 2015. Collection Review Board Standing Register. ADDRESSES: To access and review all the OMB Control Number: 1850–0666. documents related to the information Type of Review: A revision of an SUMMARY: This notice provides the collection listed in this notice, please existing information collection. Performance Review Board Standing use http://www.regulations.gov by Respondents/Affected Public: Register for the Department of Energy. searching the Docket ID number ED– Individuals. This listing supersedes all previously 2015–ICCD–0126. Comments submitted Total Estimated Number of Annual published lists of PRB members. in response to this notice should be Responses: 86,000. DATES: This appointment is effective as submitted electronically through the Total Estimated Number of Annual of September 30, 2015. Federal eRulemaking Portal at http:// Burden Hours: 75,811. Bremer, John www.regulations.gov by selecting the Abstract: The National Postsecondary Brown, Fred Docket ID number or via postal mail, Student Aid Study (NPSAS), a Cooper, Suzanne commercial delivery, or hand delivery. nationally representative study of how Dickinson, Mark tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Please note that comments submitted by students and their families finance Erhart, Steven fax or email and those submitted after postsecondary education, was first Gilbertson, Mark the comment period will not be implemented by the National Center for Grose, Amy accepted. Written requests for Education Statistics (NCES) in 1987 and Lee, Terri information or comments submitted by has been fielded every 3 to 4 years Lenhard, Joseph postal mail or delivery should be since. The next major data collection Livengood, Joanna addressed to the Director of the will occur in 2016 following a field test Mays, Cyndi VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:37 Oct 29, 2015 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\30OCN1.SGM 30OCN1

66894 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 210 / Friday, October 30, 2015 / Notices McMillian, Jimmy performance of the functions of the improves EIA’s ability to collect Mefford, Penny agency, including whether the relevant and timely information that Mollot, Darren information shall have practical utility; meets the data needs of EIA’s customers. Moore, Johnny the accuracy of the agency’s estimate of The specific methods proposed for the O’Konski, Peter the burden of the proposed collection of coverage by this clearance are described Pearson, Gina information, including the validity of below. Also outlined is the legal Issued in Washington, DC, October 23, the methodology and assumptions used; authority for these voluntary 2015. ways to enhance the quality, utility, and information gathering activities. Erin S. Moore, clarity of the information to be The following methods are proposed: Acting Director, Office of Corporate Executive collected; and ways to minimize the Field Testing. Field testing surveys Management, Office of the Chief Human burden of the collection of information conducted under this clearance will Capital Officer. on respondents, including through the generally be methodological studies. [FR Doc. 2015–27757 Filed 10–29–15; 8:45 am] use of automated collection techniques The field testing samples drawn may BILLING CODE 6450–01–P or other forms of information not be representative of the survey technology. respondent universe because they will be designed to clarify particular issues. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY DATES: Comments regarding this Collection may be on the basis of fuel proposed information collection must market coverage related to the issues Senior Executive Service Performance be received on or before December 29, that are the subject to the research, Review Board 2015. If you anticipate difficulty in market size of the respondent, position submitting comments within that of the respondent in the upstream and/ AGENCY: Department of Energy. period, contact the person listed in or downstream market for a particular ACTION:Designation of Performance ADDRESSES as soon as possible. fuel group, and convenience, e.g., Review Board Chair. ADDRESSES: Written comments may be limited to specific geographic locations. SUMMARY: This notice provides the sent to Jacob Bournazian, Energy The sample sizes and designs will be Performance Review Board Chair Information Administration, 1000 determined at the time of development designee for the Department of Energy. Independence Avenue SW., Washington and will vary based on the content of This listing supersedes all previously DC 20585 or by fax at 202–586–0552 or the information collection or survey published lists of Performance Review by email at jacob.bournazian@eia.gov. being tested. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pilot Surveys. Pilot surveys conducted Board Chair. Requests for additional information or under this clearance will generally be DATES: This appointment is effective as methodological studies, but will always of September 30, 2015: Dennis M. copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should be employ statistically representative Miotla. samples. The pilot surveys will replicate directed to Jacob Bournazian, Energy Issued in Washington, DC: October 23, Information Administration, 1000 all components of the methodological 2015. design, sampling procedures (where Independence Avenue SW., Erin S. Moore, Washington, DC 20585, phone: 202– possible) and questionnaires of the full Acting Director, Office of Corporate Executive 586–5562, email: jacob.bournazian@ scale survey. Pilots will normally be Management, Office of the Chief Human eia.gov. utilized when EIA undertakes a Capital Officer. complete redesign of a particular data [FR Doc. 2015–27724 Filed 10–29–15; 8:45 am] SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This collection methodology or when EIA BILLING CODE 6450–01–P information collection request contains: undertakes data collection in new areas, (1) OMB No.: 1905–0186; such as greenhouse gases or alternative (2) Information Collection Request fueled motor vehicle transportation DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Title: Generic Clearance for system studies. Questionnaire Testing, Evaluation, and Respondent Debriefings. Respondent Energy Information Administration Research; debriefings conducted under this (3) Type of Request: Revision; clearance will generally be Agency Information Collection (4) Purpose: The U.S. Energy methodological or cognitive research Extension Information Administration (EIA) is studies. The debriefing form is AGENCY: U.S. Energy Information planning to request a three-year administered after a respondent Administration (EIA), Department of approval from the Office of Management completes a questionnaire either in Energy. and Budget (OMB) to utilize qualitative paper format, electronically, or through ACTION: Agency Information Collection and quantitative methodologies to in-person interviews. The debriefings Activities: Information Collection pretest questionnaires and validate the contain probing questions to determine Extension with Changes; Notice and quality of the data collected on EIA how respondents interpret the survey Request for Comments. forms. This authority would allow EIA questions, how much time and effort to conduct pretest surveys, pilot was spent completing the questionnaire, SUMMARY: The EIA invites public surveys, respondent debriefings, and whether they have problems in comment on the proposed collection of cognitive interviews, usability completing the survey/questionnaire. information, EIA–882T, ‘‘Generic interviews, and focus groups. Through Respondent debriefings also are useful Clearance for Questionnaire Testing, the use of these methodologies, EIA will in determining potential issues with tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Evaluation, and Research’’ that EIA is improve the quality of data being data quality and in estimating developing for submission to the Office collected for measuring market activity respondent burden. of Management and Budget (OMB) and assessing supply conditions in Cognitive Interviews. Cognitive pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction energy markets, reduce or minimize interviews are typically one-on-one Act of 1995. Comments are invited on respondent burden, increase agency interviews in which the respondent is whether the proposed collection of efficiency, and improve responsiveness usually asked to ‘‘think aloud’’ or is information is necessary for the proper to the public. This authority also asked ‘‘retrospective questions’’ as he or VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:37 Oct 29, 2015 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\30OCN1.SGM 30OCN1


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionDesignation of Performance Review Board Standing Register.
DatesThis appointment is effective as of September 30, 2015.
FR Citation80 FR 66893 
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