83_FR_20945 83 FR 20856 - Earth Science Advisory Committee; Meeting

83 FR 20856 - Earth Science Advisory Committee; Meeting

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 89 (May 8, 2018)

Page Range20856-20856
FR Document2018-09769

In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announces a meeting of the Earth Science Advisory Committee (ESAC). This Committee functions in an advisory capacity to the Director, Earth Science Division, in the NASA Science Mission Directorate. The meeting will be held for the purpose of soliciting, from the Earth science community and other persons, scientific and technical information relevant to program planning.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 89 (Tuesday, May 8, 2018)
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[FR Doc No: 2018-09769]


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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[Notice: (18-044)]


Earth Science Advisory Committee; Meeting

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announces a 
meeting of the Earth Science Advisory Committee (ESAC). This Committee 
functions in an advisory capacity to the Director, Earth Science 
Division, in the NASA Science Mission Directorate. The meeting will be 
held for the purpose of soliciting, from the Earth science community 
and other persons, scientific and technical information relevant to 
program planning.

DATES: Tuesday, May 29, 2018, 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m., Eastern Time.

ADDRESSES: This meeting will take place telephonically. Any interested 
person must use a touch-tone phone to participate in this meeting. Any 
interested person may call the USA toll free number 1-888-955-8964, 
passcode 3820950.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: KarShelia Henderson, Science Mission 
Directorate, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC 20546, (202) 358-2355, 
fax (202) 358-2779, or [email protected].
    The agenda for the meeting includes the following topic:
--Earth Science Program High Impact Research

    It is imperative that the meeting be held on this date to 
accommodate the scheduling priorities of the key participants.

Patricia Rausch,
Advisory Committee Management Officer, National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2018-09769 Filed 5-7-18; 8:45 am]
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                                                They will also become a matter of                       NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND                              will allow for ongoing, collaborative and
                                                public record.                                          SPACE ADMINISTRATION                                  actionable communications between the
                                                                                                                                                              Agency and its customers and
                                                Lori Parker,                                            [Notice: (18–042)]
                                                                                                                                                              stakeholders. It will also allow feedback
                                                NASA PRA Clearance Officer.                                                                                   to contribute directly to the
                                                                                                        Notice of Information Collection
                                                [FR Doc. 2018–09676 Filed 5–7–18; 8:45 am]                                                                    improvement of program management.
                                                BILLING CODE 7510–13–P                                  AGENCY: National Aeronautics and                         The solicitation of feedback will target
                                                                                                        Space Administration (NASA).                          areas such as: Timeliness,
                                                                                                        ACTION: Notice of information collection.             appropriateness, accuracy of
                                                NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND                                                                                      information, courtesy, efficiency of
                                                SPACE ADMINISTRATION                                    SUMMARY:    The National Aeronautics and              service delivery, and resolution of
                                                                                                        Space Administration, as part of its                  issues with service delivery. Responses
                                                [Notice: (18–044)]                                      continuing effort to reduce paperwork                 will be assessed to plan and inform
                                                                                                        and respondent burden, invites the                    efforts to improve or maintain the
                                                Earth Science Advisory Committee;                       general public to take this opportunity               quality of service offered to the public.
                                                Meeting                                                 to comment on the ‘‘Generic Clearance                 If this information is not collected, vital
                                                                                                        for the Collection of Qualitative                     feedback from customers and
                                                AGENCY:National Aeronautics and                         Feedback on Agency Service Delivery’’                 stakeholders on the Agency’s services
                                                Space Administration.                                   for approval under the Paperwork                      will be unavailable.
                                                                                                        Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et.
                                                ACTION:   Notice of meeting.                            seq.). This collection was developed as               II. Methods of Collection
                                                                                                        part of a Federal Government-wide                        The Agency will only submit a
                                                SUMMARY:    In accordance with the                      effort to streamline the process for                  collection for approval under this
                                                Federal Advisory Committee Act, the                     seeking feedback from the public on                   generic clearance if it meets the
                                                National Aeronautics and Space                          service delivery. This notice announces               following conditions:
                                                Administration (NASA) announces a                       our intent to submit this collection to                  The collections are voluntary;
                                                meeting of the Earth Science Advisory                   OMB for approval and solicits                            The collections are low-burden for
                                                Committee (ESAC). This Committee                        comments on specific aspects for the                  respondents (based on considerations of
                                                functions in an advisory capacity to the                proposed information collection,                      total burden hours, total number of
                                                Director, Earth Science Division, in the                DATES: All comments should be                         respondents, or burden-hours per
                                                NASA Science Mission Directorate. The                   submitted within 60 calendar days from                respondent) and are low-cost for both
                                                meeting will be held for the purpose of                 the date of this publication.                         the respondents and the Federal
                                                soliciting, from the Earth science                                                                            Government;
                                                                                                        ADDRESSES: All comments should be
                                                community and other persons, scientific                                                                          The collections are non-controversial
                                                                                                        addressed to Lori Parker, National
                                                and technical information relevant to                                                                         and do not raise issues of concern to
                                                                                                        Aeronautics and Space Administration,
                                                program planning.                                                                                             other Federal agencies;
                                                                                                        300 E Street SW, Washington, DC
                                                                                                                                                                 Any collection is targeted to the
                                                DATES: Tuesday, May 29, 2018, 1:00                      20546–0001.
                                                                                                                                                              solicitation of opinions from
                                                p.m.–2:00 p.m., Eastern Time.                           FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                      respondents who have experience with
                                                ADDRESSES:   This meeting will take place               Requests for additional information or                the program or may have experience
                                                telephonically. Any interested person                   copies of the information collection                  with the program in the near future;
                                                must use a touch-tone phone to                          instrument(s) and instructions should                    Information gathered will be used
                                                participate in this meeting. Any                        be directed to Lori Parker, NASA                      only internally for general service
                                                interested person may call the USA toll                 Clearance Officer, NASA Headquarters,                 improvement and program management
                                                free number 1–888–955–8964, passcode                    300 E Street SW, JF0000, Washington,                  purposes and is not intended for release
                                                3820950.                                                DC 20546, (202) 358–1351.                             outside of the agency;
                                                                                                        SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                               Information gathered will not be used
                                                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                                                                              for the purpose of substantially
                                                KarShelia Henderson, Science Mission                    I. Abstract
                                                                                                                                                              informing influential policy decisions;
                                                Directorate, NASA Headquarters,                           The proposed information collection                 and
                                                Washington, DC 20546, (202) 358–2355,                   activity provides a means to garner                      Information gathered will yield
                                                fax (202) 358–2779, or khenderson@                      qualitative customer and stakeholder                  qualitative information; the collections
                                                nasa.gov.                                               feedback in an efficient, timely manner,              will not be designed or expected to
                                                  The agenda for the meeting includes                   in accordance with the Administration’s               yield statistically reliable results or used
                                                the following topic:                                    commitment to improving service                       as though the results are generalizable to
                                                                                                        delivery. By qualitative feedback we                  the population of study.
                                                —Earth Science Program High Impact
                                                                                                        mean information that provides useful                    Feedback collected under this generic
                                                  Research
                                                                                                        insights on perceptions and opinions,                 clearance provides useful information,
                                                  It is imperative that the meeting be                  but are not statistical surveys that yield            but it does not yield data that can be
                                                held on this date to accommodate the                    quantitative results that can be                      generalized to the overall population.
                                                scheduling priorities of the key                        generalized to the population of study.               This type of generic clearance for
                                                                                                        This feedback will provide insights into              qualitative information will not be used
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                                                participants.
                                                                                                        customer or stakeholder perceptions,                  for quantitative information collections
                                                Patricia Rausch,                                        experiences and expectations, provide                 that are designed to yield reliably
                                                Advisory Committee Management Officer,                  an early warning of issues with service,              actionable results, such as monitoring
                                                National Aeronautics and Space                          or focus attention on areas where                     trends over time or documenting
                                                Administration.                                         communication, training or changes in                 program performance. Such data uses
                                                [FR Doc. 2018–09769 Filed 5–7–18; 8:45 am]              operations might improve delivery of                  require more rigorous designs that
                                                BILLING CODE 7510–13–P                                  products or services. These collections               address: The target population to which


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CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of meeting.
DatesTuesday, May 29, 2018, 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m., Eastern Time.
ContactKarShelia Henderson, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC 20546, (202) 358-2355, fax (202) 358-2779, or [email protected]
FR Citation83 FR 20856 

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