83 FR 399 - Notice of Information Collection

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 2 (January 3, 2018)

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 2 (Wednesday, January 3, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 399-400]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-28427]


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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[Notice: (17-092)]


Notice of Information Collection

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Notice of information collection.

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SUMMARY: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, as part of 
its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, 
invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this 
opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information 
collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: All comments should be submitted within 60 calendar days from 
the date of this publication.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments 
regarding the proposed information collection to the Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 
725 7th Street NW, Washington, DC 20543. Attention: Desk Officer for 
NASA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should 
be directed to Lori Parker, NASA Clearance Officer, NASA Headquarters, 
300 E Street SW, JF0000, Washington, DC 20546 or email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract

    NASA's founding legislation, the Space Act of 1958, as amended, 
directs the agency to expand human knowledge of Earth and space 
phenomena and to preserve the role of the United States as a leader in 
aeronautics, space science, and technology. The NASA Office of 
Education administers the agency's national education activities in 
support of the Space Act, including the performance measurement and 
evaluation of educational projects and programs. This generic clearance 
will allow the NASA Office of Education to continue to test and pilot 
with subject matter experts, secondary students, higher education 
students, educators, and interested parties new and existing 
information collection forms and assessment instruments for the 
purposes of improvement and establishing validity and reliability 
characteristics of the forms and instruments. Existing information 
collections include Undergraduate Internship Impact Surveys (Baseline 
and Follow-up Instruments), Undergraduate Internship Impact Surveys 
(Retrospective and Traditional Developed Instruments), STEM Challenges 
Impact Surveys (Student Baseline and Follow-up Instruments), STEM 
Challenges Impact Surveys (Educator Retrospective Instruments), One 
Stop Shopping Initiative (OSSI) Student-level data application, and 
Office of Education

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Performance Measurement (OEPM) Program-level data system. Forms and 
instruments to be tested include program application forms, customer 
satisfaction questionnaires, focus group protocols, and project 
activity survey instruments. Methodological testing will include focus 
group discussions, pilot surveys to test new individual question items 
as well as the complete form and instrument. In addition, test-retest 
and similar protocols will be used to determine reliability 
characteristics of the forms and instruments. Methodological testing 
will assure that forms and instruments accurately and consistently 
collect and measure what they are intended to measure and that data 
collection items are interpreted precisely and consistently, all 
towards the goal of accurate Agency reporting while improving the 
execution of NASA Education project activities.

II. Method of Collection

    Electronic, paper, and focus group interviews.

III. Data

    Title: Generic Clearance for the NASA Office of Education 
Performance Measurement and Evaluation (Testing).
    OMB Number: 2700-0159.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Individuals and Households.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 10,756.
    Estimated Time per Response: Variable.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 4,487 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $50,913.23.

IV. Request for Comments

    Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
NASA, including whether the information collected has practical 
utility; (2) the accuracy of NASA's estimate of the burden (including 
hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information; (3) ways to 
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be 
collected; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of 
information on respondents, including automated collection techniques 
or the use of other forms of information technology.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and included in the request for OMB approval of this information 
collection. They will also become a matter of public record.

Lori Parker,
NASA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-28427 Filed 1-2-18; 8:45 am]
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