83 FR 7499 - Sunshine Act Meeting

NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 35 (February 21, 2018)

Page Range		7499-7500
FR Document		2018-03625

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 35 (Wednesday, February 21, 2018)

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 35 (Wednesday, February 21, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7499-7500]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-03625]


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NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD


Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENDA

TIME AND DATE: 9:30 a.m., Tuesday, March 13, 2018

PLACE: NTSB Conference Center, 429 L'Enfant Plaza SW, Washington, DC 
20594.

STATUS: The one item is open to the public.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 
56526 Railroad Accident Brief--Collision of Two Southwestern Railroad 
Freight Trains, Roswell, New Mexico, April 28, 2015.

NEWS MEDIA CONTACT: Telephone: (202) 314-6100.
    The press and public may enter the NTSB Conference Center one hour 
prior to the meeting for set up and seating.
    Individuals requesting specific accommodations should contact 
Rochelle McCallister at (202) 314-6305 or by email at 
[email protected] by Wednesday, March 7, 2018. The public 
may view the meeting via a live or archived webcast by accessing a link 
under ``News & Events'' on the NTSB home page at www.ntsb.gov.

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    Schedule updates, including weather-related cancellations, are also 
available at www.ntsb.gov.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Candi Bing at (202) 314-6403 or by email 
at [email protected].

FOR MEDIA INFORMATION CONTACT: Terry Williams at (202) 314-6100 or by 
email at [email protected].

     Dated: Friday, February 16, 2018.
LaSean McCray,
Assistant Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-03625 Filed 2-16-18; 4:15 pm]
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information on those who are to opportunity to experience the data and reports through the REU data
respond, including through the use of collections first hand and provide system.
appropriate automated, electronic, feedback that will be used to determine Estimate of Burden: At present,
mechanical, or other technological which approach will be the most applications to the REU program are
collection techniques or other forms of effective, most efficient, and least submitted yearly directly to each Site.
information technology. burdensome for possible future For those participating in the
Title of Collection: Developing an implementation across all REU Sites. registration pilot, it is estimated that
Evaluation Framework and Pilot-Testing The pilot includes: applicants will spend 2 hours
a Longitudinal Tracking System for REU 1. Testing a web-based system that submitting basic information through
Site Students. includes two approaches to obtain basic the REU Data System and then complete
OMB Number: 3145–NEW. student background and participation the rest of their applications through the
Expiration Date of Approval: Not information: individual REU sites. For those
applicable. • Registration. The registration will participating in the common application
Abstract be designed to collect the basic pilot, it is estimated that each
demographic and contact information submission will take, on average, 12
The National Science Foundation hours. Reference writers are expected to
(NSF) seeks to develop and pilot test needed for analysis and tracking
purposes. Students will be asked to take 0.5 hours to draft a letter in support
different approaches to collecting data of students’ application to the program.
electronically from one cohort of register at a website through which they
will obtain a unique ID. With this It is estimated that REU Principal
applicants to the Research Experiences Investigators will spend 8.9 hours using
for Undergraduates (REU) Program and unique ID, they will then apply directly
to the REU Sites using the existing Site the system to track applications.
track their program and career outcomes Respondents: Individuals.
over time. The intent is for the pilot application processes. Staff at REU Sites
will use the IDs provided by students to Estimated Number of Respondents:
tests to provide information for NSF to 30,455.
select the most effective and least record application decisions and
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
burdensome approach to collect data participation status of admitted
Respondents: 96,130 hours.
needed to monitor the Program, report applicants. Frequency of Responses: One round of
to NSF leadership, and comply with a • Common Application. The common pilot data collection.
Congressional requirement. application will replace existing REU
Site applications among participating Dated: February 9, 2018.
The REU program was created in 1987
Sites for the 2019 cycle. It will enable Suzanne H. Plimpton,
to strengthen the science, technology,
students to apply to multiple Sites Reports Clearance Officer, National Science
engineering, and mathematics (STEM)
through one application. Students will Foundation.
workforce. Building on research
first complete the REU Registration [FR Doc. 2018–03469 Filed 2–20–18; 8:45 am]
experiences as ‘‘one of the most
effective avenues for attracting students described above, and then proceed to BILLING CODE 7555–01–P

to and retaining them in science and the common application through which
engineering, and for preparing them for they will submit additional information
careers in these fields,’’ the program is commonly required by Sites as part of NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION
designed to foster student research and their applications, such as transcripts. SAFETY BOARD
promote diversity. Staff at REU Sites will use the system to
The main goal of the current study is provide information needed by potential Sunshine Act Meeting
to pilot test alternative approaches to applicants, retrieve applicant AGENDA
collecting data required by Congress in information, record application
the America COMPETES decisions and participation status TIME AND DATE: 9:30 a.m., Tuesday,
Reauthorization Act of 2010, which among admitted applicants, and March 13, 2018
states that students in the REU program produce reports and run queries of data PLACE: NTSB Conference Center, 429
must ‘‘be tracked, for employment and submitted by applicants to their Sites. L’Enfant Plaza SW, Washington, DC
continued matriculation in STEM fields, 2. Obtaining and integrating 20594.
through receipt of the undergraduate educational and employment STATUS: The one item is open to the
degree and for at least three years information. The study will follow the public.
thereafter’’ (Section 514[a][6] of Pub. L. subset of rising seniors who participate MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:
111–358). The legislation also mentions in the REU program in 2019 (as seniors 56526 Railroad Accident Brief—
specific demographic characteristics of are the large majority of participants) to: Collision of Two Southwestern
participants that need to be reported, • Obtain educational outcomes Railroad Freight Trains, Roswell,
such as gender, ethnicity, and information from the National Student New Mexico, April 28, 2015.
enrollment in a two-year college. In Clearinghouse (NSC). NEWS MEDIA CONTACT: Telephone: (202)
addition to needing these data to report • Administer a survey to obtain 314–6100.
to Congress, NSF program officers and information on employment outcomes The press and public may enter the
leadership need a more robust data (among those not enrolled in graduate NTSB Conference Center one hour prior
system to enhance their efforts to school at the time of the survey). to the meeting for set up and seating.
monitor participation in the program 3. Conducting site visits to a few REU Individuals requesting specific
and eventually to assess its Sites participating in the pilot to accommodations should contact
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effectiveness. interview principal investigators and Rochelle McCallister at (202) 314–6305
In addition to designing the system, program administrators, and to conduct or by email at Rochelle.McCallister@
the present study will pilot test different focus groups with REU students. The ntsb.gov by Wednesday, March 7, 2018.
approaches to collecting data from a site visits will be used to elicit in-depth The public may view the meeting via a
sample of REU Sites that volunteer to feedback on the registration and live or archived webcast by accessing a
participate. By participating in this common application systems as well as link under ‘‘News & Events’’ on the
study, these Sites will have the the tools available for PIs to obtain data NTSB home page at www.ntsb.gov.

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Category		Regulatory Information
Collection		Federal Register
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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Dates		9:30 a.m., Tuesday, March 13, 2018
FR Citation		83 FR 7499