83 FR 9870 - Notice of Information Collection

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 46 (March 8, 2018)

Page Range		9870-9871
FR Document		2018-04649

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 Issue 46 (Thursday, March 8, 2018)

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 46 (Thursday, March 8, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9870-9871]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-04649]


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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[Notice: (18-019)]


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 30 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 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

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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.
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while improving the execution of NASA publishes notice at least once monthly records managers prepare schedules
Education project activities. of certain Federal agency requests for proposing records retention periods and
records disposition authority (records submit these schedules for NARA’s
II. Method of Collection
schedules). Once approved by NARA, approval. These schedules provide for
Electronic, paper, and focus group records schedules provide mandatory timely transfer into the National
interviews. instructions on what happens to records Archives of historically valuable records
III. Data when agencies no longer need them for and authorize the agency to dispose of
current Government business. The all other records after the agency no
Title: Generic Clearance for the NASA records schedules authorize agencies to longer needs them to conduct its
Office of Education Performance preserve records of continuing value in business. Some schedules are
Measurement and Evaluation (Testing). the National Archives of the United comprehensive and cover all the records
OMB Number: 2700–0159. of an agency or one of its major
States and to destroy, after a specified
Type of review: Extension of a subdivisions. Most schedules, however,
period, records lacking administrative,
currently approved collection. cover records of only one office or
Affected Public: Individuals and legal, research, or other value. NARA
publishes notice in the Federal Register program or a few series of records. Many
Households.
for records schedules in which agencies of these update previously approved
Estimated Number of Respondents:
propose to destroy records they no schedules, and some include records
10,756.
Estimated Time per Response: longer need to conduct agency business. proposed as permanent.
NARA invites public comments on such The schedules listed in this notice are
Variable.
Estimated Total Annual Burden records schedules. media neutral unless otherwise
Hours: 4,487 hours. DATES: NARA must receive requests for
specified. An item in a schedule is
Estimated Total Annual Cost: copies in writing by April 9, 2018. Once media neutral when an agency may
$50,913.23. NARA finishes appraising the records, apply the disposition instructions to
we will send you a copy of the schedule records regardless of the medium in
IV. Request for Comments which it creates or maintains the
you requested. We usually prepare
Comments are invited on: (1) Whether records. Items included in schedules
appraisal memoranda that contain
the proposed collection of information submitted to NARA on or after
additional information concerning the
is necessary for the proper performance December 17, 2007, are media neutral
records covered by a proposed schedule.
of the functions of NASA, including unless the item is expressly limited to
You may also request these. If you do,
whether the information collected has a specific medium. (See 36 CFR
we will also provide them once we have
practical utility; (2) the accuracy of 1225.12(e).)
completed the appraisal. You have 30 Agencies may not destroy Federal
NASA’s estimate of the burden days after we send to you these
(including hours and cost) of the records without Archivist of the United
requested documents in which to States’ approval. The Archivist approves
proposed collection of information; (3) submit comments.
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and destruction only after thoroughly
ADDRESSES: You may request a copy of considering the records’ administrative
clarity of the information to be any records schedule identified in this
collected; and (4) ways to minimize the use by the agency of origin, the rights
notice by contacting Records Appraisal of the Government and of private people
burden of the collection of information and Agency Assistance (ACRA) using
on respondents, including automated directly affected by the Government’s
one of the following means: activities, and whether or not the
collection techniques or the use of other Mail: NARA (ACRA); 8601 Adelphi
forms of information technology. records have historical or other value.
Road; College Park, MD 20740–6001. In addition to identifying the Federal
Comments submitted in response to Email: request.schedule@nara.gov.
this notice will be summarized and agencies and any subdivisions
Fax: 301–837–3698. requesting disposition authority, this
included in the request for OMB You must cite the control number,
approval of this information collection. notice lists the organizational unit(s)
which appears in parentheses after the accumulating the records (or notes that
They will also become a matter of name of the agency that submitted the
public record. the schedule has agency-wide
schedule, and a mailing address. If you applicability when schedules cover
Lori Parker, would like an appraisal report, please records that may be accumulated
NASA PRA Clearance Officer.
include that in your request. throughout an agency); provides the
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: control number assigned to each
Margaret Hawkins, Director, by mail at schedule, the total number of schedule
BILLING CODE 7510–13–P
Records Appraisal and Agency items, and the number of temporary
Assistance (ACRA); National Archives items (the records proposed for
and Records Administration; 8601 destruction); and includes a brief
NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS Adelphi Road; College Park, MD 20740–
ADMINISTRATION description of the temporary records.
6001, by phone at 301–837–1799, or by The records schedule itself contains a
[NARA–2018–023] email at request.schedule@nara.gov. full description of the records at the file
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NARA unit level as well as their disposition. If
Records Schedules; Availability and publishes notice in the Federal Register NARA staff has prepared an appraisal
Request for Comments for records schedules they no longer memorandum for the schedule, it also
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Administration (NARA). invites public comments on such You may request additional information
ACTION: Notice of availability of records schedules, as required by 44 about the disposition process at the
proposed records schedules; request for U.S.C. 3303a(a). addresses above.
comments. Each year, Federal agencies create
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Category		Regulatory Information
Collection		Federal Register
sudoc Class		AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106:
Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice of information collection.
Dates		All comments should be submitted within 30 calendar days from the date of this publication.
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 Lori.Parker- [email protected]
FR Citation		83 FR 9870