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development by any public or private 

entity: 

(1) Educational curricula identifying 

direct and indirect harms associated 

with sales of counterfeit and pirated 

products 

(2) Strategies to ensure consumers make 

informed purchasing decisions 

(3) Public service announcements 

targeted to social media users 

(4) Methods to identify false and 

misleading information on 

e-commerce pages 

(5) Alerts for high-risk products and 

automated warnings describing health 

impacts 

(6) ‘‘Red flag’’ indicators for suspicious 

listings on e-commerce platforms 

(7) Incentives to empower consumers to 

participate in monitoring, detecting, 

and informing platforms and users of 

counterfeits 

The notice requested public 

comments on or before January 4, 2021. 

Through this notice, the USPTO is 

reopening the period for public 

comment until March 12, 2021, to give 

interested members of the public 

additional time to submit comments and 

provide information on the same topics. 

All other information and instructions 

to commenters provided in the 

November 17, 2020, notice remain 

unchanged. Previously submitted 

comments do not need to be 

resubmitted. 

Andrew Hirshfeld, 

Commissioner for Patents, Performing the 

Functions and Duties of the Under Secretary 

of Commerce for Intellectual Property and 

Director of the United States Patent and 

Trademark Office. 

[FR Doc. 2021–02724 Filed 2–9–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2021–SCC–0019] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; 2022 

School Survey on Crime and Safety 

(SSOCS:2022) 

AGENCY: Institute of Education Sciences 

(IES), Department of Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is 

proposing a revision of a currently 

approved collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before April 12, 

2021. 

ADDRESSES: To access and review all the 

documents related to the information 

collection listed in this notice, please 

use http://www.regulations.gov by 

searching the Docket ID number ED– 

2021–SCC–0019. Comments submitted 

in response to this notice should be 

submitted electronically through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov by selecting the 

Docket ID number or via postal mail, 

commercial delivery, or hand delivery. 

If the regulations.gov site is not 

available to the public for any reason, 

ED will temporarily accept comments at 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Please include the 

docket ID number and the title of the 

information collection request when 

requesting documents or submitting 

comments. Please note that comments 

submitted by fax or email and those 

submitted after the comment period will 

not be accepted. Written requests for 

information or comments submitted by 

postal mail or delivery should be 

addressed to the PRA Coordinator of the 

Strategic Collections and Clearance 

Governance and Strategy Division, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Ave. SW, LBJ, Room 6W208B, 

Washington, DC 20202–8240. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Carrie Clarady, 

202–245–6347. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of Education (ED), in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general 

public and Federal agencies with an 

opportunity to comment on proposed, 

revised, and continuing collections of 

information. This helps the Department 

assess the impact of its information 

collection requirements and minimize 

the public’s reporting burden. It also 

helps the public understand the 

Department’s information collection 

requirements and provide the requested 

data in the desired format. ED is 

soliciting comments on the proposed 

information collection request (ICR) that 

is described below. The Department of 

Education is especially interested in 

public comment addressing the 

following issues: (1) Is this collection 

necessary to the proper functions of the 

Department; (2) will this information be 

processed and used in a timely manner; 

(3) is the estimate of burden accurate; 

(4) how might the Department enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (5) how 

might the Department minimize the 

burden of this collection on the 

respondents, including through the use 

of information technology. Please note 

that written comments received in 

response to this notice will be 

considered public records. 

Title of Collection: 2022 School 

Survey on Crime and Safety 

(SSOCS:2022). 

OMB Control Number: 1850–0761. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals or Households. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 11,623. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 4,907. 

Abstract: The School Survey on Crime 

and Safety (SSOCS) is a nationally 

representative survey of elementary and 

secondary school principals that serves 

as the primary source of school-level 

data on crime and safety in public 

schools, and was conducted in 2000, 

2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2016, 2018, and 

2020 (OMB #1850–0761). Four years 

separated the first two collections of 

SSOCS to allow for sufficient time to 

study the results of the first survey and 

to allow for necessary redesign work; 

the next three collections were 

conducted at 2-year intervals. Due to a 

reorganization of the sponsoring agency 

(the Office of Safe and Drug-Free 

Schools) and funding issues, the 2012 

administration of SSOCS, although 

approved by OMB, was not fielded. 

With new funding available through the 

National Institute of Justice (NIJ), 

SSOCS was conducted again in the 

spring of the 2015–16 school year. With 

continued dedicated funding, SSOCS 

has resumed collection on a biennial 

basis, with collections during the spring 

of the 2017–18 and the 2019–20 school 

years, and the next planned collection 

during the spring of the 2021–22 school 

year. SSOCS is a survey of public 

schools covering the topic of school 

crime and violence and is designed to 

produce nationally representative data 

on public schools. Historically, it has 

been conducted by mail, with telephone 

and email follow-up; however, as an 

experiment, an internet version was 

fielded during the SSOCS:2018 

administration. For SSOCS:2020, the 

internet version was initially offered to 

all respondents, with the paper version 

sent via mail as a follow-up, and the 

same methodology will be used for 

SSOCS:2022. The respondent is the 

school principal, or a member of the 

school staff designated by the principal 

as the person ‘‘the most knowledgeable 

about school crime and policies to 

provide a safe environment.’’ 

The 2022 survey is being funded by 

the U.S. Department of Education’s 

Office of Safe and Supportive Schools 

(previously known as the Office of Safe 

and Healthy Students) and conducted 

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by the National Center for Education 

Statistics (NCES) of the Institute of 

Education Sciences (IES), within the 

U.S. Department of Education. As with 

prior SSOCS collections, NCES has 

entered into an interagency agreement 

with the Census Bureau to administer 

the 2022 collection. 

This request is to conduct the 2022 

administration of the School Survey on 

Crime and Safety (SSOCS). As part of 

SSOCS:2022 development, cognitive 

testing on new COVID–19 pandemic 

items will be conducted during the 

winter and spring of 2021, scheduled to 

be completed in late-spring 2021. The 

wording and design of these items may 

be modified in response to the findings 

of this testing and, as such, will be 

updated in a change request, tentatively 

scheduled for October 2021. 

Dated: February 4, 2021. 

Stephanie Valentine, 

PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and 

Clearance Governance and Strategy Division, 

Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of 

Planning, Evaluation and Policy 

Development. 

[FR Doc. 2021–02686 Filed 2–9–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2020–SCC–0143] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

Study of Financial Aid Supports for 

GEAR UP Students 

AGENCY: Institute of Educational 

Sciences (IES), Department of Education 

(ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is 

proposing a new information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before March 

12, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for proposed 

information collection requests should 

be sent within 30 days of publication of 

this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/ 

do/PRAMain. Find this information 

collection request by selecting 

‘‘Department of Education’’ under 

‘‘Currently Under Review,’’ then check 

‘‘Only Show ICR for Public Comment’’ 

checkbox. Comments may also be sent 

to ICDocketmgr@ed.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Daphne Garcia, 

202–245–6592. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of Education (ED), in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general 

public and Federal agencies with an 

opportunity to comment on proposed, 

revised, and continuing collections of 

information. This helps the Department 

assess the impact of its information 

collection requirements and minimize 

the public’s reporting burden. It also 

helps the public understand the 

Department’s information collection 

requirements and provide the requested 

data in the desired format. ED is 

soliciting comments on the proposed 

information collection request (ICR) that 

is described below. The Department of 

Education is especially interested in 

public comment addressing the 

following issues: (1) Is this collection 

necessary to the proper functions of the 

Department; (2) will this information be 

processed and used in a timely manner; 

(3) is the estimate of burden accurate; 

(4) how might the Department enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (5) how 

might the Department minimize the 

burden of this collection on the 

respondents, including through the use 

of information technology. Please note 

that written comments received in 

response to this notice will be 

considered public records. 

Title of Collection: Study of Financial 

Aid Supports for GEAR UP Students. 

OMB Control Number: 1850–NEW. 

Type of Review: A new information 

collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Tribal, and Local Governments Total 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 42. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 95. 

Abstract: This is a congressionallymandated evaluation of the scholarship 

component of the Gaining Early 

Awareness and Readiness for 

Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) 

program. Established in the 1998 Higher 

Education Act (HEA), GEAR UP 

provides competitive, multi-year grants 

to states and local partnerships to 

prepare students attending high-poverty 

middle and high schools for college 

enrollment and success. State grantees 

must use at least half of their funds to 

provide college scholarships to GEAR 

UP students unless they receive a 

waiver from the U.S. Department of 

Education (ED). 

How GEAR UP grantees provide 

scholarships to support students’ 

enrollment and persistence in college is 

of interest for several reasons. First, this 

component distinguishes GEAR UP 

from other federal college access 

programs that serve primarily lowincome students or those from high 

need schools. Second, the 2008 HEA 

reauthorization gave state grantees 

flexibility in how they implement and 

fund the scholarships. While program 

statute requires states to set aside at 

least half of their GEAR UP funds to 

provide scholarships (states that do are 

referred to as ‘‘set-aside states’’), states 

may be granted a waiver to devote all of 

their GEAR UP funds to other activities 

(referred to as ‘‘waiver states’’) if they 

can ensure that GEAR UP students have 

access to alternative scholarship 

funds—such as those that are statefunded. The reauthorization also 

changed other aspects of the scholarship 

component, such as the minimum 

amount and which students must be 

eligible to receive this financial aid. 

Little information is available about 

how states are carrying out these 

requirements or the challenges they face 

in administering this part of the GEAR 

UP program. The data collection for this 

study will examine the scholarship 

practices of all states that received a 

GEAR UP grant since fiscal year 2011, 

the first year the scholarship changes 

went into effect. ED plans to use the 

study results to inform program 

improvement, both current efforts and 

in the future through the upcoming 

reauthorization of the HEA. 

Dated: February 4, 2021. 

Stephanie Valentine, 

PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and 

Clearance Governance and Strategy Division, 

Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of 

Planning, Evaluation and Policy 

Development. 

[FR Doc. 2021–02685 Filed 2–9–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. ER21–1036–000] 

Griddy Energy LLC; Supplemental 

Notice That Initial Market-Based Rate 

Filing Includes Request for Blanket 

Section 204 Authorization 

This is a supplemental notice in the 

above-referenced Griddy Energy LLC’s 

application for market-based rate 

authority, with an accompanying rate 

tariff, noting that such application 

includes a request for blanket 

authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of