Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 37 / Friday, February 26, 2021 / Notices 11733 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

[Docket ID USA–2020–HQ–0015] 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: U.S. Army Research Institute 

for the Behavioral and Social Sciences 

(ARI), Department of Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: 30-Day information collection 

notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense 

has submitted to OMB for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act. 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by March 29, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Angela James, 571–372–7574, or 

whs.mc-alex.esd.mbx.dd-dodinformation-collections@mail.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title; Associated Form; and OMB 

Number: ARI Game Evaluation; OMB 

Control Number 0702–XXXX. 

Type of Request: New collection. 

Number of Respondents: 100. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Annual Responses: 100. 

Average Burden per Response: 14 

minutes. 

Annual Burden Hours: 23.3. 

Needs and Uses: The U.S. Army 

Research Institute for the Behavioral 

and Social Sciences (ARI) is developing 

an innovative game-based assessment to 

evaluate an individual’s systems 

thinking abilities. Systems thinking is 

important for job success in areas such 

as cyber security, engineering, and 

mission planning. As an assessment, the 

Systems Thinking Abilities game needs 

to be evaluated to ensure it measures 

what is intended and relates to 

performance in jobs that require systems 

thinking. This Information Collection 

will follow best practices in assessment 

development by collecting feedback 

about the ease of use, clarity, and 

usability from individuals who 

complete the Systems Thinking 

Abilities game and by collecting 

demographic information about those 

individuals to ensure they are similar to 

the intended end users. The game 

players are freelance workers from 

Amazon’s Mechanical Turk (MTurk) site 

who will be paid to play the Systems 

Thinking Abilities game and respond to 

the questions included in this 

information collection. Respondents 

will not be sent invitations to 

participate, instead they can sign up to 

participate through the MTurk website. 

Each participant will complete the 

Systems Thinking Abilities game, the 

evaluation questions and the 

demographic information using his or 

her computer from a location of his or 

her choice. The ARI Game Evaluation 

Form will be linked through the MTurk 

site and responses will be entered and 

returned online. Once participants 

complete their assigned section(s) they 

will be paid for their time through 

MTurk. Data will be analyzed following 

completion of data collection activities. 

Evaluation Questions: Participants 

will respond to a series of multiple 

choice and open-ended questions to 

capture their experience with the 

Systems Thinking Abilities game. These 

questions are included on the ARI Game 

Evaluation Form. The collected data 

will be retrieved and processed by 

Personnel Decisions Research Institutes 

(PDRI), a contractor working for ARI. 

Summary statistics will be generated 

and the open-ended feedback will be 

content coded. The information 

collected on participant feedback will 

be used to identify modifications 

needed to the software to improve the 

clarity or ease of use. Findings will be 

documented in a technical report. 

Demographic Questions: Participants 

will complete questions through an 

online survey format regarding 

demographics and background 

experiences. Demographic questions 

include age, gender, ethnicity, race, 

education attainment, and experience 

questions related to past experience 

with computer technology. These 

questions are included on the ARI Game 

Evaluation Form. The collected data 

will be retrieved and processed by PDRI. 

The demographic information will be 

documented in a technical report 

describing the initial testing. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Frequency: One-time collection. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

OMB Desk Officer: Ms. Jasmeet 

Seehra. 

You may also submit comments and 

recommendations, identified by Docket 

ID number and title, by the following 

method: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name, Docket 

ID number, and title for this Federal 

Register document. The general policy 

for comments and other submissions 

from members of the public is to make 

these submissions available for public 

viewing on the internet at http://

www.regulations.gov as they are 

received without change, including any 

personal identifiers or contact 

information. 

DOD Clearance Officer: Ms. Angela 

James. 

Requests for copies of the information 

collection proposal should be sent to 

Ms. James at whs.mc-alex.esd.mbx.dddod-information-collections@mail.mil. 

Dated: February 18, 2021. 

Aaron T. Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2021–03992 Filed 2–25–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket ID DoD–2020–OS–0090] 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: National Defense University, 

Department of Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: 30-Day information collection 

notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense 

has submitted to OMB for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act. 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by March 29, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Angela James, 571–372–7574, or 

whs.mc-alex.esd.mbx.dd-dodinformation-collections@mail.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title; Associated Form; and OMB 

Number: ISMO International Fellows 

Personal Information Collection; OMB 

Control Number 0704–XXXX. 

Type of Request: Existing collection in 

use without an OMB Control Number. 

Number of Respondents: 109. 


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