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items). Records of the Federal Aid 

Research and Technology program, 

including planning research files, 

asphalt and pavement research files, 

statewide contract files, delineation 

files, recycling and reuse records, 

transportation pooled fund studies, and 

local technical assistance program 

records. 

16. Department of the Treasury, 

Internal Revenue Service (N1–58–10– 

14, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Template 

forms used by taxpayers to update 

changes related to their filed credit card 

information. 

17. Social Security Administration, 

Agency-wide (N1–47–10–2, 5 items, 5 

temporary items). Content and 

management records associated with the 

agency’s internal and external Web 

sites. 

Dated: December 17, 2010. 

Michael J. Kurtz, 

Assistant Archivist for Records Services— 

Washington, DC. 

[FR Doc. 2010–32314 Filed 12–22–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7515–01–P 

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Designing a Digital Future: Federally 

Funded Research and Development in 

Networking and Information 

Technology 

AGENCY: National Coordination Office 

(NCO) for the Networking and 

Information Technology Research and 

Development (NITRD) Program, 

National Science Foundation. 

SUBJECT: Request for Information: 

Report ‘‘Designing a Digital Future: 

Federally Funded Research and 

Development in Networking and 

Information Technology’’. 

ACTION: Request for Information (RFI). 

SUMMARY: Networking and Information 

Technology Research and Development 

(NITRD) Program; National 

Coordination Office (NCO); Request for 

Information (RFI) Regarding the 

President’s Council of Advisors on 

Science and Technology (PCAST) 

Report Entitled ‘‘Designing a Digital 

Future: Federally Funded Research and 

Development in Networking and 

Information Technology’’ 

This document is a request for 

comments on strategies for meeting the 

goals and recommendations of the 

recently released PCAST report on 

networking and information technology 

research and development (see http:// 

www.whitehouse.gov/administration/ 

eop/ostp/pcast). 

DATES: Comment Date: To be assured 

consideration, comments must be 

received at one of the addresses 

provided below, no later than 5 p.m. on 

January 31, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods (please 

do not submit duplicate comments). 

Electronically: You may submit 

electronic comments on this request for 

information at http://www.nitrd.gov/ 

pcast-2010/report/nitrd-program/ 

comments. Emailed comments will be 

accepted at 

pcast2010comments@nitrd.gov. 

Attachments should be in OpenOffice, 

Microsoft Word, or Adobe PDF formats. 

Regular, Express, Overnight Mail, or 

Courier: National Coordination Office 

for the Networking and Information 

Technology Research and Development 

Program, 4201 Wilson Blvd, Suite II– 

405, Arlington, VA 22230. Please submit 

one original and two copies. Please also 

allow sufficient time for mailed 

comments to be received before the 

close of the comment period. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joan 

Stanley, National Coordination Office 

for the Networking and Information 

Technology Research and Development 

Program, 703–292–4873. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Inspection of Public Comments: All 

comments received before the close of 

the comment period will be available for 

public inspection, including any 

personally identifiable or confidential 

business information that is included in 

a comment. Please do not include any 

information in your comment 

submission that you do not wish to 

share with the general public. Such 

information includes, but is not limited 

to: A person’s Social Security number; 

date of birth; driver’s license number; 

State identification number or foreign 

country equivalent; passport number; 

financial account number; credit or 

debit card number; or any business 

information that could be considered to 

be proprietary. We will post all 

comments received before the close of 

the comment period at http:// 

www.nitrd.gov/pcast-2010/report/nitrdprogram/comments. Follow the 

instructions on the Web site to view 

public comments. 

I. Background 

On December 16, 2010, the 

President’s Council of Advisors on 

Science and Technology (PCAST) 

released an important new report 

entitled ‘‘Designing a Digital Future: 

Federally Funded Research and 

Development in Networking and 

Information Technology’’ (the PCAST 

Report). (The full report is available at 

http://www.whitehouse.gov/ 

administration/eop/ostp/pcast and at 

the NITRD Web site http:// 

www.nitrd.gov). PCAST is an advisory 

group of the nation’s leading scientists 

and engineers who directly advise the 

President and the Executive Office of 

the President. PCAST makes policy 

recommendations in the many areas 

where understanding of science, 

technology, and innovation is key to 

strengthening our economy and forming 

policy that works for the American 

people. PCAST is administered by the 

Office of Science and Technology Policy 

(OSTP). NITRD seeks public comment 

on how the PCAST report’s 

recommendations may best be 

addressed. 

II. Solicitation of Comments 

NITRD seeks comment on the 

questions below. Comments on other 

aspects of the PCAST report are also 

welcome. 

1. The PCAST report calls for 

national, long-term, multi-agency 

research initiatives on networking and 

information technologies (NIT) for the 

health, energy, transportation, and 

cyberinfrastructure sectors. 

a. What are the most important NIT 

R&D challenges in each of these sectors? 

b. What NIT R&D challenges are 

common across all of these sectors? 

c. What emerging innovations in these 

or other sectors could be used to achieve 

a leap forward in progress? 

2. The PCAST report recommends 

collaborative programs to support high 

risk/high reward R&D in the following 

frontier areas: Fundamentals of privacy 

protection and protected disclosure of 

confidential data; human-machine and 

social collaboration and 

problem-solving in networked, on-line 

environments where large numbers of 

people participate in common activities; 

data collection, storage, management, 

and automated large-scale data analysis; 

and advanced domain-specific sensors, 

integration of NIT into physical systems, 

and innovative robotics. 

a. What are some high-risk concepts 

that carry the potential for 

fundamentally changing the landscape 

in these frontier areas? 

b. What limitations in NIT hold back 

progress today in these frontier areas? 

How might these limitations be 

overcome? 

c. What efforts currently underway in 

these areas could be accelerated through 

collaboration, cooperation, and 

coordination? 

3. The PCAST report calls for 

fundamental changes in K-12 STEM 

education in the United States, 

including the incorporation of computer 

science (CS) as an essential component. 

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a. What CS concepts and approaches 

are most important to effective 

elementary, secondary, and postsecondary curricula? Among these, 

which are commonly found in curricula 

today? Which are missing? 

b. What do teachers need (including 

preparation and training, tools, and 

resources) to be able to deliver CS 

education effectively? 

c. What factors are important in 

promoting student interest in CS? 

Dated: December 17, 2010. 

Suzanne H. Plimpton, 

Reports Clearance Officer, National Science 

Foundation. 

[FR Doc. 2010–32279 Filed 12–22–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7555–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[NRC–2010–0377] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC). 

ACTION: Notice of pending NRC action to 

submit an information collection 

request to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) and solicitation of public 

comment. 

SUMMARY: The NRC invites public 

comment about our intention to request 

the OMB’s approval for renewal of an 

existing information collection that is 

summarized below. We are required to 

publish this notice in the Federal 

Register under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. chapter 35). 

Information pertaining to the 

requirement to be submitted: 

1. The title of the information 

collection: NUREG/BR–0238, Materials 

Annual Fee Billing Handbook; NRC 

Form 628, ‘‘Financial EDI 

Authorization’’; NUREG/BR–0254, 

Payment Methods; and NRC Form 629, 

‘‘Authorization for Payment by Credit 

Card.’’ 

2. Current OMB approval number: 

3150–0190. 

3. How often the collection is 

required: On occasion (as needed to pay 

invoices.) 

4. Who is required or asked to report: 

Anyone conducting business with the 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission 

including licensees, applicants and 

individuals who are required to pay a 

fee for inspections and licenses. 

5. The number of annual respondents: 

583 (11 for NRC Form 628 and 572 for 

NRC Form 629 and NUREG/BR–0254). 

6. The number of hours needed 

annually to complete the requirement or 

request: 47 (.9 hour for NRC Form 628 

and 46 hours for NRC Form 629 and 

NUREG/BR–0254). 

7. Abstract: The U.S. Department of 

the Treasury encourages the public to 

pay monies owed the government 

through use of the Automated 

Clearinghouse Network and credit 

cards. These two methods of payment 

are used by licensees, applicants, and 

individuals to pay civil penalties, full 

cost licensing fees, and inspection fees 

to the NRC. The NRC Form 628, 

‘‘Financial EDI Authorization,’’ provides 

an option to make electronic payment 

through the Automated Clearinghouse 

(ACH) Network and authorizes the 

licensee’s bank to pay invoices to the 

NRC through the ACH. The NRC Form 

628 requests the licensee’s name; 

electronic funds transfer contact, 

telephone number, address, authorized 

signature and title. NRC Form 629, 

‘‘Authorization for Payment by Credit 

Card,’’ is another option used to 

authorize payment. The credit card 

authorization form is used by licensees 

to authorize payment by credit card for 

license fees and for payment of fees for 

fingerprint cards, and solicits 

information that identifies the 

cardholder’s name, address, account 

number, card expiration date, cards 

accepted, cardholder’s signature, 

invoice number or license number. 

There are no recordkeeping 

requirements associated with this 

collection. 

Submit, by February 22, 2011, 

comments that address the following 

questions: 

1. Is the proposed collection of 

information necessary for the NRC to 

properly perform its functions? Does the 

information have practical utility? 

2. Is the burden estimate accurate? 

3. Is there a way to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected? 

4. How can the burden of the 

information collection be minimized, 

including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology? 

The public may examine and have 

copied for a fee publicly available 

documents, including the draft 

supporting statement, at the NRC’s 

Public Document Room, Room O–1F21, 

One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville 

Pike, Rockville, Maryland. OMB 

clearance requests are available at the 

NRC worldwide Web site: http:// 

www.nrc.gov/public-involve/doccomment/omb/index.html. The 

document will be available on the NRC 

home page site for 60 days after the 

signature date of this notice. Comments 

submitted in writing or in electronic 

form will be made available for public 

inspection. Because your comments will 

not be edited to remove any identifying 

or contact information, the NRC 

cautions you against including any 

information in your submission that you 

do not want to be publicly disclosed. 

Comments submitted should reference 

Docket No. NRC–2010–0377. You may 

submit your comments by any of the 

following methods. Electronic 

comments: Go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov and search for 

Docket No. NRC–2010–0377. Mail 

comments to NRC Clearance Officer, 

Tremaine Donnell (T–5 F53), U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001. Questions 

about the information collection 

requirements may be directed to the 

NRC Clearance Officer, Tremaine 

Donnell (T–5 F53), U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington, 

DC 20555–0001, by telephone at 301– 

415–6258, or by e-mail to 

INFOCOLLECTS.Resource@NRC.GOV. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 15th day 

of December 2010. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Tremaine Donnell, 

NRC Clearance Officer, Office of Information 

Services. 

[FR Doc. 2010–32250 Filed 12–22–10; 8:45 am] 

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COMMISSION 

[Docket No. 52–044; NRC–2010–0361] 

Toshiba Corporation; Acceptance for 

Docketing of an Application for 

Renewal of the U.S. Advanced Boiling 

Water Reactor Design Certification 

On November 2, 2010, Toshiba 

Corporation (Toshiba) submitted an 

application to the U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission (NRC) for a 

design certification (DC) renewal for the 

U.S. Advanced Boiling Water Reactor 

(ABWR) in accordance with the 

requirements contained in 10 CFR part 

52, ‘‘Licenses, Certifications and 

Approvals for Nuclear Power Plants.’’ A 

notice of receipt and availability of this 

application was previously published in 

the Federal Register (75 FR 71744) on 

November 24, 2010. 

The NRC staff has determined that 

Toshiba has submitted information in 

accordance with 10 CFR part 52 that is 

acceptable for docketing. The Docket 

Number established for the Toshiba 

ABWR DC renewal is 52–044. 

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