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collection, and any testing procedures 

that were or will be undertaken prior to 

fielding the study. Depending on the 

degree of influence the results are likely 

to have, such collections may still be 

eligible for submission for other generic 

mechanisms that are designed to yield 

quantitative results. 

As a general matter, information 

collections will not result in any new 

system of records containing privacy 

information and will not ask questions 

of a sensitive nature, such as sexual 

behavior and attitudes, religious beliefs, 

and other matters that are commonly 

considered private. 

Current Actions: New collection of 

information. 

Type of Review: New collection. 

Affected Public: Individuals and 

Households, Businesses and 

Organizations, State, Local or Tribal 

Government. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

18,000. 

Below we provide projected average 

estimates for the next three years: 

Average Expected Annual Number of 

Activities: 12. 

Average Number of Respondents per 

Activity: 500. 

Annual Responses: 3,000. 

Frequency of Response: Once per 

request. 

Average Minutes per Response: 30. 

Burden Hours: 1,500. 

Request for Comments: Comments 

submitted in response to this notice will 

be summarized and/or included in the 

request for OMB approval. Comments 

are invited on: (a) Whether the 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of MSPB, including whether 

the information shall have practical 

utility; (b) the accuracy of MSPB’s 

estimate of the burden of the collection 

of information; (c) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; (d) ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on respondents, including 

through the use of automated collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology; and (e) estimates of capital 

or start-up costs and costs of operation, 

maintenance, and purchase of services 

to provide information. Burden means 

the total time, effort, or financial 

resources expended by persons to 

generate, maintain, retain, disclose or 

provide information to or for a Federal 

agency. This includes the time needed 

to review instructions; to develop, 

acquire, install and utilize technology 

and systems for the purpose of 

collecting, validating and verifying 

information, processing and 

maintaining information, and disclosing 

and providing information; to train 

personnel and to be able to respond to 

a collection of information, to search 

data sources, to complete and review 

the collection of information; and to 

transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. 

William D. Spencer, 

Clerk of the Board. 

[FR Doc. 2014–08023 Filed 4–9–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7400–01–P 

THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR 

THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES 

Submission for OMB Review, 

Comment Request, Proposed 

Collection: Heritage Health Index 2014 

on the State of America’s Collections 

(HHI 2014) 

AGENCY: Institute of Museum and 

Library Services, National Foundation 

for the Arts and the Humanities. 

ACTION: Submission for OMB Review, 

Comment Request. 

SUMMARY: The Institute of Museum and 

Library Services announces the 

following information collection has 

been submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). This program helps to 

ensure that requested data can be 

provided in the desired format, 

reporting burden (time and financial 

resources) is minimized, collection 

instruments are clearly understood, and 

the impact of collection requirements on 

respondents can be properly assessed. 

A copy of the proposed information 

collection request can be obtained by 

contacting the individual listed below 

in the ADDRESSES section of this notice. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the office listed in the 

Contact section below on or before May 

9, 2014. 

OMB is particularly interested in 

comments that help the agency to: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

• Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

• Enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

• Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g. permitting 

electronic submissions of responses. 

ADDRESSES: Christopher J. Reich, Senior 

Advisor, Institute of Museum and 

Library Services, 1800 M St. NW., 9th 

Floor, Washington, DC 20036. Mr. Reich 

can be reached by Telephone: 202–653– 

4685, Fax: 202–653–4608, or by email at 

creich@imls.gov, or by teletype (TTY/

TDD) for persons with hearing difficulty 

at 202–653–4614. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Institute of Museum and Library 

Services (IMLS) is an independent 

Federal grant-making agency and is the 

primary source of Federal support for 

the Nation’s 123,000 libraries and 

17,500 museums. IMLS provides a 

variety of grant programs to assist the 

Nation’s museums and libraries in 

improving their operations and 

enhancing their services to the public. 

IMLS is responsible for identifying 

national needs for and trends in 

museum, library, and information 

services; measuring and reporting on the 

impact and effectiveness of museum, 

library and information services 

throughout the United States, including 

programs conducted with funds made 

available by IMLS; identifying, and 

disseminating information on, the best 

practices of such programs; and 

developing plans to improve museum, 

library and information services of the 

United States and strengthen national, 

State, local, regional, and international 

communications and cooperative 

networks (20 U.S.C. Chapter 72, 20 

U.S.C. 9108). 

Abstract: Because collections items 

are at the heart of all cultural heritage 

and collecting practices, IMLS will 

collect the Heritage Health Index to 

measure the extent and effectiveness of 

preservation activities and initiatives, 

and to identify areas for capacity 

building and professional development 

for collections stewards, from the 

nation’s nonprofit museums, libraries, 

archives, historical societies/sites, and 

archaeological repositories. 

Current Actions: This notice proposes 

clearance of the Heritage Health Index 

2014 on the State of America’s 

Collections (HHI 2014). The 60-day 

notice for the HHI 2014 (previously HHI 

II), was published in the Federal 

Register on December 10, 2013, (FR vol. 


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78, No. 237, pgs. 74173–74174). The 

agency has taken into consideration the 

one comment that was received under 

this notice. 

Agency: Institute of Museum and 

Library Services. 

Title: Heritage Health Index 2014 on 

the State of America’s Collections (HHI 

2014). 

OMB Number: To Be Determined. 

Agency Number: 3137. 

Frequency: One time. 

Affected Public: The target population 

for the HHI 2014 Survey is U.S. cultural 

heritage organizations, including 

libraries, museums, archives, and 

archaeological repositories. A national 

probability sample of institutions 

generated using available mailing lists 

will be employed by the survey. 

Individual survey respondents within 

selected institutions will be 

knowledgeable persons about 

collections care and practices. Federal 

Government, State, Local or Tribal 

Government, and not-for-profit 

institutions. 

Number of Respondents: 4,195. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 1.8 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

4,723 hours. 

Total Annualized capital/startup 

costs: N/A. 

Total Annualized cost to respondents: 

$21,130. 

Total Annual costs to Federal 

Government: $379,542. 

Contact: Comments should be sent to 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Attn.: OMB Desk Officer for 

Education, Office of Management and 

Budget, Room 10235, Washington, DC 

20503, (202) 395–7316. 

Dated: April 7, 2014. 

Kim A. Miller, 

Management Analyst, Office of Planning, 

Research, and Evaluation. 

[FR Doc. 2014–08042 Filed 4–9–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7036–01–P 

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Comment Request 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104– 

13 (44 USC U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), and as 

part of its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, the 

National Science Foundation invites the 

general public and other Federal 

agencies to take this opportunity to 

comment on this information collection. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received by June 9, 2014 to be assured 

of consideration. Comments received 

after that date will be considered to the 

extent practicable. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments 

regarding the information collection and 

requests for copies of the proposed 

information collection request should be 

addressed to Suzanne Plimpton, Reports 

Clearance Officer, National Science 

Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Rm. 

1265, Arlington, VA 22230, or by email 

to splimpto@nsf.gov. 

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR

COMMENTS: ontact Suzanne Plimpton, 

the NSF Reports Clearance Officer, 

phone (703) 292–7556, or send email to 

splimpto@nsf.gov. Individuals who use 

a telecommunications device for the 

deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1– 

800–877–8339, which is accessible 24 

hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a 

year (including federal holidays). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Evaluation of National Science 

Foundation’s Partnerships for 

International Research and Education 

Program. 

OMB Approval Number: Not 

applicable. 

Expiration Date of Approval: Not 

applicable. 

Abstract. This is a request that the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) approve, under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, a three year 

clearance for Abt Associates Inc. to 

conduct data collection efforts for an 

outcome evaluation of the National 

Science Foundation’s Partnerships for 

International Research and Education 

(PIRE) Program. The PIRE program 

offers researchers an opportunity to 

forge collaborative relationships with 

foreign scientists and engineers and 

provides educational and professional 

development opportunities for U.S.- 

based postdoctoral fellows, graduate 

and undergraduate students to acquire 

on-site research experience at an 

international laboratory, institution or 

research site, whether university-, 

industry- or government-based. The 

PIRE program funds projects across a 

broad array of scientific and engineering 

disciplines in an effort to catalyze longterm, sustainable international 

partnerships for collaborative research. 

Across its first four award cohorts in 

2005, 2007, 2010 and 2012, PIRE has 

made a total of 59 awards. PIRE grant 

awards range from $2.5 million to $5 

million and typically last five years. 

These projects range from relatively 

small, bi-national consortia (e.g., two 

U.S. and two non-U.S. institutions in 

one foreign country) to large, multinational, multi-institutional awards 

(e.g., a dozen U.S. institutions and 11 

non-U.S. institutions representing eight 

foreign nations). Many are multidisciplinary, combining, for example, 

the expertise of econometricians with 

researchers in fluid dynamics; and, 

notably, many feature partnerships 

between academic and industrial or 

non-profit institutions. Collectively, 

these 59 PIRE projects have provided 

research and educational opportunities 

for more than 100 postdoctoral fellows, 

more than 625 graduate students and 

approximately 600 undergraduates. 

More than 600 U.S.-based and over 400 

foreign-based faculty and researchers at 

university and non-academic 

institutions have participated in one or 

more PIRE-funded collaborations. 

To assess the program’s outcomes, 

NSF plans to collect data to explore the 

number and quality of publications 

produced by PIRE projects and 

participants, the international 

experiences of participants, their 

educational and career outcomes, the 

extent to which program participants 

establish and maintain collaborations 

with foreign researchers, and what effect 

the PIRE program has on policies and 

practices at U.S. and foreign 

institutions. The primary methods of 

data collection will include analyses of 

NSF program records and bibliometric 

data, and web-based surveys of 

principal investigators, postdoctoral and 

student participants, foreign senior 

investigators, and administrative 

officials at U.S. institutions. 

Expected Respondents: Includes PIRE 

principal and co-principal investigators; 

postdoctoral, graduate student and 

undergraduate PIRE participants; 

foreign senior investigators (individuals 

with whom PIRE principal investigators 

have formed partnerships); 

administrative officials within 

international affairs and/or study abroad 

offices at U.S. institutions of the lead 

PIRE principal investigators; and 

principal or co-principal investigators, 

postdoctoral and graduate student 

participants in NSF-funded projects 

other than PIRE, selected for similarity 

to PIRE based on award year, amount, 

and duration, research fields, and 

degree of emphasis on international 

collaboration. 

Use of the Information: The purpose 

of these studies is to provide NSF with 

outcome data on the PIRE program. 

These data would be used for internal 

program management and for reporting 

to stakeholders within and outside of 

NSF. 

Burden on the Public: NSF estimates 

3,000 survey responses collected one 


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