82412 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 250 / Thursday, December 30, 2010 / Notices 

Dated: December 27, 2010. 

Patricia D. Batie, 

Corporate Secretary. 

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Comment Request 

AGENCY: National Science Foundation. 

ACTION: Submission for OMB review; 

comment request. 

SUMMARY: The National Science 

Foundation (NSF) has submitted the 

following information collection 

requirement to OMB for review and 

clearance under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104– 

13. This is the second notice for public 

comment; the first was published in the 

Federal Register at 75 FR 65527, and no 

comments were received. NSF is 

forwarding the proposed renewal 

submission to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for clearance 

simultaneously with the publication of 

this second notice. The full submission 

may be found at: http:// 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

Comments regarding (a) Whether the 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of burden including 

the validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility and clarity of the 

information to be collected; or (d) ways 

to 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 should be 

addressed to: Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs of OMB, Attention: 

Desk Officer for National Science 

Foundation, 725–17th Street, NW., 

Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, 

and to Suzanne H. Plimpton, Reports 

Clearance Officer, National Science 

Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, 

Suite 295, Arlington, Virginia 22230 or 

send e-mail to splimpto@nsf.gov. 

Comments regarding this information 

collection are best assured of having 

their full effect if received within 30 

days of this notification. Copies of the 

submission(s) may be obtained by 

calling 703–292–7556. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Suzanne H. Plimpton at (703) 292–7556 

or send e-mail 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 

between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern time, 

Monday through Friday. 

NSF may not conduct or sponsor a 

collection of information unless the 

collection of information displays a 

currently valid OMB control number 

and the agency informs potential 

persons who are to respond to the 

collection of information that such 

persons are not required to respond to 

the collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title of Collection: Revitalizing 

Computing Pathways (CPATH) in 

Undergraduate Education Program 

Evaluation. 

OMB Number: 3145–0211. 

Type of Request: Revision to an 

existing collection. 

Abstract: The CPATH program was 

established by the National Science 

Foundation’s Computer & Information 

Science & Engineering (CISE) division 

with a vision towards preparing a U.S. 

workforce with the computing 

competencies and skills imperative to 

the Nation’s health, security, and 

prosperity in the 21st century. This 

workforce includes a cadre of 

computing professionals prepared to 

contribute to sustained U.S. leadership 

in computing in a wide range of 

application domains and career fields, 

and a broader professional workforce 

with knowledge and understanding of 

critical computing concepts, 

methodologies, and techniques. To 

achieve this vision, CISE/CPATH is 

calling for colleges and universities to 

work together and with other 

stakeholders (industry, professional 

societies, and other types of 

organizations) to formulate and 

implement plans to revitalize 

undergraduate computing education in 

the United States. The full engagement 

of faculty and other individuals in CISE 

disciplines will be critical to success. 

Successful CPATH projects will be 

systemic in nature, address a broad 

range of issues, and have significant 

potential to contribute to the 

transformation and revitalization of 

undergraduate computing education on 

a national scale. The qualitative data 

collection of this program evaluation 

will document CPATH program 

strategies utilized in infusing 

computational thinking across different 

contexts and disciplines, examine the 

development of communities of 

practitioners and the dissemination of 

best practices around computational 

thinking, and analyze preliminary 

evidence for how the CPATH program is 

preparing students for career options in 

the STEM workforce. Five overarching 

evaluation questions will guide this 

program evaluation: (1) How is the 

CPATH program infusing computational 

thinking into a wide range of disciplines 

serving undergraduate education? (2) 

What is the evidence that university and 

community college departments and 

faculty are integrating computational 

thinking into their courses? (3) How are 

undergraduate students benefiting from 

participating in CPATH projects? (4) 

What is the evidence that the CPATH 

program is developing communities of 

practitioners that regularly share best 

practices across different contexts and 

disciplinary boundaries? (5) How is the 

CPATH program promoting sustainable 

multi-sector partnerships that represent 

a broad range of stakeholders (e.g., 

industry, higher education, K12) and 

contribute to workforce development 

that supports continued U.S. leadership 

in innovation? Answers to these 

questions are currently obtained using 

mixed evaluation methods including 

document analyses, site visit interviews, 

and telephone interviews with selected 

CPATH grant participants including 

principal investigators, staff, faculty, 

administrators, students, and external 

partners. This revision of the existing 

data collection activities will now 

include new protocols for interviewing 

faculty via phone, project evaluators, as 

well as edits to the previous protocols. 

Participation in CPATH program 

evaluation activities is a mandatory 

requirement for all CPATH awardees in 

accordance with the America Competes 

Act, H.R. 2272, and implementing 

directives. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 1.75 hours per 

response. 

Respondents: Individuals. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Form: 340. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 380 hours. 

Frequency of Response: One time. 

Dated: December 23, 2010. 

Suzanne H. Plimpton, 

Reports Clearance Officer, National Science 

Foundation. 

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