Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 182 / Tuesday, September 22, 2009 / Notices 48317 

Friday. You may obtain a copy of the 

data collection instruments and 

instructions from Ms. Plimpton. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title of Collection: Revitalizing 

Computing Pathways (CPATH) in 

Undergraduate Education Program 

Evaluation. 

OMB Number: 3145–NEW. 

Expiration Date of Approval: Not 

Applicable. 

Type of request: New. 

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 will be 

obtained through the use of 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. 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 1.5 hours per 

response. 

Respondents: Individuals. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Form: 200. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 300 hours (200 

respondents at 1.5 hours per response). 

Frequency of Response: One time. 

Comments: Comments are invited on 

(a) Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

NSF, including whether the information 

shall have practical utility; (b) the 

accuracy of the NSF’s estimate of the 

burden of the proposed collection of 

information; (c) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information on respondents, including 

through the use of automated collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology; (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. 

Dated: September 17, 2009. 

Suzanne H. Plimpton, 

Reports Clearance Officer, National Science 

Foundation. 

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of 1978 (Pub. L. 95–541) 

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Received under the Antarctic 

Conservation Act of 1978, Public Law 

95–541. 

SUMMARY: The National Science 

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notice of permit applications received to 

conduct activities regulated under the 

Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. 

NSF has published regulations under 

the Antarctic Conservation Act at Title 

45 part 670 of the Code of Federal 

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views with respect to this permit 

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interested parties at the Permit Office, 

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directed by the Antarctic Conservation 

Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95–541), as 

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various activities in Antarctica and 

designation of certain animals and 

certain geographic areas a requiring 

special protection. The regulations 

establish such a permit system to 

designate Antarctic Specially Protected 

Areas. 

The applications received are as 

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1. Applicant: Permit Application No. 

2010–012. Sam Feola, Director, 

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Activity for Which Permit Is Requested 

Enter Antarctic Specially Protected 

Area. The applicant plans to enter Cape 

Crozier (ASPA 124) to install radio 

equipment that will provide voice and 

data services for the science team 

working in the area. Equipment will be 

located inside the fish hut as well as a 

small radio link located approximately 

100 yards away on the ridge facing Mt. 

Terror. Visits to will be to install 

equipment, repair to communications 

equipment should failure of the radio 

links occur, and to retrieve the 

equipment at the end of the season. 

Location 

Cape Crozier (ASPA 124). 

Dates 

October 1, 2009 to February 18, 2010. 

2. Applicant: Permit Application No. 

2010–013. Sam Feola, Director, 

Raytheon Polar Services Company, 7400 

South Tucson Way, Centennial, CO 

80112. 

Activity for Which Permit Is Requested 

Enter Antarctic Specially Protected 

Area. The applicant plans to enter ‘‘New 

College Valley’’, Caughley Beach, Cape 

Bird (ASPA 116) to install radio 

equipment that will provide voice and 

data services for the science team 

working in the area. Equipment will be 

located inside the fish hut as well as a 

small radio link located approximately 

75 yards away on the ridge nearest Mt. 

Bird. Visits to will be to install 

equipment, repair to communications 

equipment should failure of the radio 

links occur, and to retrieve the 

equipment at the end of the season 

Location 

Cape Crozier (ASPA 124). 

Dates 

October 1, 2009 to February 18, 2010. 

3. Applicant: Permit Application No. 

2010–014. Jessica Grindstaff, 40 

Harrison Street, 15J, New York City, NY 

10013. 

Activity for Which Permit Is Requested 

Enter Antarctic Specially Protected 

Areas. The applicant plans to enter Cape 

Royds (ASPA 121) and Backdoor Bay, 

Cape Royds (ASPA 157) to enter the 

areas to further their research involving 

Ernest Shackleton. In addition to their 

studies on Shackleton and his 

Endurance Expedition, they are 

studying the light, sound (ice, water, 

wind, and fauna) and topography for 

use in their score and designs for ‘‘69 

°S.: The Shackleton Project.’’ 

Location 

Cape Royds (ASPA 121) and Backdoor 

Bay, Cape Royds (ASPA 157). 

Dates 

January 25, 2010 to February 5, 2010. 

Nadene G. Kennedy, 

Permit Officer, Office of Polar Programs. 

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Hazards Considerations 

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Pursuant to section 189a. (2) of the 

Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended 

(the Act), the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

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is publishing this regular biweekly 

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Commission publish notice of any 

amendments issued, or proposed to be 

issued and grants the Commission the 

authority to issue and make 

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hazards consideration, notwithstanding 

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This biweekly notice includes all 

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The Commission has made a 

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following amendment requests involve 

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Under the Commission’s regulations in 

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The Commission is seeking public 

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