Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 126 / Thursday, June 29, 2000 / Notices 40143

Arlington, Virginia 22203. All

comments must be postmarked or

received in that office on or before July

31, 2000. Copies of these petitions are

available for inspection at that address.

Dated: June 19, 2000.

Carol J. Jones,

Director, Office of Standards, Regulations,

and Variances.

[FR Doc. 00–16486 Filed 6–28–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–43–P

NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE

ARTS AND HUMANITIES

Cooperative Agreement for Continued

Management of ArtsLink

AGENCY: National Endowment for the

Arts.

ACTION: Notification of availability.

SUMMARY: The National Endowment for

the Arts is requesting proposals leading

to one (1) award of a Cooperative

Agreement to a nonprofit organization

for continued management of ArtsLink.

ArtsLink is a public-private partnership

that offers opportunities for artistic

exchange between the United States and

the countries of Eastern and Central

Europe and the former Soviet Union.

The project awards grants to U.S. artists

and arts organizations, and supports

residencies. The work includes

managing all phases of proposal review,

artists and residency placements, and

the financial award process, including

the management of logistical

arrangements for residencies, in regard

to participants’ arrival, lodging, and

transfer to host organization locations.

The successful recipient of the

Cooperative Agreement will be expected

to contribute matching funds of at least

$75,000. Those interested in receiving

the Solicitation package should

reference Program Solicitation PS 00–07

in their written request and include two

(2) self-addressed labels. Verbal requests

for the Solicitation will not be honored.

It is anticipated that the Program

Solicitation will also be posted on the

Endowment’s Web site at http://

www.arts.gov.

DATES: Program Solicitation PS 00–07 is

scheduled for release approximately

July 17, 2000 with proposals due on

August 17, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Requests for the Solicitation

should be addressed to the National

Endowment for the Arts, Grants &

Contracts Office, Room 618, 1100

Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington,

D.C. 20506.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

William Hummel, Grants & Contracts

Office, National Endowment for the

Arts, Room 618, 1100 Pennsylvania

Ave., NW, Washington, D.C. 20506

(202/682–5482).

William I. Hummel,

Coordinator, Cooperative Agreements.

[FR Doc. 00–16487 Filed 6–28–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7537–01–M

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Agency Information Collection

activities: Comment Request; Notice.

TITLE: Generic Survey Clearance of the

Science Resources Studies Survey

Improvement Projects and Quick

Response Studies.

SUMMARY: Under the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, Pub. L. 104–13

(44 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 new information

collection.

COMMENT DUE DATE: Written comments

should be received by August 28, 2000

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.

295, Arlington, VA 22230, or by e-mail

to splimpto@nsf.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Suzanne Plimpton, the NSF Reports

Clearance Officer, phone (703) 306–

1125, or send e-mail to

splimpto@nsf.gov. You may also obtain

a copy of the data collection plans and

instruments from Ms. Suzanne

Plimpton, NSF Reports Clearance

Officer, National Science Foundation,

4201 Wilson Blvd., Suite 295, Arlington,

VA 22230, phone (703) 306–1125.

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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Abstract

Generic Survey Clearance of the

Science Resources Studies Survey

Improvement Projects and Quick

Response Studies. The National Science

Foundation’s (NSF) Division of Science

Resources Studies (SRS) needs to collect

timely data on constant changes in the

science and technology sector and to

provide the information to policy

makers in Congress and throughout the

Government. SRS will sponsor quick

response surveys and workshops on

science and technology subjects,

perform cognitive testing to improve

survey methodology and questionnaires,

and pretest questions for future largescale surveys.

Expected Respondents

The respondents will be from

industry, academia, nonprofit

organizations, members of the public,

and Federal agencies. Data and

information collection will be by mail,

Internet, World Wide Web, telephone,

visits, and/or workshops. As the table

below shows, as many as 355

institutions will be contacted. No

institution will be contacted more than

twice in one year. Members of the

public may be contacted for a survey of

public attitudes toward science.

The information from the respondents

is needed to provide policy makers with

updates of the economic, financial,

employment, and education situation in

the science and technology sector of

industry, academia, and nonprofit

organizations. The information will also

help NSF improve its current data

collection instruments and processes.

To minimize burden on small entities

and to make sure that a high proportion

of the science and technology universe

is captured, most respondent selection

will be designed with probability

proportional to size. It is possible that

during the 3 years of the survey

clearance, NSF will study an issue that

focuses on small entities, such as startup high-technology companies. In this

case, every effort will be made to use

technology to limit the burden on

respondents from small entities.

Information being collected is not

considered to be sensitive. In general,

assurance of data confidentiality will

not be provided to respondents to the

Generic Survey Clearance of the Science

Resources Studies Survey Improvement

Projects and Quick Response Studies.

Instead, respondents have the option of

requesting that any and all data they

submit be kept confidential.

Use of the Information

The purpose of these studies is to

collect information on the science and

technology sector to respond to

questions from policy makers and to

improve the current NSF science and

technology surveys. NSF will publish a

separate report on the findings and also