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collected data will not be linked to the 

respondent and contact information that 

is used for sampling purposes will be 

maintained in a separate file from the 

quantitative data. Respondents are not 

required to provide any identifying 

information such as their name, address, 

or Social Security Number. In order to 

access and complete the online survey, 

respondents will need to use the 

username, password, and survey ID 

number provided by the USPTO. 

II. Method of Collection 

By mail or electronically over the 

Internet if respondents choose to 

complete the survey online. 

III. Data 

OMB Number: 0651–0057. 

Form Number(s): No form numbers. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households; businesses or other forprofits; and non-profit institutions. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

2,500 responses per year, with an 

estimated 75 submitted by small 

entities. Out of a sample size of 2,750 

for each wave of data collection, the 

USPTO estimates that 1,250 completed 

surveys will be received, for a response 

rate of 45%. This estimate was based on 

the response rates of the previous 

survey waves that the USPTO has 

conducted. Each year of the survey will 

include two waves of data collection 

with an estimated 2,500 completed 

surveys received annually (1,250 

completed surveys x 2 waves of the 

survey). Of this total, the USPTO 

estimates that 20% (500) of the surveys 

will be returned by mail and that 80% 

(2,000) of the surveys will be completed 

using the online option. 

Estimated Time Per Response: The 

USPTO estimates that it takes the public 

approximately 10 minutes (0.17 hours) 

to complete either the paper or online 

version of this survey. This estimated 

time includes gathering the necessary 

information, completing the survey, and 

submitting it to the USPTO. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Burden Hours: 425 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Cost Burden: $144,500. The USPTO 

estimates that attorneys will be 

completing these surveys. Using the 

professional hourly rate of $340 for 

attorneys in private firms, the USPTO 

estimates $144,500 per year for the 

respondent cost burden for this 

collection. 

Item 

Estimated 

time for 

response 

(minutes) 

Estimated 

annual 

responses 

Estimated 

annual burden 

hours 

Customer Panel Quality Survey .................................................................................................. 10 500 85 

Electronic Customer Panel Quality Survey ................................................................................. 10 2,000 340 

Totals .................................................................................................................................... ........................ 2,500 425 

Estimated Total Annual Non-hour 

Respondent Cost Burden: $0. There are 

no annual (non-hour) costs for this 

information collection. The USPTO 

covers the costs of all survey materials 

and provides postage-paid, preaddressed return envelopes for the 

completed mail surveys. 

IV. Request for Comments 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden 

(including hours and cost) of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, e.g., the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of this information collection; 

they also will become a matter of public 

record. 

Dated: April 4, 2012. 

Susan K. Fawcett, 

Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–8485 Filed 4–6–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Renewal of Department of Defense 

Federal Advisory Committees 

AGENCY: DoD. 

ACTION: Renewal of Federal Advisory 

Committee. 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act of 

1972, (5 U.S.C. Appendix), the 

Government in the Sunshine Act of 

1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b), and 41 CFR 102– 

3.50(d), the Department of Defense 

(DoD) gives notice that it is renewing 

the charter for the Defense Science 

Board (hereafter referred to as ‘‘the 

Board’’). 

The Board shall provide the Secretary 

of Defense, the Deputy Secretary of 

Defense, the Under Secretary of Defense 

for Acquisition, Technology and 

Logistics, the Chairman of the Joint 

Chiefs of Staff, and as requested, other 

Office of the Secretary of Defense 

Principal Staff Assistants, the 

Secretaries of the Military Departments, 

and the Commanders of the Combatant 

Commands, independent advice and 

recommendations on science, 

technology, manufacturing, acquisition 

process, and other matters of special 

interest to the DoD. Tasks assigned to 

the Board or its authorized 

subcommittees shall be determined by 

the Secretary of Defense, the Deputy 

Secretary of Defense, or the Under 

Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, 

Technology and Logistics. 

The Board is not established to advise 

on individual DoD procurements, but 

instead shall be concerned with the 

pressing and complex technology 

problems facing the Department in such 

areas as research, engineering, and 

manufacturing, and will ensure the 

identification of new technologies and 

new applications of technology in those 

areas to strengthen national security. No 

matter shall be assigned to the Board for 

its consideration that would require any 

Board member to participate personally 

and substantially in the conduct of any 

specific procurement or place him or 

her in the position of acting as a 

contracting or procurement official. 

The Under Secretary of Defense for 

Acquisition, Technology and Logistics 

shall be authorized to act upon the 


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advice and recommendations of the 

Board. 

The Board shall report to the 

Secretary of Defense through the Under 

Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, 

Technology and Logistics. 

The Board shall be comprised of no 

more than 45 members and no more 

than 13 Senior Fellow members, who 

are eminent authorities in the fields of 

science, technology, manufacturing, 

acquisition process, and other matters of 

special interest to the DoD. Senior 

Fellows shall be voting members and 

count toward the Board’s total 

membership. 

Board members and Senior Fellows 

shall be appointed by the Secretary of 

Defense and their appointments shall be 

renewed on an annual basis. Those 

members or Senior Fellows, who are not 

full-time or permanent part-time federal 

employees, shall be appointed to serve 

as experts and consultants under the 

authority of 5 U.S.C. 3109 and shall 

serve as special government employee 

members. 

The Secretary of Defense may approve 

the appointment of Board members for 

one to four year terms of service; 

however, no member, unless authorized 

by the Secretary of Defense, may serve 

more than two consecutive terms of 

service. This same term of service 

limitation also applies to any DoD 

authorized subcommittees. 

Such appointments will normally be 

staggered among the Board membership 

to ensure an orderly turnover in the 

Board’s overall composition on a 

periodic basis. With the exception of 

travel and per diem for official Board 

related travel, Board members and 

Senior Fellows shall serve without 

compensation, unless the Secretary of 

Defense authorizes compensation for 

particular member(s). 

The Secretary of Defense, based upon 

the recommendation of the Under 

Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, 

Technology and Logistics, shall appoint 

the Board’s Chairperson. The Under 

Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, 

Technology and Logistics shall appoint 

the Vice Chairperson. The Board 

Chairperson and Vice Chairperson may 

serve more than one term of service, not 

to exceed two terms, and not to exceed 

their maximum allowed membership on 

the Board. 

The Secretary of Defense may invite 

other distinguished U.S. Government 

officers or chairpersons from other DoD 

supported federal advisory committees 

to serve as non-voting observers. 

The Under Secretary of Defense for 

Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics 

may appoint experts and consultants, 

with special expertise, to assist the 

Board on an ad hoc basis. These experts 

and consultants, if not full-time or parttime government employees, shall be 

appointed under the authority of 5 

U.S.C. 3109, shall serve as special 

government employees, shall be 

appointed on an intermittent basis to 

work specific Board-related efforts, and 

shall have no voting rights. Non-voting 

observers and those non-voting experts 

and consultants appointed by the Under 

Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, 

Technology, and Logistics shall not 

count toward the Board’s total 

membership. 

Each Board member is appointed to 

provide advice on behalf of the 

government on the basis of his or her 

best judgment without representing any 

particular point of view and in a manner 

that is free from conflict of interest. 

The Department, when necessary, and 

consistent with the Board’s mission and 

DoD policies and procedures may 

establish subcommittees deemed 

necessary to support the Board. 

Establishment of subcommittees will be 

based upon a written determination, to 

include terms of reference, by the 

Secretary of Defense, the Deputy 

Secretary of Defense or the advisory 

committee’s sponsor. 

The Committee has established two 

permanent subcommittees: 

a. The Permanent Task Force on 

Nuclear Weapons Surety shall be 

comprised of no more than 15 members. 

The primary focus of the Task Force is 

to assess all aspects of nuclear weapons 

surety to include military, federal, and 

contractors. This assessment should 

include, but is not limited to: nuclear 

weapons physical security, nuclear 

weapons safety, nuclear weapons 

control, command and control, nuclear 

operations (crew training) and 

execution, and nuclear surety policy. 

Continue to build on the work of the 

former Joint Advisory Committee on 

Nuclear Weapons Surety, the Nuclear 

Command & Control System End-to-End 

Review, and the Drell Panel. Review 

and recommend methods and strategies 

to maintain a safe, secure, and effective 

nuclear deterrent. Monitor and review 

the readiness of U.S. nuclear forces and 

weapons operations. The estimated 

number of subcommittee meetings is up 

to 12 per year. 

b. The Survivability of DoD Systems 

and Assets to Electromagnetic Pulse 

(EMP) and Other Nuclear Weapons 

Effects Task Force shall be comprised of 

no more than 15 members. The focus of 

the Task Force should be to assess 

implementation of the DoD Instruction 

3150.09, The Chemical, Biological, 

Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) 

Survivability Policy, dated September 

17, 2008, covering nuclear survivability, 

including EMP, and to assess the 

effectiveness of the management 

oversight group established by the DoD 

Instruction. Conduct an independent 

review and assessment of DoD’s EMP 

survivability program, and review other 

matters associated with nuclear 

survivability, such as the first biennial 

DoD report to Congress on EMP 

survivability. The estimated number of 

subcommittee meetings is up to 12 per 

year. 

These subcommittees shall not work 

independently of the chartered Board, 

and shall report all their 

recommendations and advice to the 

Board for full deliberation and 

discussion. Subcommittees have no 

authority to make decisions on behalf of 

the chartered Board; nor can any 

subcommittee or its members update or 

report directly to the DoD or any Federal 

officers or employees. 

All subcommittee members shall be 

appointed in the same manner as the 

Board members; that is, the Secretary of 

Defense shall appoint subcommittee 

members even if the member in 

question is already a Board member. 

Subcommittee members, with the 

approval of the Secretary of Defense, 

may serve a term of service on the 

subcommittee of one to four years; 

however, no member shall serve more 

than two consecutive terms of service 

on the subcommittee. 

Subcommittee members, if not fulltime or part-time government 

employees, shall be appointed to serve 

as experts and consultants under the 

authority of 5 U.S.C. 3109, and shall 

serve as special government employees, 

whose appointments must be renewed 

by the Secretary of Defense on an 

annual basis. With the exception of 

travel and per diem for official Board 

related travel, subcommittee members 

shall serve without compensation. 

All subcommittees operate under the 

provisions of FACA, the Government in 

the Sunshine Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 

552b), governing Federal statutes and 

regulations, and governing DoD 

policies/procedures. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim 

Freeman, Deputy Advisory Committee 

Management Officer for the Department 

of Defense, 703–692–5952. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Board 

shall meet at the call of the Board’s 

Designated Federal Officer, in 

consultation with the Board’s 

Chairperson. The estimated number of 

Board meetings is four per year. 

The Designated Federal Officer, 

pursuant to DoD policy, shall be a fulltime or permanent part-time DoD 


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employee, and shall be appointed in 

accordance with governing DoD policies 

and procedures. 

In addition, the Designated Federal 

Officer is required to be in attendance 

at all Board and subcommittee meetings 

for the entire duration of each and every 

meeting; however, in the absence of the 

Designated Federal Officer, the 

Alternate Designated Federal Officer 

shall attend the entire duration of the 

Board or subcommittee meeting. 

Pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.105(j) and 

102–3.140, the public or interested 

organizations may submit written 

statements to Defense Science Board 

membership about the Board’s mission 

and functions. Written statements may 

be submitted at any time or in response 

to the stated agenda of planned meeting 

of Defense Science Board. 

All written statements shall be 

submitted to the Designated Federal 

Officer for the Defense Science Board, 

and this individual will ensure that the 

written statements are provided to the 

membership for their consideration. 

Contact information for the Defense 

Science Board Designated Federal 

Officer can be obtained from the GSA’s 

FACA Database—https://www.fido.gov/ 

facadatabase/public.asp. 

The Designated Federal Officer, 

pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.150, will 

announce planned meetings of the 

Defense Science Board. The Designated 

Federal Officer, at that time, may 

provide additional guidance on the 

submission of written statements that 

are in response to the stated agenda for 

the planned meeting in question. 

Dated: April 4, 2012. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2012–8456 Filed 4–6–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice of Submission for OMB Review; 

Application for Grants Under the 

Upward Bound Math and Science 

Program 

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary 

Education, Department of Education. 

SUMMARY: The Upward Bound Math and 

Science (UBMS) program provides 

grants to institutions of higher 

education, public and private agencies 

and organizations, and communitybased organizations with experience in 

serving disadvantaged youth, 

combinations of such institutions, 

agencies and organizations, and 

secondary schools and provides grants 

for projects designed to provide the 

skills and motivation necessary for 

success in a program of postsecondary 

education that lead to careers in math 

and science. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before May 9, 

2012. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments 

regarding burden and/or the collection 

activity requirements should be 

electronically mailed to 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or mailed to U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Avenue SW., LBJ, Washington, DC 

20202–4537. Copies of the proposed 

information collection request may be 

accessed from http://edicsweb.ed.gov, 

by selecting the ‘‘Browse Pending 

Collections’’ link and by clicking on 

link number 04838. When you access 

the information collection, click on 

‘‘Download Attachments’’ to view. 

Written requests for information should 

be addressed to U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., 

LBJ, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

Requests may also be electronically 

mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed 

to 202–401–0920. Please specify the 

complete title of the information 

collection and OMB Control Number 

when making your request. 

Individuals who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877– 

8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires 

that Federal agencies provide interested 

parties an early opportunity to comment 

on information collection requests. The 

Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information 

and Records Management Services, 

Office of Management, publishes this 

notice containing proposed information 

collection requests at the beginning of 

the Departmental review of the 

information collection. The Department 

of Education is especially interested in 

public comment addressing the 

following issues: (1) Is this collection 

necessary to the proper functions of the 

Department; (2) will this information be 

processed and used in a timely manner; 

(3) is the estimate of burden accurate; 

(4) how might the Department enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (5) how 

might the Department minimize the 

burden of this collection on the 

respondents, including through the use 

of information technology. Please note 

that written comments received in 

response to this notice will be 

considered public records. 

Title of Collection: Application for 

Grants under the Upward Bound Math 

and Science Program. 

OMB Control Number: Pending. 

Type of Review: New. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 475. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 15,830. 

Abstract: The U. S. Department of 

Education is requesting a new 

application for grants under the Upward 

Bound Math and Science (UBMS). The 

previous package was part of the regular 

Upward Bound Program (UB) (OMB No. 

1840–0550) package. The regular UB 

program provides federal grants for 

three types of projects: regular UB, 

UBMS, and Veterans Upward Bound. 

However, each project has a separate 

collection; therefore, we are requesting 

a new application package. The 

Department is requesting a new 

application because of the 

implementation of the Higher Education 

Opportunity Act revisions to the Higher 

Education Act of 1965, as amended, the 

authorizing statute for the program. This 

application will be used to award new 

grants and collect data. 

This information collection is being 

submitted under the Streamlined 

Clearance Process for Discretionary 

Grant Information Collections (1894– 

0001). Therefore, the 30-day public 

comment period notice will be the only 

public comment notice published for 

this information collection. 

Dated: April 3, 2012. 

Darrin A. King, 

Director, Information Collection Clearance 

Division, Privacy, Information and Records 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

[FR Doc. 2012–8422 Filed 4–6–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice of Submission for OMB Review; 

Application for Grants Under the 

Veterans Upward Bound Program 

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary 

Education, Department of Education. 

SUMMARY: The Veterans Upward Bound 

(VUB) program provides grants to 

institutions of higher education, public 

and private agencies and organizations, 

community-based organization with 

experience in serving disadvantaged 

youth, combinations of such 

institutions, agencies and organizations, 

and secondary schools. The VUB 

program provides grants to projects 

designed to prepare, motivate and assist 

military veterans in the development of 


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