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and action agencies invite the 

appropriate government officials, 

particularly when regulatory actions 

may address many subjects and have 

many separate provisions. 

• Meeting requesters and represented 

interests. Individual or organizational 

meeting requesters often request 

meetings on behalf of themselves. 

Sometimes, however, a meeting 

requester does so on behalf of another 

individual or organization with interests 

in the regulatory action. For example, a 

law firm or government affairs firm may 

request an E.O. 12866 meeting on behalf 

of a client who has a stake in the 

regulatory action. In other cases, a 

congressional office may facilitate a 

meeting request for an individual 

constituent concerned about a 

rulemaking. OIRA thus proposes to 

collect information in mandatory fields 

on the (1) name of the individual 

requesting the meeting; (2) the meeting 

requester’s organization, if any; (3) the 

name of the individual or organization 

whose interests are being represented; 

and (4) if the previous field names an 

individual, the individual’s 

organizational affiliation, if any. 

This information would facilitate 

transparency about who requests E.O. 

12866 meetings, the interests 

represented, and the types of 

organizations involved. In addition, 

OIRA will also continue to take meeting 

attendance and, when feasible, update 

this information for the public record in 

cases where participant information is 

not initially provided. 

• Previous request or participation in 

an E.O. 12866 meeting. OIRA proposes 

to require meeting requesters (the 

individual participants rather than their 

representatives) to note whether they 

have previously requested or 

participated in an E.O. 12866 meeting 

on any regulatory action within the last 

three years. This information, which 

would be disclosed, would allow OIRA 

to track participation of members of the 

public that have not historically 

requested meetings. In addition, OIRA 

proposes to ask and disclose whether a 

requester has previously requested or 

participated in an E.O. 12866 meeting 

associated with the specific regulatory 

action (at the same stage of the 

regulatory process). 

• Request for accommodations. OIRA 

also welcomes meeting requesters to 

specify whether any accommodations 

are requested. 

OIRA welcomes any and all public 

comments on the proposed revisions to 

the collection of information, such as 

the accuracy of OIRA’s burden estimate, 

the practical utility of collecting this 

information, and whether there are 

additional pieces of information that 

could be collected from meeting 

requesters to further the disclosure 

provisions of Executive Order 12866. 

Current actions: Proposal for revising 

an existing information collection 

requirement. 

Type of review: Revision. 

Affected public: Individuals and 

Households, Businesses and 

Organizations, State, Local, Territorial, 

or Tribal Governments. 

Expected average annual number of 

respondents: 300. 

Average annual number of responses 

per respondent: 2. 

Total number of responses annually: 

600. 

Burden per response: 15 minutes. 

Total average annual burden: 150 

hours. 

Request for comments: OMB 

anticipates that comments submitted in 

response to this notice will be 

summarized 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 the 

agency, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’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 respond 

to a collection of information, search 

data sources, and complete and review 

the collection of information; to 

transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information; and to train personnel to be 

able to carry out the foregoing tasks. 

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. 

Privacy Act Statement: Response to 

this request for comment is voluntary. 

The information will be used to inform 

sound decision-making regarding 

OIRA’s information collection. Please 

note that all submissions received in 

response to this notice may be posted on 

https://www.regulations.gov/ or 

otherwise released in their entirety, 

including any personal and business 

confidential information provided. Do 

not include in your submissions any 

information of a confidential nature, 

such as personal or proprietary 

information; or any information you 

would not like to be made publicly 

available. The OMB System of Records 

Notice, OMB Public Input System of 

Records, OMB/INPUT/01, 88 FR 20913 

(https://www.federalregister.gov/ 

documents/2023/04/07/2023-07452/ 

privacy-act-of-1974-system-of-records), 

includes a list of routine uses associated 

with the collection of this information. 

Richard L. Revesz, 

Administrator, Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs. 

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Sunshine Act Meetings 

The National Science Board’s (NSB) 

NSB–NSF Commission on Merit Review 

hereby gives notice of the scheduling of 

a videoconference meeting for the 

transaction of National Science Board 

business pursuant to the National 

Science Foundation Act and the 

Government in the Sunshine Act. 

TIME AND DATE: Monday, January 26, 

2024, from 3:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m. Eastern. 

PLACE: This meeting will be held by 

videoconference through the National 

Science Foundation. 

STATUS: Open. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The agenda 

of the meeting is: Commission Chair’s 

opening remarks; Discussion assessing 

and prioritizing topics for potential 

implementation and accountability 

suggestions; Commission Chair’s closing 

remarks. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Point of contact for this meeting is: 

(Chris Blair, cblair@nsf.gov), 703/292– 

7000. Members of the public can 

observe this meeting through a YouTube 

livestream. The YouTube link will be 

available from the NSB web page. 

Ann Bushmiller, 

Senior Legal Counsel to the National Science 

Board. 

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