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ACTION: Notice of Federal advisory 

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SUMMARY: We are announcing an 

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in accordance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act. The 

committee advises NARA on the full 

range of programs, policies, and plans 

for the Center for Legislative Archives in 

the Office of Public Museum 

Engagement and Legislative Archives. 

DATES: The meeting will be on October 

29, 2024, from 2 p.m. EDT. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be virtual. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

James Wyatt, National Archives, Center 

for Legislative Archives, by email at 

James.Wyatt@nara.gov or by phone at 

202–357–5016. 

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1. Opening Remarks—Ann Berry, 

Secretary of the Senate 

2. Recognition of Co-Chair—Kevin 

McCumber, Acting Clerk of the 

House 

3. Recognition of the Archivist of the 

United States—Colleen Shogan 

4. Approval of the Minutes of the Last 

Meeting 

5. New Business 

6. Adjournment 

Merrily Harris, 

Committee Management Officer. 

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Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Comment Request; Grantee 

Reporting Requirements for NSF 

Regional Innovation Engines (NSF 

Engines) Program 

AGENCY: National Science Foundation. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The National Science 

Foundation (NSF) is announcing plans 

to establish this collection. In 

accordance with the requirements of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we 

are providing an opportunity for public 

comment on this action. After obtaining 

and considering public comment, NSF 

will prepare the submission requesting 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) clearance of this collection for no 

longer than 3 years. 

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must be received by December 24, 2024, 

to be assured consideration. Comments 

received after that date will be 

considered to the extent practicable. 

Send comments to the address below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

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Officer, National Science Foundation, 

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(a) whether the proposed collection of 

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performance of the functions of the 

Foundation, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the Foundation’s 

estimate of the burden 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 those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title of Collection: National Science 

Foundation (NSF) Regional Innovation 

Engines (Engines) Program Evaluation 

Capacity Building. 

OMB Number: 3145–NEW. 

Expiration Date of Approval: Not 

Applicable. 

Type of Request: Intent to seek 

approval to establish an information 

collection. 

Proposed Project: The NSF Engines 

program was authorized in the CHIPS 

and Science Act of 2022 (Section 10388) 

to (1) advance multidisciplinary, 

collaborative, use-inspired and 

translational research, technology 

development, in key technology focus 

areas; (2) address regional, national, 

societal, or geostrategic challenges; (3) 

leverage the expertise of 

multidisciplinary and multi-sector 

partners, including partners from 

private industry, nonprofit 

organizations, and civil society 

organizations; and (4) support the 

development of scientific, innovation, 

entrepreneurial, and STEM educational 

capacity within the region of each 

Engine to grow and sustain regional 

innovation. 

In Fiscal Year (FY) 2024, NSF 

established 10 inaugural NSF Engines 

awards, uniquely placing science and 

technology leadership as the central 

driver for regional economic 

competitiveness. Each NSF Engine is 

accelerating technological innovation 

while also addressing national, societal 

and/or geostrategic challenges that are 

of significant interest in the NSF 

Engine’s defined ‘‘region of service.’’ 

The programmatic level goals of NSF 

Engines are to: 

Goal 1: Establish self-sustaining 

innovation ecosystems; 

Goal 2: Establish nationally 

recognized regional ecosystems for key 

industries; 

Goal 3: Broaden participation in 

innovation ecosystems by enabling all 

members of a region to engage; 

Goal 4: Advance technologies relevant 

to national competitiveness; 

Goal 5: Catalyze regions with nascent 

innovation ecosystems; 

Goal 6: Increase economic growth; 

Goal 7: Increase job creation. 

To achieve these goals, each NSF 

Engine will carry out an integrated and 

comprehensive set of activities spanning 

use-inspired research, translation 

research, innovation and 

entrepreneurship, and workforce 

development to nurture and accelerate 

regional industries. In addition, each 

NSF Engine is expected to embody a 

culture of innovation and have a 

demonstrated, intense, and meaningful 

focus on engaging everyone throughout 

its regional science and technology 

ecosystem. 

Owing to the bespoke goals and 

objectives that are varied by regions and 

NSF Engines, and the expansive 

network of stakeholders that are 

involved, it is important for each NSF 

Engine to build (and subsequently 

strengthen) its own evaluation capacity, 

within a broader context of NSF’s 

assessment of the NSF Engines 

individually and collectively. 

Here, evaluation capacity refers to 

enabling each Engine to have the 

competencies in designing, managing, 

implementing, and using evaluation. It 

includes ‘‘strengthening a culture of 

valuing evidence, valuing questioning, 

and valuing evaluative thinking. This 


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can include the capacity of evaluators, 

as well as the capacity of evaluation and 

program managers, internal staff, and 

community members.’’ 1 The idea is for 

each NSF Engine to build the capability 

and ability to frame evaluations, make 

sense of them, and apply them in 

contextually appropriate ways in order 

to in turn, for example: make evidencebased decisions, provide a supportive 

network of trust and reciprocity, and 

continue growing and fostering the 

structure and infrastructure of each 

Engine. 

This request is to seek approval from 

OMB in establishing a new data 

collection to enable evaluation capacity 

to be built and maintained by each NSF 

Engine. To build evaluation capacity, 

we are requesting each NSF Engine to 

provide two sets of documents: 

1. Evaluation Plan 

2. Annual Evaluation Report 

Evaluation Plan. Each NSF Engine 

award recipient is requested to establish 

its own external evaluation team. Each 

evaluation team is tasked to 

systematically assess the activities, 

processes, and practices implemented 

by its respective NSF Engine. The 

evaluation team, in collaboration with 

its respective NSF Engine, will work 

together to formulate a comprehensive 

Evaluation Plan. 

The primary objective of the 

Evaluation Plan is to serve as an 

alternative and objective approach for 

the NSF Engine to monitor and measure 

its progress, determine the effectiveness 

of its activities, and gauge the broader 

socioeconomic impacts of its endeavors. 

It also serves as an assessment tool for 

each NSF Engine award recipient to 

identify, reflect, and address 

development needs and challenges as 

they arise, and perform any intervention 

and/or course corrections, if necessary, 

in a timely fashion. Finally, it also 

serves as a tool to systematically and 

structurally communicate internally 

within an Engine and externally with 

partners and other stakeholders. 

The Evaluation Plan contains 14 

sections: 

1. Engine vision and mission 

2. Engine goals and alignment 

3. Engine overview 

4. Purpose of Engine evaluation 

5. Timeline 

6. Information sharing 

7. Research and development (R&D) 

including translation 

8. Workforce development 

9. Engagement of the region 

10. Ecosystem building 

11. Engine level outcomes and impact 

12. Internal assessment of evaluation 

process 

13. Other 

14. Data management 

Annual Evaluation Plan. The external 

evaluation teams of each NSF Engine 

award recipient will also produce an 

Annual Evaluation Report to be 

provided to both their respective NSF 

Engine leadership team and to NSF. The 

annual evaluation report provides a 

structured mechanism for the evaluation 

teams to provide an independent and 

objective assessment on the baselines, 

progresses, achievements, milestones, 

and challenges faced by its respective 

NSF Engine over the past award year. In 

addition, the evaluation teams will 

provide recommendations to their 

respective NSF Engine leadership team 

on ways to improve existing processes, 

policies, and practices. These reports 

offer a comprehensive overview of the 

team’s activities and their outcomes 

over the previous award year. The 

report has dual purposes, as a reflection 

tool for each NSF Engine to learn from 

their experiences and to make 

improvements, and as an assessment 

tool for NSF program directors for 

award oversight and management. 

There are 8 sections to the report: 

1. Executive summary 

2. Introduction 

3. Research and development (R&D) 

including translation 

4. Workforce development 

5. Engagement of the region 

6. Ecosystem building 

7. Outcomes and Impact 

8. Evaluation action plan for next year 

9. Appendices 

a. Appendix A: NSF Engines bi-annual 

evaluation form 

b. Appendix B: Updated methodologies 

c. Appendix C: Additional figures and 

tables 

d. Appendix D: Other Information 

Burden on the Public: For each Engine 

award, we anticipate the following 

number of responses and response 

burden by reporting requirement: 

A.12.1. Number of Respondents, 

Frequency of Response, and Annual 

Hour Burden 

TABLE 1—RESPONDENTS, RESPONSES, AND ANNUAL HOUR BURDEN

Reporting requirements 

Number of 

responses 

per year 

Minimum 

burden 

per response 

(hours) 

Maximum 

burden per 

response 

(hours) 

Annual 

burden 

(hours) 

per engine 

Evaluation Plan ....................................................................................................... 1 Year 1: 200 .... Year 1: 300 .... 200–300 

Year 2: 20 ...... Year 2: 40 ...... 20–40 

Year 3: 20 ...... Year 3: 40 ...... 20–40 

Annual Evaluation Report ....................................................................................... 1 Year 1: 160 .... Year 1: 240 .... 160–240 

Year 2: 80 ...... Year 2: 160 .... 80–160 

Year 3: 80 ...... Year 3: 160 .... 80–160 

Total ................................................................................................................. 2 ........................ ........................ 100–540 

A total of 10 NSF Engine teams were 

awarded. For the first year, the total 

amount of burden is estimated to be 

between 3,600 and 5,400 hours for all 10 

NSF Engines. For subsequent years, 

1,000 and 2,000 hours for all 10 NSF 

Engines, which translates to 100–200 

hours per NSF Engine divided among 

all participants. Here, participants 

include members of the Leadership 

Team of an NSF Engine, which consists 

between 8 and 12 persons, the 

Governance Board, which consists 

between 10 and 20 persons, and the 

(external) Evaluation Team, which 

consists of 4–8 persons. Thus, the 

annual burden hours for the listed 

evaluation capacity building activities 

are shared between 22 and 40 persons. 

And this is to be expected, as evaluation 

in general is a highly collaborative and 


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participatory activity, it is therefore 

expected that both the Evaluation Plan 

and Annual Evaluation Report would 

involve and engage across and within an 

NSF Engine. 

Finally, the upper bound estimate for 

the Annual Evaluation Report reflects 

not only the effort for writing the report 

but also account for data cleaning, data 

analysis, and data visualization. We 

anticipate that the burden for 

subsequent years to be lower as 

workflow and cadence will be 

established after the first year. 

Dated: October 22, 2024. 

Suzanne H. Plimpton, 

Reports Clearance Officer, National Science 

Foundation. 

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