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Agenda 

I. Welcome & Roll Call 

II. Approval of Minutes 

III. Committee Discussion: Report 

Findings 

IV. Public Comment 

V. Next Steps 

VI. Adjournment 

Dated: October 22, 2024 

David Mussatt, 

Supervisory Chief, Regional Programs Unit. 

[FR Doc. 2024–24888 Filed 10–24–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Office of the Secretary 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Research Performance 

Progress Report (RPPR) 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit the following information 

collection request to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and clearance in accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995, on or after the date of publication 

of this notice. We invite the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

comment on proposed, and continuing 

information collections, which helps us 

assess the impact of our information 

collection requirements and minimize 

the public’s reporting burden. Public 

comments were previously requested 

via the Federal Register on June 28, 

2024 during a 60-day comment period. 

This notice allows for an additional 30 

days for public comments. 

Agency: Office of the Secretary, 

Commerce. 

Title: Research Performance Progress 

Report (RPPR). 

OMB Control Number: 0690–0032. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Regular submission. 

Extension of a currently approved 

collection. 

Number of Respondents: 2,050. 

Average Hours per Response: The 

annual progress reports range from a 

minimum of 2 hours to a maximum of 

15 hours, depending on the type of 

research project being supported. 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 82,000 

hours. 

Needs and Uses: This Research 

Performance Progress Report (RPPR) 

directly benefits award recipients by 

making it easier for them to administer 

Federal grant and cooperative agreement 

programs through standardization of the 

types of information required in 

performance reports—thereby reducing 

their administrative effort and costs. 

The RPPR also makes it easier to 

compare the outputs, outcomes, etc. of 

research programs across the 

government. 

The RPPR resulted from an initiative 

of the Research Business Models (RBM) 

Subcommittee of the Committee on 

Science (CoS), a committee of the 

National Science and Technology 

Council (NSTC). One of the RBM 

Subcommittee’s priority areas is to 

create greater consistency in the 

administration of Federal research 

awards. Given the increasing 

complexity of interdisciplinary and 

interagency research, it is important for 

Federal agencies to manage awards in a 

similar fashion. The RPPR is used by 

agencies that support research and 

research-related activities for use in 

submission of progress reports. It is 

intended to replace other performance 

reporting formats currently in use by 

agencies. The RPPR does not change the 

performance reporting requirements 

specified in 2 CFR part 215 (OMB 

Circular A–110) and the Common Rule 

implementing OMB Circular A–102. 

Each category in the RPPR is a separate 

reporting component. Agencies will 

direct recipients to report on the one 

mandatory component 

(‘‘Accomplishments’’), and may direct 

them to report on optional components, 

as appropriate. Within a particular 

component, agencies may direct 

recipients to complete only specific 

questions, as not all questions within a 

given component may be relevant to all 

agencies. 

Agencies may develop an agency- or 

program-specific component, if 

necessary, to meet programmatic 

requirements, although agencies should 

minimize the degree to which they 

supplement the standard components. 

Such agency- or program specific 

requirements will require review and 

clearance by OMB. 

Affected Public: State and Local 

governments. 

Frequency: Quarterly. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C. 131 

and 182. 

This information collection request 

may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov. 

Follow the instructions to view the 

Department of Commerce collections 

currently under review by OMB. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be 

submitted within 30 days of the 

publication of this notice on the 

following website www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain. Find this 

particular information collection by 

selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day 

Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or 

by using the search function and 

entering either the title of the collection 

or the OMB Control Number 0690–0032. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Departmental PRA Clearance Officer, Office 

of the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, 

Commerce Department. 

[FR Doc. 2024–24842 Filed 10–24–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–17–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Economic Development Administration 

Notice of National Advisory Council on 

Innovation and Entrepreneurship 

Meeting 

AGENCY: Economic Development 

Administration, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of an open meeting. 

SUMMARY: The National Advisory 

Council on Innovation and 

Entrepreneurship (NACIE) will hold a 

virtual public meeting on November 19, 


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