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Office of Management and Budget, 

Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, or 

call (202) 395–7316. 

OMB is particularly interested in 

comments that help the agency to: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

• Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

• Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

• Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology 

(e.g., permitting electronic submission 

of responses). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Connie Bodner, Director, Office of 

Grants Policy and Management, 

Institute of Museum and Library 

Services, 955 L’Enfant Plaza North SW, 

Suite 4000, Washington, DC 20024– 

2135. Dr. Bodner can be reached by 

telephone at 202–653–4636, or by email 

at cbodner@imls.gov. Persons who are 

deaf or hard of hearing (TTY users) can 

contact IMLS at 202–207–7858 via 711 

for TTY-Based Telecommunications 

Relay Service. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Institute of Museum and Library 

Services (IMLS) is the primary source of 

federal support for the nation’s libraries 

and museums. We advance, support, 

and empower America’s museums, 

libraries, and related organizations 

through grant making, research, and 

policy development. To learn more, 

visit www.imls.gov. 

Current Actions: The purpose of this 

collection is to facilitate the 

administration of IMLS discretionary 

grant programs by creating a record of 

all IMLS-funded project activities, 

results, and accomplishments at annual 

intervals throughout the grant period 

and at the conclusion of each award; 

accounts of best practices and lessons 

learned; and assessments of 

performance measurement. Although 

specific goals, objectives, and eligibility 

criteria vary among the agency’s grant 

programs, using standardized 

performance report forms helps ensure 

consistent information collection, 

systematic monitoring practices, and 

comparable analyses of performance. 

IMLS uses this information to monitor 

individual grants, report to Congress 

and the Office of Management and 

Budget about the agency’s progress in 

addressing its strategic goals, and to 

improve its grant programs. The forms 

submitted for public review in this 

Notice are the IMLS Interim 

Performance Report Form and the IMLS 

Final Performance Report Form. This 

action is to seek approval for these two 

forms for the next three years. 

The 60-day Notice was published in 

the Federal Register on January 8, 2021 

(86 FR 1534). No comments were 

received. 

Agency: Institute of Museum and 

Library Services. 

Title of Collection: 2022–2024 Grant 

Performance Report Forms. 

OMB Control Number: 3137–0100. 

Agency Number: 3137. 

Affected Public: Library and museum 

grant program awardees. 

Total Number of Respondents: 1,220. 

Frequency of Response: Varies over a 

3-year period. 

Average Hours per Response: 8.75. 

Total Burden Hours: 10,680. 

Total Annualized Capital/Startup 

Costs: n/a. 

Total Annual Cost Burden: 

$321,468.00. 

Total Annual Federal Costs: 

$78,462.00. 

Dated: January 25, 2022. 

Suzanne Mbollo, 

Grants Management Specialist, Institute of 

Museum and Library Services. 

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Comment Request 

AGENCY: National Center for Science and 

Engineering Statistics, National Science 

Foundation. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The National Center for 

Science and Engineering Statistics 

(NCSES) within the National Science 

Foundation (NSF) is announcing plans 

to request renewal of the NCSES 

Generic Clearance for Improvement 

Projects (3145–0174). In accordance 

with the requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, we are providing 

opportunity for public comment on this 

action. After obtaining and considering 

public comment, NCSES will prepare 

the submission requesting that OMB 

approve clearance of this collection for 

three years. 

DATES: Written comments on this notice 

must be received by March 29, 2022 to 

be assured of 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, 

2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Suite 

W18253, Alexandria, Virginia 22314; 

telephone (703) 292–7556; or send email 

to splimpto@nsf.gov. Individuals who 

use a telecommunications device for the 

deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1– 

800–877–8339, which is accessible 24 

hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a 

year (including Federal holidays). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title of Collection: NCSES Generic 

Clearance for Improvement Projects. 

OMB Control Number: 3145–0174. 

Expiration Date of Current Approval: 

July 31, 2022. 

Type of Request: Intent to seek 

approval to extend an information 

collection for three years. 

Abstract: Established within the 

National Science Foundation by the 

America COMPETES Reauthorization 

Act of 2010 § 505, codified in the 

National Science Foundation Act of 

1950, as amended, the National Center 

for Science and Engineering Statistics 

(NCSES)—one of 13 principal federal 

statistical agencies—serves as a central 

Federal clearinghouse for the collection, 

interpretation, analysis, and 

dissemination of objective data on 

science, engineering, technology, 

research and development for use by 

practitioners, researchers, policymakers, 

and the public. NCSES conducts about 

a dozen nationally representative 

surveys to obtain the data for these 

purposes. The Generic Clearance will be 

used to ensure that the highest quality 

data are obtained from these surveys. 

State of the art methodology will be 

used to develop, evaluate, and test 

questionnaires and survey concepts as 

well as to improve survey and statistical 

methodology. This may include field or 

pilot tests of questions for future largescale surveys, as needed. The Generic 

Clearance will also be used to test and 

evaluate data dissemination tools and 

methods, in an effort to improve access 

for data users. 

Use of the Information: The purpose 

of these studies is to use the latest and 

most appropriate methodology to 

improve NCSES surveys, evaluate new 

data collection efforts, and evaluate data 

dissemination tools and mechanisms. 

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at conferences, published in the 

proceedings of conferences, or in 

journals. Improved NCSES surveys, data 

collections, and data dissemination will 

help policymakers in decisions on 

research and development funding, 

graduate education, and the scientific 

and engineering workforce, as well as 

contributing to reduced survey costs. 

Expected Respondents: The 

respondents will be from industry, 

academia, nonprofit organizations, 

members of the public, and State, local, 

and Federal governments. Respondents 

will be either individuals or 

institutions, depending on the topic 

under investigation. Qualitative 

procedures will generally be conducted 

in person, online (using Zoom, 

Microsoft Teams, or other conferencing 

tools), or over the phone. Quantitative 

procedures may be conducted using 

mail, Web, email, smartphone app, or 

telephone modes, depending on the 

topic under investigation. Up to 28,515 

respondents may be contacted across all 

projects. No respondent will be 

contacted more than twice in one year 

under this generic clearance. Every 

effort will be made to use technology to 

limit the burden on respondents from 

small entities. 

Both qualitative and quantitative 

methods will be used to improve 

NCSES’s current data collection 

instruments and processes and to 

reduce respondent burden, as well as to 

develop new surveys and new or 

improved data dissemination tools. 

Qualitative and quantitative methods 

that may be used include, but are not 

limited to, the following: Behavior 

coding, split panel tests, experimental 

pilot studies, field tests, focus groups, 

respondent debriefings, exploratory 

interviews, cognitive interviews, and 

usability tests. Cognitive interviews and 

usability tests may include the use of 

scenarios, paraphrasing, card sorts, 

vignette classifications, rating tasks, or 

participatory design methods (e.g., 

collaborative digital whiteboards). 

NCSES may conduct these studies using 

interviewer-administered or selfadministered methods, including online 

convenience samples. 

Estimate of Burden: NCSES estimates 

that a total reporting and recordkeeping 

burden of 11,500 hours will result from 

activities to improve its surveys. The 

calculation is shown in Table 1. 

TABLE 1—POTENTIAL SURVEYS FOR IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, WITH THE NUMBER OF RESPONDENTS AND BURDEN

HOURS

Survey or information collection 

2022–25 

number of 

respondents 

2022–25 

number of 

hours 

Survey of Doctorate Recipients ............................................................................................................................... 5,000 1,100 

Survey of Earned Doctorates .................................................................................................................................. 2,500 945 

National Training, Education, and Workforce Survey ............................................................................................. 660 400 

Other surveys of the science and engineering workforce ....................................................................................... 1,250 550 

Higher Education Research & Development Survey .............................................................................................. 450 350 

Federally Funded Research & Development Centers (FFRDC) Survey ................................................................ 80 100 

State Government Research & Development Survey ............................................................................................. 150 225 

Survey of Nonprofit Research Activities .................................................................................................................. 200 200 

Business Enterprise Research & Development Survey .......................................................................................... 50 150 

Survey of Scientific & Engineering Facilities ........................................................................................................... 300 200 

Public Perceptions of Science ................................................................................................................................. 1,100 180 

Data dissemination tools and mechanisms ............................................................................................................. 3,100 800 

Projects conducted under the NCSES Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) ........................................................ 3,675 3,300 

Other surveys and projects not specified ................................................................................................................ 10,000 3,000 

Total .................................................................................................................................................................. 28,515 11,500 

Comments: Comments are invited on 

(a) whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of NCSES, 

including whether the information shall 

have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of 

NCSES’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, use, and 

clarity of the information on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology; 

and (d) ways to minimize the burden of 

the collection of information on those 

who are to respond, including through 

the use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Dated: January 25, 2022. 

Suzanne H. Plimpton, 

Reports Clearance Officer, National Science 

Foundation. 

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