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submitted to the Division of Public 

Programs. 

Because these meetings will include 

review of personal and/or proprietary 

financial and commercial information 

given in confidence to the agency by 

grant applicants, the meetings will be 

closed to the public pursuant to sections 

552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6) of Title 5, 

U.S.C., as amended. I have made this 

determination pursuant to the authority 

granted me by the Chairman’s 

Delegation of Authority to Close 

Advisory Committee Meetings dated 

April 15, 2016. 

Dated: February 14, 2022. 

Samuel Roth, 

Attorney-Advisor, National Endowment for 

the Humanities. 

[FR Doc. 2022–03464 Filed 2–16–22; 8:45 am] 

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Sunshine Act Meetings 

The National Science Board’s 

Committee on Oversight hereby gives 

notice of the scheduling of a 

teleconference 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: Tuesday, February 22, 

2022, from 3:00–4:00 p.m. EST. 

PLACE: This meeting will be held by 

teleconference through the National 

Science Foundation. 

STATUS: Open. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The agenda 

of the teleconference is: Chair’s opening 

remarks; approval of prior Committee 

minutes; discussion of requests for 

changes to Merit Review Digest; the 

Office of the Inspector General update; 

Chief Financial Officer update; report 

on pilots—Merit Review training and 

Broader Impacts expertise on 

Committees of Visitors. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Point of contact for this meeting is: 

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

7000. The meeting may be viewed live 

at https://youtu.be/U-oAd7QUUXI. 

Meeting updates may be found at the 

National Science Board website at 

www.nsf.gov/nsb. 

Chris Blair, 

Executive Assistant to the National Science 

Board Office. 

[FR Doc. 2022–03626 Filed 2–15–22; 4:15 pm] 

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OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL 

OSC ADR Surveys 

AGENCY: U.S. Office of Special Counsel. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Office of Special 

Counsel (OSC), seeks approval from the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for use of two surveys used by 

OSC’s Alternate Dispute Resolution 

(ADR) program to assess its efficacy and 

seek ways to improve the process: An 

initial survey sent to all mediation 

participants, and a follow-up survey 

sent to a subset of mediation 

participants who opt into receiving the 

second survey. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before March 21, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit written 

comments by mail to: Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, 

Attention: Desk Officer for OSC, New 

Executive Office Building, Room 10235, 

Washington, DC 20503; or by email via: 

oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amy Beckett, Senior Litigation Counsel, 

by telephone at (202) 804–7000, or by 

email at frliaison@osc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The initial 

ADR survey consists of a questionnaire 

containing thirty-four (34) questions 

about the respondent’s experience in 

mediation at OSC, including whether 

they understood how the process would 

work, their confidentiality obligations, 

the neutrality of the mediator, whether 

they felt the process was adequately 

resourced, and other matters. The 

follow-up survey is sent approximately 

six (6) months later to participants who 

opt in, consisting of a new questionnaire 

containing a maximum of six (6) 

questions or a maximum of four (4), the 

number of questions depending on the 

outcome of the earlier, concluded 

mediation. 

OSC invites comments on: (a) The 

accuracy of OSC’s estimate of the 

burden of the proposed collections of 

information; (b) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (c) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents. 

OSC is a permanent independent 

federal investigative and prosecutorial 

agency. OSC’s basic authorities come 

from four federal statutes: The Civil 

Service Reform Act, the Whistleblower 

Protection Act, the Hatch Act, and the 

Uniformed Services Employment & 

Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA). 

OSC’s primary mission is to safeguard 

the merit system by protecting federal 

employees and applicants from 

prohibited personnel practices, 

especially reprisal for whistleblowing, 

and to serve as a safe channel for 

allegations of wrongdoing. The ADR 

Unit offers mediation and conciliation 

to complainants and agencies in 

selected cases as an alternative process 

for resolving their dispute. Mediation is 

a facilitated negotiation between parties 

to the dispute. Conciliation is similar to 

‘‘shuttle diplomacy’’ by telephone. In 

either case, the ADR process is 

voluntary, confidential, and allows the 

parties to retain control of the outcome 

of the dispute. Parties who participate 

in mediation and conciliation are able to 

find and agree to solutions that can be 

crafted in a way that meets their high 

priority needs. The ADR process can 

also foster better communication skills 

and improve working relationships 

between parties. 

OSC conducts the two surveys of ADR 

participants to assess the quality of 

OSC’s mediation process. 

OSC will use the questionnaires to 

survey all persons who use ADR 

services at OSC and a subset of those 

persons who agree to participate in a 

follow-up survey. The survey 

questionnaires are available for review 

online at https://osc.gov/Resources/ 

Pages/Reports.aspx#tabGroup07. 

Type of Information Collection 

Request: Opinion of mediation 

participants about the effectiveness and 

quality of their OSC mediation 

experience. 

Affected Public: OSC mediation 

participants, including OSC 

complainants and their attorneys; 

Federal Agency attorneys; Federal 

Agency settlement officials; and other 

representatives or support persons. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Estimated Annual Number of Survey 

Form Respondents: 100 per year for the 

initial survey and 75 for the follow-up 

survey. Number may rise if case intake 

rises. 

Frequency of Survey Form Use: After 

each mediation is concluded. 

Estimated Average Amount of Time 

for a Person to Respond to Survey: Eight 

minutes for the initial survey and two 

minutes for the follow-up survey. 

Estimated Annual Survey Burden: 

15.8 hours. 

Date: February 10, 2022. 

Travis Millsaps, 

Deputy Special Counsel for Public Policy. 

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