Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 113 / Thursday, June 12, 2014 / Notices 33787 

Affected Public: Educational 

institutions and Not-for-profit 

institutions. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

255. 

Estimated Time per Response: 2 hours 

per submission, and 8 hours of annual 

recordkeeping. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 2014 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$78,104.60. 

IV. Request for Comments 

Comments are invited on: (1) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of NASA, including 

whether the information collected has 

practical utility; (2) the accuracy of 

NASA’s estimate of the burden 

(including hours and cost) of the 

proposed collection of information; (3) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (4) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including automated 

collection techniques or the use of other 

forms of information technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of this information collection. 

They will also become a matter of 

public record. 

Frances Teel, 

NASA PRA Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2014–13783 Filed 6–11–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7510–13–P 

NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE 

ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES 

National Endowment for the Arts 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The National Endowment for the Arts 

(NEA) has submitted a public 

information collection request (ICR) to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and approval in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995: Clearance 

Request for NEA Annual Arts 

Benchmarking Survey. Copies of this 

ICR, with applicable supporting 

documentation, may be obtained by 

visiting www.Reginfo.gov. 

Comments should be sent to the 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the 

National Endowment for the Arts, Office 

of Management and Budget, Room 

10235, Washington, DC 20503 202/395– 

7316, within 30 days from the date of 

this publication in the Federal Register. 

The Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) is particularly interested in 

comments which: 

• 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. 

Agency: National Endowment for the 

Arts. 

Title: Annual Arts Benchmarking 

Survey. 

OMB Number: New. 

Frequency: Annually, in years the 

Survey of Public Participation in the 

Arts is not conducted. 

Affected Public: American adults. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

36,000. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 4.0 

minutes. 

Total Burden Hours: 2,000 hours. 

Total Annualized Capital/Startup 

Costs: 0. 

Total Annual Costs (Operating/

Maintaining Systems or Purchasing 

Services): 0. 

Description: This request is for 

clearance to conduct the 2015 and 2016 

Annual Arts Benchmarking Surveys 

(AABS). These surveys will be 

conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau as 

a supplement to the Bureau of Labor 

Statistic’s Current Population Survey. 

The AABS will be conducted in 

February 2015 and February 2016 and 

are expected to conducted annually 

thereafter in years that the National 

Endowment for the Arts’ (NEA) Survey 

of Public Participation in the Arts 

(SPPA) is not conducted. One of the 

strengths of the AABS surveys is that 

they will both complement and 

supplement the information collected in 

the SPPA. The SPPA is the field’s 

premiere repeated cross-sectional 

survey of individual attendance and 

involvement in arts and cultural 

activity, and is conducted 

approximately every five years. The 

AABS questionnaires are much shorter 

than the SPPA, consisting of 10 to 12 

questions that will be used to track arts 

participation over time. As with the 

SPPA, the AABS data will be circulated 

to interested researchers and will be the 

basis for a range of NEA reports and 

independent research publications. 

Reports on these data will be made 

publicly available on the NEA’s Web 

site. The AABS will provide annual 

primary knowledge on the extent and 

nature of participation in the arts in the 

United States. These data will also be 

used by the NEA as a contextual 

measure for one of the strategic goals 

identified in its FY 2014–FY 2018 

strategic plan. 

Kathy Plowitz-Worden, 

Panel Coordinator, National Endowment for 

the Arts. 

[FR Doc. 2014–13624 Filed 6–11–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7537–01–P 

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Comment Request 

AGENCY: National Science Foundation. 

ACTION: Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request. 

SUMMARY: The National Science 

Foundation (NSF) has submitted the 

following information collection 

requirement to OMB for review and 

clearance under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104– 

13. The full submission may be found 

at: http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/

PRAMain. This is the second notice; the 

first notice was published at 79 FR 

18322 and no comments were received. 

Comments regarding (a) whether the 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of burden including 

the validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; (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 appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology 

should be addressed to: Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs of 

OMB, Attention: Desk Officer for 

National Science Foundation, 725—17th 


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