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It measures, for example, time spent 

with children, working, sleeping, or 

doing leisure activities. In the United 

States, several existing Federal surveys 

collect income and wage data for 

individuals and families, and analysts 

often use such measures of material 

prosperity as proxies for quality of life. 

Time-use data substantially augment 

these quality-of-life measures. The data 

also can be used in conjunction with 

wage data to evaluate the contribution 

of non-market work to national 

economies. This enables comparisons of 

production between nations that have 

different mixes of market and nonmarket activities. 

The ATUS develops nationally 

representative estimates of how people 

spend their time. Respondents also 

report who was with them during 

activities, where they were, how long 

each activity lasted, and if they were 

paid. All of this information has 

numerous practical applications for 

sociologists, economists, educators, 

government policymakers, 

businesspersons, health researchers, and 

others, potentially answering the 

following questions: 

• Do the ways people use their time 

vary across demographic and labor force 

characteristics, such as age, sex, race, 

ethnicity, employment status, earnings, 

and education? 

• How much time do parents spend 

in the company of their children, either 

actively providing care or being with 

them while socializing, relaxing, or 

doing other things? 

• How are earnings related to leisure 

time—do those with higher earnings 

spend more or less time relaxing and 

socializing? 

• Where do people work—at a 

workplace, in their homes, or someplace 

else? 

• How does the way people use their 

time affect their health, safety, and wellbeing? 

The ATUS data are collected on an 

ongoing, monthly basis, so time series 

data will eventually become available, 

allowing analysts to identify changes in 

how people spend their time. 

II. Current Action 

Office of Management and Budget 

clearance is being sought for the ATUS. 

This survey collects information on how 

individuals in the United States use 

their time. Collection is done on a 

continuous basis with the sample drawn 

monthly. The survey sample is drawn 

from households completing their final 

month of interviews for the Current 

Population Survey (CPS). Households 

are selected to ensure a representative 

demographic sample, and one 

individual from each household is 

selected to take part in one Computer 

Assisted Telephone Interview. In this 

interview, respondents are asked to 

report all of their activities for one preassigned 24-hour day, which is the day 

prior to the interview. A short series of 

summary questions and CPS updates 

follow the core time diary collection. 

After each full year of collection, annual 

national estimates of time use for an 

average weekday or weekend day are 

available. 

Beginning in January 2010, well-being 

questions sponsored by the National 

Institute on Aging are proposed to be 

added to the ATUS. These questions 

will be included in the survey for 12 

months (through December 2010). These 

questions will ask respondents to rate 

on a 0-to-6 scale how happy, tired, 

stressed, sad, and in pain they felt 

during randomly selected activities. 

Respondents will not be asked these 

questions about personal activities. 

Additional questions will be asked 

about general health, use of pain 

medications, and interactions with 

others. 

The data from this module will 

provide a richer description of work. 

Specifically, the results will measure 

how workers feel during work episodes 

compared to nonwork episodes, and 

how often and with whom workers 

interact on the job. The results also can 

be used to measure whether the amount 

of pain varies by occupation and 

disability status. These data will also 

allow for research into how pain and 

aging affect time usage. 

Because the ATUS sample is a subset 

of households completing interviews for 

the CPS, the same demographic 

information collected from that survey 

is available for ATUS respondents. 

Comparisons of activity patterns across 

characteristics such as sex, race, age, 

disability status, and education of the 

respondent, as well as the presence of 

children and the number of adults living 

in the respondent’s household, are 

possible. 

III. Desired Focus of Comments 

The Bureau of Labor Statistics is 

particularly interested in comments 

that: 

• 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. 

• 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 submissions 

of responses. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

Title: American Time Use Survey. 

OMB Number: 1220–0175. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Total Respondents: 13,240. 

Frequency: Monthly. 

Total Responses: 13,240. 

Average Time per Response: 19.75 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 4,358 

hours. 

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 

$0. 

Total Burden Cost (operating/ 

maintenance): $0. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for Office of 

Management and Budget approval of the 

information collection request; they also 

will become a matter of public record. 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 24th day of 

March 2009. 

Cathy Kazanowski, 

Chief, Division of Management Systems, 

Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Bureau of Labor Statistics 

Data Users Advisory Committee; 

Notice of Meeting and Agenda 

The first meeting of the Data Users 

Advisory Committee will be held 

Thursday, April 23, 2009. The meeting 

will be held in the Postal Square 

Building, 2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE., 

Washington, DC. 

The Data Users Advisory Committee 

is a technical committee composed of 

data users from various sectors of the 

U.S. economy, including labor, 

business, research, academic and 

government communities. Committee 

members are called upon to provide 

advice on technical matters related to 

the collection, tabulation, and analysis 

of the Bureau’s statistics, on its 

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aspects of its overall mission and 

function. 

The meeting will be held in Meeting 

Room 1 of the Postal Square Building 

Conference Center. The schedule and 

agenda for the meeting are as follows: 

8:30 Registration 

9:00 Opening Remarks and 

introductions 

10:15 Discussion of future priorities 

11:15 BLS Web site redesign 

1:15 BLS product initiatives 

2:45 Debunking myths about BLS data 

series 

4:45 Conclusion 

The meeting is open to the public. 

Any questions concerning the meeting 

should be directed to Tracy A. Jack, 

Data Users Advisory Committee, on 

202–691–5869. Individuals with 

disabilities, who need special 

accommodations, should contact Ms. 

Jack at least two days prior to the 

meeting date. 

Signed at Washington, DC, the 25th day of 

March 2009. 

Philip L. Rones, 

Deputy Commissioner, Bureau of Labor 

Statistics. 

[FR Doc. E9–6998 Filed 3–27–09; 8:45 am] 

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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

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[Notice (09–032)] 

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AGENCY: National Aeronautics and 

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ACTION: Notice of intent to grant 

exclusive license. 

SUMMARY: This notice is issued in 

accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c)(1) and 

37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i). NASA hereby 

gives notice of its intent to grant an 

exclusive license in the United States to 

practice the inventions described and 

claimed in U.S. Patent No. 6,763,083 

‘‘Article Screening System’’ to GaN 

Corporation, having its principal place 

of business in Huntsville, AL. The 

patent rights in this invention have been 

assigned to the United States of America 

as represented by the Administrator of 

the National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration. The prospective 

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terms and conditions of 35 U.S.C. 209 

and 37 CFR 404.7. NASA has not yet 

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requested license even if no objections 

are submitted within the comment 

period. 

DATES: The prospective exclusive 

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fifteen (15) days from the date of this 

published notice, NASA receives 

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and argument that establish that the 

grant of the license would not be 

consistent with the requirements of 35 

U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7. 

Competing applications completed and 

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days of the date of this published notice 

will also be treated as objections to the 

grant of the contemplated exclusive 

license. 

Objections submitted in response to 

this notice will not be made available to 

the public for inspection and, to the 

extent permitted by law, will not be 

released under the Freedom of 

Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552. 

ADDRESSES: Objections relating to the 

prospective license may be submitted to 

Mr. James J. McGroary, Chief Patent 

Counsel/LS01, Marshall Space Flight 

Center, Huntsville, AL 35812, (256) 

544–0013. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sammy A. Nabors, Technology Transfer 

Program Office/ED03, Marshall Space 

Flight Center, Huntsville, AL 35812, 

(256) 544–5226. Information about other 

NASA inventions available for licensing 

can be found online at http:// 

technology.nasa.gov. 

Dated: March 20, 2009. 

Richard W. Sherman, 

Deputy General Counsel. 

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Advisory Committee for Environmental 

Research and Education; Notice of 

Meeting 

In accordance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463, as amended), the National Science 

Foundation announces the following 

meeting: 

Name: Advisory Committee for 

Environmental Research and Education 

(9487). 

Dates: April 27, 2009, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. and 

April 28, 2009, 9 a.m.–1 p.m. 

Place: Stafford I, Room 1235, National 

Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd., 

Arlington, Virginia 22230. 

Type of Meeting: Open. 

Contact Person: Alan Tessier, National 

Science Foundation, Suite 635, 4201 Wilson 

Blvd., Arlington, Virginia 22230. Phone 703– 

292–7198. 

Minutes: May be obtained from the contact 

person listed above. 

Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice, 

recommendations, and oversight concerning 

support for environmental research and 

education. 

Agenda: 

April 27 

Introduction of new members. 

Update on budget and recent NSF 

environmental activities. 

Discussion with Dr. Timothy L. Killeen, NSF 

Assistant Director for Geosciences. 

Presentation by Dr. Stephanie Pfirman, 

Barnard College. 

Discussion with Dr. Arden L. Bement, NSF 

Director. 

April 28 

Discussion of the Committee’s report: 

Transitions and Tipping Points in Complex 

Environmental Systems. 

Discussion of future AC/ERE activities. 

Dated: March 24, 2009. 

Susanne Bolton, 

Committee Management Officer. 

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Proposal Review Panel for Materials 

Research; Notice of Meeting 

In accordance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463 as amended), the National Science 

Foundation announces the following 

meeting: 

Name: Site Visit review of the Materials 

Research Science and Engineering Center 

(MRSEC) at Yale University, also called 

Center for Research on Interface Structures 

and Phenomena, by NSF Division of 

Materials Research (DMR) #1203. 

Dates & Times: Thursday, May 7, 2009; 

7:45 a.m.–9 p.m.; Friday, May 8, 2009; 8 

a.m.–3:30 p.m. 

Place: Yale University, New Haven, CT. 

Type of Meeting: Part-open. 

Contact Person: Dr. Thomas Rieker, 

Program Director, Materials Research Science 

and Engineering Centers Program, Division of 

Materials Research, Room 1065, National 

Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, 

Arlington, VA 22230, Telephone (703) 292– 

8428. 

Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice and 

recommendations concerning further support 

of the MRSEC at Yale University. 

Agenda: 

Thursday, May 7, 2009 

7:45 a.m.–9 a.m. Closed—Executive 

Session. 

9 a.m.–4:15 p.m. Open—Review of the Yale 

MRSEC. 

4:15 p.m.–6 p.m. Closed—Executive 

Session. 

6 p.m.–9 p.m. Open—Poster Session and 

Dinner. 

Friday, May 8, 2009 

8 a.m.–9 a.m. Closed—Executive session. 

9 a.m.–9:45 a.m. Open—Review of the Yale 

MRSEC. 


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