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Abstract: In the past, the National 

Archives has made use of various lists 

of independent researchers who perform 

freelance research for hire in the 

Washington, DC, area. We have sent 

these lists upon request to researchers 

who could not travel to the metropolitan 

area to conduct their own research. To 

better accommodate both the public and 

NARA staff, the Archival Operations 

division of the National Archives 

maintains a listing of independent 

researchers for the public. All interested 

independent researchers provide their 

contact information via this form. 

Collecting contact and other key 

information from each independent 

researcher and providing such 

information to the public when deemed 

appropriate will only increase business. 

This form is not a burden in any way 

to any independent researcher who 

voluntarily submits a completed form. 

Inclusion on the list will not be viewed 

or advertised as an endorsement by the 

National Archives and Records 

Administration (NARA). The listing is 

compiled and disseminated as a service 

to the public. 

Gulam Shakir, 

Acting Executive for Information Services/ 

CIO. 

[FR Doc. 2025–00714 Filed 1–14–25; 8:45 am] 

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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE 

ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES 

National Endowment for the Arts 

Arts Advisory Panel Meetings 

AGENCY: National Endowment for the 

Arts. 

ACTION: Notice of meetings. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, as amended, 

notice is hereby given that 4 meetings of 

the Arts Advisory Panel to the National 

Council on the Arts will be held by 

teleconference or videoconference. 

DATES: See the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section for individual 

meeting times and dates. All meetings 

are Eastern time and ending times are 

approximate: 

ADDRESSES: National Endowment for the 

Arts, Constitution Center, 400 7th St. 

SW, Washington, DC 20506. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Further information with reference to 

these meetings can be obtained from 

David Travis, Office of Guidelines & 

Panel Operations, National Endowment 

for the Arts, Washington, DC 20506; 

travisd@arts.gov, or call 202–682–5001. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

closed portions of meetings are for the 

purpose of Panel review, discussion, 

evaluation, and recommendations on 

financial assistance under the National 

Foundation on the Arts and the 

Humanities Act of 1965, as amended, 

including information given in 

confidence to the agency. In accordance 

with the determination of the Chair of 

March 11, 2022, these sessions will be 

closed to the public pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 

10. 

The Upcoming Meetings Are 

NEA Jazz Masters Fellowships Panel 

A (review of applications): This meeting 

will be closed. 

Date and time: February 6, 2025; 2:00 

p.m. to 4:00 p.m. 

NEA Jazz Masters Fellowships Panel B 

(review of applications): This meeting 

will be closed. 

Date and time: February 6, 2025; 2:00 

p.m. to 4:00 p.m. 

Arts Education Partnership Panel 

(review of applications): This meeting 

will be closed. 

Date and time: February 12, 2025; 

1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. 

International Activities Panel (review 

of applications): This meeting will be 

closed. 

Date and time: March 4, 2024; 2:00 

p.m. to 4:00 p.m. 

Dated: January 10, 2025. 

David Travis, 

Specialist, National Endowment for the Arts. 

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Comment Request; 2025 

National Survey of College Graduates 

AGENCY: National Center for Science and 

Engineering Statistics, National Science 

Foundation. 

ACTION: Submission for OMB review; 

comment request. 

SUMMARY: The National Center for 

Science and Engineering Statistics 

(NCSES) within 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. This is the 

second notice for public comment; the 

first was published in the Federal 

Register and two comments were 

received. NCSES is forwarding the 

proposed information collection to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for clearance simultaneously 

with the publication of this second 

notice. The full submission may be 

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

do/PRAMain. 

DATES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to 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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Suzanne H. Plimpton, Reports Clearance 

Officer, National Science Foundation, 

2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, 

VA 22314, 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). Comments 

regarding this information collection are 

best assured of having their full effect if 

received within 30 days of this 

notification. Copies of the submission(s) 

may be obtained by calling 703–292– 

7556. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments: Comments regarding (a) 

whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

NSF, including whether the information 

shall have practical utility; (b) the 

accuracy of the NSF’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; 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 the points of 

contact in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section. 

NSF may not conduct or sponsor a 

collection of information unless the 

collection of information displays a 

currently valid OMB control number 

and the agency informs potential 

persons who are to respond to the 

collection of information that such 

persons are not required to respond to 

the collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

Comments: As required by 5 CFR 

1320.8(d), comments on the information 

collection activities as part of this study 


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3970 Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 9 / Wednesday, January 15, 2025 / Notices 

were solicited through the publication 

of a 60-Day Notice in the Federal 

Register on September 4, 2024, at 89 FR 

71938. We received four comments. The 

nature of each comment and our 

responses are summarized below. 

• The American Association for the 

Advancement of Science (AAAS) and 

the American Educational Research 

Association (AERA) provided a joint 

comment discussing the necessity of the 

NSCG data to provide critical insights 

into opportunities and gaps in the 

STEM workforce. The commentors also 

encouraged the incorporation of a 

sexual orientation question into the 

2025 NSCG survey cycle. 

• The Council of Professional 

Associations on Federal Statistics 

(COPAFS) provided a comment 

encouraging the incorporation of a 

sexual orientation question into the 

2025 NSCG survey cycle. 

• The Federation of Associations in 

Behavioral & Brain Sciences (FABBS) 

provided a comment encouraging the 

incorporation of a sexual orientation 

question into the 2025 NSCG survey 

cycle. 

• An Associate Professor from 

Columbia University provided feedback 

on past sexual orientation and gender 

identity research conducted by NCSES 

and the Census Bureau. The commentor 

also encouraged the incorporation of a 

sexual orientation question into the 

2025 NSCG survey cycle. 

Response: NCSES thanked the 

commentors for their support of the 

NSCG, referenced the NCSES website 

that summarizes past research findings, 

and summarized the necessity of using 

the Census Bureau’s American 

Community Survey sexual orientation 

research findings, when completed, to 

inform NCSES’s future data collection 

plans. 

Title of Collection: 2025 National 

Survey of College Graduates. 

OMB Control Number: 3145–0141. 

Summary of Collection: The National 

Survey of College Graduates (NSCG) has 

been conducted biennially since the 

1970s. The 2025 NSCG sample will be 

selected from the 2023 American 

Community Survey (ACS) and the 2023 

NSCG. By selecting the sample from 

these two sources, the 2025 NSCG will 

provide coverage of the college graduate 

population residing in the United 

States. The purpose of this repeated 

cross-sectional survey is to collect data 

that will be used to provide national 

estimates on the science and 

engineering workforce and changes in 

their employment, education, and 

demographic characteristics. 

The National Science Foundation Act 

of 1950, as subsequently amended, 

includes a statutory charge to ‘‘. . . 

provide a central clearinghouse for the 

collection, interpretation, and analysis 

of data on scientific and engineering 

resources, and to provide a source of 

information for policy formulation by 

other agencies of the Federal 

Government.’’ The NSCG is designed to 

comply with these mandates by 

providing information on the supply 

and utilization of the nation’s scientists 

and engineers. 

The U.S. Census Bureau will continue 

to serve as the NSCG data collection 

contractor for NCSES. The survey data 

collection is expected to begin in March 

2025 and continue for approximately six 

months. Data will be collected using 

web and mail questionnaires. The 

individual’s response to the survey is 

voluntary. The survey will be conducted 

in conformance with Census Bureau 

statistical quality standards and, as 

such, the NSCG data will be afforded 

confidentiality protection under the 

applicable Census Bureau 

confidentiality statutes. 

Use of the Information: NCSES uses 

the information from the NSCG to 

prepare congressionally mandated 

reports such as Women, Minorities and 

Persons with Disabilities in Science and 

Engineering (https://www.nsf.gov/ 

statistics/women/) and Science and 

Engineering Indicators (https://

ncses.nsf.gov/indicators), both of which 

are available online. A public release 

file of collected data, designed to protect 

respondent confidentiality, will be 

made available on the internet and will 

be accessible through an online data 

tool (https://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/ids/). 

Expected Respondents: A statistical 

sample of approximately 161,000 

persons will be contacted in 2025. 

NCSES estimates the 2025 NSCG 

response rate to be 60 to 65 percent. 

Estimate of Burden: The amount of 

time to complete the questionnaire may 

vary depending on an individual’s 

circumstances; however, it is estimated 

that on average it will take 

approximately 23 minutes to complete 

the survey. NCSES estimates that the 

average annual burden for the 2025 

NSCG over the course of the three-year 

OMB clearance period will be no more 

than 13,372 hours [(161,000 individuals 

× 65% response rate × 23 minutes)/3 

years]. 

Dated: January 8, 2025. 

Suzanne H. Plimpton, 

Reports Clearance Officer, National Science 

Foundation. 

[FR Doc. 2025–00683 Filed 1–14–25; 8:45 am] 

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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL 

MANAGEMENT 

[Docket ID: OPM–2024–0022] 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records 

AGENCY: Workforce Policy and 

Innovation, Office of Personnel 

Management. 

ACTION: Notice of a new system of 

records. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Privacy Act of 1974, the Office of 

Personnel Management (OPM) proposes 

to establish a new system of records 

titled, ‘‘OPM/Internal—31, VA 

Recoupment and Reduction Appeals to 

OPM.’’ OPM will use this system to 

process appeals from current and former 

civil service Department of Veterans 

Affairs (VA) employees who received an 

order by the VA to recoup or reduce 

their awards, bonuses, relocation 

expenses, or retirement benefits, and 

chose to appeal that order to the 

Director of OPM. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

February 14, 2025. This new system is 

effective upon publication in the 

Federal Register, except for the routine 

uses, which are effective February 18, 

2025. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit written 

comments using the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal at https://

www.regulations.gov. All submissions 

received must include the agency name 

and docket number for this Federal 

Register document. The general policy 

for comments and other submissions 

from members of the public is to make 

these submissions available for public 

viewing on the internet at https://

www.regulations.gov without change, 

including any personal identifiers. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

general questions, please contact the 

Tim Curry, Employee Services, 

Accountability and Workforce 

Relations, Workforce Policy and 

Innovation, at (202) 606–2930 or 

employeeaccountability@opm.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Sections 

721 and 723 of title 38, United States 

Code, permit the VA to order the 

recoupment of a VA employee’s awards, 

bonuses, or relocation expenses if (a) the 

VA finds the individual engaged in 

misconduct, poor performance, fraud, or 

malfeasance and (b) if the VA had 

known about those actions prior to 

awarding the relevant benefit, it would 

have impacted the awarding of said 

benefit. Section 719 of title 38, United 

States Code, permits the VA to order the 

reduction of a VA employee’s retirement 


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