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required for program monitoring and 

evaluation purposes, such as students’ 

current enrollment or class standing (if 

applicable). 

• Additional application 

requirements. Individuals wishing to 

apply for awards that run competitive 

applications will be able to use the 

ETAP to apply to multiple NSF awards 

through a fully operational electronic 

application. They will first complete the 

common registration form (described 

above), which collects basic 

demographic and contact information 

needed for analysis and tracking 

purposes. Next, they will proceed to the 

application form, through which they 

will submit additional information that 

competitive Sites require as part of their 

applications, such as resume, 

transcripts, and contact information for 

their references. PIs and other 

authorized staff will use the system to 

provide information needed by 

prospective applicants (such as the 

application deadline), retrieve applicant 

information, record application 

decisions and participation status 

among admitted applicants, and 

produce reports of data submitted by 

applicants to their Sites. 

2. Gathering program experiences and 

satisfaction. After participating in the 

NSF program, participants will be 

administered an exit survey to capture 

program experiences and participants’ 

attitudes and opinions. 

3. Obtaining and integrating 

educational and employment 

information. Following a sample of 

students who had used the predecessor 

system (REU data system) to apply to 

the NSF award, this study will do the 

following: 

• Obtain information on educational 

outcomes from administrative data 

(National Student Clearinghouse) that 

NSF can purchase at low cost to the 

government and no burden to students 

• Administer a short survey to obtain 

information on employment outcomes 

• Obtain information on research 

productivity outcomes (such as 

publications or patents) from Web of 

Science, Scopus, and the United States 

Patent and Trademark Office. (NSF 

already subscribes to these 

administrative databases, so they are 

accessible through NSF systems.) 

4. Conducting usability testing and 

gathering user feedback. This testing 

will focus on new system enhancements 

or functionality and seeks to obtain indepth feedback from users on the 

common registration form, additional 

application requirements, and data 

reports available. 

Estimate of Burden: At present, most 

education and training opportunities 

funded by NSF use applications that are 

submitted directly to each Site, if such 

applications are required as is the case 

with the REU Sites program. Sites might 

run competitive and noncompetitive 

applications to select their program 

participants. We estimate that 

individuals applying for noncompetitive 

Sites will spend 3.25 hours submitting 

information through the ETAP system; 

for competitive Sites, this estimate is 7 

hours. We estimate that individuals 

writing letters of reference for students 

will spend 0.5 hours drafting a letter in 

support of a student’s application to a 

competitive Site. We estimate that PIs 

(or their designated users) will spend 

4.7 hours using the system to track and 

manage applications to their Site. 

Respondents: Individuals. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

66,499. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 146,710 hours. 

Frequency of Responses: Three 

rounds of data collection. 

Dated: June 28, 2021. 

Suzanne H. Plimpton, 

Reports Clearance Officer, National Science 

Foundation. 

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ACTION: Notice. 

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Regulatory Commission to add a 

domestic shipping services contract to 

the list of Negotiated Service 

Agreements in the Mail Classification 

Schedule’s Competitive Products List. 

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2021. 

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3642 and 3632(b)(3), on June 16, 2021, 

it filed with the Postal Regulatory 

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Competitive Product List. Documents 

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[FR Doc. 2021–14023 Filed 6–30–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7710–12–P 

POSTAL SERVICE 

Product Change—Priority Mail 

Negotiated Service Agreement 

AGENCY: Postal ServiceTM. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Postal Service gives 

notice of filing a request with the Postal 

Regulatory Commission to add a 

domestic shipping services contract to 

the list of Negotiated Service 

Agreements in the Mail Classification 

Schedule’s Competitive Products List. 

DATES: Date of required notice: July 1, 

2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sean Robinson, 202–268–8405. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

United States Postal Service® hereby 

gives notice that, pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 

3642 and 3632(b)(3), on June 25, 2021, 

it filed with the Postal Regulatory 


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