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Agency: Employment and Training 

Administration (ETA). 

Title: Unemployment Insurance (UI) 

Title XII Advances and Voluntary 

Repayment Process. 

OMB Number: 1205–0199. 

Agency Number: Not applicable. 

Affected Public: State Workforce 

Agencies. 

Total Respondents: Up to 53. 

Frequency: As needed, based on a 

State’s discretion. 

Total Responses: DOL currently 

projects that on average, 27 States could 

borrow during each calendar year from 

2010 through 2012. Although it’s 

impossible to know the exact number of 

responses, the maximum would be 4 

requests for advances and 4 requests for 

voluntary repayments per State each 

year. This will result in 648 total 

responses over the three year window or 

an average of 216 responses per year. 

Average Time per Response: 1 hour. 

Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 216. 

Total Burden Cost (Capital/Startup): 

$0. 

Total Burden Cost (Operating/ 

Maintaining): $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 will 

also become a matter of public record. 

Dated: Friday, May 15, 2009. 

Cheryl Atkinson, 

Administrator, Office of Workforce Security. 

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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. This is the second notice for public 

comment; the first was published in the 

Federal Register at 74 FR 964, and three 

comments were received. NSF is 

forwarding the proposed renewal 

submission to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for clearance 

simultaneously with the publication of 

this second notice. The full submission 

of this information collection request 

may be found at: http:// 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

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; or (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 Street, NW., Room 

10235, Washington, DC 20503, and to 

Suzanne H. Plimpton, Reports Clearance 

Officer, National Science Foundation, 

4201 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 295, 

Arlington, Virginia 22230 or send e-mail 

to chines@nsf.gov. Comments regarding 

these information collections 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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Suzanne H. Plimpton at (703) 292–7556 

or send e-mail 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 

between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern time, 

Monday through Friday. 

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. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments: On January 9, 2009, we 

published in the Federal Register (74 

FR 964) a 60-day notice of our intent to 

request renewal of this information 

collection authority from OMB. In that 

notice, we solicited public comments 

for 60 days ending March 10, 2009. 

Three comments were received from the 

public notice. The first comment came 

from B. Sachau of Floram Park, NJ, via 

e-mail on January 9, 2005. Ms. Sachau 

objected to the information collection. 

Ms. Sachau had no specific suggestions 

for altering the data collection plans 

other than to discontinue them entirely. 

Because the comment does not pertain 

to the collection of information on the 

required forms for which NSF is seeking 

OMB approval, NSF is proceeding with 

the clearance request. 

The second comment (more of a 

request) came from Jerry Stone with the 

Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). He 

requested a copy of the current survey 

form and instructions, which were 

provided to him. 

The third comment came from Dr. 

Dennis Fixler, the Chief Statistician of 

BEA, who submitted a letter of support 

for the survey (included with the 

information collection request materials 

found at the Web site above). This letter 

stated that the collected survey data are 

crucial to key components of BEA’s 

economic statistics and requested some 

additional data elements be collected in 

future years. Some of these elements are 

planned to be collected on the 

redesigned survey instrument, which 

will be pilot tested with 40 institutions 

during the FY 2009 survey. The letter 

also requested that BEA be kept 

informed about modifications to the 

survey instrument. 

Title: Survey of Research and 

Development Expenditures at 

Universities and Colleges. 

OMB Control Number: 3145–0100. 

Proposed Renewal Project: Separately 

budgeted current fund expenditures on 

research and development in the 

sciences and engineering performed by 

universities and colleges and Federally 

funded research and development 

centers—A Web survey, the Survey of 

Research and Development 

Expenditures at Universities and 

Colleges, originated in fiscal year (FY) 

1954 and has been conducted annually 

since FY 1972. The survey is the 

academic research and development 

expenditure component of the NSF 

statistical program that seeks to provide 

a ‘‘central clearinghouse for the 

collection, interpretation, and analysis 

of data on the availability of, and the 

current and projected need for, 

scientific and technical resources in the 

United States, and to provide a source 

of information for policy formulation by 

other agencies of the Federal 

government,’’ as mandated in the 

National Science Foundation Act of 

1950. 

Use of the Information: The proposed 

project will continue the annual survey 

cycle for up to three years. The 

Academic R&D Survey will be a census 

of the full population—for FY 2009 an 

expected 751 institutions (713 

universities or colleges plus 38 federally 


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1Average burden hours for institutions 

responding to burden item. 

funded research and development 

centers—FFRDCs). These institutions 

account for over 95 percent of the 

Nation’s academic R&D funds. NSF will 

also conduct a pretest of a revised and 

expanded version of the survey for 

planned implementation in FY 2010 

with a subset of 40 universities or 

colleges. 

The survey has provided continuity of 

statistics on R&D expenditures by 

source of funds and by science & 

engineering (S&E) field, with separate 

data requested on current fund 

expenditures for research equipment by 

S&E field. Further breakdowns are 

collected on passed through funds to 

subrecipients and received as a 

subrecipient, and on R&D expenditures 

by field of science and engineering from 

specific Federal Government agency 

sources. Information on R&D for nonS&E fields is also requested. Data are 

published in NSF’s annual publication 

series Academic R&D Expenditures and 

are available electronically on the World 

Wide Web. 

The survey is a fully automated Web 

data collection effort and is handled 

primarily by the administrators in 

university budget and accounting 

offices. To minimize burden, 

institutions are provided with an 

abundance of guidance and help menus 

on the Web, in addition to printing and 

responding via paper copy if necessary. 

Each record is pre-loaded with the 

institution’s 2 previous years’ data and 

a complete program for editing and 

trend checking. Response to this 

voluntary survey in FY 2007 was 96.9 

percent. 

Burden estimates are as follows: 1

Year Total number 

of institutions 

Doctorategranting 

burden hours 

Master’sgranting 

burden 

hours 

Bachelor’s 

degree 

burden 

hours 

FFRDC’s 

burden 

hours 

FY 1999 ................................................................................................. 480 20.8 13.0 7.5 9.4 

FY 2000 ................................................................................................. 700 21.0 12.0 10.5 9.2 

FY 2001 ................................................................................................. 625 30.2 11.9 9.0 12.1 

FY 2002 ................................................................................................. 625 28.7 14.9 12.2 4.5 

Dated: May 19, 2009. 

Suzanne H. Plimpton, 

Reports Clearance Officer, National Science 

Foundation. 

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Notice of Intent To Seek Approval To 

Establish an Information Collection 

AGENCY: National Science Foundation. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

for opportunity for public comment on 

proposed data collection projects, the 

National Science Foundation (NSF) will 

publish periodic summaries of proposed 

projects. 

DATES: Written comments on this notice 

must be received by July 21, 2009 to be 

assured of consideration. Comments 

received after that date will be 

considered to the extent practicable. 

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR

COMMENTS: Contact Suzanne Plimpton, 

Acting Reports Clearance Officer, 

National Science Foundation, 4201 

Wilson Boulevard, Suite 295, Arlington, 

Virginia 22230; telephone 703–292– 

7556; or send e-mail to 

splimpto@nsf.gov. Individuals who use 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 

between 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Eastern Time, 

Monday through Friday. You also may 

obtain a copy of the data collection 

instrument and instructions from 

Suzanne Plimpton. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title of Collection: National 

Evaluation of the Alliances for Graduate 

Education and the Professoriate Faculty 

and Student Surveys. 

OMB Approval Number: 3145–NEW. 

Expiration Date of Approval: Not 

applicable. 

Type of Request: Intent to seek 

approval to establish an information 

collection for three years. 

Proposed Project: The Division of 

Human Resource Development (HER/ 

HRD) of the National Science 

Foundation has requested impact 

information on the Alliances for 

Graduate Education and the 

Professoriate (AGEP) Program. Funded 

by NSF, the AGEP Program has funded 

28 alliances of colleges and universities 

to promote the participation of 

underrepresented minority groups in 

PhD programs in the fields of science, 

technology, engineering, and 

mathematics (STEM). The ultimate goal 

of the program is to increase the number 

of underrepresented minorities in these 

fields who enter the professoriate. NSF 

now seeks follow-up information on 

program participants—that is, students 

and faculty—to determine what impact 

the program has had on graduate 

students’ decisions to enroll in and 

graduate from STEM doctoral programs 

and enter the professoriate. NSF 

proposes a one-time on-line survey of 

STEM graduate students currently 

enrolled in STEM doctoral programs 

and faculty members at universities 

taking part in AGEP. 

Estimate of Burden: The Foundation 

estimates that, on average, 30 minutes 

per respondent will be required to 

complete the surveys, for a total of 8,250 

hours for all respondents. Respondents 

from the 104 institutions that received 

NSF AGEP support will be asked to 

complete this survey once. 

Respondents: STEM faculty at AGEP 

institutions and STEM graduate 

students at AGEP institutions. 

Estimate Total Number of Responses: 

16,500. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 8,250 hours. 

Dated: May 19, 2009. 

Suzanne H. Plimpton, 

Reports Clearance Officer, National Science 

Foundation. 

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