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published in the Federal Register on 

June 16, 2017 (82 FR 27725). 

Interested parties are encouraged to 

send comments to the OMB, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs at 

the address shown in the ADDRESSES

section within thirty (30) days of 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register. In order to help ensure 

appropriate consideration, comments 

should mention OMB Control Number 

1225–0088. The OMB 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; 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: DOL–DM. 

Title of Collection: Department of 

Labor Generic Clearance for the 

Collection of Qualitative Feedback on 

Agency Service Delivery. 

OMB Control Number: 1225–0088. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

Households; State Local, and Tribal 

Governments; and Private Sector— 

businesses or other for-profits, farms, 

and not for profit institutions. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 380,000. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Responses: 380,000. 

Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 

38,000 hours. 

Total Estimated Annual Other Costs 

Burden: $0. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D). 

Dated: August 26, 2017. 

Michel Smyth, 

Departmental Clearance Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Bureau of Labor Statistics 

Information Collection Activities; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Bureau of Labor Statistics, 

Department of Labor. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection, 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as 

part of its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

conducts a pre-clearance consultation 

program to provide the general public 

and Federal agencies with an 

opportunity to comment on proposed 

and/or continuing collections of 

information in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This 

program helps to ensure that requested 

data can be provided in the desired 

format, reporting burden (time and 

financial resources) is minimized, 

collection instruments are clearly 

understood, and the impact of collection 

requirements on respondents can be 

properly assessed. The Bureau of Labor 

Statistics (BLS) is soliciting comments 

concerning the proposed revision of the 

‘‘Telephone Point of Purchase Survey.’’ 

A copy of the proposed information 

collection request can be obtained by 

contacting the individual listed below 

in the ADDRESSES section of this notice. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the office listed in the 

ADDRESSES section of this notice on or 

before October 30, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Nora 

Kincaid, BLS Clearance Officer, 

Division of Management Systems, 

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Room 4080, 

2 Massachusetts Avenue NE., 

Washington, DC 20212. Written 

comments also may be transmitted by 

fax to 202–691–5111 (this is not a toll 

free number). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nora Kincaid, BLS Clearance Officer, at 

202–691–7628 (this is not a toll free 

number). (See ADDRESSES section.) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The purpose of this survey is to 

develop and maintain a timely list of 

retail, wholesale, and service 

establishments where urban consumers 

shop for specified items. This 

information is used as the sampling 

universe for selecting establishments at 

which prices of specific items are 

collected and monitored for use in 

calculating the Consumer Price Index 

(CPI). The survey has been ongoing 

since 1980 and also provides 

expenditure data that allows items that 

are priced in the CPI to be properly 

weighted. 

II. Current Action 

Office of Management and Budget 

clearance is being sought for the 

Telephone Point of Purchase Survey. 

Since 1997, the survey has been 

administered quarterly via a computerassisted-telephone-interview. This 

survey is flexible and creates the 

possibility of introducing new products 

into the CPI in a timely manner. The 

data collected in this survey are 

necessary for the continuing 

construction of a current outlet universe 

from which locations are selected for 

the price collection needed for 

calculating the CPI. Furthermore, the 

TPOPS provides the weights used in 

selecting the items that are priced at 

these establishments. This sample 

design produces an overall CPI market 

basket that is more reflective of the 

prices faced and the establishments 

visited by urban consumers. TPOPS will 

complete the transition from the 1998 to 

the 2018 geographic redesign over the 

next several years, resulting in a 

reduction of the number of PSUs from 

87 to 75 when fully implemented. 

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. 

Title of Collection: The Telephone 

Point of Purchase Survey. 

OMB Number: 1220–0044. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

Households. 

Total Respondents: 10,183. 

Frequency: Quarterly. 


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Total Responses: 29,938. 

Average Time per Response: 12.65 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 6,312 

hours. 

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 25th day of 

August 2017. 

Kimberley Hill, 

Chief, Division of Management Systems. 

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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 on the National 

Science Foundation Proposal and 

Award Policies and Procedures Guide. 

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: Comments are invited on: 

(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; (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. 

DATES: Comments regarding these 

information collections are best assured 

of having their full effect if received 

October 2, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Comments 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 1265, 

Arlington, Virginia 22230 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). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Suzanne H. Plimpton at splimpto@

nsf.gov. Copies of the submission(s) may 

be obtained by calling 703–292–7556. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is the 

second notice for public comment on 

plans to obtain OMB clearance for the 

Survey of Public Attitudes Toward and 

Understanding of Science and 

Technology (S&T Attitudes Survey); the 

first notice was published in the Federal 

Register at 82 FR 15240, and no 

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 

may be found at: http://

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

Title of Collection: Survey of Public 

Attitudes Toward and Understanding of 

Science and Technology. 

OMB Approval Number: 3145–NEW. 

Summary of Collection: Established 

within the NSF by the America 

COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 

§ 505, codified in the National Science 

Foundation Act of 1950, as amended, 

the National Center for Science and 

Engineering Statistics (NCSES) serves as 

a central Federal clearinghouse for the 

collection, interpretation, analysis, and 

dissemination of objective data on 

science, engineering, technology, and 

research and development for use by 

practitioners, researchers, policymakers, 

and the public. The Survey of Public 

Attitudes Toward and Understanding of 

Science and Technology (‘‘S&T 

Attitudes Survey’’) is part of this NCSES 

system, focused on public support for, 

understanding of, and attitudes toward 

science and technology. The S&T 

Attitudes Survey is conducted as one 

module of the General Social Survey 

(GSS), one of the three large, high 

quality social surveys funded under a 

grant by the National Science 

Foundation. 

Use of the Information and Means of 

Dissemination: The S&T Attitudes 

Survey was established to gather highquality data on public attitudes toward 

and understanding of science for the 

NCSES biennial publication, Science 

and Engineering Indicators (SEI). SEI is 

a congressionally mandated report on 

the status of the science and engineering 

enterprise in the United States, 

including comparisons with other 

countries. The ‘‘Science and 

Technology: Public Attitudes and 

Understanding’’ chapter of the report is 

dedicated to public understanding of 

and attitudes toward science and 

technology. These attitudes and 

understandings may influence students’ 

decisions to pursue STEM careers, 

public support for funding scientific 

research, what technologies are adopted 

and how, and what public policies are 

put in place. It is expected that the 

information in Chapter 7 will be used by 

policymakers, journalists, government 

agencies, researchers, and the general 

public. 

NSF will publish statistics from the 

survey in NCSES’ SEI report and 

possibly in InfoBriefs that focus on 

particular research topics. SEI, 

Infobriefs, and data tables and figures 

will be made available electronically on 

the NSF Web site. Public use data files 

will also be developed and made freely 

available via the Internet. 

Expected Respondents: GSS 

respondents are a probability sample of 

all noninstitutionalized English and 

Spanish speaking persons 18 years of 

age or older, living in the United States. 

The expected number of participants is 

1,250. 

Estimate of Burden: In the 2014 GSS 

data collection cycle, respondents took 

an average of 20 minutes to respond to 

the S&T Attitudes Survey module. This 

is not expected to change. In addition, 

while the target number of participants 

is 1,250, this can vary depending on the 

systematic assignment of GSS 

respondents to the S&T Attitudes 

Survey and patterns of non-response. 

No more than 1,313 participants are 

expected for the 2018 GSS. Thus, the 

total number of person-hours expected 

for the 2018 GSS is at most (20/60) * 

1,313 or 438 hours. 

Updates: Relative to the first Federal 

Register notice, there is one substantive 

change. The first notice described an 

older methodology. The current 

methodology is as follows. The sample 

is a multi-stage area probability sample. 

The geographical units employed are 

national frame areas (NFAs) which are 

comprised of Metropolitan Statistical 


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