[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 58 (Monday, March 25, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12108-12109]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-7094]



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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION


Submission for OMB Review; Collection of Information

    Comments requested by May 3, 1996.
    Title of Proposed Collection, ``Advanced Technological Education 
(ATE) Faculty and Teacher Enhancement Workshops Survey.''
    In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, on May 30, 1995, Federal Register 60 
FR 28178, the National Science Foundation (NSF) published, for public 
comment, a proposed generic clearance for collection of information, 
``Education and Human Resources Impact Database.'' No public comments 
were received. A proposed collection to be considered under that 
generic clearance is being forwarded to the Office of Management and 
Budget for

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consideration. Comments on the proposed data collection plans and 
instruments may be directed to OMB at the following address: Office of 
Management and Budget, IRA, ATTN.: Jonathan Winer, New Executive Office 
Building, Room 3208, Washington, DC 20503.
    Written comments should be received by May 3, 1996.
    Abstract: This proposed collection will become a part of an 
integrated data system that will contain data for all programs managed 
by the NSF's Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR). Data 
will be used to support programs studies and evaluations and also for 
effective program assessments and evaluations throughout the 
Directorate.
    The Advanced Technological Education (ATE) Program is a major 
effort by NSF to improve science, mathematics, engineering, and 
technology education or technicians being educated for the high 
performance workplace. The program was initiated in 1993 and has 
resulted thus far in three rounds of competition. Since the workshops 
are conducted at various sites across the country, a mechanism is 
needed to determine in a timely fashion when the workshops are actually 
conducted, their enrollment, the nature of the individuals who 
benefited, the characteristics of the activities, and professional 
expertise of the instructors.
    A part of the on-going annual review, ATE projects which have 
faculty and teacher enhancement components are asked to provide, along 
with other documentation, responses to an annual program survey. This 
data collection format, the subject of the OMB Review Request, requests 
information on the numbers and types of teachers and faculty served by 
the ATE programs in workshops. It is the only instrument that is 
designed to collect comparable data from all ATA projects and Centers.
    The data collection format address questions asked internally about 
the ATE Program by NSF program officers in their program planning and 
in conjunction with the development of the EHR Directorate Impact 
Database. It also addresses questions asked by the Congress and other 
interested parties. The ATE program will use these data to establish 
influence on faculty and teachers of the ATE program. It will also show 
other sources of income and support received by the project for faculty 
and teacher enhancement.
    Respondents and burden hours: 70 respondents at approximately 30 
minutes per response.

    Dated: March 18, 1996.
Herman G. Fleming,
NSF Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 96-7094 Filed 3-22-96; 8:45 am]
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