[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 246 (Friday, December 20, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67350-67351]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-32318]


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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION


Proposed Collection: Comment Request

    Title of Collection: Public Understanding of and Attitudes Toward 
Science and Technology.
    In compliance with the requirement of Section 3508(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) publishes periodic summaries of proposed projects. To request 
more information on the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the 
data collection plans and instruments, call the NSF Reports Clearance 
Officer on (703) 306-1243.
    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility, (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information, (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be

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collected, and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of 
information on respondents, including through the use of automated data 
collection techniques and other forms of information.
    Proposed Project: Study of the Public Understanding of and 
Attitudes toward Science and Technology--New--A telephone survey of 
approximately 2,000 adults aged 18 and over. The proposed survey 
continues a series of national surveys of public understanding of and 
attitudes toward science and technology that began in 1972 and is used 
in the preparation of a chapter in the Science and Engineering 
Indicators reports by the National Science Board, as mandated by 
Section 4(j)(1) of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as 
amended. The Science and Engineering Indicators report and the chapter 
on public understanding and attitudes are widely used by planners and 
program development staff in federal and state agencies, universities, 
research centers, and similar institutions and by journalists and other 
individuals seeking to communicate with the public concerning science 
and technology.
    The average burden per respondent is estimated to be 22 minutes, 
producing a total burden of 733 hours for the complete study.
    Send comments to Herman Fleming, Division of Contracts Policy and 
Oversight, National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, 
Arlington, VA 22230. Written comments should be received by February 
17, 1997.

    Dated: December 17, 1996.
Herman G. Fleming,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 96-32318 Filed 12-19-96; 8:45 am]
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