[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 45 (Tuesday, March 9, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 11505]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-5677]


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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request

AGENCY: National Science Foundation.

ACTION: Submission for OMB review; comment request.

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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, Pub. L. 104-13. 
This is the second notice for public comment; the first was published 
in the Federal Register at 63 FR 67150, 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. 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; and (d) was 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, N.W. Room 10235, Washington, D.C. 20503, 
and to Suzanne H. Plimpton, Reports Clearance Officer, National Science 
Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 295, Arlington, Virginia 22230 
or send email to [email protected]. 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 703-306-1125 X 2017.

    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.
    Title: Outcomes and Impacts of the State/Industry University 
Research Center (S/IUCRC) Program.
    OMB Control Number: 3145-0153.
    Summary of Collection: NSF's Directorate for Engineering 
established the State/Industry-University Cooperative Research Centers 
(S/IUCRC) Program in 1990. The Program was built on a model established 
by NSF's Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers.
    To achieve these objectives, data will be collected from 
representatives from organizations that have been members of the nine 
oldest S/IUCRCs (award cohorts 1991 and 1992) about the results in 
their organization of involvement with the center. Data will not be 
used to evaluate individual centers, but, rather, to study the Program 
as a whole. To isolate the unique effects of the distinctive features 
of the S/IUCRC Program, the project also will include a collection of 
similar data from organization representatives to 20 of the I/IUCRCs as 
well (there are over 50 I/IUCRCs) The I/UCRC data will be compared with 
the S/IUCRC data to enable identification of results from the S/IUCRC 
Program that emanate from the latter Program's distinctive elements.
    Need and Use of the Information: The resulting information will be 
used to look at program-wide patterns of outcomes and impacts on 
organizations that are members of both types of centers. Lessons 
learned will be used for continuous performance improvement in the 
presently funded S/IUCRCs. In addition, lessons about the 
characteristics that facilitate state-NSF partnerships will be prepared 
for use in future planning of state-NSF partnerships.
    Dexcription of Respondents: Individuals.
    Number of Respondents: 580 (80% expected to respond--464 
respondents).
    Frequency of Responses: One time.
    Total Burden Hours: 232 hours, broken down by 30 minutes per 
respondent at 580 respondents.

    Dated: March 3, 1999.
Suzanne H. Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation.
[FR Doc. 99-5677 Filed 3-8-99; 8:45 am]
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