[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 63 (Tuesday, April 3, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 15912]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-6095]


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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, Public Law 104-13. 
This is the second notice for public comment; the first was published 
in the Federal Register at 72 FR 3167, and no substantial 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; (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 [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 703-292-7556.
    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:
    Title of Collection: International Cover Page Addendum.
    OMB Control No.: 3145-New.
    Expiration Date of Approval: Not applicable.
    Abstract: The Office of International Science and Engineering 
within the Office of the NSF Director will use the International Cover 
Page Addendum. Principal Investigators submitting proposals to this 
Office will be asked to complete an electronic version of the 
International Cover Page Addendum. The Addendum requests foreign 
counterpart investigator/host information and participant demographics 
not requested elsewhere in NSF proposal documents.
    The information gathered with the International Cover Page Addendum 
serves four purposes. The first is to enable proposal assignment to the 
program officer responsible for activity with the primary countries 
involved. No current component of a standard NSF proposal requests this 
information. (The international cooperative activities box on the 
standard NSF Cover Page applies only to one specific type of activity, 
not the wide range of activities supported by OISE.) NSF proposal 
assignment applications are program element-based and therefore can not 
be used to determine assignment by country. The second use of the 
information is program management. OISE is committed to investing in 
activities in all regions of the world. With data from this form, the 
Office can determine submissions by geographic region. Thirdly, funding 
decisions can not be made without details for the international partner 
not included in any other part of the submission process. The fourth 
section, counts of scientists and students to be supported by the 
project, are also not available elsewhere in the proposal since OISE 
budgets do not include participant support costs. These factors are all 
important for OISE program management.
    Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 600.
    Burden on the Public: 150 hours (15 minutes per respondent).

    Dated: March 28, 2007.
Suzanne H. Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation.
[FR Doc. E7-6095 Filed 4-2-07; 8:45 am]
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