[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 108 (Wednesday, June 6, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31270-31271]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-10946]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce will submit to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of 
information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 
U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Agency: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
    Title: Information Seeking Behaviors and Preferences of Summer 
Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Program Students.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: None.
    Type of Review: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 33.
    Number of Respondents: 100.
    Average Hours per Response: 20 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: This study will determine how the next generation 
of scientists, frequently referred to as the `Millennial Generation,' 
will seek scientific information in their research. This generation was 
born between 1982 and 2000 and has grown up with information 
technology. General studies show this population has technological 
preferences for receiving and integrating content, and this study is to 
learn if this extends to the scientific content among young scientists. 
It will identify most useful (and most desired) devices and formats, so 
that the NIST's Information Services Division can plan to serve the 
next generation of scientists. The project plans to use SURF students 
who work at NIST every summer as the test population.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: Jasmeet Seehra, (202) 395-3123.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-0266, Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 
[email protected]).
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to Jasmeet Seehra, OMB Desk Officer, FAX number (202) 395-5167, or 
[email protected]).


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    Dated: May 31, 2007.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
 [FR Doc. E7-10946 Filed 6-5-07; 8:45 am]
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