[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 140 (Monday, July 22, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43941-43942]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-17421]


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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 78 FR 23598, 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. The full submission may be found at: 
http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Comments regarding (a) 
whether the collection of information is necessary for the proper 
performance of the functions f 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 1265, 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 703-292-7556.
    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.: 3145-0205.
    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

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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: July 16, 2013.
Suzanne H. Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation.
[FR Doc. 2013-17421 Filed 7-19-13; 8:45 am]
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