[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 50 (Friday, March 14, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14475-14476]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-05599]


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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 emergency provisions of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Agency: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
    Title: Nomination Applications for Participation in a Forensics 
Organization of Scientific Area Committees.
    OMB Control Number: None.
    Form Number(s): NA.
    Type of Request: Emergency submission (new information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 2,500.
    Average Hours per Response: 30 minutes.
    Burden Hours: 1,250.
    Needs and Uses: The information requested will allow NIST along 
with the Department of Justice (DOJ) to populate over 500 positions in 
the newly established Organization of Scientific Area Committees (OSAC) 
to enable a coordinated U.S. approach to Standards for the Forensic 
Science Disciplines to include broad participation from forensic 
science practitioners, researchers, metrologists, accreditation bodies, 
defense, and prosecution.
    NIST needs to determine who wants to serve on the OSAC, which of 
the thirty organizational components of the OSAC they are interested in 
working on, and the experience they bring to the OSAC so those selected 
will reflect a balance of perspectives. The application will be used to 
for this process.
    NIST is requesting expedited review that will allow OSAC 
participants to be identified by May 2014, which will allow sufficient 
time to train the members on their responsibilities and guideline 
development, and to host the inaugural OSAC meeting by the end of FY 
2014.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: One-time only.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    This information collection request may be viewed at http://www.reginfo.gov/public. Follow the instructions to review Department of 
Commerce collections under review.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent by March 31, 2014 to [email protected] or fax no. (202) 395-5806.


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    Dated: March 10, 2014.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-05599 Filed 3-13-14; 8:45 am]
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