[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 94 (Thursday, May 15, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27907-27908]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-11199]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

 Geological Survey

[GX14EE000101000]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments

AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Interior.

ACTION: Notice of a new information collection, ISO Geospatial Metadata 
Editors Registry.

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SUMMARY: We (the U.S. Geological Survey) will ask the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) to approve the information collection (IC) 
described below. As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 
1995, and as part of our continuing efforts to reduce paperwork and 
respondent burden, we invite the

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general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to 
comment on this IC.

DATES: To ensure that your comments are considered, we must receive 
them on or before July 14, 2014.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on this information collection to 
the Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Geological Survey, 
12201 Sunrise Valley Drive MS 807, Reston, VA 20192 (mail); (703) 648-
7197 (fax); or [email protected] (email). Please reference 
`Information Collection 1028-NEW, ISO Geospatial Metadata Editors 
Registry' in all correspondence.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Carlino, Federal Geographic 
Data Committee Office of the Secretariat, at (303) 202-4260 or 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract

    As National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) stakeholders move 
forward with the implementation of the International Organization for 
Standardization's (ISO) 191** series of geospatial metadata standards, 
there is increasing demand for information about applications/editors 
that can be used to create ISO compliant metadata records. The USGS, 
through the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) Office of the 
Secretariat (www.fgdc.gov), proposes development of an online 
registration system for developers of ISO Geospatial Metadata Editors 
to voluntarily describe their metadata tools. Developers will be asked 
to include information such as features of the editor, its 
functionality, supported standards, and point of contact information 
through a login-based, online form. The FGDC Metadata Working Group 
(MWG) (www.fgdc.gov/participation/working-groups-subcommittees/mwg/), 
whose membership represents Federal, State, Local and Tribal 
governments and the Private Sector, has requested the development of 
the registry as a useful tool to learn about available ISO Geospatial 
Metadata Editors. Since the information about the editors may be of 
interest or utility to others implementing ISO geospatial metadata 
standards, the FGDC will make the information collected available on 
the Web in the form of a simple registry-type database. FGDC MWG 
members as well as non FGDC MWG members including geospatial metadata 
implementers from private sector, academia, all forms of government, 
and the general public, will have read-only access to the editor 
information published in the registry.

II. Data

    OMB Control Number: 1028-NEW.
    Title: ISO Geospatial Metadata Editors Registry.
    Type of Request: New information collection.
    Affected Public: Federal, State, Local and Tribal governments, 
Private Sector, and others involved in the development of ISO 
geospatial metadata.
    Respondent's Obligation: None. Participation is voluntary.
    Frequency of Collection: Following its initial collection from 
editor developers, the information will be reviewed at least annually. 
As part of the annual review, all editor developers listed in the 
registry will be contacted and requested to update their information, 
if needed, via the login-based online form. Additionally, all NSDI 
stakeholders will be reminded via Web posting at the FGDC Web site 
(www.fgdc.gov) and community-of-practice networking that new editors 
may be added to the registry.
    Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: Approximately 10.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: Approximately 10 
responses (i.e., additions to the registry) are expected in the initial 
data collection phase (first year). In subsequent years, annual 
additions to the registry are expected to be 5 or fewer.
    Estimated Time per Response: We estimate that it will take one hour 
per person to document a single editor for inclusion in the registry. 
In future years, review of editor information to ensure currency or 
identification of new editors is expected to require de minimis effort.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 10 hours in year one and less than 5 
in each subsequent year.
    Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping ``Non-Hour Cost'' Burden: 
None.
    Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) 
provides that an agency may not conduct or sponsor and you are not 
required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a 
currently valid OMB control number and current expiration date.

III. Request for Comments

    We are soliciting comments as to: (a) Whether the proposed 
collection of information is necessary for the agency to perform its 
duties, including whether the information is useful; (b) the accuracy 
of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, usefulness, and clarity 
of the information to be collected; and (d) how to minimize the burden 
on the respondents, including the use of automated collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology.
    Please note that the comments submitted in response to this notice 
are a matter of public record. Before including your personal mailing 
address, phone number, email address, or other personally identifiable 
information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire 
comment, including your personally identifiable information, may be 
made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your 
comment to withhold your personally identifiable information from 
public view, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.

Kenneth M. Shaffer,
Deputy Director, Federal Geographic Data Committee, Office of the 
Secretariat, U.S. Geological Survey.
[FR Doc. 2014-11199 Filed 5-14-14; 8:45 am]
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