[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 219 (Thursday, November 13, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67443-67444]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-26858]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Geological Survey

[GX15EE000101100]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments on 
the ISO Geospatial Metadata Editors Registry

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) are notifying the public that 
we have submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) the 
information collection request (ICR) described below. To comply with 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) and as part of our continuing 
efforts to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, we invite the 
general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to 
comment on this ICR.

DATES: To ensure that your comments on this ICR are considered, OMB 
must receive them on or before December 15, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Please submit your written comments on this information 
collection directly to the Office of Management and Budget, Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Desk Officer for the 
Department of the Interior, via email: ([email protected]); 
or by fax (202) 395-5806; and identify your submission with `OMB 
Control Number 1028-NEW ISO Geospatial Metadata Editors Registry'. 
Please also forward a copy of your comments to the Information 
Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Geological Survey, 807 National 
Center, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192 (mail); 703-648-
7195 (fax); or [email protected] (email). Please reference 
`OMB 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]; or by mail at U.S. Geological Survey, P.O. Box 
25046, Mailstop 302, Denver, CO 80225. You may also find information 
about this ICR at www.reginfo.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

    As National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) stakeholders move 
forward with the implementation of the International Organization for 
Standardization's (ISO) 191xx 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-groupssubcommittees/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: Approval of a new information collection.
    Respondent Obligation: None. Participation is voluntary.
    Frequency of Collection: Annually.
    Description of Respondents: Federal, State, Local and Tribal 
governments, Private Sector, and others involved in the development of 
ISO geospatial metadata.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: Approximately 10.
    Estimated Time per Response: We estimate that it will take 1 hour 
per person to document a single editor for inclusion in the Registry.
    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: 
There are no ``non-hour cost'' burdens associated with this collection 
of information.
    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. Until the OMB approves a collection 
of information, you are not obliged to respond.
    Comments: On May 15, 2014, we published a Federal Register notice 
(79 FR 11199) announcing that we would submit this ICR to OMB for 
approval and soliciting comments. The comment period closed on July 14, 
2014. We received no comments.

III. Request for Comments

    We again invite comments concerning this ICR 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) how 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 comments submitted in response to this notice are 
a matter of public record. Before including your personal mailing 
address, phone

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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 the OMB in your comment to 
withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we 
cannot guarantee that it will be done.

Kenneth M. Shaffer,
Deputy Executive Director, Federal Geographic Data Committee, Office of 
the Secretariat, U.S. Geological Survey.
[FR Doc. 2014-26858 Filed 11-12-14; 8:45 am]
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