[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 63 (Tuesday, April 4, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16421-16422]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-06547]


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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

Notice: (17-016)


Notice of Information Collection

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Notice of information collection.

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SUMMARY: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, as part of 
its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, 
invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this 
opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information 
collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. 
L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)).

DATES: All comments should be submitted within 30 calendar days from 
the date of this publication.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments 
regarding the proposed information collection to the Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 
725 7th Street NW., Washington, DC 20543. Attention: Desk Officer for 
NASA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection instrument(s) and instructions 
should be directed to Frances Teel, NASA Clearance Officer, NASA 
Headquarters, 300 E Street SW., JF0000, Washington, DC 20546.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

    Contractors performing research and development are required by 
statutes, NASA implementing regulations, and OMB policy to submit 
reports of inventions, patents, data, and copyrights, including the 
utilization and disposition of same. The NASA New Technology Summary 
Report reporting form is being used for this purpose.

II. Method of Collection

    NASA FAR Supplement clauses for patent rights and new technology 
encourage the contractor to use an electronic form and provide a 
hyperlink to the electronic New Technology Reporting Web (eNTRe) site 
http://

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invention.nasa.gov. This Web site is designed to enable parties under 
NASA funding agreements (i.e., contracts, grants, cooperative 
agreements, and subcontracts) to report new technology information 
directly, via a secure Internet connection, to NASA.

III. Data

    Title: NASA FAR Supplement (NFS) 1827--Patents, Data, and 
Copyrights.
    OMB Number: 2700-0052.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit institutions.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,240.
    Estimated Time per Response: 5 hours average.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 11,395.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $736,916.

IV. Request for Comments

    Comments are invited on--(1) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
NASA, including whether the information collected has practical 
utility; (2) the accuracy of NASA's estimate of the burden (including 
hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information; (3) ways to 
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be 
collected; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of 
information on respondents, including automated collection techniques 
or the use of other forms of information technology.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and included in the request for OMB approval of this information 
collection. They will also become a matter of public record.

Frances Teel,
NASA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-06547 Filed 4-3-17; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 7510-13-P