[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 122 (Monday, June 25, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 29541]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-13512]


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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 provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 
U.S.C. chapter 35).
    Agency: Office of the Chief Information Officer, Office of the 
Secretary, Commerce.
    Title: The Research Performance Progress Report.
    OMB Control Number: 0690-0032.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,550.
    Estimated Time per Response: 5 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 12,750.
    Needs and Uses: The development of the Research Performance 
Progress Report (RPPR) resulted from an initiative of the Research 
Business Models (RBM), an Interagency Working Group of the Social, 
Behavioral & Economic Research, Subcommittee of the Committee on 
Science (CoS), a committee of the National Science and Technology 
Council (NSTC). One of the RBM Subcommittee's priority areas was to 
create greater consistency in the administration of Federal research 
awards. Given the increasing complexity of interdisciplinary and 
interagency research, it is important for Federal agencies to manage 
awards in a similar fashion. The RPPR is an OMB approved uniform format 
to be used by Federal agencies in submission of progress reports that 
support research and research-related activities. It is intended to 
replace other performance reporting formats currently in use by Federal 
agencies. However, the RPPR does not change the performance reporting 
requirements specified in 2 CFR 200.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; Business or other for-
profit organizations; Not-for-profit institutions; State, Local, or 
Tribal government; Federal government.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: The Federal Financial Assistance Management 
Improvement Act of 1999 (Pub. L. 106-107), and 2 CFR 200.328.
    This information collection request may be viewed at 
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view Department of Commerce 
collections currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to [email protected] or fax to (202) 395-5806.

Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental Lead PRA Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-13512 Filed 6-22-18; 8:45 am]
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