[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 43 (Tuesday, March 5, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 7892]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-03921]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Agency Information Collection Extension

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy.

ACTION: Submission for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) review; 
comment request.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) has submitted an information 
collection request to the OMB for extension under the provisions of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The information collection requests a 
three-year extension of its [Portfolio Analysis and Management System], 
OMB Control Number 1910-5178. The proposed collection will continue to 
allow for the automation and streamlining of submissions while 
facilitating the correspondence portion of financial award pre review 
processes. The information collected will be used by DOE to select 
applicants and projects for financial awards.

DATES: Comments regarding this collection must be received on or before 
April 4, 2019. If you anticipate that you will be submitting comments, 
but find it difficult to do so within the period of time allowed by 
this notice, please advise the OMB Desk Officer of your intention to 
make a submission as soon as possible. The Desk Officer may be 
telephoned at (202) 395-4718.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent to DOE Desk Officer, Office 
of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 
New Executive Office Building, Room 10102, 735 17th Street NW, 
Washington, DC 20503.
    and to:
    Courtney A. Bracey, Office of Information Technology and Services, 
Office of Science, U.S. Department of Energy, SC-45/GTN, 1000 
Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585, Direct: (301) 903.1844, 
Fax: (301) 903-2481, [email protected]

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Courtney Bracey (301) 903-1844 or 
[email protected]. The collection instrument can be 
viewed at the following website https://lpamspublic.science.energy.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request 
contains:
    (1) OMB No.: 1910-5178; (2) Information Collection Request Title: 
Portfolio Analysis and Management System; (3) Type of Request: Renewal; 
(4) Purpose: This existing collection is based on the Health Resources 
and Services Administration (HRSA) Electronic Handbooks software. 
Discretionary financial assistance proposals continue to be collected 
using Grants.gov but are imported into PAMS for use by the program 
offices. Under the existing information collection, an external 
interface in PAMS allows two other types of proposal submission: DOE 
National Laboratories are able to submit proposals for technical work 
authorizations directly into PAMS, while other Federal Agencies will be 
able to submit Proposals for interagency awards directly into PAMS. 
External users from all institution types are able to submit 
Solicitation Letters of Intent and Pre-proposals directly into PAMS. 
All applicants, whether they submitted through Grants.gov or PAMS, are 
able to register with PAMS to view the proposals that were submitted. 
They also are able to maintain a minimal amount of information in their 
personal profile. The existing collection automates and streamlines the 
submission, tracking, and correspondence portions of financial award 
pre-review processes.
    The information collected is used by DOE to select applicants and 
projects for financial awards; (5) Annual Estimated Number of 
Respondents: 20,600; (6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 
20,600; (7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 30,150 (8) Annual 
Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $149,000.

    Statutory Authority: Section 641 of the Department of Energy 
Organization Act, codified at 42 U.S.C. 7251.

    Signed in Washington, DC on January 31, 2019.
Vasilios Kountouris,
Director, Office of Information Technology and Services, Office of 
Science.
[FR Doc. 2019-03921 Filed 3-4-19; 8:45 am]
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