[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 134 (Friday, July 12, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 33238]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-14850]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


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: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Commerce.
    Title: Analysis of Exoskeleton-Use for Enhancing Human Performance 
Data Collection.
    OMB Control Number: 0693-0083.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Revision and extension of a current information 
collection.
    Number of Respondents: 180.
    Average Hours per Response: 10 minutes.
    Burden Hours: 30 hours.
    Needs and Uses: NIST's Engineering Laboratory will be developing 
methods to evaluate performance of exoskeletons in two key areas (1) 
The fit and motion of the exoskeleton device with respect to the users' 
body and (2) The impact that using an exoskeleton has on the 
performance of users executing tasks that are representative of 
activities in industrial settings. The results of these experiments 
will inform future test method development at NIST, other 
organizations, and under the purview of the new American Society for 
Testing Materials (ASTM) Committee F48 on Exoskeletons and Exosuits. 
This study had previously been approved through the PRA process, 
however, updates to the questionnaire are needed to include additional 
research questions. The changes to the questionnaire are needed to 
better align research questions with the tasks being performed by 
subjects. Some additional background information is also being asked to 
correlate data during analysis of subject performance with age, height, 
activity level, etc.
    Affected Public: Individuals.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    This information collection request may be viewed at 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, 
Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2019-14850 Filed 7-11-19; 8:45 am]
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