[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 48 (Monday, March 15, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14313-14314]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-05296]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; 
NIST Associates Information System

    The Department of Commerce will submit the following information 
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, on or after the date of publication of this notice. We invite the 
general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and 
continuing

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information collections, which helps us assess the impact of our 
information collection requirements and minimize the public's reporting 
burden. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal 
Register on January 7, 2021 during a 60-day comment period. This notice 
allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
    Agency: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
    Title: NIST Associates Information System.
    OMB Control Number 0693-0067.
    Form Number(s):
    Type of Request: Revision and extension of a current information 
collection.
    Number of Respondents: 4,000.
    Average Hours per Response: 40 minutes.
    Burden Hours: 2,667.
    Needs and Uses: NIST Associates (NA) will include guest 
researchers, research associates, contractors, and other non-NIST 
employees that require access to the NIST campuses or resources. The 
NIST Associates Information System (NAIS) information collection 
instruments(s) are completed by incoming NAs. They are asked to provide 
personal identifying data including home address, date and place of 
birth, employer name and address, and basic security information. The 
data provided by the collection instruments is input into NAIS which 
automatically populates the appropriate forms and is routed through the 
approval process. NIST's Office of Security receives security forms 
through the NAIS process and can allow preliminary access to NIST for 
NAs. The data collected is the basis for further security 
investigations as necessary.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: Once.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    Legal Authority:
    This information collection request may be viewed at 
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view the Department of 
Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of 
this notice on the following website www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 
Find this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently 
under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search 
function and entering either the title of the collection or the OMB 
Control Number 0693-0067.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2021-05296 Filed 3-12-21; 8:45 am]
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