[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 119 (Thursday, June 24, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33232-33233]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-13412]


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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; 
Generic Clearance for Decision Science Data Collections

    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 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 March 15, 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), 
Commerce.
    Title: Generic Clearance for Decision Science Data Collections.
    OMB Control Number: 0693-XXXX.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular.
    Number of Respondents: 30,000.
    Average Hours per Response: Varied, dependent upon the data 
collection method used. The possible response time may be 15 minutes to 
complete a questionnaire or 2 hours to participate in an interview.
    Burden Hours: 15,000.
    Needs and Uses: The core mission of the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology (NIST) is to promote U.S. innovation and 
industrial competitiveness by advancing measurement science, standards, 
and technology in ways that enhance economic security and improve our 
quality of life. NIST's operating units across the agency increasingly 
recognize that the built environment is meant to serve social and 
economic functions. With this in mind, NIST proposes to conduct a 
number of data collection efforts directly related to decision-making 
across individuals, institutions, and communities relevant to key 
research areas of the agency. The use of decision and information 
science is critical to further the mission of NIST to promote U.S. 
innovation and industrial competitiveness. NIST proposes to conduct a 
number of data collection efforts in decision and information science 
to include decision analysis, risk analysis, cost-benefit and cost-
effectiveness analysis, constrained optimization, simulation modeling, 
and application of perception, information processing, and decision 
models and theories; and drawing on parts of operations research, 
microeconomics, statistical inference, management control, cognitive 
and social psychology, and computer science. By focusing on decisions 
as the unit of analysis, decision science provides a unique framework 
for understanding interactions across technologies, socio-economic 
networks, organizations (e.g., institutions, firms), elements of the 
built environment, and a range of ecological problems and perceptions 
that influence these decisions. Data may be collected through a variety 
of modes, including but not limited to electronic or social media, 
direct or indirect observation (i.e., in-person, video, and audio 
collections), interviews, structured questionnaires, and focus groups.
    Affected Public: Federal government; households and individuals; 
the private sector; and state and local governments.
    Frequency: Select from the following options: once, annually, 
monthly, quarterly: Frequency will be variable across collections.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.

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    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 the title of the collection.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2021-13412 Filed 6-23-21; 8:45 am]
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