[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 204 (Tuesday, October 26, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 59152]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-23279]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; External Needs Assessment for NOAA Education Products and 
Programs

    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 July 23, 2021, during a 60-day comment period. This 
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
    Agency: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 
Commerce.
    Title: External Needs Assessment for NOAA Education Products and 
Programs.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0784.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission [revision and extension of 
currently approved collection].
    Number of Respondents: 1,200 annually.
    Average Hours per Response: Five minutes per survey.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 100.
    Needs and Uses: This is a request for revision and extension of a 
currently approved information collection. The National Ocean Service 
(NOS) on behalf of the NOAA's Education Council is revising and 
extending a voluntary multi-question survey used to assess the needs of 
educators pertaining to the development of future NOAA multimedia 
products and programs. In developing multimedia materials that convey 
NOAA science, service, and stewardship, the Agency must ensure that 
these resources are of the highest quality and meet the needs of formal 
and informal educators across the United States. To achieve this goal, 
it is necessary to conduct surveys identifying the types of educational 
programs and products that are of the highest interest and greatest 
need by formal and informal educators. By surveying external educators 
to gather this information, budget expenditures will be used optimally 
to develop appropriate products and programs most desired by educators 
to support and enhance Ocean and Earth science, in addition to other 
related STEM education subjects throughout our nation. NOAA will use 
the data to plan, design, and create multimedia products and programs.
    The proposed revisions would expand the level of detail in the 
currently approved information collection. As a result of the Covid-19 
pandemic, learning and teaching have changed. The proposed revisions 
would expound upon previously collected data, giving a better 
indication of educators' needs regarding multimedia products and 
programs in their teaching as well as the educator's professional 
development.
    Affected Public: Formal and Informal Educators.
    Frequency: Once annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: The America COMPETES Act, 33 U.S.C. 893-893B, 
which directs NOAA to conduct, develop, support, promote, and 
coordinate formal and informal educational activities at all levels to 
enhance public awareness and understanding of ocean, coastal, Great 
Lakes, and atmospheric science.
    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 0648-0784.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2021-23279 Filed 10-25-21; 8:45 am]
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