[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 142 (Wednesday, July 26, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48219-48220]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-15789]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy

[Docket ID: USN-2023-HQ-0015]


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, Department of Defense (DoD).

ACTION: 60-Day information collection notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
United States Naval Research Laboratory announces a proposed public 
information collection and seeks public comment on the provisions 
thereof. Comments are invited on: whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed information collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility, 
and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to minimize 
the burden of the information collection on respondents, including 
through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of 
information technology.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by 
September 25, 2023.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number and 
title, by any of the following methods:
    Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments.
    Mail: Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant to the 
Secretary of Defense for Privacy, Civil Liberties, and Transparency, 
4800 Mark Center Drive, Mailbox #24, Suite 08D09, Alexandria, VA 22350-
1700.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency 
name, docket number and title for this Federal Register document. The 
general policy for comments and other submissions from members of the 
public is to make these submissions available for public viewing on the 
internet at http://www.regulations.gov as they are received without 
change, including any personal identifiers or contact information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on this 
proposed information collection or to obtain a copy of the proposal and 
associated collection instruments, please write to the U.S. Naval 
Research Laboratory South, 1005 Balch Blvd., Stennis Space Center, MS 
39529, ATTN: Chris J. Michael, or call 228-688-4955.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: Generic Clearance for U.S. 
Naval Research Laboratory Cognitive Geospatial Systems Research; OMB 
Control Number 0703-NRLG.
    Needs and Uses: The Cognitive Geospatial Systems Section of the 
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) is funded to conduct geospatial 
human-machine teams research. As part of the research, it is crucial 
that human subjects be surveyed in order to understand perception, 
cognition, and behavior as it pertains to digital maps, visual 
geospatial analytics, and spatialized audio. The research will be used 
to create and improve general-purpose digital map products, geospatial 
analytics, and workflows for situational awareness associated with the 
geospatial analysts. The subject matter of stimuli will relate to map 
features (including label styles, label placement, fonts, icons and 
symbols, color, saturation, opacity, size, scaling, clutter or 
density), base map features (including orthogonal photographic imagery 
and terrain), and audio features (including spectrograms of audio, 
sound quality, and audio generated from environmental scenarios with 
multiple sound sources). Research tasks will relate to the 
identification of landmarks, finding points of interest, route 
planning, distance and elevation estimation, use of a legend, providing 
preference judgements, identification of audio sources, and 
localization of audio sources. All surveys within this research program 
will consist of anonymous (i.e., no collection of Personally 
Identifiable Information (PII) as defined by the Office of Management 
and Budget) questionnaires lasting no longer than an estimate of 60 
minutes. For prudent comparative science and replication, respondents 
will be asked to provide demographic information such as age, gender, 
native language, ethnicity, color blindness, known hearing loss, 
frequency/ability of casual map use. Preferences for and performance 
with the stimuli (geographic map, geospatial analytic, or audio) will 
be collected and evaluated via open-ended questions, close-ended 
questions, multiple-choice questions, rating scales, mouse-click 
counts, mouse-click positions, and eye behavior captured by eye 
tracking hardware. Results will provide insight into participant's task 
performance, perception, attention, and cognitive load when exposed to 
or interacting with the research stimuli. Each survey will only be 
conducted after full approval of the

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NRL Institutional Review Board to assure that the procedure abides by 
The Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects, a.k.a. The 
Common Rule. As such, Stimuli presented will represent participants' 
everyday occurrences with digital maps, geospatial analytics, and 
spatialized audio.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Annual Burden Hours: 2,000.
    Number of Respondents: 2,000.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 2,000.
    Average Burden per Response: 60 minutes.
    Frequency: Once.

    Dated: July 19, 2023.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2023-15789 Filed 7-25-23; 8:45 am]
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