[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 145 (Thursday, July 31, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 36091]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-14509]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. MARAD-2025-0300]


Request for Comments on the Renewal of a Previously Approved 
Collection: U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) Alumni Survey

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Maritime Administration (MARAD) invites public comments on 
its intention to request Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval 
to renew an information collection in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995. The proposed collection OMB 2133-0542 (U.S. 
Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) Alumni Survey) is being updated to 
include the following minor changes: removal of gender related 
questions, a reworded question to reflect USMMA's current learning 
outcomes, alignment of salary ranges to the current market, and 
disaggregation of cohort groups at the academic major level. MARAD is 
required to publish this notice in the Federal Register to obtain 
comments from the public and affected agencies.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collections should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Lori Townsend, 516-726-5637, U.S. 
Merchant Marine Academy, 300 Steamboat Road, Kings Point, NY 11024, 
Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) Alumni Survey.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0542.
    Type of Request: Extension with change of a currently approved 
collection.
    Abstract: USMMA is an accredited Federal service academy that 
confers Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees. USMMA is 
expected to assess its educational outcomes and report those findings 
to its regional and programmatic accreditation authorities in order to 
maintain the institution's degree granting status. Periodic survey of 
alumni cohorts and analysis of the data gathered is a routine higher 
education assessment practice in the United States.
    Respondents: Graduates of USMMA who completed the program within 
the last one to ten years.
    Affected Public: USMMA Graduates.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 600.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 600.
    Estimated Hours per Response: 0.25.
    Annual Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 150.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    A 60-day Federal Register Notice soliciting comments on this 
information collection was published on May 5, 2025 (90 FR 19086).

(Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 
35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1.49.)

    By Order of the Maritime Administration.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2025-14509 Filed 7-30-25; 8:45 am]
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