[Federal Register: February 2, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 21)]
[Notices]
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request
AGENCY: National Science Foundation.
ACTION: Submission for OMB review; comment request.
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SUMMARY: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), and as part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden, the National Science Foundation (NSF)
is inviting the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on
this proposed information collection. This is the second notice for
public comment; the first was published in the Federal Register at 68
FR 64372 and no comments were received. NSF is forwarding the proposed
submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance
simultaneously with the publication of this second notice.
DATES: Comments regarding this information collection are best assured
of having their full effect if received by OMB within thirty days.
ADDRESSES: Written comments regarding (a) Whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
NSF, including whether the information will have practical utility; (b)
the accuracy of NSF's estimate of burden including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; or (d) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are
to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology should be addressed to: Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs of OMB, Attention: Desk Officer for
Statistical Data Collection for National Science Foundation, 725-17th
Street, NW., Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, and to Suzanne H.
Plimpton, Reports Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation, 4201
Wilson Blvd., Rm. 295, Arlington, VA 22230, or by e-mail to
splimpto@nsf.gov. Copies of the submission may be obtained by calling
(703) 292-7556.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Suzanne H. Plimpton, NSF Reports
Clearance Officer, at (703) 292-7556, or e-mail to splimpto@nsf.gov.
Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may
call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339
between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern time, Monday through Friday.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information
unless the collection of information displays a valid OMB control
number and the agency informs potential persons who are to respond to
the collection of information that such persons are not required to
respond to the collection of information unless it displays a currently
valid OMB control number.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title of Collection: Data Collection on Public Understanding of
Science and Technology (OMB) Control No. 3145-new).
Use of the Information. For over twenty years, the National Science
Foundation (NSF) has conducted a series of surveys to collect
information about public attitudes toward and understanding of science
and technology. NSF plans to collect data on a limited number of key
questions to maintain the continuity of its time series data and alert
policy officials to significant changes, if any, in historic levels of
public understanding and/or support for science and technology.
The primary immediate use of the date will be in Science and
Engineering Indicators-2006, a biannual statistical report from the
National Science Board to the President and Congress on the state of
science and engineering in the United States. The report includes a
chapter on public understanding of and attitudes toward science and
technology. Science and Engineering Indicators is used extensively by
officials and researchers in government, education, industry, and
professional and nonprofit associations both in the United States and
abroad.
Expected Respondents. The survey will be conducted by telephone.
Approximately 2000 adults will be contacted and asked a series of
questions designed to measure their understanding of scientific
concepts and their attitudes toward science and technology.
Burden on the Public. The estimated respondent burden is 500 hours.
NSF will add questions averaging 15 minutes of survey time to 2000
interviews to be conducted as part of the University of Michigan Survey
of Consumer Attitudes. This computes to 500 public burden hours in
2004.
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Dated: January 27, 2004.
Teresa R. Pierce,
Reports Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation.
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