[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 211 (Thursday, October 31, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 65264]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-25850]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce will submit to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of 
information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 
U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
    Title: NOAA Constituent Engagement Survey.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0615.
    Form Number(s): NA.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (revision and extension of a 
current information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 650.
    Average Hours per Response: 20 minutes.
    Burden Hours: 217.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for revision and extension of a 
current information collection. NOAA supplies the nation with 
information, products and services that are essential public goods used 
in public and private sectors, science institutions and households 
around the world. Because NOAA's information, products and services are 
important to both the nation as a whole and to the daily lives of U.S. 
citizens, NOAA's Science Advisory Board (SAB) has identified a need for 
more effective two-way communication between its programs and the 
customers and clients it serves. This survey instrument will be used by 
the National Sea Grant Program to obtain information used to assess 
NOAA's accessibility, responsiveness and respect for partners. These 
parameters are three of the seven parameters included in the Kellogg 
Engagement Test, which the SAB recommended NOAA use for assessing 
engagement with constituents. One objective of the survey is to collect 
responses to provide NOAA Sea Grant with information and feedback from 
its constituents that will lead to greater emphasis placed on the needs 
of NOAA Sea Grant partners, techniques to improve the products and 
services, and general improvement in the accessibility and 
responsiveness of NOAA Sea Grant to constituents.
    Revision: The survey will be conducted by the Sea Grant Program 
rather than the Office of Education and the Gulf of Mexico Regional 
Collaboration Team, as it was originally.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; business or other for-
profit organizations; not-for-profit institutions; state, local or 
tribal government.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: [email protected].
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Jennifer Jessup, Departmental Paperwork Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-0336, Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 
[email protected]).
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to [email protected].

    Dated: October 25, 2013.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-25850 Filed 10-30-13; 8:45 am]
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