[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 76 (Monday, April 21, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22160-22161]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-08921]


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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[Notice: (14-036)]


Notice of Information Collection

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Notice of information collection

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SUMMARY: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, as part of 
its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, 
invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this 
opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information 
collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction

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Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)).

DATES: All comments should be submitted within 60 calendar days from 
the date of this publication.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments on 
the proposed information collection to the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street 
NW., Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Desk Officer for NASA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection instrument(s) and instructions 
should be directed to Ms. Frances Teel, NASA PRA Clearance Officer, 
NASA Headquarters, 300 E Street SW., Mail Code JF000, Washington, DC 
20546. [email protected]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract

    The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is 
reinstating an existing information collection that is used to ensure 
the proper disposition of rights to inventions made in the course of 
NASA-funded research. Through this information collection, NASA tracks 
applicable inventions disclosed by its grant recipients. NASA is 
seeking to reinstate this information collection with the following 
changes: (1) Title change from Patents-Grants and Cooperative 
Agreements to Report of Inventions-Grants with Educational and Non-
Profit Entities, and (2) an increase in the estimated number of 
respondents. This Federal Register notice also includes the total 
estimated annual cost burden to respondents or record keepers resulting 
from the collection of this information.

II. Method of Collection

    NASA utilizes paper and electronic methods to collect information 
from grant recipients.

III. Data

    Title: Report of Inventions-Grants with Educational and Non-Profit 
Entities.
    OMB Number: 2700-0048.
    Type of review: Reinstatement of a Previously Approved Information 
Collection with Change.
    Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions; Business or other 
for-profit; State, Local, or Tribal Government.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 6,606.
    Estimated Time per Response: Variable.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 11,889.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $391,148.

IV. Request for Comments

    Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
NASA, including whether the information collected has practical 
utility; (2) the accuracy of NASA's estimate of the burden (including 
hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information; (3) ways to 
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be 
collected; and 4) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of 
information on respondents, including automated collection techniques 
or the use of other forms of information technology.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and included in the request for OMB approval of this information 
collection. They will also become a matter of public record.

Frances Teel,
NASA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-08921 Filed 4-18-14; 8:45 am]
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