[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 2 (Wednesday, January 3, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 399-400]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-28427]
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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[Notice: (17-092)]
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 Act of 1995.
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
regarding the proposed information collection to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget,
725 7th Street NW, Washington, DC 20543. Attention: Desk Officer for
NASA.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should
be directed to Lori Parker, NASA Clearance Officer, NASA Headquarters,
300 E Street SW, JF0000, Washington, DC 20546 or email [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
NASA's founding legislation, the Space Act of 1958, as amended,
directs the agency to expand human knowledge of Earth and space
phenomena and to preserve the role of the United States as a leader in
aeronautics, space science, and technology. The NASA Office of
Education administers the agency's national education activities in
support of the Space Act, including the performance measurement and
evaluation of educational projects and programs. This generic clearance
will allow the NASA Office of Education to continue to test and pilot
with subject matter experts, secondary students, higher education
students, educators, and interested parties new and existing
information collection forms and assessment instruments for the
purposes of improvement and establishing validity and reliability
characteristics of the forms and instruments. Existing information
collections include Undergraduate Internship Impact Surveys (Baseline
and Follow-up Instruments), Undergraduate Internship Impact Surveys
(Retrospective and Traditional Developed Instruments), STEM Challenges
Impact Surveys (Student Baseline and Follow-up Instruments), STEM
Challenges Impact Surveys (Educator Retrospective Instruments), One
Stop Shopping Initiative (OSSI) Student-level data application, and
Office of Education
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Performance Measurement (OEPM) Program-level data system. Forms and
instruments to be tested include program application forms, customer
satisfaction questionnaires, focus group protocols, and project
activity survey instruments. Methodological testing will include focus
group discussions, pilot surveys to test new individual question items
as well as the complete form and instrument. In addition, test-retest
and similar protocols will be used to determine reliability
characteristics of the forms and instruments. Methodological testing
will assure that forms and instruments accurately and consistently
collect and measure what they are intended to measure and that data
collection items are interpreted precisely and consistently, all
towards the goal of accurate Agency reporting while improving the
execution of NASA Education project activities.
II. Method of Collection
Electronic, paper, and focus group interviews.
III. Data
Title: Generic Clearance for the NASA Office of Education
Performance Measurement and Evaluation (Testing).
OMB Number: 2700-0159.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Individuals and Households.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 10,756.
Estimated Time per Response: Variable.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 4,487 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $50,913.23.
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.
Lori Parker,
NASA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-28427 Filed 1-2-18; 8:45 am]
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