[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 35 (Friday, February 21, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10154-10155]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-03455]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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: Educational Partnership Program with Minority Serving
Institutions (EPP/MSI), Undergraduate Scholarship Program (USP),
Cooperative Science Centers (CSCs), and Ernest F. Hollings
Undergraduate Scholar.
OMB Control Number: 0648-0568.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular (request for a revision and extension of a
currently information collection).
Number of Respondents: 2,304.
Average Hours per Response: Undergraduate Scholarship Program (USP)
application: 12 hours; Undergraduate Scholarship Program references: 1
hour; Alumni Update form: 6 minutes; Student & Performance Measures
Tracking System (SPMTS) form: 28 hours; Student Training Record form:
0.5 hours.
Burden Hours: 11,129.
Needs and Uses: The Administrator of the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is authorized by section 4002 of the
America
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COMPETES Act, Public Law 110-69, to establish and administer a Graduate
Sciences Program and two undergraduate scholarship programs to enhance
understanding of ocean, coastal, Great Lakes, and atmospheric science
and stewardship by the general public and other coastal stakeholders,
including underrepresented groups in ocean and atmospheric science and
policy careers. In addition, NOAA's Administrator is authorized by
section 214 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005, Public Law
108-447, to establish and administer the Ernest F. Hollings
Undergraduate Scholarship Program to support undergraduate studies in
oceanic and atmospheric science, research, technology, and education
that support NOAA's mission and programs.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office
of Education (OEd) collects, evaluates, and assesses student data and
information for the purpose of selecting successful candidates,
generating internal NOAA reports, and articles to demonstrate the
success of its program.
The purpose of the OEd Educational Partnership Program (EPP) with
Minority Serving Institutions is to educate, train and graduate
students in NOAA-mission sciences. OEd EPP is strongly committed to
broadening the participation of Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs)
such as Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Hispanic Serving
Institutions, Indian Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities,
Alaska Native-Serving Institutions, and Native Hawaiian-Serving
Institutions. NOAA's OEd EPP/MSI partnership is comprised of four
program components: The Undergraduate Scholarship Program (USP); the
Graduate Sciences Program (GSP); the Environmental Entrepreneurship
Program (EEP); and the Cooperative Science Center (CSC).
The OEd requires applicants to NOAA's Undergraduate Scholarship
Programs to complete an application in order to be considered. The
application package requires two faculty and/or academic advisors to
complete a NOAA student scholar reference form in support of the
scholarship application. The Dr. Nancy Foster Scholarship Program and
the NMFS Recruiting, Training and Research Program also collect student
data for their programs and are also covered by this notice.
Undergraduate scholarship recipients are required to complete a Student
Scholarship Training Record to track their time, attendance, and
accomplishments during their internships. NOAA OEd student scholar
alumni are also requested to provide information to NOAA for internal
tracking purposes. This information informs NOAA whether NOAA-funded
students pursue and complete post-graduate NOAA-related science
degrees, are employed by NOAA or a NOAA contractor, or in fields
related to NOAA's mission. NOAA OEd grant recipients are required to
update the student tracker database with the required student
information in order to assess compliance with NOAA OEd's performance
measures.
The collected data supports NOAA OEd's program performance
measures. To measure the impact of OEd programs, the data collected are
compared to the available data in the national education databases
(e.g., National Science Foundation and National Center for Education
Statistics) and NOAA workforce management database. Furthermore, the
student data collection identifies degree pipeline areas (BS, MS, or
Ph.D.) and where OEd and its academic partners may target recruitment
for its' NOAA-related science educational and training programs. NOAA
scholarship programs produce a pool of qualified candidates that may be
hired by NOAA and help to sustain a world-class NOAA organization.
Affected Public: Individuals or households; Business or other for-
profit; Not-for-Profit institutions; and State, Local or Tribal
Government.
Frequency: Annually: USP application and references; On occasion:
Alumni Update form; Semi-annually: SPMTS form; Bi-weekly during the
summer: Student Training Record form.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary: USP application and references,
and Alumni Update form; Mandatory: SPMTS form and Student Training
Record form.
This information collection request may be viewed at reginfo.gov.
Follow the instructions to view Department of Commerce collections
currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice
to [email protected] or fax to (202) 395-5806.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer, Commerce Department.
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