[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 153 (Tuesday, August 10, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 48306]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-19598]


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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: None.
    Form Number(s): NA.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (new information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 650.
    Average Hours per Response: 20 minutes.
    Burden Hours: 217.
    Needs and Uses: On August 9, 2007, President Bush signed 
legislation into law the America COMPETES (America Creating 
Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, 
Education and Science Act, Pub. L. 110-69), which seeks to strengthen 
education and research related to science and technology (``America 
Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in 
Technology, Education, and Science Act''). This legislation is 
significant for NOAA, granting the agency a mandate to engage in 
agency-wide education and outreach efforts to all stakeholders. 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. To achieve this goal, NOAA has also developed a 
survey instrument to collect responses from core groups of NOAA 
constituents. The survey instrument will assess NOAA's accessibility, 
responsiveness and respect for partners. One objective of the survey is 
to collect responses to provide NOAA with information and feedback from 
its constituents that will lead to greater emphasis placed on the needs 
of NOAA partners, techniques to improve NOAA's products and services, 
and general improvement in the accessibility and responsiveness of NOAA 
to constituents. A longer term objective for this survey is to become a 
standard NOAA tool accessing engagement with constituents.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations; not-
for-profit institutions; state, local or tribal government; Federal 
Government.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker, (202) 395-3897.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-0266, 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 David Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, FAX number (202) 395-7285, or 
[email protected].

    Dated: August 4, 2010.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-19598 Filed 8-9-10; 8:45 am]
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