Notice2021-23279
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; External Needs Assessment for NOAA Education Products and Programs
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Published
October 26, 2021
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 204 (Tuesday, October 26, 2021)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-23279]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; External Needs Assessment for NOAA Education Products and
Programs
The Department of Commerce will submit the following information
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, on or after the date of publication of this notice. We invite the
general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and
continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of
our information collection requirements and minimize the public's
reporting burden. Public comments were previously requested via the
Federal Register on July 23, 2021, during a 60-day comment period. This
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
Agency: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
Title: External Needs Assessment for NOAA Education Products and
Programs.
OMB Control Number: 0648-0784.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission [revision and extension of
currently approved collection].
Number of Respondents: 1,200 annually.
Average Hours per Response: Five minutes per survey.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 100.
Needs and Uses: This is a request for revision and extension of a
currently approved information collection. The National Ocean Service
(NOS) on behalf of the NOAA's Education Council is revising and
extending a voluntary multi-question survey used to assess the needs of
educators pertaining to the development of future NOAA multimedia
products and programs. In developing multimedia materials that convey
NOAA science, service, and stewardship, the Agency must ensure that
these resources are of the highest quality and meet the needs of formal
and informal educators across the United States. To achieve this goal,
it is necessary to conduct surveys identifying the types of educational
programs and products that are of the highest interest and greatest
need by formal and informal educators. By surveying external educators
to gather this information, budget expenditures will be used optimally
to develop appropriate products and programs most desired by educators
to support and enhance Ocean and Earth science, in addition to other
related STEM education subjects throughout our nation. NOAA will use
the data to plan, design, and create multimedia products and programs.
The proposed revisions would expand the level of detail in the
currently approved information collection. As a result of the Covid-19
pandemic, learning and teaching have changed. The proposed revisions
would expound upon previously collected data, giving a better
indication of educators' needs regarding multimedia products and
programs in their teaching as well as the educator's professional
development.
Affected Public: Formal and Informal Educators.
Frequency: Once annually.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: The America COMPETES Act, 33 U.S.C. 893-893B,
which directs NOAA to conduct, develop, support, promote, and
coordinate formal and informal educational activities at all levels to
enhance public awareness and understanding of ocean, coastal, Great
Lakes, and atmospheric science.
This information collection request may be viewed at
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov">www.reginfo.gov</a>. Follow the instructions to view the Department of
Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of
this notice on the following website <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>.
Find this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently
under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search
function and entering either the title of the collection or the OMB
Control Number 0648-0784.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2021-23279 Filed 10-25-21; 8:45 am]
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