Notice2022-24099
Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request; Standard Application Process (SAP) Portal
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Published
November 4, 2022
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National Science Foundation
Abstract
The National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES) within the National Science Foundation (NSF) has submitted the following information collection requirement to OMB for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This is the second notice for public comment; the first was published in the Federal Register and one comment was received. NCSES is forwarding the proposed SAP Portal information collection as a Common Form to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance simultaneously with the publication of this second notice. The full submission may be found at: http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 213 (Friday, November 4, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66754-66755]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-24099]
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request;
Standard Application Process (SAP) Portal
AGENCY: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics,
National Science Foundation.
ACTION: Submission for OMB review; comment request.
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SUMMARY: The National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics
(NCSES) within the National Science Foundation (NSF) has submitted the
following information collection requirement to OMB for review and
clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This is the second
notice for public comment; the first was published in the Federal
Register and one comment was received. NCSES is forwarding the proposed
SAP Portal information collection as a Common Form to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance simultaneously with the
publication of this second notice. The full submission may be found at:
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>.
DATES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to <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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Suzanne H. Plimpton, Reports Clearance
Officer, National Science Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue,
Alexandria, VA 22314, or send email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5f2c2f3336322f2b301f312c3971383029"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6f1c1f0306021f1b002f011c0941080019">[email protected]</span></a>. Individuals
who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the
Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339, which is
accessible 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year (including
federal holidays). Comments regarding this information collection are
best assured of having their full effect if received within 30 days of
this notification. Copies of the submission(s) may be obtained by
calling 703-292-7556.
Comments: Comments regarding (a) whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the NSF, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the NSF's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality,
use, and clarity of the information on respondents; and (d) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are
to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology should be addressed to the points
of contact in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Comment: As required by 5 CFR 1320.8(d), comments on the
information collection activities as part of this study were solicited
through the publication of a 60-Day Notice in the Federal Register at
87 FR 53793. NCSES received one comment requesting clarity on the scope
of the SAP Portal effort and responded to the comment by mentioning
that the adoption of the SAP is required for statistical agencies and
units designated under the Confidential Information Protection and
Statistical Efficiency Act of 2018 (CIPSEA). In addition, NCSES
mentioned that other agencies and organizational units within the
Executive branch may, over time, benefit from the adoption of the SAP
to accept applications for access to confidential data assets.
NSF may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless
the collection of information displays a currently valid OMB control
number, and the agency informs potential persons who are to respond to
the collection of information that such persons are not required to
respond to the collection of information unless it displays a currently
valid OMB control number.
Title of Collection: Standard Application Process (SAP) Portal.
OMB Control Number: 3145-NEW.
Summary of Collection: Title III of the Foundations for Evidence-
Based Policymaking Act of 2018 (hereafter the Evidence Act) mandates
that OMB establish a Standard Application Process (SAP) for requesting
access to certain confidential data assets. While the adoption of the
SAP is required for statistical agencies and units designated under the
Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act of
2018 (CIPSEA), it is recognized that other agencies and organizational
units within the Executive Branch may benefit from the adoption of the
SAP to accept applications for access to confidential data assets. The
SAP is to be a process through which agencies, the Congressional Budget
Office, State, local, and Tribal governments, researchers, and other
individuals, as appropriate, may apply to access confidential data
assets held by a federal statistical agency or unit for the purposes of
developing evidence. With the Interagency Council on Statistical Policy
(ICSP) as advisors, the entities upon whom this requirement is levied
are working with the SAP Project Management Office (PMO) and with OMB
to implement the SAP. The SAP Portal is to be a single web-based common
application designed to collect information from individuals requesting
access to confidential data assets from federal statistical agencies
and units.
This information collection request is on behalf of the following
federal statistical agencies and units, which may use the Common Form:
<bullet> Bureau of Economic Analysis (Department of Commerce)
<bullet> Bureau of Justice Statistics (Department of Justice)
<bullet> Bureau of Labor Statistics (Department of Labor)
<bullet> Bureau of Transportation Statistics (Department of
Transportation)
<bullet> Census Bureau (Department of Commerce)
<bullet> Economic Research Service (Department of Agriculture)
<bullet> Energy Information Administration (Department of Energy)
<bullet> National Agricultural Statistics Service (Department of
Agriculture)
<bullet> National Center for Education Statistics (Department of
Education)
<bullet> National Center for Health Statistics (Department of Health
and Human Services)
<bullet> National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics
(National Science Foundation)
<bullet> Office of Research, Evaluation, and Statistics (Social
Security Administration)
<bullet> Statistics of Income Division (Internal Revenue Service)
<bullet> Microeconomic Surveys Unit (Federal Reserve Board)
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<bullet> Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality
(Department of Health and Human Services)
<bullet> National Animal Health Monitoring System (Department of
Agriculture)
The objective of the SAP Portal is to broaden access to
confidential data for the purposes of evidence building and reduce the
burden of applying for confidential data, which currently involves
separate processes with each of the federal statistical agencies and
units. The new process will be implemented while maintaining stringent
controls to protect confidentiality and privacy, as required by law.
The following bullets outline the major components and processes in
and around the SAP Portal.
<bullet> SAP Policy: At the recommendation of the ICSP, the SAP
Policy establishes the SAP to be implemented by statistical agencies
and units and incorporates directives from the Evidence Act. The SAP
Policy was submitted to the public for comment in January 2022 (87 FR
2459). The policy is currently under review and has not yet been
finalized.
<bullet> The SAP Portal: The SAP Portal is an application interface
connecting applicants seeking data with a catalog of metadata for data
assets owned by the federal statistical agencies and units. The SAP
Portal is not a new data repository or warehouse; confidential data
assets will continue to be stored in secure data access facilities
owned and hosted by the federal statistical agencies and units. The
Portal will provide a streamlined application process across agencies,
reducing redundancies in the application process. This single SAP
Portal will improve the process for applicants, tracking and
communicating the application process throughout its lifecycle. This
reduces redundancies and burden on applicants who request access to
data from multiple agencies. The SAP Portal will automate key tasks to
save resources and time and will bring agencies into compliance with
the Evidence Act statutory requirements.
<bullet> Data Discovery: Individuals begin the process of accessing
restricted use data by discovering confidential data assets through the
SAP metadata catalog, maintained by federal statistical agencies at
<a href="http://www.researchdatagov.org">www.researchdatagov.org</a>.
<bullet> SAP Portal Application Process: Individuals who have
identified and wish to access confidential data assets will be able to
apply for access through the SAP Portal when it is released to the
public in late 2022. Applicants must create an account and follow all
steps to complete the application. Applicants begin by entering their
personal, contact, and institutional information, as well as the
personal, contact, and institutional information of all individuals on
their research team. Applicants provide summary information about their
proposed project to include project title, duration, funding, and
timeline. Other details provided by applicants include the data
asset(s) they are requesting and any proposed linkages to data not
listed in the SAP metadata catalog, including non-federal data sources.
Applicants then enter detailed information regarding their proposed
project, including a project abstract, research question(s),
<bullet> Submission for Review: Agencies approve or reject an
application within a prompt timeframe. Agencies may also request
applicants to revise and resubmit their application.
<bullet> Appeals Process: Applicants receiving an adverse
determination have the option to submit an appeal for reconsideration
by the data-owning agency or agencies. Applicants may also file an
appeal for noncompliance with the SAP Policy.
<bullet> Access to Restricted Use Data: Approved applicants are
notified through the SAP Portal that their proposal has been accepted.
This concludes the SAP Portal process. Agencies will contact approved
applicants to initiate completion of their security documents. The
completion and submission of the agency's security requirements will
take place outside of the SAP Portal and is therefore not included in
the estimate of burden below.
Estimate of Burden: The amount of time to complete an application
within the SAP Portal may vary depending on the number of individuals
on the application, the topic of the proposal, and the data assets
being requested. To request access to NCSES data assets, it is
estimated that the average time to complete and submit an application
within the SAP Portal is 60 minutes. This estimate includes the time
needed to complete the SAP Portal application fields (applicant
information and research proposal); it does not include an estimate of
the time needed to develop a research proposal itself. The research
proposal is developed outside of the SAP Portal and may be written for
multiple audiences (e.g., to solicit funding); therefore, it is not
included in the estimate of burden for the SAP Portal.
The expected number of applications submitted to NCSES in a given
year may vary. Overall, NCSES estimates it may receive 20 application
submissions within the SAP Portal per year. NCSES estimates that the
total burden for the SAP Portal over the course of the three-year OMB
clearance will be about 60 hours and, as a result, an average annual
burden of 20 hours.
Dated: November 1, 2022.
Suzanne H. Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation.
[FR Doc. 2022-24099 Filed 11-3-22; 8:45 am]
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