Notice2023-07241
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Survey of State Government Research and Development
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April 6, 2023
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Commerce DepartmentCensus Bureau
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 66 (Thursday, April 6, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20469-20470]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-07241]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Census Bureau
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Survey of State Government Research and Development
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 October 31, 2022 during a 60-day comment period.
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
Agency: U.S. Census Bureau, Department of Commerce.
Title: Survey of State Government Research and Development.
OMB Control Number: 0607-0933.
Form Number(s): SRD-1.
Type of Request: Regular submission, request for an extension,
without change, of a currently approved collection.
Number of Respondents: 51 governors, 1 mayor, 52 state
coordinators, and approximately 700 State government agencies.
Average Hours per Response: 5 minutes for each governor or mayor, 1
hour for each state coordinator, and 2 hours for each State agency
surveyed.
Burden Hours: 1,456.
Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau conducts the Survey of State
Government Research and Development (SGRD) to measure research and
development performed and funded by State government agencies in the
United States. The Census Bureau conducts the survey on behalf of the
National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES) within
the National Science Foundation.
The National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended, includes a
statutory charge to ``provide a central clearinghouse for the
collection, interpretation, and analysis of data on scientific and
engineering resources and to provide a source of information for policy
formulation by other agencies in the Federal Government.'' This mandate
was further codified in the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of
2010 section 505, which requires NCSES to ``collect, acquire, analyze,
report, and disseminate . . . statistical data on (A) research and
development trends . . .'' Under the aegis of these legislative
mandates, NCSES has sponsored surveys of research and development (R&D)
since 1951, including the SGRD since 2006. The Census Bureau's
authorization to undertake this work is found at 13 U.S.C. 8(b) which
provides that the Census Bureau ``may make special statistical
compilations and surveys for departments, agencies, and establishments
of the Federal government, the government of the District of Columbia,
the government of any possession or area (including political
subdivisions thereof) . . . State or local agencies, or other public
and private persons and agencies.''
The SGRD is the only comprehensive source of State government
research and development expenditure data collected
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on a nationwide scale using uniform definitions, concepts, and
procedures. The collection covers the expenditures of all agencies in
the fifty State governments, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico
that perform or fund R&D. The NCSES coordinates with the Census Bureau
for the data collection. The NCSES uses this collection to satisfy, in
part, its need to collect research and development expenditures data.
Fiscal data provided by respondents aid data users in measuring the
effectiveness of resource allocation. The products of this data
collection make it possible for data users to obtain information on
such things as expenditures according to source of funding (e.g.,
Federal funds or State funds), by performer of the work (e.g.,
intramural and extramural to State agencies), by function (e.g.,
agriculture, energy, health, transportation, etc.), by type of work
(e.g., basic research, applied research, or experimental development)
for intramural performance of R&D, and by R&D plant (e.g., construction
projects). Final results produced by NCSES contain state and national
estimates useful to a variety of data users interested in research and
development performance including: The National Science Board; the
Office of Management and Budget; the Office of Science and Technology
Policy and other science policy makers; institutional researchers; and
private organizations.
We have analyzed responses to a question about burden which appears
on the instrument. That analysis indicates that the average burden for
agency respondents should be 2 hours rather than the current estimate
of 3 hours. We are adjusting the burden of the collection downward
accordingly.
The survey announcements and forms used in the SGRD are:
Survey Announcement. An introductory email from the Directors of
the NCSES and the Census Bureau is sent to Chief of Staff of Governor's
Office to announce the survey collection and to solicit assignment of a
State Coordinator. The State Coordinator's Announcement is sent
electronically at the beginning of each survey period to solicit
assistance in identifying State agencies which may perform or fund R&D
activities.
Form SRD-1. This form contains item descriptions and definitions of
the research and development items collected by the Census Bureau on
behalf of the NCSES. All states supply their data by electronic means.
The Census Bureau emails Chief of Staff for the 50 state governors,
the mayor of DC, and the governor of Puerto Rico requesting that they
appoint a state coordinator for the survey. The Census Bureau then
emails the state coordinators a spreadsheet asking them to identify
State agencies that may have the capacity to perform or fund R&D. The
Census Bureau subsequently emails the survey form to each State agency
identified by the respective state coordinators. The form contains
embedded data checks and auto-summing functionality. Agencies are asked
to complete and email back the form. Alternatively, agencies can report
to the Census Bureau by telephone.
Frequency: Annually.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: National Science Foundation Act of 1950 as amended
and the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010, title 42 U.S.C.
1861-76; title 13, U.S.C. 8(b).
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 0607-0933.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2023-07241 Filed 4-5-23; 8:45 am]
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