Notice2024-15183
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Regional Economic Development Data Collection Instrument
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Published
July 12, 2024
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Commerce DepartmentEconomic Development Administration
Abstract
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.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 134 (Friday, July 12, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57127-57128]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-15183]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Economic Development Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Regional Economic Development Data Collection
Instrument
AGENCY: Economic Development Administration, Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of information collection, request for comment.
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SUMMARY: 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.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments
via email to Hallie Davis, Tech Hubs Program Analyst, Economic
Development Administration, at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#662e2207100f15572603020748010910"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6f272b0e19061c5e2f0a0b0e41080019">[email protected]</span></a> or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6e3e3c2f0d0103030b001a1d2e0a010d40090118"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="34646675575b5959515a404774505b571a535b42">[email protected]</span></a>.
Do not submit Confidential Business Information or otherwise sensitive
or protected information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
specific questions related to collection activities should be directed
to Tech Hubs, Economic Development Administration, at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#257140464d6d504756654041440b424a53"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="792d1c1a11310c1b0a391c1d18571e160f">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The Economic Development Administration (EDA) leads the Federal
economic development agenda by promoting innovation and
competitiveness, and preparing American regions for growth and success
in the worldwide economy. Guided by the basic principle that
sustainable economic development should be driven locally, EDA works
directly with communities and regions to help them build the capacity
for economic development based on local business conditions and needs.
Section 28 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980
(Regional Technology and Innovation Hub Program (15 U.S.C. 3722a) is
the legal authority under which EDA awards financial assistance and
designee status under the Fiscal Year (FY) 23 Regional Technology and
Innovation Hub Program (``Tech Hubs''). Under Tech Hubs, EDA seeks to
strengthen U.S. economic and national security through place-based
investments in regions with the assets, resources, capacity, and
potential to become globally competitive, within approximately ten
years, in the technologies and industries of the future--and for those
industries, companies, and the good jobs they create to start, grow,
and remain in the U.S. in order to support the growth and modernization
of U.S. manufacturing, improve commercialization of the domestic
production of innovative research, and strengthen U.S. economic and
national security. Tech Hubs is a two-phase program: in Phase 1, EDA
funded Strategy Development grants and designated 31 regions as Tech
Hubs. In Phase 2, designated Tech Hubs are eligible to compete for
funding for implementation projects. Further information on Tech Hubs
can be found at <a href="http://www.eda.gov">www.eda.gov</a>.
Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register
on April 19, 2024 during a 60-day comment period (89 FR 28732). This
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. The
purpose of this notice is to seek comments from the public and other
Federal agencies on a request for a new information collection for
designated Tech Hubs to help ensure that Tech Hub investments are
evidence-based, data-driven, and accountable to participants and the
public.
Lead consortium members of the 31 designated Tech Hubs will submit
identified program metrics and qualitative information to help assess
specific program objectives. A one-time questionnaire will be sent to
each of the Tech Hubs consortium leads, which will gather the relevant
data and stories for each of the 31 Tech Hubs designee consortia,
resulting in consortia regional impact evaluation, resources, and tools
for regional economic development decision-makers. The 31 designated
Tech Hubs will provide information on the following objectives:
(1) Accelerating technology innovation, commercialization,
demonstration, and deployment, which may include information on the
number of patents filed, licensing agreements, approximate levels of
research and development expenditures, adoption of new technologies,
and acceleration of current technologies.
(2) Enabling infrastructure and advancing manufacturing, which may
include information on specific facility information.
(3) Integrating an agile workforce system, which may include
information on skills needed by employers, available training, hard-to-
fill vacancies, policies and strategies for worker retention, and
strategies for engagement with underserved workers.
(4) Increasing business and entrepreneurial capacity, which may
include assessing employer competitiveness, relationships with Federal,
State, and local entities, current partnerships, and information about
sources of capital to start and grow businesses and to adopt innovative
approaches and technologies.
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(5) Strengthening national security, which may include information
on procurement processes, critical inputs, sourcing, supply chains, and
strategic implications of technologies and their use cases.
Tech Hubs designees must submit this data one time to provide a
baseline status of the Tech Hub and to help assess the results of
designee status as well as potential future federal investments.
EDA is particularly interested in public comment on how the
proposed data collection will support the assessment of job quality,
including in ways that rely on pairing this information administrative
data for analysis and other ways to minimize burden, or if alternative
information should be considered.
II. Method of Collection
Data will be collected electronically.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: None: new information collection.
Form Number(s): None: New information collection.
Type of Review: Regular submission: new information collection.
Affected Public: Tech Hubs designees, which may include a(n):
Institution of higher education, including Historically Black Colleges
and Universities, Tribal Colleges or Universities, and Minority-Serving
Institutions; State, territorial, local or Tribal governments or other
political subdivisions of a State, including State and local agencies,
or a consortium thereof; Industry groups or firms in relevant
technology, innovation, or manufacturing sectors; Economic development
organizations or similar entities that are focused primarily on
improving science, technology, innovation, entrepreneurship, or access
to capital; Labor organizations or workforce training organizations,
which may include State and local workforce development boards;
Economic development entities with relevant expertise, including a
district organization; Organizations that contribute to increasing the
participation of underserved populations in science, technology,
innovation, and entrepreneurship; Venture development organizations;
Organizations that promote local economic stability, high wage domestic
jobs, and broad-based economic opportunities, such as employee
ownership membership associations and State or local employee
ownerships and cooperative development centers, financial institutions
and investment funds, including community development financial
institutions and minority depository institutions; Elementary schools
and secondary schools, including area career and technical education
schools; National laboratories; Federal laboratories; Manufacturing
extension centers; Manufacturing U.S.A. Institutes; Transportation
planning organizations; A cooperative extension services; Organizations
that represent the perspectives of underserved communities in economic
development initiatives; and Institutions receiving an award under the
National Science Foundation's (NSF) Regional Innovation Engines
Program.
Preliminary Estimated Number of Respondents: Consortium Lead
Members/Tech Hubs Designee Consortia: 31 respondents, responding once.
Estimated Time Per Response: Consortium Lead Members/Tech Hubs
Designee Consortia: 3 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 93 hours.
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Number of Total
Type of respondent (one time) Number of Hours per responses per estimated time
respondents response year (hours)
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Lead Consortium Members/Tech Hubs Designee 31 3 1 93
Consortia...................................... (Once)
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Total....................................... 31 3 1 93
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Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $ 5,769.72 (cost assumes
application of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics second quarter 2022 mean
hourly employer costs for employee compensation for professional and
related occupations of $62.04).
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory for Consortium Lead Members.
Legal Authority: Stevenson Wydler Technology Innovation Act of
1980, section 28 (15 U.S.C. 3722a).
IV. Request for Comments
This information collection request may be viewed at <a href="http://reginfo.gov">reginfo.gov</a>.
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 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.''
Oliver Wise,
Chief Data Officer and Acting Under Secretary for Economic Affairs,
Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2024-15183 Filed 7-11-24; 8:45 am]
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