Notice2024-22366
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Conflict of Interest Disclosure for Non-Federal Government Individuals Who Are Candidates To Conduct Peer Reviews Required by the OMB Peer Review Bulletin
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Published
September 30, 2024
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 189 (Monday, September 30, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 79528]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-22366]
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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; Conflict of Interest Disclosure for Non-Federal Government
Individuals Who Are Candidates To Conduct Peer Reviews Required by the
OMB Peer Review Bulletin
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 26, 2024, during a 60-day comment period. This
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Commerce.
Title: Conflict of Interest Disclosure for Non-Federal Government
Individuals Who are Candidates to Conduct Peer Reviews Required by the
OMB Peer Review Bulletin.
OMB Control Number: 0648-0567.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission [extension of a current
information collection].
Number of Respondents: 321.
Average Hours per Response: 30 minutes each: Conflict of Interest
Disclosure For General Scientific and Technical Studies and Assistance;
and Conflict of Interest Disclosure For Studies Related to Government
Regulation.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 161.
Needs and Uses: This request is for extension of a currently
approved collection.
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued government-wide
guidance to enhance the practice of peer review of government science
documents. OMB's Final Information Quality Bulletin for Peer Review
(``Peer Review Bulletin'' or PRB) (available at <a href="https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/omb/memoranda_fy2005_m05-03/">https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/omb/memoranda_fy2005_m05-03/</a>) establishes
minimum peer review standards for influential scientific information
that Federal agencies intend to disseminate.
The Peer Review Bulletin also directs Federal agencies to adopt or
adapt the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) policy for evaluating
conflicts of interest when selecting peer reviewers who are not Federal
government employees (federal employees are subject to Federal ethics
requirements). For peer review purposes, the term ``conflicts of
interest'' means any financial or other interest which conflicts with
the service of the individual because it could: (1) significantly
impair the individual's objectivity; or (2) create an unfair
competitive advantage for any person or organization. NOAA has adapted
the NAS policy and developed two confidential conflict disclosure forms
which the agency will use to examine prospective reviewers' potential
financial conflicts and other interests that could impair objectivity
or create an unfair advantage. One form is for peer reviewers of
studies related to government regulation and the other form is for all
other influential scientific information subject to the Peer Review
Bulletin. In addition, the latter form has been adapted by NOAA's
Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research for potential reviewers of
scientific laboratories.
The forms include questions about employment as well as investment
and property interests and research funding. Both forms also require
the submission of curriculum vitae. NOAA is seeking to collect this
information from potential peer reviewers who are not government
employees when conducting a peer review pursuant to the PRB. The
information collected in the conflict of interest disclosure is
essential to NOAA's compliance with the OMB PRB, and helps to ensure
that government studies are reviewed by independent, impartial peer
reviewers.
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
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 0648-0567.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2024-22366 Filed 9-27-24; 8:45 am]
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