Notice2024-24842
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Research Performance Progress Report (RPPR)
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Published
October 25, 2024
Issuing agencies
Commerce Department
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 207 (Friday, October 25, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 85153]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-24842]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Office of the Secretary
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Research Performance Progress Report (RPPR)
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 June 28, 2024 during a 60-day comment period. This
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
Agency: Office of the Secretary, Commerce.
Title: Research Performance Progress Report (RPPR).
OMB Control Number: 0690-0032.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission. Extension of a currently
approved collection.
Number of Respondents: 2,050.
Average Hours per Response: The annual progress reports range from
a minimum of 2 hours to a maximum of 15 hours, depending on the type of
research project being supported.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 82,000 hours.
Needs and Uses: This Research Performance Progress Report (RPPR)
directly benefits award recipients by making it easier for them to
administer Federal grant and cooperative agreement programs through
standardization of the types of information required in performance
reports--thereby reducing their administrative effort and costs. The
RPPR also makes it easier to compare the outputs, outcomes, etc. of
research programs across the government.
The RPPR resulted from an initiative of the Research Business
Models (RBM) Subcommittee of the Committee on Science (CoS), a
committee of the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC). One of
the RBM Subcommittee's priority areas is to create greater consistency
in the administration of Federal research awards. Given the increasing
complexity of interdisciplinary and interagency research, it is
important for Federal agencies to manage awards in a similar fashion.
The RPPR is used by agencies that support research and research-related
activities for use in submission of progress reports. It is intended to
replace other performance reporting formats currently in use by
agencies. The RPPR does not change the performance reporting
requirements specified in 2 CFR part 215 (OMB Circular A-110) and the
Common Rule implementing OMB Circular A-102. Each category in the RPPR
is a separate reporting component. Agencies will direct recipients to
report on the one mandatory component (``Accomplishments''), and may
direct them to report on optional components, as appropriate. Within a
particular component, agencies may direct recipients to complete only
specific questions, as not all questions within a given component may
be relevant to all agencies.
Agencies may develop an agency- or program-specific component, if
necessary, to meet programmatic requirements, although agencies should
minimize the degree to which they supplement the standard components.
Such agency- or program specific requirements will require review and
clearance by OMB.
Affected Public: State and Local governments.
Frequency: Quarterly.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C. 131 and 182.
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 0690-0032.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2024-24842 Filed 10-24-24; 8:45 am]
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