Notice2025-22455
Agency Information Collection
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Published
December 10, 2025
Issuing agencies
Energy Department
Abstract
The Department of Energy (DOE) invites public comment on a proposed collection of information that DOE is developing for submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 235 (Wednesday, December 10, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57192-57193]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-22455]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Agency Information Collection
AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) invites public comment on a
proposed collection of information that DOE is developing for
submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) pursuant to the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Comments regarding this proposed information collection must be
received on or before January 9, 2026. If you anticipate that you will
be submitting comments but find it difficult to do so within the period
of time allowed by this notice, please advise the DOE Desk Officer at
OMB of your intention to make a submission as soon as possible. The
Desk Officer may be telephoned at (202) 881-9493.
ADDRESSES: 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 information
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeremy Simpson, Office of Integrated
Strategies, (240) 446-0003, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#23694651464e5a0d504a4e53504c4d6346460d474c460d444c55"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e2a88790878f9bcc918b8f92918d8ca28787cc868d87cc858d94">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the
extended collection of information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the
information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions
used; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on respondents, including through the use of
automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
This information collection request contains:
(1) OMB No.: 1910-NEW;
(2) Information Collection Request Title: EERE Small Businesses and
Startups Impact Evaluation Data Collection;
(3) Type of Request: new;
(4) Purpose: The information collected through this effort is
needed as an input to an evaluation study that will produce an analysis
of the impact EERE's funding has had on small businesses between 2008
and 2024. The results of this evaluation study will be used by DOE
leadership to understand the impact to date and opportunities for
improvement in financial awards provided to small businesses.
Respondents to this data collection effort will small businesses and
startup companies that have applied for financial assistance, SBIR/STTR
grants and prize funding from EERE between 2008 and 2024, and will
include both award recipients and applicants who did not receive
funding. This is planned to be a one-time data collection effort.
(5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 9,000;
(6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 9,000;
(7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 13,500;
(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden:
$751,275.
Statutory Authority: Foundations for Evidence-based Policymaking
Act of 2018 (Pub. L. 115-435; Jan. 14, 2019).
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Signing Authority
This document of the Department of Energy was signed on November
19, 2025, by Audrey Robertson, Assistant Secretary of Energy, Office of
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, pursuant to delegated authority
from the Secretary of Energy. That document with the original signature
and date is maintained by DOE. For administrative purposes only, and in
compliance with requirements of the Office of the Federal Register, the
undersigned DOE Federal Register Liaison Officer has been authorized to
sign and submit the document in electronic format for publication, as
an official document of the Department of Energy. This administrative
process in no way alters the legal effect of this document upon
publication in the Federal Register.
Signed in Washington, DC, on December 8, 2025.
Jennifer Hartzell,
Alternate Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2025-22455 Filed 12-9-25; 8:45 am]
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