----- Original Message ----- From: jean public To: Plimpton, Suzanne H.; americanvoices@mail.house.gov ; comments@whitehouse.gov Cc: info@taxpayer.net ; media@cagw.org ; info@irli.org Sent: Fri Jan 09 14:34:45 2009 Subject: Fw: taxpayers should not pay for this more often than every 5 years - not every year there is absolutely no reason at all for taxpayers to pay for this every single year. every 5 years is more than ample. get rid of all the excess bureaucrats sitting at desks collecting paper and achieving nothing at all of any use to america. this is totally unnecessary. taxpayers do not need o ruse or want to pay for these endless surveys that result in nothingness. we dont need to know this about colleges and universities. there are too many colleges and universities and there need to be fewer. we need to cut their numbers, not worry about growing more. b. sachau 15 elm st florham park n j07932 > To: jeanpublic@yahoo.com > Date: Friday, January 9, 2009, 8:36 AM [Federal Register: January 9, > 2009 (Volume 74, Number 6)] > [Notices] > [Page 964-965] > From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] > [DOCID:fr09ja09-66] > > > [[Page 964]] > > ====================================================================== > = > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > - > > NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION > > > Notice of Intent to Seek Approval To Extend and Revise a Current > Information Collection > > AGENCY: National Science Foundation. > > ACTION: Notice and request for comments. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > - > > SUMMARY: The National Science Foundation (NSF) is announcing plans to > request renewal of this collection. In accordance with the requirement > of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of > 1995 (Pub. > L. 104-13), we are providing opportunity for public comment on this > action. After obtaining and considering public comment, NSF will > prepare the submission requesting that OMB approve clearance of this > collection for three years. > > DATES: Written comments on this notice must be received by March 10, > 2009 to be assured of consideration. Comments received after that date > will be considered to the extent practicable. > > For Additional Information or Comments: Contact Suzanne H. > Plimpton, > Reports Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation, > 4201 Wilson > Boulevard, Suite 295, Arlington, Virginia 22230; telephone > (703) 292- > 7556; or send e-mail to splimpto@nsf.gov. Individuals who use a > telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal > Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 between > 8 a.m. and 8 > p.m., Eastern time, Monday through Friday. You also may obtain a copy > of the data collection instrument and instructions from Ms. > Plimpton. > Comments: Comments are invited on (a) Whether the proposed > 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; (c) ways to > enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information on > respondents, including through the use of automated collection > techniques or other forms of information technology; and > (d) ways to > minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are > to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, > electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques > or other forms of information technology. > > SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title of Collection: Survey of Research and > Development Expenditures at Universities and Colleges; OMB Control > Number 3145-0100. > Expiration Date of Current Approval: May 31, 2009. > Proposed Renewal Project: Separately budgeted current fund > expenditures on research and development in the sciences and > engineering performed by universities and colleges and federally > funded research and development centers--A web survey, the Survey of > Research and Development Expenditures at Universities and Colleges, > originated in fiscal year (FY) 1954 and has been conducted annually > since FY 1972. > The survey is the academic research and development expenditure > component of the NSF statistical program that seeks to provide a > ``central clearinghouse for the collection, interpretation, and > analysis of data on the availability of, and the current and projected > need for, scientific and technical resources in the United States, and > to provide a source of information for policy formulation by other > agencies of the Federal government,'' as mandated in the National > Science Foundation Act of 1950. > Use of the Information: The proposed project will continue the > annual survey cycle for up to three years. The Academic R&D Survey > will be a census of the full population-for FY 2009 an expected > 751 > institutions (713 universities or colleges plus 38 federally funded > research and development centers--FFRDCs). These institutions account > for over 95 percent of the Nation's academic R&D funds. NSF will also > conduct a pretest of a revised and expanded version of the survey for > planned implementation in FY 2010 with a subset of 40 universities or > colleges. > The survey has provided continuity of statistics on R&D > expenditures by source of funds and by science & engineering (S&E) > field, with separate data requested on current fund expenditures for > research equipment by S&E field. Further breakdowns are collected on > passed through funds to subrecipients and received as a subrecipient, > and on R&D expenditures by field of science and engineering from > specific Federal Government agency sources. Information on R&D for > non- S&E fields is also requested. Data are published in NSF's annual > publication series Academic R&D Expenditures and are available > electronically on the World Wide Web. > The survey is a fully automated web data collection effort and is > handled primarily by the administrators in university budget and > accounting offices. To minimize burden, institutions are provided with > an abundance of guidance and help menus on the web, in addition to > printing and responding via paper copy if necessary. Each record is > pre-loaded with the institution's 2 previous years data and a complete > program for editing and trend checking. Response to this voluntary > survey in FY 2007 was 96.9 percent. > > Burden estimates \1\ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------------------------------------------ > > Doctorate- Masters- Bachelors > Total > number granting granting degree FFRDC's > Year of > burden burden burden burden > > institutions hours hours hours > hours > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > FY 1999....................................... > 480 20.8 13.0 7.5 9.4 > FY 2000....................................... > 700 21.0 12.0 10.5 9.2 > FY 2001....................................... > 625 30.2 11.9 9.0 12.1 > FY 2002....................................... > 625 28.7 14.9 12.2 4.5 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------------------------------------------ > \1\Average burden hours for institutions responding to burden item. > > > > [[Page 965]] > > Dated: January 6, 2009. > Suzanne H. Plimpton, > Reports Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation. > [FR Doc. E9-196 Filed 1-8-09; 8:45 am] > > BILLING CODE 7555-01-P