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Robert L. King,
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary
Education.
[FR Doc. 2020–02651 Filed 2–10–20; 8:45 am]
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ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION
Proposed Information Collection—
2020 Election Administration and
Voting Survey; Comment Request
U.S. Election Assistance
Commission (EAC).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
EAC announces an information
collection and seeks public comment on
the provisions thereof. The EAC intends
to submit this proposed information
collection (2020 Election
Administration and Voting Survey, or
EAVS) to the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget for approval.
The 2020 EAVS asks election officials
questions concerning voting and
election administration, including the
following topics: Voter registration;
overseas and military voting; voting by
mail; early in-person voting; polling
operations; provisional voting; voter
participation; election technology;
election policy; and other related issues.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before March 12, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Comments on the proposed
information collection should be
submitted electronically via https://
www.regulations.gov (docket ID: EAC–
2019–0001). Written comments on the
proposed information collection can
also be sent to the U.S. Election
Assistance Commission, 1335 East West
Highway, Suite 4300, Silver Spring, MD
20910, Attn: EAVS.
Obtaining a Copy of the Survey: To
obtain a free copy of the draft survey
instrument: (1) Download a copy at
https://www.regulations.gov (docket ID:
EAC–2019–0001); or (2) write to the
EAC (including your address and phone
number) at U.S. Election Assistance
Commission, 1335 East West Highway,
Suite 4300, Silver Spring, MD 20910,
Attn: EAVS.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Nichelle Williams at 301–563–3919, or
email [email protected]; U.S.
Election Assistance Commission, 1335

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East West Highway, Suite 4300, Silver
Spring, MD 20910.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Comments: Public 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 information collection; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the information collection on
respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Title and OMB Number: 2020 Election
Administration and Voting Survey;
OMB Number Pending.
Needs and Uses
The EAC issues the EAVS to meet its
obligations under the Help America
Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA) to serve as
national clearinghouse and resource for
the compilation of information with
respect to the administration of Federal
elections; to fulfill both the EAC and the
Department of Defense Federal Voting
Assistance Program’s (FVAP) data
collection requirements under the
Uniformed and Overseas Citizens
Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA); and
meet its National Voter Registration Act
(NVRA) mandate to collect information
from states concerning the impact of
that statute on the administration of
Federal elections. In addition, under the
NVRA, the EAC is responsible for
collecting information and reporting,
biennially, to Congress on the impact of
that statute. The information the states
are required to submit to the EAC for
purposes of the NVRA report are found
under Title 11 of the Code of Federal
Regulations. States that respond to
questions in this survey concerning
voter registration-related matters will
meet their NVRA reporting
requirements under 52 U.S.C. 20508 and
EAC regulations. Finally, UOCAVA
mandates that FVAP work with the EAC
and chief state election officials to
develop standards for reporting
UOCAVA voting information (52 U.S.C.
20302) and that FVAP will store the
reported data and present the findings
within the congressionally-mandated
report to the President and Congress.
Additionally, UOCAVA requires that
‘‘not later than 90 days after the date of
each regularly scheduled general
election for Federal office, each state
and unit of local government which
administered the election shall (through
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government) submit a report to the EAC
on the combined number of absentee
ballots transmitted to absent uniformed
services voters and overseas voters for
the election and the combined number
of such ballots which were returned by
such voters and cast in the election, and
shall make such a report available to the
general public.’’ States that complete
and timely submit the UOCAVA section
of the survey to the EAC will fulfill their
UOCAVA reporting requirement under
52 U.S.C. 20302. In order to fulfill the
above requirements, the EAC is seeking
information relating to the period from
the Federal general election day 2018 +1
through the November 2020 Federal
general election. The EAC will provide
the data regarding UOCAVA voting to
FVAP after data collection is completed.
This data sharing reduces burden on
local election offices because FVAP
does not have to conduct its own data
collection to meet its reporting
requirements.
Affected Public (Respondents): State
or local governments, the District of
Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, the
Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico,
and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Number of Respondents: 56.
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Estimated Burden per Response: 101
hours per collection, 50.5 hours
annualized.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 5,656 hours per collection, 2,828
hours annualized.
Frequency: Biennially.
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Nichelle Williams,
Director of Research, U.S. Election Assistance
Commission.
[FR Doc. 2020–02688 Filed 2–10–20; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6820–KF–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Extension of a Currently Approved
Information Collection for the State
Energy Program
Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of
Energy.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

The Department of Energy
(DOE), pursuant to the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, intends to
extend for three years a currently
approved collection of information with
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB). The information collection
request, State Energy Program, was
previously approved on June 30, 2017

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under OMB Control No. 1910–5126 and
its current expiration date is June 30,
2020.
DATES: Comments regarding this
collection must be received on or before
March 12, 2020. 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 OMB Desk Officer of
your intention to make a submission as
soon as possible. The Desk Officer may
be telephoned at 202–395–4650.
comments should be sent to the
DOE Desk Officer, Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget, New
Executive Office Building, Room
10102, 735 17th Street NW,
Washington, DC 20503
and to
Gregory Davoren, EE–5W, U.S.
Department of Energy, 1000
Independence Ave. SW, Washington,
DC 20585, Email: Gregory.Davoren@
ee.doe.gov
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Amy Royden-Bloom, EE–
5W, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000
Independence Ave. SW, Washington,
DC 20585 or by email at [email protected].
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–
5126; (2) Information Collection Request
Title: ‘‘State Energy Program (SEP)’’; (3)
Type of Review: Extension of a
Currently Approved Collection; (4)
Purpose: To collect information on the
status of grantee activities,
expenditures, and results, to ensure that
program funds are being used
appropriately, effectively and
expeditiously; (5) Annual Estimated
Number of Respondents: 56; (6) Annual
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224; (7) Annual Estimated Number of
Burden Hours: 7,456; (8) Annual
Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping
Cost Burden: $315,232.
Statutory Authority: Title 42, Chapter 81,
Subchapter III, Part A of the United States
Code (U.S.C.), (42 U.S.C. 6867(a)).
Issued in Washington, DC, February 3,
2020.
AnnaMaria Garcia,
Director, Weatherization and
Intergovernmental Program Office of Energy
Efficiency and Renewable Energy U.S.
Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2020–02672 Filed 2–10–20; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Proposed Agency Information
Collection
Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of
Energy.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

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. Comments are
invited on 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; 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;
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and 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.
DATES: Comments regarding this
proposed information collection must
be received on or before April 10, 2020.
If you anticipate difficulty in submitting
comments within that period, contact
the person listed in ADDRESSES as soon
as possible.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be
sent to STEM_Data_Collection@
ee.doe.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
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directed to Emily Stanton at (202) 287–
5641.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
information collection request contains:
(1) OMB No. ‘‘New’’; (2) Information
Collection Request Title: STEM Data
Collection (SDC); (3) Type of Request:
New; (4) Purpose: This new module will
be installed on existing platforms—the
Funding Opportunity Exchange
platform (Exchange) and NEUP.gov.
These systems allow principal
investigators and other external users to
submit applications for competitive
Funding Opportunity Announcements
(FOAs) for research projects in the fields
of science, technology, engineering and
math (STEM). Exchange is used by the
following DOE program offices: The
Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy (EERE) and the
Advanced Research Projects AgencyEnergy (ARPA–E); NEUP.gov is used by
the Office of Nuclear Energy (NE). NE
may also use manual data collections on
other selected FOAs. All competitive
FOAs get announced to the Grants.gov
website, the U.S. Government’s single
access point for most financial
assistance programs offered by DOE.
Under the proposed information
collection request, an interface will be
implemented in these systems to allow
external users to voluntarily provide a
minimal amount of demographic
information to comply with a
recommendation from the Government
Accountability Office (GAO) report
‘‘WOMEN IN STEM RESEARCH; Better
Data and Information Sharing Could
Improve Oversight of Federal Grantmaking and Title IX Compliance’’
(GAO–16–14, December 2015). In this
report, GAO made the recommendation
that DOE collect additional
demographic data to ensure that it is in
compliance with Title IX. The
information collected will be used for
this purpose; (5) Annual Estimated
Number of Respondents: According to
the most recent data available, in fiscal
year 2015, EERE reviewed a total of
5,168 new funding actions or
applications (898 lab funding actions;
4,270 financial assistance concept
papers or applications); ARPA–E
reviewed a total of 3,435 new funding
actions or applications (51 lab funding
actions; 3834 financial assistance
concept papers or applications); and NE
reviewed a total of 438 new funding
actions or applications (266 lab funding
actions; 172 financial assistance concept
papers or applications). While many
applications are submitted by existing
users, assuming one submitter per
application, the maximum number of
unique new users expected per year is

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