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This request is for a new collection of information. NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) will collaborate with regional harvesters to self-collect high resolution effort and catch fishery dependent data electronically using the Fisheries Logbook Data Recording Software (FLDRS), developed by the NEFSC.

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Hospitals subject to the TRICARE DRG-based payment system who wish to be reimbursed for Allowed Capital and Direct Medical Education costs (as outlined in the TRICARE Reimbursement Manual) must submit a request for reimbursement to the appropriate TRICARE/CHAMPUS authorized contractors of Managed Care Support Contracts.

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The Lien Notice enables the carriers, cartman, and similar businesses to notify Customs that a lien exists against an individual/business for non-payment of freight charges, etc., so that Customs and Border Protection will not permit delivery of the merchandise from public stores or from a bonded warehouse until the line is discharged.

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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has proposed to perform research involving the collection of information from the public as part of a multi-year effort to learn about drivers’ use of camera-based rear visibility systems as compared to their use of traditional vehicle outside mirrors. This research will support NHTSA in evaluating whether to pursue a regulation modification that would permit technologies other than mirrors, such as camera-based visibility systems (sometimes referred to as camera monitor systems (CMS)), for compliance with FMVSS No. 111. The data collections will be performed once to obtain the target number of valid test participants. Study participants will be members of the general public and participation will be voluntary. Participants will include licensed car and/or commercial truck drivers aged 25 to 65, who are healthy and able to drive without assistive devices. Participants will be recruited using print and online newspaper advertisements. Study participation will be voluntary and monetary compensation will be provided. The research will be conducted in two parts. Data collection will begin upon receipt of PRA clearance and will first involve light vehicles, and a second, subsequent part will involve heavy trucks. Participants will drive a production vehicle equipped with a commercially available or prototype camera-based visibility system in place of outside mirrors and a vehicle equipped with an original equipment mirror system. The research will involve track-based and on-road, semi-naturalistic driving experimentation. Vehicles used in testing will be equipped with instrumentation for recording driver eye-glance behavior, as well as vehicle speed, position, steering angle, and turn signal status. Sensors will also be used to determine and record the distances between the test vehicle and surrounding vehicles during testing. Information will be collected over the course of the research through participant recruitment screening questions, observation of driving behaviors, and post-drive questionnaires. Questions addressed to individuals will serve to assess individuals’ suitability for study participation, to obtain feedback regarding participants’ use of the CMS, and to gauge individuals’ level of comfort with and confidence in the CMS performance and safety.

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This United States Patent and Trademark Office Quality Survey is an instrument designed to measure opinions about the services that USPTO provides its patent application customers. The results from this voluntary survey will assist us in guiding improvements and enhancements in the future. The USPTO conducts the Patents External Quality Survey as part of its quality improvement efforts under E.O. 14058, Transforming Federal Customer Experience and Service Delivery to Rebuild Trust in Government (Dec. 13, 2021). This survey narrows the focus of customer satisfaction to examination quality and uses a longitudinal, rotating panel design to assess changes in customer perceptions and to identify key areas for examiner training and opportunities for improvement. The USPTO surveys patent agents, attorneys, and other individuals from large domestic corporations (including those with 500+ employees), small and medium-size businesses, and universities and other non-profit research organizations. This survey does not include foreign entities. The USPTO random sample used in this survey is drawn from the Patent Application and Location Management (PALM) database. The sample population is drawn from the top filing firms and entities that have filed more than 5 patent applications in a 12-month period. This ongoing survey is generally conducted twice a year. USPTO uses a rotating panel design where participants will take the survey twice in back-to-back survey periods. Half the participants in each survey period are new, completing the survey for the first time, and half are returning to complete the survey for a second time. This design allows a precise measurement of changes in customer experience over time. The Patents External Quality Survey is primarily a web-based survey, although respondents can also complete the survey via paper and mail if they prefer. The content of both versions is identical. Potential respondents are sent either an email or mailed pre-survey letter, depending on noted preferences for contact. At the beginning of each survey period, respondents are provided instructions for accessing and completing the survey electronically. After a specified response period, a survey packet containing the questionnaire, a separate cover letter prepared by the Deputy Commissioner for Patents, and a postage-paid, pre-addressed return envelope are mailed to all sample members that have not yet submitted a response. Sampled members receiving a paper survey can still complete the survey electronically if they prefer. Reminder/thank you postcards and telephone calls are used to encourage response from sample members.

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Authorization to apply for a no-fee passport and/or request for a visa is granted to those who can verify U.S. citizenship and legitimate official travel needs. The information collected on this form is shared with the Department of State (DoS) and the embassy of the country to which the traveler is going for the production of the needed travel documents. Respondents include DoD civilians and military members and their dependents traveling on official orders.

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30 USC 1201 et seq. authorized Federal, State, and Tribal governments to reclaim private lands and allows for the establishment of procedures for the recovery of the cost of reclamation activities on privately owned lands. These procedures are intended to ensure that governments have sufficient capability to file liens so that certain landowners will not receive a windfall from reclamation.

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The National Resource Centers (NRC) program is authorized under Title VI, part A, section 602 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA). The program provides grants to institutions of higher education (IHEs) or consortia of IHEs to establish, strengthen, and operate comprehensive and undergraduate centers that will be national resources for the teaching of modern foreign languages; instruction in fields needed to provide full understanding of world regions where modern foreign languages are used; research and training in international studies and international and foreign language aspects of professional and other fields of study; and instruction and research on issues in world affairs. NRC grants also support outreach activities to the K-16 education sectors and the business, media, and general public.

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The FACT Act requires financial institutions and creditors to establish Identity Theft Prevention Programs. This collection covers various activities associated with those required programs for state nonmember banks.

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We have developed an online application for project collaborators and volunteers to watch video clips that were collected from caribou collars (animal-borne video collars) and enter data about the behaviors and habitats observed in the clips. Information collected from the videos will be analyzed to describe caribou foraging behavior, how it varies across the summer, and the factors that influence it. This information is being collected as part of a long-term project to understand how climate variability influence caribou forage conditions, behaviors, distributions, and population dynamics. Results of the analyses will be published in peer-reviewed scientific publications that will be available to the public.

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This Part establishes procedures and requirements for terminating jurisdiction of surface coal mining and reclamation operations, for petitions for rulemaking, and for citizen suits filed under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977.

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The President, by Executive order 13991 (January 20, 2021) established the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force. The Taskforce was established to give the heads of federal agencies ongoing guidance to keep their employees safe and their agencies operating during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Taskforce issued guidance, in accordance with the President’s Executive Order 14043 (September 9, 2021), requiring federal employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by November 22, 2021 absent a legally required exception. The Taskforce issued guidance regarding individuals who start their government service after November 22, 2021, stating that those individuals should be fully vaccinated prior to their start date, except in limited circumstances where an accommodation is legally required. The guidance also provided that agencies should require documentation to prove vaccination status of those individuals prior to the enter on-duty date. To determine whether individuals who have been offered a position with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) are fully vaccinated during the onboarding process and before their enter on-duty date, in compliance with the Taskforce guidance, the OCC has developed a form in an online application (Appian vaccination attestation form). The Request form was developed, consistent with guidance issued by the Taskforce and the U.S. Department of Treasury, to gather information from employees regarding their vaccination status and proof of vaccination. The Appian vaccination attestation form will also be used to collect information from prospective employees. In order to comply with the Taskforce guidance, the information to be collected on the Appian vaccination attestation form is needed prior to the time periods established under 5 CFR part 1320. Compliance with the vaccination mandate and the Taskforce guidance is essential to protecting the health and safety of the OCC’s workforce, which is essential to the OCC’s accomplishment of its mission.

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Automated vital system regulations are necessary to promote the safety of life at sea on USCG certified vessels. The Coast Guard reviews plans, tests, and procedures to determine compliance and evaluate necessary manning of automated vessels. Respondents are owners, operators, shipyards, designers, and manufacturers of certain vessels. The statutory authority for the requirements is 46 U.S.C. 3306. This authority is delegated by the Secretary to the Coast Guard via the Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1, Revision No. 01.2. (II)(92.b).

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The information collection is necessary to notify the United States of America Vietnam War Commemoration's Commemorative Partner Program of Commemorative Partner's planned events for inclusion on the Commemoration's events calendar, and to request event support and materials from the program.

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This Part establishes the minimum procedures and standards for designating Federal lands unsuitable for certain types of surface mining operations and for terminating designations pursuant to a petition. The information requested will aid the regulatory authority in the decision making process to approve or disapprove a request.

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The Annual Vital Statistics Report Form is used by State and/or county vital registration offices to report annual counts of marriages, and divorces/annulments to the Federal government in support of the National Vital Statistics System. The birth, death, and infant death counts from states and territories are now arriving via electronic files either daily or weekly.

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The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) is an accredited federal services academy that confers BS and MS degrees. The USMMA will conduct an annual voluntary survey of its immediate, five-year and ten-year alumni, consisting of approximately 600 individuals each year. The survey will be administered by the Academic Division of the Academy under the supervision of the Office of Institutional Assessment. The information gathered will be analyzed and used to measure success in meeting institutional and academic program goals and improvement of administrative and educational services provided to students. The survey consists of four categories: 1) Employment which includes employment status, time to obtain employment, type of employment and position, and salary with results used to ensure job placement of graduates within the maritime industry; 2) Education and Institutional Assessment which surveys the Academy’s overall academic program in preparing its graduates for employment with results used to modify institutional learning goals and/or Academic Division Goals to better prepare students for employment in the maritime industry and other administrative areas which are used to improve student support services; 3) Departmental Assessment which surveys specific department and course learning goals with results used to modify or improve the curriculum; and 4) Program Assessment which surveys the quality of the program in preparing students for the U.S. Coast license exam and whether the programs itself along with its particular components contains the requisite courses to best prepare graduates for today’s workforce in a domestic and international environment. Summary of findings will serve as supporting evidence to inform senior leadership in decision-making in terms of the curriculum and allocation of resources and most importantly in meeting the criteria established by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) by demonstrating continuous improvement in assessment and strategic planning efforts to meet the Academy’s mission statement. Summary of findings will serve as supporting evidence to inform senior leadership in decision-making in terms of the curriculum and allocation of resources and most importantly in meeting the criteria established by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) by demonstrating continuous improvement in assessment and strategic planning efforts to meet the Academy’s mission statement.

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The information collection requirement is necessary to obtain and record the professional qualifications of medical and peer reviews utilized within TRICARE. The form is included as an exhibit in an appeal or hearing case file as evidence of the reviewer's professional qualifications to review the medical documentation contained in the case file.

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The Speaker Request Form will be the first point of contact between CISA and the public to initiate CISA speaking engagements. The form will be available on www.cisa.gov and any member of the public can submit a request for a CISA employee to speak at an event. The form will be used by CISA to track and manage external speaking engagements. The information will be used to schedule and determine the most appropriate CISA speaker based on date, time, location, presentation format, and topic. The form collects information about the event, discussion topics, presentation format, media participation, disclosures, special event guest, and event coordinator information. Information from the Speaker Request Form regarding the requested speaking engagement, the host organization, the speaking topic, agenda and additional event details will be collected. The requested information helps CISA determine whether the speaker should attend the engagement and/or how CISA should best prepare for the event. The information is used to determine if the event warrants the time and attention of the invited speaker and what messages and information can be shared on behalf of the Agency with a public or targeted audience. The CISA Speakers Bureau team will use the information to identify a speaker and route the Speakers Request Form to that person for consideration. The information is then sent to DHS Public Affairs for awareness of CISA speaking engagements.

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