National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Education, Educational Partnership Program (EPP) and Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship Program
ICR 201212-0648-015 · OMB 0648-0568 · Historical Active
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Education, Educational Partnership Program (EPP) and Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship Program
No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office of Education collects, evaluates and assesses student data and information for the purpose of selecting successful candidates, generating internal NOAA reports and articles to demonstrate the success of its program. NOAA requires applicants to its student scholarship programs to complete an application for NOAA undergraduate and graduate scholarship programs. Part of the application package requires a letter of reference (e.g., academic professors and advisors) to complete a NOAA student scholar reference form in support of the scholarship application. NOAA student scholar alumni are also requested to provide information to NOAA for internal tracking purposes. In addition, the collected student data supports NOAA program performance measures.
For this request, the student tracker database has been enhanced to improve reporting capabilities, adding new search sections, as well as adding some data elements (mostly drop-down menus) and deleting others. In addition, program managers no longer need enter outreach activities at the student level, but may summarize at the program level.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.