REEport replaces the Customer Research Information System (CRIS) forms and fully implements the Research Performance Progress Report (RPPR). Out of an initiative of the Research Business Models (RBM) Subcommittee of the Committee on Science (CoS), a committee of the National Science and Technology Council (committee), came the RPPR. The RPPR is a new uniform format for reporting performance progress on Federally-funded research projects. Upon implementation, the RPPR will be used by agencies that support research and research-related activities for use in submission of interim progress reports. It is intended to replace other interim performance reporting formats currently in use by agencies. NIFA based REEport's Progress fromat on RPPR.
US Code:
7 USC 3101
Name of Law: National Agriculture Research, and Extension Teaching Policy Act of 1977
PL:
Pub.L. 107 - 293 2002
Name of Law: Smith Lever Act of 1914
There is a minor overall increase in the total annual burden as a result of: 1) recalculating the number of forms received and 2) requiring a small additional percentage of time for respondents to collect and report on the additional data elements described in this request for revision. The adjustment on recalculating the number of forms does not correlate directly to any specific program changes but simply represents an adjustment in the volume of the various transactions NIFA has received based on the most recent completed fiscal year. The estimate of burden on the additional percentage of time for the added data elements was extrapolated from the already approved burden estimates of other, similar data fields that are already a part of the approved REEPORT information collection.
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.
Research, Education, and Extension Project online reporting tool (REEport)
SupportingStatements for REEport Info Collection Revision 9.22.16.docx
Research, Education, and Extension Project online reporting tool (REEport)