Request for Comments of a Previously Approved Information Collection: United States Merchant Marine Academy Alumni Survey
| Published date | 03 March 2020 |
| Record Number | 2020-04311 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Maritime Administration |
Federal Register, Volume 85 Issue 42 (Tuesday, March 3, 2020)
[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 42 (Tuesday, March 3, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12653-12654]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-04311]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket No. MARAD-2020-0020]
Request for Comments of a Previously Approved Information
Collection: United States Merchant Marine Academy Alumni Survey
AGENCY: Maritime Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR)
abstracted below is being forwarded to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for review and comments. A Federal Register Notice with a
60-day comment period soliciting comments on the following information
collection was published on November 4, 2019.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 2, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding the burden estimate, including
suggestions for reducing the burden, to the Office of Management and
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for the Office of the Secretary of
Transportation, 725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. John R. Ballard, (516) 726-5833,
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, NY 11024.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Alumni Survey.
OMB Control Number: 2133-0542.
Type of Request: Renewal of a Previously Approved Information
Collection.
Background: The United States Merchant Marine Academy is an
accredited federal service academy that confers BS and MS degrees. The
Academy is expected to assess its educational outcomes and report those
findings to its Regional Accreditation authority in order to maintain
the institution's degree granting status. Periodic survey of alumni
cohorts and analysis of the data gathered is a routine higher education
assessment practice in the United States.
Respondents: Graduates of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy.
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Affected Public: U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Graduates.
Total Estimated Number of Responses: 600.
Frequency of Collection: Annually.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 0.25 Hrs.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 150.
Public Comments Invited: Comments are invited on: Whether the
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the Department, including whether the
information will have practical utility; the accuracy of the
Department's estimate of the burden of the proposed information
collection; 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 the use of
automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
(Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter
35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1.93)
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Dated: February 27, 2020.
By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2020-04311 Filed 3-2-20; 8:45 am]
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