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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Request for Comments on the Intent
To Discontinue Part 2 of the Survey of
Science and Engineering Research
Facilities on Computing and
Networking Capacity
National Science Foundation.
Request for comments.

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This notice announces the
intent of the National Center for Science
and Engineering Statistics (NCSES) at
the National Science Foundation (NSF)
to discontinue data collection for Part 2
of the Survey of Science and
Engineering Research Facilities
(Facilities Survey) (OMB Clearance
Number 3145–0101) on computing and
networking capacity at academic
institutions. This notice is in response
to an effort by NCSES to assess the value
of these data.
DATES: Send your written comments by
August 15, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Send your written
comments to Mr. John R. Gawalt,
Director, National Center for Science
and Engineering Statistics, National
Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd.,
Room 965, Arlington, VA 22230. Send
email comments to jgawalt@nsf.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
John R. Gawalt, Director, National
Center for Science and Engineering
Statistics, National Science Foundation
at (703) 292–7776 or email at jgawalt@
nsf.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Data on
the academic research infrastructure are
collected biennially through the NSF’s
congressionally mandated Facilities
Survey. The survey originated in 1986
in response to Congress’s concern about
the state of research facilities at the
nation’s colleges and universities. Part 1
of the Facilities Survey collects data on
the amount, condition, construction,
repair, renovation, and funding of
research facilities. This section, focusing
largely on research space, will continue.
Recognizing the growing use of
networking and computing capacity
(cyberinfrastructure) in conducting
research, a new set of questions on these
topics was added to the FY 2003
Facilities Survey and revised for the FY
2005, FY 2007, FY 2009, FY 2011 and
FY 2013 surveys.
NCSES has continually reviewed the
Part 2 questionnaire in an attempt to
stay current with the rapidly changing
developments in academic R&D
cyberinfrastructure. Despite these
efforts, NCSES believes that the survey
provides little utility to policymakers,
researchers and other data users. Field
experts and review panels have noted
several critical shortcomings of Part 2
collections. Rapid advances in research
cyberinfrastructure make identifying
current and valuable metrics difficult.
This challenge is compounded by the
length of the data collection and
publication cycle, which typically
requires 16 months after the end of the
relevant fiscal year. The continual need
to update metrics combined with time
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required for production and publication
reduces the relevancy of the data. In
addition, to facilitate data collection and
ease survey response burden,
respondents to the Facilities Survey are
asked to report only on centrallyadministered cyberinfrastructure
capacity. More than 20 of the top 100
academic research institutions (based on
research expenditures) cannot report
data on their high-performance
computing because these resources are
not centrally-administered. Another 15
or more institutions in the top 100
report exceptionally low totals for the
same reason. Because so many of the top
research universities are unable to
adequately report their total computing
and networking capacity, the utility of
these data are severely undermined.
These institution-specific differences
limit the ability to present national
totals and trends as well as the ability
to compare many leading institutions.
The NCSES is interested in all
comments, especially from government
policy makers, academic institution
respondents, and academic researchers
that specify concerns related to the
discontinuation of Part 2 of the
Facilities Survey.
June 17, 2014.
Suzanne H. Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer, National Science
Foundation.
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AP1000 Standard Technical
Specifications
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Generic technical specification
travelers; request for comment.
AGENCY:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is soliciting public
comment on its generic technical
specification travelers (GTSTs) for the
development of standard technical
specifications (STS) for the AP1000
certified reactor design based on the
AP1000 generic technical specifications
(GTS). Each GTST documents the safety
basis for proposed improvements to one
or more GTS sections that will result in
corresponding sections in the AP1000
STS, which will be the subject of a
NUREG (similar to NUREG–1431, STS
for Westinghouse Plants). The purpose
of the GTSTs is to provide an orderly
method of soliciting and processing

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