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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No. ED–2021–SCC–0156]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Comment Request;
School Pulse Panel Data Collection
Institute of Educational Science
(IES), Department of Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is
proposing a new information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before April 4,
2022.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for proposed
information collection requests should
be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/
do/PRAMain. Find this information
collection request by selecting
‘‘Department of Education’’ under
‘‘Currently Under Review,’’ then check
‘‘Only Show ICR for Public Comment’’
checkbox. Comments may also be sent
to ICDocketmgr@ed.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
specific questions related to collection
activities, please contact Carrie Clarady,
202–245–6347.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Department of Education (ED), in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general
public and Federal agencies with an
opportunity to comment on proposed,
revised, and continuing collections of
information. This helps the Department
assess the impact of its information
collection requirements and minimize
the public’s reporting burden. It also
helps the public understand the
Department’s information collection
requirements and provide the requested
data in the desired format. ED is
soliciting comments on the proposed
information collection request (ICR) that
is described below. The Department of
Education is especially interested in
public comment addressing the

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following issues: (1) Is this collection
necessary to the proper functions of the
Department; (2) will this information be
processed and used in a timely manner;
(3) is the estimate of burden accurate;
(4) how might the Department enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (5) how
might the Department minimize the
burden of this collection on the
respondents, including through the use
of information technology. Please note
that written comments received in
response to this notice will be
considered public records.
Title of Collection: School Pulse Panel
Data Collection.
OMB Control Number: 1850–NEW.
Type of Review: A new information
collection.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Individuals and Households.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 17,280.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 4,752.
Abstract: The School Pulse Panel
(SPP) is a new data collection originally
designed to collect voluntary responses
from a nationally representative sample
of public schools to better understand
how schools, students, and educators
are responding to the ongoing stressors
of the coronavirus pandemic. Due to the
immediate need to collect information
from schools during the pandemic to
satisfy the requirement of Executive
Order 14000, an emergency clearance
(OMB #1850–0963) was issued to
develop and field the first several
monthly collections of the SPP. This
submission is seeking a request for a full
review of the SPP data collection under
the traditional clearance review process.
The School Pulse Panel is conducted
by the National Center for Education
Statistics (NCES), part of the Institute of
Education Sciences (IES), within the
United States Department of Education.
The purpose of the study is to collect
extensive data on issues concerning the
impact of the COVID–19 pandemic on
students and staff in U.S. public
primary, middle, high, and combinedgrade schools. The survey asks school
staff about a wide range of topics,
including but not limited to
instructional mode offered; enrollment
counts of subgroups of students using
various instructional modes; strategies
to address pandemic-related learning
needs; safe and healthy school
mitigation strategies; mental health
services; use of technology; information
on staffing, nutrition services, principal/
parental/student/staff concerns,
absenteeism, and overall principal
experiences. It is planned that some
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some rotated out) monthly. This
package includes items that were
fielded as part of the January, February,
and March collections, as well as
proposed new content to be collected in
April, May, and June. Subsequent new
content area additions (estimated to take
place on a quarterly basis) will take
place as revisions with 30-day public
comment periods for each subsequent
quarterly collection and may be
followed by change requests to further
refine items for each month.
The administration of the School
Pulse Panel study is in direct response
to President Biden’s Executive Order
14000: Supporting the Reopening and
Continuing Operation of Schools and
Early Childhood Education Providers. It
is one of the nation’s few sources of
reliable data on a wealth of information
focused on school reopening efforts,
virus spread mitigation strategies,
services offered for students and staff,
and technology use, as reported by
school principals and other staff in U.S.
public schools. About 2,400 (1,200 in an
initial sample and 1,200 in a reserve
sample) public elementary, middle,
high, and combined-grade schools have
been initially selected to participate in
a panel where school staff will be asked
to provide requested data monthly
during the 2021–22 school years. This
approach provides the ability to collect
detailed information on various topics
while also assessing changes in
reopening efforts over time. Given the
high demand for data collection during
this time, the content of the survey will
likely change monthly.
Dated: February 28, 2022.
Stephanie Valentine,
PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and
Clearance, Governance and Strategy Division,
Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of
Planning, Evaluation and Policy
Development.
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ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION
2022 Election Administration and
Voting Survey; Survey and Submission
to OMB of Proposed Collection of
Information
U.S. Election Assistance
Commission.
ACTION: Notice; request for comment.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
EAC announces an information
collection and seeks public comment on
the provisions thereof. The EAC intends
to submit this proposed information

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collection (2022 Election
Administration and Voting Survey, or
EAVS) to the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget for approval.
The 2022 EAVS asks election officials
questions concerning voting and
election administration, including the
following topics: Voter registration;
overseas and military voting; voting by
mail; early in-person voting; polling
operations; provisional voting; voter
participation; election technology;
election policy; and other related issues.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before April 4, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
electronically via https://
www.regulations.gov (docket ID: EAC–
2021–0002). Written comments on the
proposed information collection can
also be sent to the U.S. Election
Assistance Commission, 633 3rd Street
NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20001,
Attn: EAVS.
Obtaining a Copy of the Survey: To
obtain a free copy of the draft survey
instrument: (1) Download a copy at
https://www.regulations.gov (docket ID:
EAC–2021–0002); or (2) write to the
EAC (including your address and phone
number) at U.S. Election Assistance
Commission, 633 3rd Street NW, Suite
200, Washington, DC 20001, Attn:
EAVS.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Raymond Williams at 202–924–0794, or
email research@eac.gov; U.S. Election
Assistance Commission, 633 3rd Street
NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20001.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title and OMB Number: 2022 Election
Administration and Voting Survey;
OMB Number Pending.
Needs and Uses
The EAC issues the EAVS to meet its
obligations under the Help America
Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA) to serve as a
national clearinghouse and resource for
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compilation of information with respect
to the administration of Federal
elections; to fulfill both the EAC and the
Department of Defense Federal Voting
Assistance Program’s (FVAP) data
collection requirements under the
Uniformed and Overseas Citizens
Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA); and
meet its National Voter Registration Act
(NVRA) mandate to collect information
from states concerning the impact of
that statute on the administration of
Federal elections. In addition, under the
NVRA, the EAC is responsible for
collecting information and reporting,
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that statute. The information the states
are required to submit to the EAC for
purposes of the NVRA report are found
under Title 11 of the Code of Federal
Regulations. States that respond to
questions in this survey concerning
voter registration-related matters will
meet their NVRA reporting
requirements under 52 U.S.C. 20508 and
EAC regulations. Finally, UOCAVA
mandates that FVAP work with the EAC
and chief state election officials to
develop standards for reporting
UOCAVA voting information (52 U.S.C.
20302) and that FVAP will store the
reported data and present the findings
within the congressionally-mandated
report to the President and Congress.
Additionally, UOCAVA requires that
‘‘not later than 90 days after the date of
each regularly scheduled general
election for Federal office, each state
and unit of local government which
administered the election shall (through
the state, in the case of a unit of local
government) submit a report to the EAC
on the combined number of absentee
ballots transmitted to absent uniformed
services voters and overseas voters for
the election and the combined number
of such ballots which were returned by
such voters and cast in the election, and
shall make such a report available to the
general public.’’ States that complete
and timely submit the UOCAVA section
of the survey to the EAC will fulfill their
UOCAVA reporting requirement under
52 U.S.C. 20302. In order to fulfill the
above requirements, the EAC is seeking
information relating to the period from
the Federal general election day 2020 +1
through the November 2022 Federal
general election. The EAC will provide
the data regarding UOCAVA voting to
FVAP after data collection is completed.
This data sharing reduces burden on
local election offices because FVAP
does not have to conduct its own data
collection to meet its reporting
requirements.
Affected Public (Respondents): State
or local governments, the District of
Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, the
Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico,
and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Affected Public: State or local
government.
Number of Respondents: 56.
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Estimated Burden per Response: 235
hours per collection, 117.5 hours
annualized.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 13,160 hours per collection,
6,580 hours annualized.
Frequency: Biennially.
Comments: Public comments are
invited on: (a) Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary

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for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed information collection; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the information collection on
respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Amanda Joiner,
Acting General Counsel, U.S. Election
Assistance Commission.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
President’s Council of Advisors on
Science and Technology (PCAST)
Office of Science, Department
of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of partially-closed virtual
meeting. Due to the COVID–19
pandemic, this meeting will be held
virtually for members of the public and
in-person for PCAST members.
AGENCY:

This notice announces an
open meeting of the President’s Council
of Advisors on Science and Technology
(PCAST). The Federal Advisory
Committee Act (FACA) requires that
public notice of these meetings be
announced in the Federal Register.
DATES: Thursday, March 24, 2022; 1:00
p.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET.
ADDRESSES: Information to participate
virtually can be found on the PCAST
website closer to the meeting at:
www.whitehouse.gov/PCAST/meetings.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Sarah Domnitz, Designated Federal
Officer, PCAST, email: PCAST@
ostp.eop.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PCAST is
an advisory group of the nation’s
leading scientists and engineers,
appointed by the President to augment
the science and technology advice
available to him from the White House,
cabinet departments, and other Federal
agencies. See the Executive Order at
whitehouse.gov. PCAST is consulted on
and provides analyses and
recommendations concerning a wide
range of issues where understanding of
science, technology, and innovation
may bear on the policy choices before
the President. The Designated Federal
Officer is Dr. Sarah Domnitz.
Information about PCAST can be found
at: www.whitehouse.gov/PCAST.
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