Generic Clearance Fast Track Request NIST Modern Makers Form

Request for Approval under the “Generic Clearance Collection for Meetings, Events, Registrations, and Miscellaneous Forms”

(OMB Control Number: 0690-0038)

TITLE OF INFORMATION COLLECTION: Manufacturing USA Modern Makers

PURPOSE: NIST’s Office of Advanced Manufacturing has responsibility for overseeing the Manufacturing USA institutes funded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The office serves as the headquarters for the interagency Advanced Manufacturing National Program Office to coordinate Manufacturing USA, a network of manufacturing innovation institutes across the country that brings together industry, academia, and the public sector to advance American manufacturing. Manufacturing USA® is a national network created to secure U.S. global leadership in advanced manufacturing through large-scale public-private collaboration on technology, supply chain, and education and workforce development.

Nominations are being collected to support a Manufacturing USA network program called Modern Makers. Modern Makers are individuals whose sense of purpose embodies the Manufacturing USA mission to secure the future of U.S. manufacturing through innovation, education, and collaboration. The goal is to celebrate the inspirational yet relatable stories from college students to executives, who are at work in the U.S. manufacturing ecosystem at Manufacturing USA institutes and their member companies. By highlighting these individuals, the network supports people to identify potential career pathways within and consider a career in advanced manufacturing.

Nominations will be submitted from Manufacturing USA Institutes and their members through the use of a google form that is sent through email.

DESCRIPTION OF RESPONDENTS:

Respondents will be part of members of a Manufacturing USA Institute. This includes those that work within a manufacturing company and college or university students who are engaged in manufacturing education. The number of nominations will be capped at 200. Those selected as Modern Makers and agree to be part of the program will have their manufacturing story posted online on NIST’s public manufacturingusa.com website.

TYPE OF COLLECTION: (Check one)

[ ] Customer Comment Card/Complaint Form [ ] Customer Satisfaction Survey

[ ] Usability Testing (e.g., Website or Software [ ] Small Discussion Group

[ ] Focus Group [ X] Other: _Registering of Nominations

CERTIFICATION:

I certify the following to be true:

1. The collection is voluntary.

2. The collection is a low burden for respondents and low-cost for the Federal Government.

3. The collection is non-controversial and does not raise issues of concern to other federal agencies.

4. The results are not intended to be disseminated to the public.

5. Information gathered will not be used for the purpose of substantially informing influential policy decisions.

6. The collection is targeted to the solicitation of opinions from respondents who have experience with the program or may have experience with the program in the future.

Name: ___Elizabeth Reinhart_____________________________________________

To assist review, please provide answers to the following question:

Personally Identifiable Information:

1. Is personally identifiable information (PII) collected? [X ] Yes [ ] No

2. If Yes, will any information that is collected be included in records that are subject to the Privacy Act of 1974? [X ] Yes [ ] No

3. If Yes, has an up-to-date System of Records Notice (SORN) been published? [ X] Yes [ ] No

Gifts or Payments: Is an incentive (e.g., money or reimbursement of expenses, token of appreciation) provided to participants? [ ] Yes [X ] No

BURDEN HOURS

Category of Respondent	No. of Respondents	Participation Time	Burden Hours
Private sector individuals: Manufacturers	150	5 min	12.5
Private sector individuals: Educators	50	5 min	4.2
Totals	200	5 min	16.7

FEDERAL COST: The estimated annual cost to the Federal government is a week of staff time: $7,500.

If you are conducting a focus group, survey, or plan to employ statistical methods, please provide answers to the following questions:

The selection of your targeted respondents

1. Do you have a customer list or something similar that defines the universe of potential respondents and do you have a sampling plan for selecting from this universe? [ ] Yes] [X ] No

If the answer is yes, please provide a description of both below (or attach the sampling plan)? If the answer is no, please provide a description of how you plan to identify your potential group of respondents and how you will select the respondents.

Administration of the Instrument

1. How will you collect the information? (Check all that apply)

[ ] Web-based or other forms of Social Media

[ ] Telephone

[ ] In-person

[ ] Mail

[ X ] Other, Explain Google Form that will be emailed

2. Will interviewers or facilitators be used? [ ] Yes [ X ] No

Required Additional Information

1. Line of Business: General Science and Innovation

2. Subfunction: Scientific and Technological Research and Innovation.

3. Privacy Act System of Records: DEPT-23, Information Collected Electronically in Connection with

Department of Commerce Activities, Events, and Programs

4. Federal Registration citation information: 78 FR 42038

5. Number of respondents for small entities: Zero

6. Percentage of respondents reporting electronically: 100%

Please submit all instruments, instructions, correspondences (emails, letters, etc.) to respondents, and scripts as separate documents along with this request document.

Every instrument must have the following displayed –

OMB Control No. 0690-0038

Expiration Date: 07/31/2026

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