[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 192 (Wednesday, October 5, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 60387]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-21608]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Agency Information Collection Extension

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Submission for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) review; 
comment request.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) has submitted an information 
collection request to the OMB for extension under the provisions of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The information collection requests a 
three-year extension of its collection, titled Portfolio Analysis and 
Management System, OMB Control Number 1910-5178. The proposed 
collection streamlines the submission, tracking, and correspondence 
portions of financial award pre-review processes. The information 
collected is used by the DOE to select applicants and projects for 
financial awards.

DATES: Comments regarding this collection must be received on or before 
November 4, 2022. If you anticipate that you will be submitting 
comments but find it difficult to do so within the period allowed by 
this notice, please advise the OMB Desk Officer of your intention to 
submit them as soon as possible. The Desk Officer may be telephoned at 
(202) 881-8585.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Courtney Bracey, Office of Information 
Science Management (SC-43), Office of Science, Department of Energy, 
GTN Building/E-180, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585, 
Direct: (301) 903-1844 or by email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request 
contains:
    (1) OMB No.: 1910-5178.
    (2) Information Collection Request Title: Portfolio Analysis and 
Management System.
    (3) Type of Request: Extension.
    (4) Purpose: This existing collection is based on the Health 
Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Electronic Handbooks 
software. Discretionary financial assistance proposals continue to be 
collected using Grants.gov but are imported into PAMS for use by the 
program offices. Under the existing information collection, an external 
interface in PAMS allows two other types of proposal submission: DOE 
National Laboratories can submit proposals for technical work 
authorizations directly into PAMS, while other Federal agencies will be 
able to submit proposals for interagency awards directly into PAMS. 
External users from all institution types can submit Solicitation 
Letters of Intent and Pre-proposals directly into PAMS. All applicants, 
whether they submitted through Grants.gov or PAMS, can register with 
PAMS to view the submitted proposals. They also can maintain a minimal 
amount of information in their personal profile. The existing 
collection automates and streamlines the submission, tracking, and 
correspondence portions of financial award pre-review processes. The 
information collected is used by DOE to select applicants and projects 
for financial awards.
    (5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 35,365.
    (6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 35,365.
    (7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 46,441.
    (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: 
$5,051,772.
    Statutory Authority: Section 641 of the Department of Energy 
Organization Act, codified at 42 U.S.C. 7251.

Signing Authority

    This document of the Department of Energy was signed on September 
29, 2022, by Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, Director, Office of Science, 
pursuant to delegated authority from the Secretary of Energy. That 
document with the original signature and date is maintained by DOE. For 
administrative purposes only, and in compliance with requirements of 
the Office of the Federal Register, the undersigned DOE Federal 
Register Liaison Officer has been authorized to sign and submit the 
document in electronic format for publication, as an official document 
of the Department of Energy. This administrative process in no way 
alters the legal effect of this document upon publication in the 
Federal Register.

    Signed in Washington, DC, on September 30, 2022.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2022-21608 Filed 10-4-22; 8:45 am]
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