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NOAA Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) Program National Evaluation System

ICR 201812-0648-010 · OMB 0648-0658 · Active

Forms and Documents
Document
Name
Status
Form and Instruction
 Modified
Form and Instruction
 Modified
Form and Instruction
 Modified
Supplementary Document
2018-12-19
Supplementary Document
2018-12-19
Supplementary Document
2018-12-19
Supporting Statement B
2019-07-24
Supporting Statement A
2019-07-24
Supplementary Document
2018-12-17
IC Document Collections
IC ID
Document
Title
Status
204202 Modified
204193 Modified
204191 Modified
ICR Details
0648-0658 201812-0648-010
Active 201510-0648-014
DOC/NOAA
NOAA Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) Program National Evaluation System
Revision of a currently approved collection   No
Regular
Approved with change 07/24/2019
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA) 12/19/2018
  Inventory as of this Action Requested Previously Approved
07/31/2022 36 Months From Approved 07/31/2019
2,583 0 4,237
1,040 0 1,773
0 0 0
The NOAA Office of Education’s Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) program seeks to contribute to NOAA’s mission by supporting education efforts to create an environmentally literate citizenry with the knowledge, attitudes, and skills needed to protect watersheds and related ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes ecosystems. B-WET currently funds projects in seven regions (California, Chesapeake Bay, Great Lakes, Gulf of Mexico, Hawaii, New England, and the Pacific Northwest). B-WET has created an across-region, internal evaluation system to provide ongoing feedback on program implementation and outcomes to ensure maximum quality and efficiency of the B-WET program. The evaluation system is sustained by B-WET staff with occasional assistance from an outside contractor. B-WET awardees and the awardees’ professional development teacher-participants are asked to voluntarily complete online survey forms to provide evaluation data. One individual from each awardee organization is asked to complete a form once per year of the award, and the teacher participants are asked to complete one form at the end of their professional development program and another form at the end of the following school year.
EO: EO 12862 Name/Subject of EO: Setting Customer Standards
  
None
Not associated with rulemaking
  83 FR 35240 07/25/2018
83 FR 65146 12/19/2018
No
  Total Approved Previously Approved Change Due to New Statute Change Due to Agency Discretion Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses 2,583 4,237 0 0 -1,654 0
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 1,040 1,773 0 0 -733 0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 0 0 0 0 0 0
No
No
Program Changes Based on an initial analysis of results collected from the three questionnaires, feedback from respondents via open- and closed-ended items, and a detailed review of the questionnaire items by B-WET staff members, a number of changes are proposed to the measures included in the questionnaires. These changes are identified using “track changes” in the questionnaires included in Attachments 1a-f. Changes were made in order to shorten the instruments where possible and obtain more focused feedback on high priority program questions. These changes do not change the estimated survey response times. In addition, due to lower than anticipated response rates for grantees in the last three year period, a nonresponse survey for this audience has been included. Adjustments Increased cost to the Federal government is due to increased cost of survey platform license as well as a greater cost anticipated for a future analysis. Based on grantee and teacher response rates in the last 3 years, we have lowered our estimated response rates (Table 7). In addition, the expected number of participants has decreased (from 8,086 to 5,129), so the overall burden has decreased (Table 6).
$90,000
Yes Part B of Supporting Statement
    No
    No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Bronwen Rice 202 482-6797
  No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    (i) Why the information is being collected;
    (ii) Use of information;
    (iii) Burden estimate;
    (iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
    (v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
    (vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
 
 
 
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
12/19/2018