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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">I hope everyone has read or will read
this specific item because it is a big deal for museum
collections:<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.gpo.gov_fdsys_pkg_FR-2D2015-2D02-2D03_html_2015-2D01880.htm&d=AwMD-g&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=6DJgI4lwf79PceGXIJfS6CNss8TLL120BJBTilqjAuw&s=7kb9gPmjqsd_JhzWFBXyYbgYfkld7TT_cAkKsB9qIfU&e=">http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2015-02-03/html/2015-01880.htm</a><br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.gpo.gov_fdsys_pkg_FR-2D2015-2D02-2D03_pdf_2015-2D01880.pdf&d=AwMD-g&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=6DJgI4lwf79PceGXIJfS6CNss8TLL120BJBTilqjAuw&s=FCic7X3NBcrIJSaufiarcAPTIS4VaGKau05lN-zFWyA&e=">http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2015-02-03/pdf/2015-01880.pdf</a><br>
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Under the Paperwork Reduction Act, federal agencies can't request
information from non-federal entities or citizens without
permission from the White House Office of Management and Budget.
To obtain approval for an Information Collection Request (ICR)
they must publish the proposed ICR for comment which is what they
are doing here.<br>
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This request is no doubt in part a result of the reports of the
Inspector General (at least two over the past decade) that
criticized DOI rather harshly for not having adequate inventories
of stuff collected from public lands managed by DOI agencies
(USFWS, NPS, BLM). <br>
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Take a good look at what they are going to require you to do.
We've had this discussion in the context of the NPS situation. Are
you really going to take the time to go back through your
collections - every item! - to determine what came from
DOI-managed public lands - ever - even though not georeferenced
that precisely at the time collected, even though the exact site
may or may not have been DOI-managed public land at the time?
You'd have to know the boundaries of each site at the time of
collection, assuming it was even designated as a:<br>
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National Wildlife Refuge<br>
National Park<br>
Public land area managed by the BLM<br>
National wildlife preserve<br>
Elk refuge<br>
National bird refuge<br>
etc.<br>
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at the time of collection. <br>
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And they estimate that this will take 2 hrs, 20 minutes per year.
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THEY RECEIVED NO COMMENTS IN RESPONSE TO THE PRIOR NOTICE
PUBLISHED IN MARCH 2014.<br>
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The Department of the Interior invites
comments on:
(a) Whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(b) The accuracy of the agency’s
estimate of the burden of the collection
and the validity of the methodology and
assumptions used;
(c) Ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(d) Ways to minimize the burden of
the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through
the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
‘‘Burden’’ means the total time, effort,
or financial resources expended by
persons to generate, maintain, retain,
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disclose, or provide information to or
for a federal agency. This includes the
time needed to review instructions; to
develop, acquire, install and utilize
technology and systems for the purpose
of collecting, validating and verifying
information, processing and <br>
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maintaining information, and disclosing
and providing information; to train
personnel and to be able to respond to
a collection of information, to search
data sources, to complete and review
the collection of information; and to
transmit or otherwise disclose the
information. <br>
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<i>Think about the potential consequences of not complying once
this goes into effect. </i><i><br>
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I really suggest you read this notice carefully. <br>
<br>
Ellen<br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Ellen Paul
Executive Director
The Ornithological Council
Email: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ellen.paul@verizon.net">ellen.paul@verizon.net</a>
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http://www.nmnh.si.edu/BIRDNET"</a>
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