Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY:

The Office of the Secretary of the Navy, DoD.

ACTION:

Information collection notice.

SUMMARY:

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary of the Navy announces a proposed public information collection and seeks public comment on the provisions thereof. Comments are invited on: Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical utility; the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed information collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and 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.

DATES:

Consideration will be given to all comments received by January 13, 2020.

ADDRESSES:

You may submit comments, identified by docket number and title, by any of the following methods:

Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.

Mail: Department of Defense, Office of the Chief Management Officer, Directorate for Oversight and Compliance, 4800 Mark Center Drive, Mailbox #24 Suite 08D09, Alexandria, VA 22350-1700.

Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name, docket number and title for this Federal Register document. The general policy for comments and other submissions from members of the public is to make these submissions available for public viewing on the internet at http://www.regulations.gov as they are received without change, including any personal identifiers or contact information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

To request more information on this proposed information collection or to obtain a copy of the proposal and associated collection instruments, please write to Naval Research Laboratory, 4555 Overlook Ave SW, Washington DC 20375, Mail Code 5580 or call Mark A. Livingston at 202-767-0380.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: Graphicacy in Interactive Dashboards; OMB Control Number 0703-XXXX.

Needs and Uses: Many modern jobs, including military duties, rely heavily on reading and interpreting simple data displays such as bar graphs, line graphs, and pie charts. However, there is no method for determining the “reading level” of a graph, as may be done for prose through multiple methods. We adapted a methodology for generating queries for a reading comprehension test to generate queries for graph comprehension. We seek to determine how well this methodology works by asking example queries of participants, and simultaneously measuring the difficulty associated with certain graph styles (e.g. multiple axes).

Affected Public: Individuals and households.

Annual Burden Hours: 125.

Number of Respondents: 100.

Responses per Respondent: 1.

Annual Responses: 100.

Average Burden per Response: 75 minutes.

Frequency: As required.