Proposed Collection; Comment Request
Published Date: 1/10/2025
Notice
Summary
The Department of Defense wants your thoughts on a new info collection called the Research Performance Progress Report. This affects anyone involved in DoD research awards and aims to make reporting clearer and easier, possibly using tech to cut down paperwork. You’ve got until March 11, 2025, to share your ideas—no cost to comment, just your time!
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 1 mixed.
Reports used to judge progress and funding
DoD will use the RPPR to monitor awards, evaluate whether grantees met project goals, review plans for the next budget period, and determine funding for the next budget segment. The reports will also be used to manage programs, plan future scientific initiatives, and complete reports to Congress, the public, and other Federal agencies.
Semi‑annual reporting adds time burden
If your organization receives DoD research awards, you must submit the Research Performance Progress Report (RPPR) twice a year. Each response averages 6 hours, you will respond 2 times per year, there are 2,000 respondents total, and the rule estimates an annual burden of 24,000 hours across respondents.
Agency seeks ways to reduce burden by tech
The Department of Defense is asking for public comments on how to minimize the information‑collection burden, including using automated collection techniques or other information technology. Comments must be submitted by March 11, 2025.
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