NASA Event Sign-Ups: More Forms, Less Fun
Published Date: 9/28/2026
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Summary
NASA is updating how it collects info from people signing up for its conferences, workshops, and challenges. This affects anyone interested in joining NASA events, like researchers, students, and government folks. They want your feedback by November 27, 2026, to make the process smoother and less paperwork-heavy, helping NASA plan better and keep things fun and fair.
Analyzed Economic Effects
5 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 3 costs, 0 mixed.
NASA will collect registration contact details
If you sign up for a NASA conference, workshop, meeting, or challenge, NASA will collect basic registration information such as your name, organization, address, country, phone number, email address, and may ask how you learned about the activity. This information is collected for event management and communication.
Estimated time burden for participants
NASA estimates up to 11,500 total responses per year across activities, with a combined annual burden of 8,075 hours. Example per-activity estimates include 2,000 conference responses at 1.0 hour each, 2,000 meetings at 45 minutes each, and 1,500 common registrations at 3 minutes each.
Presenters may need to submit abstracts or papers
If you apply to present or participate in some NASA activities, NASA may require short applications, abstracts, papers, or other supporting materials to evaluate submissions and select participants.
Accessibility accommodation requests will be collected
NASA will collect special accommodation requests as part of registration to ensure accessibility compliance for events. You can request accommodations when you register so NASA can plan for accessibility needs.
Who is affected and how to comment
The collection affects individuals and households, businesses, academic institutions, nonprofits, and Federal, State, local, and Tribal governments that participate in NASA events. NASA invited public comments on the proposed collection, with comments due by November 27, 2026, at regulations.gov (Docket NASA-2026-0463).
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