80 FR 12425 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Revision and Extension of Approved Collection; Comment Request; Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 45 (March 9, 2015)

Page Range		12425-12426
FR Document		2015-05401

As part of a Federal Government-wide effort to streamline the process to seek feedback from the public on service delivery, the Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has submitted a Generic Information Collection Request (Generic ICR): ``Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery'' to OMB for approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et. seq.).

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Agency Information Collection Activities: Revision and Extension 
of Approved Collection; Comment Request; Generic Clearance for the 
Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery

March 4, 2015.
AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: 30-Day notice of submission of information collection approval 
from the Office of Management and Budget and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: As part of a Federal Government-wide effort to streamline the 
process to seek feedback from the public on service delivery, the 
Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Food Safety and Inspection 
Service (FSIS) has submitted a Generic Information Collection Request 
(Generic ICR): ``Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative 
Feedback on Agency Service Delivery'' to OMB for approval under the 
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et. seq.).

DATES: Comments must be submitted by April 8, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be submitted to the Desk Officer for 
Agriculture, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 
Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 
20503; [email protected] or fax (202) 395-5806 and to 
Departmental Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail Stop 7602, Washington, 
DC 20250-7602.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information, 
please contact Ruth Brown (202) 720-8958 or Charlene Parker (202) 720-
8681.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback 
on Agency Service Delivery.
    Abstract: The information collection activity will garner 
qualitative customer and stakeholder feedback in an efficient, timely 
manner, in accordance with the Administration's commitment to improving 
service delivery. By qualitative feedback we mean information that 
provides useful insights on perceptions and opinions, but are not 
statistical surveys that yield quantitative results that can be 
generalized to the population of study. This feedback will provide 
insights into customer or stakeholder perceptions, experiences and 
expectations, provide an early warning of issues with service,

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or focus attention on areas where communication, training or changes in 
operations might improve delivery of products or services. These 
collections will allow for ongoing, collaborative and actionable 
communications between the Agency and its customers and stakeholders. 
It will also allow feedback to contribute directly to the improvement 
of program management.
    Feedback collected under this generic clearance will provide useful 
information, but it will not yield data that can be generalized to the 
overall population. This type of generic clearance for qualitative 
information will not be used for quantitative information collections 
that are designed to yield reliably actionable results, such as 
monitoring trends over time or documenting program performance. Such 
data uses require more rigorous designs that address: the target 
population to which generalizations will be made, the sampling frame, 
the sample design (including stratification and clustering), the 
precision requirements or power calculations that justify the proposed 
sample size, the expected response rate, methods for assessing 
potential non-response bias, the protocols for data collection, and any 
testing procedures that were or will be undertaken prior fielding the 
study. Depending on the degree of influence the results are likely to 
have, such collections may still be eligible for submission for other 
generic mechanisms that are designed to yield quantitative results.
    The Agency received no comments in response to the 60-day notice 
published in the Federal Register on September 17, 2014 (79 FR 55745). 
No comments were received.

The Food Safety and Inspection Service--0583-0151

    Current Actions: Revision and Extension of Currently Approved 
Collection.
    Type of Review: Revision and Extension.
    Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions.
    Average Expected Annual Number of Activities: 10.
    Respondents: 10,000.
    Annual Responses: 10,000.
    Frequency of Response: Once per request.
    Average Minutes per Response: 60.
    Burden Hours: 10,000.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required 
to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a 
currently valid Office of Management and Budget control number.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-05401 Filed 3-6-15; 8:45 am]
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agencies and sponsors to comply with 11. Please provide any additional DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
new timeframes? information that would assist FNS with
2. On average, what percentage of understanding State agency and sponsor Agency Information Collection
final meal claims have been modified administrative capacities, and how to Activities: Revision and Extension of
annually since the initial claim? Are enhance the quality and utility of the Approved Collection; Comment
modified final meal claims usually data collected while also minimizing Request; Generic Clearance for the
higher or lower than the initial claims? any additional reporting burden. Collection of Qualitative Feedback on
a. How often are meal claims revised? Agency Service Delivery
b. Why are meal claims revised? National School Lunch Program and
c. How often do sponsors appeal State School Breakfast Program Summer March 4, 2015.
imposed meal claim disallowances? Meal Reporting AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection
What are the outcomes of these appeals? Service, USDA.
3. a. How accurate is the data for Seamless Summer Option ACTION: 30-Day notice of submission of
meals served which is submitted by the 1. Are schools able to easily separate information collection approval from
State agency in the 30-day report when the Office of Management and Budget
the meal claims for children served
compared with the subsequent 90-day and request for comments.
during the regular school year and
report?
b. What accounts for the difference in children served through the Seamless SUMMARY: As part of a Federal
actual (versus estimated) meals served Summer Option? Could these meals be Government-wide effort to streamline
between the 30-day and 90-day reports? separately tracked on the FNS–10? the process to seek feedback from the
4. The FNS–418 only requires State 2. Are there any State agency public on service delivery, the
agencies to report the number of concerns about separately reporting Department of Agriculture (USDA), the
sponsors, the number of sites, and the meals served to children through the Food Safety and Inspection Service
average daily attendance (ADA) of Seamless Summer Option? (FSIS) has submitted a Generic
sponsors for the month of July. Information Collection Request (Generic
3. Please provide any additional ICR): ‘‘Generic Clearance for the
a. Would it be feasible for States to
information that would assist FNS with Collection of Qualitative Feedback on
report this for every month during the
summer? understanding State agency and school Agency Service Delivery’’ to OMB for
b. How much time would States need administrative capacities, and how to approval under the Paperwork
to report this to FNS after each month? enhance the quality and utility of the Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et.
5. FNS currently collects the ADA of data collected while also minimizing seq.).
sponsors, which is calculated as the the reporting burden. FNS is DATES: Comments must be submitted by
total number of meals served in a particularly interested in receiving April 8, 2015.
sponsor’s primary meal service during feedback from State agencies that ADDRESSES: Written comments may be
the claim period divided by the number already separately track meals served submitted to the Desk Officer for
of operating or meal service days for through the Seamless Summer Option Agriculture, Office of Information and
that claim period. from those served through NSLP during Regulatory Affairs, Office of
a. Is this an effective method for the traditional school year. Management and Budget, New
calculating ADA? Executive Office Building, Washington,
b. Is the current reporting of ADA Serving Meals to Children Enrolled in
Summer School DC 20503; OIRA_Submission@
accurate at the sponsor and/or State OMB.EOP.GOV or fax (202) 395–5806
level? and to Departmental Clearance Office,
1. For schools that do not participate
c. How could ADA be calculated more USDA, OCIO, Mail Stop 7602,
accurately? in the SFSP or the Seamless Summer
Option, but serve meals to children Washington, DC 20250–7602.
6. FNS is interested in tracking the
enrolled in summer school through the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
number of unique children that
participate in the SFSP each day. Do NSLP and SBP, would it be feasible to request additional information, please
you have any suggestions for how this separately report the meals served to contact Ruth Brown (202) 720–8958 or
information could be captured and these children? Could these meals be Charlene Parker (202) 720–8681.
reported? separately tracked on the FNS–10? SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
7. FNS is interested in tracking the 2. Please provide any additional Title: Generic Clearance for the
number of meals served through rural information that would assist FNS with Collection of Qualitative Feedback on
sites. Would it be feasible to separate Agency Service Delivery.
understanding State agency and school
‘‘self-prep’’ meals served from ‘‘rural’’ Abstract: The information collection
administrative capacities, and how to
meals served on the FNS–418? activity will garner qualitative customer
enhance the quality and utility of the and stakeholder feedback in an efficient,
8. In your State, do sponsors submit data collected while also minimizing
meal claims electronically or manually? timely manner, in accordance with the
any additional reporting burden. Administration’s commitment to
9. Are there any data that sponsors or
State agencies currently collect that are FNS appreciates your thoughtful and improving service delivery. By
not reported to FNS? responsive comments. qualitative feedback we mean
a. If yes, please describe these data information that provides useful
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and how they are used. insights on perceptions and opinions,
b. Would sponsors and State agencies Audrey Rowe, but are not statistical surveys that yield
be able to regularly report these data to Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service. quantitative results that can be
FNS? [FR Doc. 2015–05314 Filed 3–6–15; 8:45 am] generalized to the population of study.
10. What are the best indicators or BILLING CODE 3410–30–P
This feedback will provide insights into
data elements to track changes to customer or stakeholder perceptions,
program participation from the previous experiences and expectations, provide
summer? an early warning of issues with service,

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or focus attention on areas where Office of Management and Budget Rural Development Vouchers under
communication, training or changes in control number. this part are administered by the Rural
operations might improve delivery of Housing Service, an agency under the
Ruth Brown,
products or services. These collections RD mission area, in accordance with
will allow for ongoing, collaborative and Departmental Information Collection requirements set forth in this Notice and
Clearance Officer.
actionable communications between the further explained in, ‘‘The Rural
[FR Doc. 2015–05401 Filed 3–6–15; 8:45 am] Development Voucher Program Guide,’’
Agency and its customers and
stakeholders. It will also allow feedback BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P which can be obtained by contacting
to contribute directly to the any RD Office. Contact information for
improvement of program management. RD offices can be found at: http://
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE www.rurdev.usda.gov/
Feedback collected under this generic
clearance will provide useful Rural Housing Service StateOfficeAddresses.html. These
information, but it will not yield data requirements are generally based on the
that can be generalized to the overall Rural Development Voucher Program housing choice voucher program
population. This type of generic regulations of the Department of
clearance for qualitative information AGENCY: Rural Housing Service, USDA. Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
will not be used for quantitative ACTION: Notice. set forth at 24 CFR part 982, unless
information collections that are otherwise noted by this Notice.
designed to yield reliably actionable SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of The RDVP is intended to offer
results, such as monitoring trends over Agriculture (USDA) in fiscal year (FY) protection to eligible Multi-Family
time or documenting program 2006 established the demonstration Housing tenants in properties financed
performance. Such data uses require Rural Development Voucher Program through RD’s Section 515 Rural Rental
more rigorous designs that address: the (RDVP), as authorized under Section Housing program (Section 515 property)
target population to which 542 of the Housing Act of 1949 as who may be subject to economic
generalizations will be made, the amended (42 U.S.C. 1490R) (without hardship due to the property owner’s
sampling frame, the sample design regard to Section 542(b)). This Notice prepayment of the RD mortgage. When
(including stratification and clustering), informs the public of the general the owner of a Section 515 property
the precision requirements or power policies and procedures for the RDVP pays off the loan prior to the loan’s
for FY 2015. Rural Development maturity date (either through
calculations that justify the proposed
Vouchers are only available to low- prepayment or foreclosure action), the
sample size, the expected response rate,
income tenants of Rural Development RD affordable housing requirements and
methods for assessing potential non-
(RD)-financed multi-family properties Rental Assistance (RA) subsidies
response bias, the protocols for data
where the Rural Rental Housing loan generally cease to exist. Rents may
collection, and any testing procedures
(Section 515) has been prepaid (either increase, thereby making the housing
that were or will be undertaken prior
through prepayment or foreclosure unaffordable to tenants. Regardless, the
fielding the study. Depending on the
action), prior to the loan’s maturity date. tenant may become responsible for the
degree of influence the results are likely
DATES: In order for eligible tenants to full payment of rent when a prepayment
to have, such collections may still be
participate, a voucher obligation form occurs, whether or not the rent
eligible for submission for other generic increases.
mechanisms that are designed to yield must be submitted within 10 months of
The Rural Development Voucher is
quantitative results. the foreclosure or pre-payment.
intended to help tenants by providing
The Agency received no comments in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: an annual rental subsidy, renewable on
response to the 60-day notice published Stephanie B.M. White, Director, Multi- the terms and conditions set forth
in the Federal Register on September Family Housing Portfolio Management herein and subject to the availability of
17, 2014 (79 FR 55745). No comments Division, Rural Development, U.S. funds, that will supplement the tenant’s
were received. Department of Agriculture, 1400 rent payment. This program enables a
Independence Avenue SW., STOP 0782, tenant to make an informed decision
The Food Safety and Inspection Washington, DC 20250, telephone (202)
Service—0583–0151 about remaining in the property, moving
720–1615. Persons with hearing or to a new property, or obtaining other
Current Actions: Revision and speech impairments may access this financial housing assistance. Low-
Extension of Currently Approved number via TDD by calling the toll-free income tenants in the prepaying
Collection. Federal Information Relay Service at property are eligible to receive a
Type of Review: Revision and (800) 877–8339. voucher to use at their current rental
Extension. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: property, or to take to any other rental
Affected Public: Not-for-profit I. Background unit in the United States and its
institutions. territories. Tenants in properties
Average Expected Annual Number of This Notice outlines the process for foreclosed on by RD are eligible for a
Activities: 10. providing voucher assistance to eligible Rural Development Voucher under the
Respondents: 10,000. tenants when a property owner either same conditions as properties that go
prepays a Section 515 loan or USDA through the standard prepayment
Annual Responses: 10,000.
action results in a foreclosure after process.
Frequency of Response: Once per
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September 30, 2005. There are some general limitations on
request.
II. Design Features of the RDVP the use of a voucher:
Average Minutes per Response: 60. • The rental unit must pass a RD
Burden Hours: 10,000. This section sets forth the design health and safety inspection, and the
An agency may not conduct or features of the RDVP, including the owner must be willing to accept a Rural
sponsor, and a person is not required to eligibility of tenants, the inspection of Development Voucher.
respond to, a collection of information the housing units, and the calculation of • Rural Development Vouchers
unless it displays a currently valid the subsidy amount. cannot be used for units in subsidized

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Category		Regulatory Information
Collection		Federal Register
sudoc Class		AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106:
Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		30-Day notice of submission of information collection approval from the Office of Management and Budget and request for comments.
Dates		Comments must be submitted by April 8, 2015.
Contact		To request additional information, please contact Ruth Brown (202) 720-8958 or Charlene Parker (202) 720- 8681.
FR Citation		80 FR 12425