80_FR_52412 80 FR 52245 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Revision and Extension of Approved Collection; Comment Request; Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery

80 FR 52245 - 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 167 (August 28, 2015)

Page Range52245-52245
FR Document2015-21331

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), Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) 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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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules 
or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings 
and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings, 
delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency 
statements of organization and functions are examples of documents 
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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

August 25, 2015.
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 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), Animal and Plant Health Inspection 
Service (APHIS) 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 September 28, 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, 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 one comments in response to the 60-day notice 
published in the Federal Register of June 3, 2015 (80 FR 31569).

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service--0579-0377

    Current Actions: Revision and Extension of Currently Approved 
Collection.
    Type of Review: Revision and Extension..
    Affected Public: Individuals and Households, Businesses and 
Organizations, State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Average Expected Annual Number of activities: 29.
    Respondents: 17,000.
    Annual responses: 17,000.
    Frequency of Response: Once per request.
    Average minutes per response: 0.25.
    Burden hours: 17,500.
    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. 2015-21331 Filed 8-27-15; 8:45 am]
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                                             This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER                       Title: Generic Clearance for the                   published in the Federal Register of
                                             contains documents other than rules or                  Collection of Qualitative Feedback on                 June 3, 2015 (80 FR 31569).
                                             proposed rules that are applicable to the               Agency Service Delivery
                                             public. Notices of hearings and investigations,                                                               Animal and Plant Health Inspection
                                             committee meetings, agency decisions and                   Abstract: The information collection               Service—0579–0377
                                             rulings, delegations of authority, filing of            activity will garner qualitative customer
                                                                                                     and stakeholder feedback in an efficient,               Current Actions: Revision and
                                             petitions and applications and agency
                                             statements of organization and functions are            timely manner, in accordance with the                 Extension of Currently Approved
                                             examples of documents appearing in this                 Administration’s commitment to                        Collection.
                                             section.                                                improving service delivery. By                          Type of Review: Revision and
                                                                                                     qualitative feedback we mean                          Extension..
                                                                                                     information that provides useful                        Affected Public: Individuals and
                                             DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE                               insights on perceptions and opinions,                 Households, Businesses and
                                                                                                     but are not statistical surveys that yield            Organizations, State, Local or Tribal
                                             Agency Information Collection                                                                                 Government.
                                             Activities: Revision and Extension of                   quantitative results that can be
                                                                                                     generalized to the population of study.                 Average Expected Annual Number of
                                             Approved Collection; Comment                                                                                  activities: 29.
                                             Request; Generic Clearance for the                      This feedback will provide insights into
                                                                                                     customer or stakeholder perceptions,                    Respondents: 17,000.
                                             Collection of Qualitative Feedback on                                                                           Annual responses: 17,000.
                                             Agency Service Delivery                                 experiences and expectations, provide
                                                                                                     an early warning of issues with service,                Frequency of Response: Once per
                                             August 25, 2015.                                        or focus attention on areas where                     request.
                                                                                                     communication, training or changes in                   Average minutes per response: 0.25.
                                             AGENCY:  Animal and Plant Health
                                                                                                     operations might improve delivery of                    Burden hours: 17,500.
                                             Inspection Service, USDA.
                                                                                                     products or services. These collections                 An agency may not conduct or
                                             ACTION: 30-Day notice of submission of                  will allow for ongoing, collaborative and             sponsor, and a person is not required to
                                             information collection approval from                    actionable communications between the                 respond to, a collection of information
                                             the Office of Management and Budget                     Agency and its customers and                          unless it displays a currently valid
                                             and request for comments.                               stakeholders. It will also allow feedback             Office of Management and Budget
                                                                                                     to contribute directly to the                         control number.
                                             SUMMARY:  As part of a Federal                          improvement of program management.                    Ruth Brown,
                                             Government-wide effort to streamline
                                                                                                        Feedback collected under this generic              Departmental Information Collection
                                             the process to seek feedback from the
                                                                                                     clearance will provide useful                         Clearance Officer.
                                             public on service delivery, the
                                                                                                     information, but it will not yield data               [FR Doc. 2015–21331 Filed 8–27–15; 8:45 am]
                                             Department of Agriculture (USDA),
                                                                                                     that can be generalized to the overall                BILLING CODE 3410–34–P
                                             Animal and Plant Health Inspection
                                                                                                     population. This type of generic
                                             Service (APHIS) has submitted a
                                                                                                     clearance for qualitative information
                                             Generic Information Collection Request
                                                                                                     will not be used for quantitative                     DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
                                             (Generic ICR): ‘‘Generic Clearance for
                                                                                                     information collections that are
                                             the Collection of Qualitative Feedback                                                                        Forest Service
                                                                                                     designed to yield reliably actionable
                                             on Agency Service Delivery’’ to OMB for
                                                                                                     results, such as monitoring trends over
                                             approval under the Paperwork                                                                                  Superior National Forest, Minnesota;
                                                                                                     time or documenting program
                                             Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et.                                                                       School Trust Land Exchange
                                                                                                     performance. Such data uses require
                                             seq.).
                                                                                                     more rigorous designs that address: the               AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.
                                             DATES:Comments must be submitted                        target population to which
                                             September 28, 2015.                                     generalizations will be made, the                     ACTION:Notice of intent to prepare an
                                                                                                     sampling frame, the sample design                     environmental impact statement.
                                             ADDRESSES:  Written comments may be
                                             submitted to the Desk Officer for                       (including stratification and clustering),            SUMMARY:   The purpose and need for the
                                             Agriculture, Office of Information and                  the precision requirements or power                   land exchange is: the Superior National
                                             Regulatory Affairs, Office of                           calculations that justify the proposed                Forest would acquire land inside the
                                             Management and Budget, New                              sample size, the expected response rate,              Boundary Waters Canoe Area
                                             Executive Office Building, Washington,                  methods for assessing potential non-                  Wilderness (BWCAW) from the
                                             DC 20503; OIRA_Submission@                              response bias, the protocols for data                 Minnesota School Trust with
                                             OMB.EOP.GOV or fax (202) 395–5806                       collection, and any testing procedures                outstanding wilderness/scenic/
                                             and to Departmental Clearance Office,                   that were or will be undertaken prior                 recreational opportunities, which will
                                             USDA, OCIO, Mail Stop 7602,                             fielding the study. Depending on the                  consolidate ownership and eliminate
                                                                                                     degree of influence the results are likely
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                                             Washington, DC 20250–7602.                                                                                    the risk of development or uses
                                                                                                     to have, such collections may still be                incompatible with wilderness values
                                             FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:    To                  eligible for submission for other generic             and management. The federal land
                                             request additional information, please                  mechanisms that are designed to yield                 located outside the BWCAW conveyed
                                             contact Ruth Brown (202) 720–8958 or                    quantitative results.                                 to the Minnesota School Trust would
                                             Charlene Parker (202) 720–8681.                            The Agency received one comments                   allow the State to manage lands outside
                                             SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                              in response to the 60-day notice                      the wilderness to generate revenue to


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
Action30-Day notice of submission of information collection approval from the Office of Management and Budget and request for comments.
DatesComments must be submitted September 28, 2015.
ContactTo request additional information, please contact Ruth Brown (202) 720-8958 or Charlene Parker (202) 720- 8681.
FR Citation80 FR 52245 

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