80_FR_57418 80 FR 57235 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery

80 FR 57235 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery

NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES
National Endowment for the Humanities

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 183 (September 22, 2015)

Page Range57235-57236
FR Document2015-24091

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

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 183 (Tuesday, September 22, 2015) 
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 183 (Tuesday, September 22, 2015)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-24091]


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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES

National Endowment for the Humanities


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative 
Feedback on Agency Service Delivery

AGENCY: National Endowment for the Humanities, National Foundation on 
the Arts and the Humanities.

ACTION: 30-day notice of NEH's submission of information collection 
approval to 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 
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has submitted a Generic 
Information Collection Request (Generic ICR): ``Generic Clearance for 
the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery'' to 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval under the 
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et. seq.).

DATES: Comments on this information collection must be submitted on or 
before October 22, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Mail comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the National Endowment for the 
Humanities, Office of Management and Budget, Room

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10235, Washington, DC 20503; (202) 395-7316.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Michael McDonald, General Counsel 
at gencounsel@neh.gov or by mail to 400 7th Street SW., 4th Floor, 
Washington, DC 20506.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback 
on Agency Service Delivery.
    Abstract: NEH is submitting a new information collection--in the 
form of a generic clearance--that will allow NEH to receive fast-track 
approval from OMB when NEH wishes to seek feedback from the public 
about NEH events and programs. With this generic clearance NEH will be 
able to garner qualitative customer and stakeholder feedback in an 
efficient, timely manner, in accordance with the Administration's 
commitment to improving service delivery by Federal agencies to the 
public. By qualitative feedback we mean information that provides 
useful insights on people's opinions of NEH programs, events, 
publications, products and other services NEH provides to the public. 
This qualitative feedback will:
     Provide NEH with insights into customer or stakeholder 
perceptions, experiences and expectations,
     Provide NEH with an early warning of issues with service, 
and
     Focus agency attention on areas where communication, 
training or changes in operations might improve delivery of NEH 
products or services.
    NEH will solicit feedback in areas such as: Timeliness, 
appropriateness, accuracy of information, courtesy, efficiency of 
service delivery, and resolution of issues with service delivery. NEH 
will use the responses to plan and to improve the quality of service 
and programs offered to the public.
    For every customer survey or other information collection under 
this generic clearance, NEH will use the information gathered 
internally only for general service improvement and program management 
purposes and does not intend to release the information outside of the 
agency. NEH will not gather information for the purpose of 
substantially informing influential policy decisions. NEH will only 
gather data in a way designed to yield qualitative information, not 
statistically reliable results or results meant to be generalizable to 
the population of study.
    NEH received no comments in response to the 60-day notice published 
in the Federal Register on July 2, 2015 (80 FR 38235).
    Current Actions: New collection of information.
    Type of Review: New Collection.
    Affected Public: Individuals and Households, Businesses and 
Organizations, State, Local or Tribal Governments.
    Below we provide NEH's projected average estimates for the next 
three years. The formula used to calculate the total burden hours is 
``estimated average time per responses'' times ``annual responses.''
    Average Expected Annual Number of Activities: 4.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 10,000.
    Estimated Annual Number of Responses per Respondent: Once per 
request.
    Estimated Total Annual Responses: 10,000.
    Estimated Average Time per Response: 15 minutes (0.25 hours).
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,500 hours.
    NEH is requesting OMB approval for three years. There are no costs 
to respondents other than their time.

    Dated: September 16, 2015.
Margaret F. Plympton,
Deputy Chairman.
[FR Doc. 2015-24091 Filed 9-21-15; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 183 / Tuesday, September 22, 2015 / Notices 57235 participation agreement for each student LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION coordination agencies that are participating in a Work Study Program composed of sub-state areas and whose and that the teacher-coordinator, Notice of Availability of Calendar Year governing boards are controlled by employer, and student each sign the 2016 Competitive Grant Funds locally elected officials. agreement.. The RFP, containing the NIC and AGENCY: Legal Services Corporation. grant application, guidelines, proposal II. Review Focus ACTION: Solicitation for Proposals for the content requirements, service area The Department of Labor is Provision of Civil Legal Services in descriptions, and specific selection particularly interested in comments Southeastern Michigan. criteria, is available from http:// which: www.lsc.gov/grants-grantee-resources/ SUMMARY: The Legal Services • Evaluate whether the proposed our-grant-programs/basic-field-grant. Corporation (LSC) is the national collection of information is necessary LSC will post all updates and/or organization charged with administering for the proper performance of the changes to this notice at http:// federal funds provided for civil legal functions of the agency, including www.lsc.gov/grants-grantee-resources/ services to low-income people. whether the information will have our-grant-programs/basic-field-grant. LSC is reopening the competitive practical utility; Interested parties are asked to visit • Enhance the quality, utility, and bidding process for FY 2016 funding for http://www.lsc.gov/grants-grantee- clarity of the information to be service area MI–13 in Michigan. Service resources/our-grant-programs/basic- collected; area MI–13 is comprised of Macomb, field-grant regularly for updates on the • Evaluate the accuracy of the Oakland, and Wayne Counties in LSC competitive grants process. agency’s estimate of the burden of the Michigan. LSC is soliciting grant proposals from interested parties who Dated: September 17, 2015. proposed collection of information, including the validity of the are qualified to provide effective, Stefanie K. Davis, methodology and assumptions used; efficient, and high quality civil legal Assistant General Counsel. • Minimize the burden of the services to the eligible client population [FR Doc. 2015–24022 Filed 9–21–15; 8:45 am] collection of information on those who in service area MI–13. BILLING CODE 7050–01–P are to respond, including through the While the exact amount of use of appropriate automated, congressionally appropriated funds and electronic, mechanical, or other the date and terms of availability for NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE technological collection techniques or calendar year 2016 are not known yet, ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES other forms of information technology, LSC anticipates that the funding amount e.g., permitting electronic submissions will be similar to calendar year 2015 National Endowment for the of responses. funding, which is $4,368,810. Humanities DATES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION III. Current Actions section for grants competition dates. Agency Information Collection The Department of Labor seeks an Activities: Proposed Collection; ADDRESSES: Legal Services approval for the extension of this Comment Request; Generic Clearance Corporation—Competitive Grants, 3333 information collection in order to for the Collection of Qualitative K Street NW., Third Floor, Washington, ensure effective administration of the Feedback on Agency Service Delivery DC 20007–3522. child labor programs. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The AGENCY: National Endowment for the Type of Review: Extension. Office of Program Performance by email Humanities, National Foundation on the Agency: Wage and Hour Division. at competition@lsc.gov, or visit the Arts and the Humanities. Title: Work-Study Program of the grants competition Web site at http:// ACTION: 30-day notice of NEH’s Child Labor Regulations. www.lsc.gov/grants-grantee-resources/ submission of information collection OMB Number: 1235–0024. our-grant-programs/basic-field-grant. approval to the Office of Management Affected Public: Business or other for- SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The and Budget and request for comments. profit, Not-for-profit institutions, Farms, State, Local, or Tribal Government. Request for Proposals (RFP) is available at http://www.lsc.gov/grants-grantee- SUMMARY: As part of a Federal Total Respondents: WSP Government-wide effort to streamline Applications: 10; Written Participation resources/our-grant-programs/basic- field-grant. Applicants are required to the process to seek feedback from the Agreements: 500. public on service delivery, the National Total Annual Responses: WSP use the ‘‘Standard RFP Narrative Instruction’’ to prepare the grant Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Applications: 10; Written Participation has submitted a Generic Information Agreements: 1,000. proposal. Applicants must file a Notice of Intent to Compete (NIC) to participate Collection Request (Generic ICR): Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1,529. ‘‘Generic Clearance for the Collection of Estimated Time per Response: WSP in the competitive grants process. Applicants must file the NIC by Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Application: 121 minutes; Written Delivery’’ to the Office of Management Participation Agreement: 31 minutes. September 30, 2015, 5:00 p.m., E.T. Applicants must submit grant proposals and Budget (OMB) for approval under Frequency: On occasion. the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): by October 23, 2015, 5:00 p.m., E.T. The dates in this notice supersede the dates U.S.C. 3501 et. seq.). $0. contained in the RFP. DATES: Comments on this information Total Burden Cost (operation/ collection must be submitted on or tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES maintenance): $13,350. LSC is seeking proposals from: (1) Non-profit organizations that have as a before October 22, 2015. Dated: September 15, 2015. purpose the provision of legal assistance ADDRESSES: Mail comments to the Office Mary Ziegler, to eligible clients; (2) private attorneys; of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Assistant Administrator for Policy. (3) groups of private attorneys or law Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the National [FR Doc. 2015–24103 Filed 9–21–15; 8:45 am] firms; (4) state or local governments; Endowment for the Humanities, Office BILLING CODE 4510–27–P and (5) sub-state regional planning and of Management and Budget, Room VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:39 Sep 21, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00091 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\22SEN1.SGM 22SEN1

57236 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 183 / Tuesday, September 22, 2015 / Notices 10235, Washington, DC 20503; (202) Current Actions: New collection of • Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing 395–7316. information. Innovation Overview FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Type of Review: New Collection. • CMMI Committee of Visitors Report Michael McDonald, General Counsel at Affected Public: Individuals and • Engineering Education and gencounsel@neh.gov or by mail to 400 Households, Businesses and Revolutionizing Engineering 7th Street SW., 4th Floor, Washington, Organizations, State, Local or Tribal Departments Update DC 20506. Governments. • Broader Impacts Below we provide NEH’s projected Thursday, April 16, 2015 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: average estimates for the next three Title: Generic Clearance for the years. The formula used to calculate the • Perspectives from the Office of the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Director total burden hours is ‘‘estimated average Agency Service Delivery. time per responses’’ times ‘‘annual • The Future of Center-scale Abstract: NEH is submitting a new Multidisciplinary Engineering information collection—in the form of a responses.’’ Average Expected Annual Number of Research generic clearance—that will allow NEH Activities: 4. • Chemical, Bioengineering, to receive fast-track approval from OMB Environmental and Transport Systems Estimated Number of Respondents: when NEH wishes to seek feedback from Overview 10,000. the public about NEH events and Estimated Annual Number of • CBET Committee of Visitors Report programs. With this generic clearance • Roundtable on ENG Strategic Responses per Respondent: Once per NEH will be able to garner qualitative Activities and Recommendations request. customer and stakeholder feedback in Estimated Total Annual Responses: Dated: September 17, 2015. an efficient, timely manner, in 10,000. Crystal Robinson, accordance with the Administration’s Estimated Average Time per Committee Management Officer. commitment to improving service Response: 15 minutes (0.25 hours). [FR Doc. 2015–24018 Filed 9–21–15; 8:45 am] delivery by Federal agencies to the Estimated Total Annual Burden BILLING CODE 7555–01–P public. By qualitative feedback we mean Hours: 2,500 hours. information that provides useful NEH is requesting OMB approval for insights on people’s opinions of NEH three years. There are no costs to NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION programs, events, publications, products respondents other than their time. and other services NEH provides to the Notice of Permit Applications Received public. This qualitative feedback will: Dated: September 16, 2015. Under the Antarctic Conservation Act • Provide NEH with insights into Margaret F. Plympton, of 1978 (Pub. L. 95–541) customer or stakeholder perceptions, Deputy Chairman. experiences and expectations, [FR Doc. 2015–24091 Filed 9–21–15; 8:45 am] AGENCY: National Science Foundation. • Provide NEH with an early warning BILLING CODE 7536–01–P ACTION: Notice of Permit Applications of issues with service, and Received under the Antarctic • Focus agency attention on areas Conservation Act of 1978, (Pub. L. 95– where communication, training or NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 541), as amended by the Antarctic changes in operations might improve Science, Tourism and Conservation Act delivery of NEH products or services. Advisory Committee for Engineering; of 1996 (Pub. L. 104–227). NEH will solicit feedback in areas Notice of Meeting SUMMARY: The National Science such as: Timeliness, appropriateness, In accordance with the Federal Foundation (NSF) is required to publish accuracy of information, courtesy, Advisory Committee Act (Pub., L. 92– a notice of permit applications received efficiency of service delivery, and 463, as amended), the National Science to conduct activities regulated under the resolution of issues with service Foundation announces the following Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. delivery. NEH will use the responses to meeting: NSF has published regulations under plan and to improve the quality of NAME: Advisory Committee for the Antarctic Conservation Act at title service and programs offered to the Engineering #1170. 45 part 670 of the Code of Federal public. DATE/TIME: October 21, 2015: 12:00 p.m. Regulations. This is the required notice For every customer survey or other to 5:15 p.m. October 22, 2015: 8:30 a.m. of permit applications received. information collection under this to 12:45 p.m. DATES: Interested parties are invited to generic clearance, NEH will use the information gathered internally only for submit written data, comments, or PLACE: National Science Foundation, general service improvement and views with respect to this permit 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1235, program management purposes and application by October 22, 2015. This Arlington, Virginia 22230. does not intend to release the application may be inspected by TYPE OF MEETING: OPEN. interested parties at the Permit Office, information outside of the agency. NEH CONTACT PERSON: Evette Rollins, will not gather information for the address below. National Science Foundation, 4201 ADDRESSES: Comments should be purpose of substantially informing Wilson Boulevard, Suite 505, Arlington, influential policy decisions. NEH will addressed to Permit Office, Room 755, Virginia 22230; 703–292–8300. Division of Polar Programs, National only gather data in a way designed to PURPOSE OF MEETING: To provide advice, Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson yield qualitative information, not recommendations and counsel on major Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia 22230. tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES statistically reliable results or results meant to be generalizable to the goals and policies pertaining to FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: population of study. engineering programs and activities. Polly A. Penhale, Environmental NEH received no comments in Agenda Officer, at the above address or response to the 60-day notice published ACApermits@nsf.gov or (703) 292–7149. in the Federal Register on July 2, 2015 Wednesday, October 21, 2015 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The (80 FR 38235). • Directorate for Engineering Report National Science Foundation, as VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:39 Sep 21, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00092 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\22SEN1.SGM 22SEN1


Document Created: 2015-12-15 09:35:55
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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 NEH's submission of information collection approval to the Office of Management and Budget and request for comments.
DatesComments on this information collection must be submitted on or before October 22, 2015.
ContactMr. Michael McDonald, General Counsel at [email protected] or by mail to 400 7th Street SW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20506.
FR Citation80 FR 57235 
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