81_FR_93018 81 FR 92774 - Confidentiality Pledge Revision Notice

81 FR 92774 - Confidentiality Pledge Revision Notice

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
National Agricultural Statistics Service

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 244 (December 20, 2016)

Page Range92774-92776
FR Document2016-30658

Under 44 U.S.C. 3506(e), and 44 U.S.C. 3501, the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is renewing a revision to the confidentiality pledge it provides to its respondents under CIPSEA and Title 7, Chapter 55, Section 2276. This renewal will be valid for three years. The revision was originally approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on December 1, 2016 under an emergency request. The original request was warranted by the passage and implementation of provisions of the Federal Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015 (H.R. 2029, Division N, Title II, Subtitle B, Sec. 223), which permits and requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to provide federal civilian agencies' information technology systems with cybersecurity protection for their Internet traffic. More details on this announcement are presented in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below.

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

National Agricultural Statistics Service


Confidentiality Pledge Revision Notice

AGENCY: National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Under 44 U.S.C. 3506(e), and 44 U.S.C. 3501, the National 
Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is renewing a revision to the 
confidentiality pledge it provides to its respondents under CIPSEA and 
Title 7, Chapter 55, Section 2276. This renewal will be valid for three 
years. The revision was originally approved by the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) on December 1, 2016 under an emergency request. The 
original request was warranted by the passage and implementation of 
provisions of the Federal Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015 (H.R. 
2029, Division N, Title II, Subtitle B, Sec. 223), which permits and 
requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to provide federal civilian 
agencies' information technology systems with cybersecurity protection 
for their Internet traffic. More details on this announcement are 
presented in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by February 21, 2017 to 
be assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number 0535-
0260, by any of the following methods:
     Email: [email protected]. Include docket number 
above in the subject line of the message.
     E-fax: (855) 838-6382.
     Mail: Mail any paper, disk, or CD-ROM submissions to: 
David Hancock, NASS Clearance Officer, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 
Room 5336 South Building, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 
20250-2024.
     Hand Delivery/Courier: Hand deliver to: David Hancock, 
NASS Clearance Officer, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Room 5336, 
South Building, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250-
2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: R. Renee Picanso, Associate 
Administrator, National Agricultural Statistics Service, U.S. 
Department of Agriculture, (202) 720-4333, or email [email protected]. 
Copies of this information collection and related instructions can be 
obtained without charge from David Hancock, NASS--OMB Clearance 
Officer, at (202) 690-2388 or at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under CIPSEA; Title 7, Chapter 55, Section 
2276; and similar statistical confidentiality protection statutes, many 
federal statistical agencies, including NASS, make statutory pledges 
that the information respondents provide will be seen only by 
statistical agency personnel or their sworn agents, and will be used 
only for statistical purposes. CIPSEA and Title 7, Chapter 55, Section 
2276 protect such statistical information from administrative, law 
enforcement, taxation, regulatory, or any other non-statistical use and 
immunize the information submitted to statistical agencies from legal 
process. Moreover, many of these statutes carry criminal penalties of a 
Class E felony (fines up to $250,000, or up to five years in prison, or 
both) for conviction of a knowing and willful unauthorized disclosure 
of covered information.
    As part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2016 
signed on December 17, 2015, the Congress included the Federal 
Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015 (H.R. 2029, Division N, Title II, 
Subtitle B, Sec. 223). This Act, among other provisions, permits and 
requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to provide federal civilian 
agencies' information technology systems with cybersecurity protection 
for their Internet traffic. The technology currently used to provide 
this protection against cyber malware is known as ``Einstein 3A''. It 
electronically searches Internet traffic in and out of federal civilian 
agencies in real time for malware signatures.
    When such a signature is found, the Internet packets that contain 
the malware signature are shunted aside for further inspection by 
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) personnel. Because it is possible 
that such packets entering or leaving a statistical agency's 
information technology system may contain confidential statistical 
data, statistical agencies can no longer promise their respondents that 
their responses will be seen only by statistical agency personnel or 
their sworn agents. However, they can promise, in accordance with 
provisions of the

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Federal Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015, that such monitoring can 
be used only to protect information and information systems from 
cybersecurity risks, thereby, in effect, providing stronger protection 
to the integrity of the respondents' submissions.
    Consequently, with the passage of the Federal Cybersecurity 
Enhancement Act of 2015, the federal statistical community has an 
opportunity to welcome the further protection of its confidential data 
offered by DHS' Einstein 3A cybersecurity protection program. The DHS 
cybersecurity program's objective is to protect federal civilian 
information systems from malicious malware attacks. The federal 
statistical system's objective is to ensure that the DHS Secretary 
performs those essential duties in a manner that honors the 
Government's statutory promises to the public to protect their 
confidential data. Given that the Department of Homeland Security is 
not a federal statistical agency, both DHS and the federal statistical 
agencies have been engaged in finding a way to balance both objectives 
and achieve these mutually reinforcing objectives.
    Accordingly, DHS and federal statistical agencies (including NASS), 
in cooperation with their parent departments, have developed a 
Memorandum of Agreement for the installation of Einstein 3A 
cybersecurity protection technology to monitor their Internet traffic 
and have incorporated an associated Addendum on Highly Sensitive Agency 
Information that provides additional protection and enhanced security 
handling of confidential statistical data. However, CIPSEA; Title 7, 
Chapter 55, Section 2276; and similar statistical confidentiality 
pledges promise that respondents' data will be seen only by statistical 
agency personnel or their sworn agents. Since it is possible that DHS 
personnel could see some portion of those confidential data in the 
course of examining the suspicious Internet packets identified by the 
Einstein 3A technology, statistical agencies need to revise their 
confidentiality pledges to reflect this process change.
    Therefore, NASS is providing this notice to alert the public to 
this confidentiality pledge revision in an efficient and coordinated 
fashion. Below is the revised confidentiality pledge as it will appear 
on NASS survey questionnaires, as well as the revision to NASS's 
confidentiality Web page. A list of the NASS OMB numbers and 
information collection titles that will be affected by this revision is 
also included below.
    The revised confidentiality pledge to appear on NASS questionnaires 
is below:

    The information you provide will be used for statistical 
purposes only. Your responses will be kept confidential and any 
person who willfully discloses ANY identifiable information about 
you or your operation is subject to a jail term, a fine, or both.
    This survey is conducted in accordance with the Confidential 
Information Protection provisions of Title V, Subtitle A, Public Law 
107-347 and other applicable Federal laws. For more information on 
how we protect your information please visit: https://
www.nass.usda.gov/confidentiality.

    For voluntary surveys the statement, ``Response to this survey is 
voluntary.'' will follow this pledge. For mandatory surveys the 
statement, ``Response to this survey is mandatory.'' or ``Response to 
this survey is required by law.'' will follow.
    The NASS confidentiality pledge Web page: https://
www.nass.usda.gov/confidentiality will be revised to include a fifth 
item explaining that DHS will monitor the transmission of data for 
cybersecurity threats. Item 5 is below:

5. Data Are Protected From Cybersecurity Threats

    Per the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015, your data are 
further protected by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) through 
cybersecurity monitoring of the systems that transmit your data. DHS 
will be monitoring these systems to look for viruses, malware and other 
threats. In the event of a cybersecurity incident, and pursuant to any 
required legal process, information from these sources may be used to 
help identify and mitigate the incident.
    Affected information collections:

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                                         Expiration
               OMB No.                      date                      Information collection title
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0535-0001............................      04/30/2019  Cold Storage.
0535-0002............................      10/31/2018  Field Crops Production.
0535-0003............................      07/31/2019  Agricultural Prices.
0535-0004............................      01/31/2019  Egg, Chicken, and Turkey Surveys.
0535-0005............................      11/30/2017  Livestock Slaughter.
0535-0007............................      01/31/2019  Stocks Reports.
0535-0020............................      07/31/2018  Milk and Milk Products.
0535-0037............................      08/31/2019  Vegetable Surveys.
0535-0039............................      10/31/2019  Fruit, Nuts, and Specialty Crops.
0535-0088............................      07/31/2018  Field Crops Objective Yield.
0535-0093............................      11/30/2018  Floriculture Survey.
0535-0109............................      03/31/2018  Agricultural Labor.
0535-0140............................      01/31/2019  List Sampling Frame Survey.
0535-0150............................      06/30/2017  Aquaculture.
0535-0153............................      12/31/2018  Honey Survey.
0535-0212............................      11/30/2018  Mink Survey.
0535-0213............................      06/30/2017  Agricultural Surveys Program.
0535-0218............................      07/31/2018  Agricultural Resource Management and Chemical Use Surveys
                                                        (ARMS).
0535-0220............................      03/31/2017  Cotton Ginnings.
0535-0226............................      10/31/2019  Census of Agriculture.
0535-0243............................      08/31/2018  Census of Agriculture Content Test.
0535-0244............................      11/30/2019  Nursery Production Survey and Nursery and Floriculture
                                                        Chemical Use Survey.
0535-0245............................      09/30/2017  CEAP--NRI Conservation Tillage and Nutrient Management
                                                        Survey.
0535-0248............................      04/30/2019  Generic Clearance of Survey Improvement Projects.
0535-0249............................      12/31/2017  Organic Production Survey.
0535-0251............................      05/30/2019  Residue and Biomass Field Survey.
0535-0254............................      07/31/2017  Current Agricultural Industrial Reports (CAIR).
0535-0255............................      04/30/2018  Colony Loss.
0535-0256............................      06/30/2018  Feral Swine Survey.
0535-0257............................      10/31/2018  Organic Certifier Census.

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0535-0258............................      11/30/2018  Cost of Pollination Survey.
0535-0259............................      03/31/2019  Local Foods Survey.
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    Signed at Washington, DC, December 12, 2016.
R. Renee Picanso,
Associate Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2016-30658 Filed 12-19-16; 8:45 am]
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                                                  Additional Public Notification                          (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.),              FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:       R.
                                                     Public awareness of all segments of                  should contact USDA’s TARGET Center                   Renee Picanso, Associate Administrator,
                                                  rulemaking and policy development is                    at (202) 720–2600 (voice and TDD).                    National Agricultural Statistics Service,
                                                  important. Consequently, FSIS will                        Done at Washington, DC, on December 15,             U.S. Department of Agriculture, (202)
                                                  announce this Federal Register                          2016.                                                 720–4333, or email HQOA@
                                                  publication on-line through the FSIS                    Alfred V. Almanza,                                    nass.usda.gov. Copies of this
                                                  Web page located at: http://                            Acting Administrator.                                 information collection and related
                                                  www.fsis.usda.gov/federal-register.                     [FR Doc. 2016–30599 Filed 12–19–16; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                                                                                instructions can be obtained without
                                                     FSIS also will make copies of this                                                                         charge from David Hancock, NASS—
                                                                                                          BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P
                                                  publication available through the FSIS                                                                        OMB Clearance Officer, at (202) 690–
                                                  Constituent Update, which is used to                                                                          2388 or at ombofficer@nass.usda.gov.
                                                  provide information regarding FSIS                      DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE                             SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under
                                                  policies, procedures, regulations,                                                                            CIPSEA; Title 7, Chapter 55, Section
                                                  Federal Register notices, FSIS public                   National Agricultural Statistics Service              2276; and similar statistical
                                                  meetings, and other types of information                                                                      confidentiality protection statutes, many
                                                                                                          Confidentiality Pledge Revision Notice                federal statistical agencies, including
                                                  that could affect or would be of interest
                                                  to our constituents and stakeholders.                   AGENCY:  National Agricultural Statistics             NASS, make statutory pledges that the
                                                  The Update is available on the FSIS                     Service, USDA.                                        information respondents provide will be
                                                  Web page. Through the Web page, FSIS                    ACTION: Notice.                                       seen only by statistical agency
                                                  is able to provide information to a much                                                                      personnel or their sworn agents, and
                                                  broader, more diverse audience. In                      SUMMARY:    Under 44 U.S.C. 3506(e), and              will be used only for statistical
                                                  addition, FSIS offers an email                          44 U.S.C. 3501, the National                          purposes. CIPSEA and Title 7, Chapter
                                                  subscription service which provides                     Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is             55, Section 2276 protect such statistical
                                                  automatic and customized access to                      renewing a revision to the                            information from administrative, law
                                                  selected food safety news and                           confidentiality pledge it provides to its             enforcement, taxation, regulatory, or any
                                                  information. This service is available at:              respondents under CIPSEA and Title 7,                 other non-statistical use and immunize
                                                  http://www.fsis.usda.gov/subscribe.                     Chapter 55, Section 2276. This renewal                the information submitted to statistical
                                                  Options range from recalls to export                    will be valid for three years. The                    agencies from legal process. Moreover,
                                                  information, regulations, directives, and               revision was originally approved by the               many of these statutes carry criminal
                                                  notices. Customers can add or delete                    Office of Management and Budget                       penalties of a Class E felony (fines up to
                                                  subscriptions themselves, and have the                  (OMB) on December 1, 2016 under an                    $250,000, or up to five years in prison,
                                                  option to password protect their                        emergency request. The original request               or both) for conviction of a knowing and
                                                  accounts.                                               was warranted by the passage and                      willful unauthorized disclosure of
                                                                                                          implementation of provisions of the                   covered information.
                                                  USDA Non-Discrimination Statement                       Federal Cybersecurity Enhancement Act                    As part of the Consolidated
                                                    No agency, officer, or employee of the                of 2015 (H.R. 2029, Division N, Title II,             Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2016
                                                  USDA shall, on the grounds of race,                     Subtitle B, Sec. 223), which permits and              signed on December 17, 2015, the
                                                  color, national origin, religion, sex,                  requires the Secretary of Homeland                    Congress included the Federal
                                                  gender identity, sexual orientation,                    Security to provide federal civilian                  Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015
                                                  disability, age, marital status, family/                agencies’ information technology                      (H.R. 2029, Division N, Title II, Subtitle
                                                  parental status, income derived from a                  systems with cybersecurity protection                 B, Sec. 223). This Act, among other
                                                  public assistance program, or political                 for their Internet traffic. More details on           provisions, permits and requires the
                                                  beliefs, exclude from participation in,                 this announcement are presented in the                Secretary of Homeland Security to
                                                  deny the benefits of, or subject to                     SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section                     provide federal civilian agencies’
                                                  discrimination any person in the United                 below.                                                information technology systems with
                                                  States under any program or activity                    DATES: Comments on this notice must be                cybersecurity protection for their
                                                  conducted by the USDA.                                  received by February 21, 2017 to be                   Internet traffic. The technology
                                                                                                          assured of consideration.                             currently used to provide this protection
                                                  How To File a Complaint of                                                                                    against cyber malware is known as
                                                  Discrimination                                          ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
                                                                                                          identified by docket number 0535–0260,                ‘‘Einstein 3A’’. It electronically searches
                                                     To file a complaint of discrimination,               by any of the following methods:                      Internet traffic in and out of federal
                                                  complete the USDA Program                                 • Email: ombofficer@nass.usda.gov.                  civilian agencies in real time for
                                                  Discrimination Complaint Form, which                    Include docket number above in the                    malware signatures.
                                                  may be accessed online at http://                       subject line of the message.                             When such a signature is found, the
                                                  www.ocio.usda.gov/sites/default/files/                    • E-fax: (855) 838–6382.                            Internet packets that contain the
                                                  docs/2012/Complain_combined_6_8_                          • Mail: Mail any paper, disk, or CD–                malware signature are shunted aside for
                                                  12.pdf, or write a letter signed by you                 ROM submissions to: David Hancock,                    further inspection by Department of
                                                  or your authorized representative.                      NASS Clearance Officer, U.S.                          Homeland Security (DHS) personnel.
                                                     Send your completed complaint form                   Department of Agriculture, Room 5336                  Because it is possible that such packets
                                                  or letter to USDA by mail, fax, or email:               South Building, 1400 Independence                     entering or leaving a statistical agency’s
                                                     Mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture,                Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250–                     information technology system may
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                                                  Director, Office of Adjudication, 1400                  2024.                                                 contain confidential statistical data,
                                                  Independence Avenue SW.,                                  • Hand Delivery/Courier: Hand                       statistical agencies can no longer
                                                  Washington, DC 20250–9410, Fax: (202)                   deliver to: David Hancock, NASS                       promise their respondents that their
                                                  690–7442, Email: program.intake@                        Clearance Officer, U.S. Department of                 responses will be seen only by statistical
                                                  usda.gov.                                               Agriculture, Room 5336, South                         agency personnel or their sworn agents.
                                                     Persons with disabilities who require                Building, 1400 Independence Avenue                    However, they can promise, in
                                                  alternative means for communication                     SW., Washington, DC 20250–2024.                       accordance with provisions of the


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                                                  Federal Cybersecurity Enhancement Act                    associated Addendum on Highly                            This survey is conducted in accordance
                                                  of 2015, that such monitoring can be                     Sensitive Agency Information that                      with the Confidential Information Protection
                                                  used only to protect information and                     provides additional protection and                     provisions of Title V, Subtitle A, Public Law
                                                  information systems from cybersecurity                   enhanced security handling of                          107–347 and other applicable Federal laws.
                                                  risks, thereby, in effect, providing                     confidential statistical data. However,                For more information on how we protect
                                                  stronger protection to the integrity of the              CIPSEA; Title 7, Chapter 55, Section                   your information please visit: https://
                                                                                                           2276; and similar statistical                          www.nass.usda.gov/confidentiality.
                                                  respondents’ submissions.
                                                     Consequently, with the passage of the                 confidentiality pledges promise that                      For voluntary surveys the statement,
                                                  Federal Cybersecurity Enhancement Act                    respondents’ data will be seen only by                 ‘‘Response to this survey is voluntary.’’
                                                  of 2015, the federal statistical                         statistical agency personnel or their                  will follow this pledge. For mandatory
                                                  community has an opportunity to                          sworn agents. Since it is possible that                surveys the statement, ‘‘Response to this
                                                  welcome the further protection of its                    DHS personnel could see some portion                   survey is mandatory.’’ or ‘‘Response to
                                                  confidential data offered by DHS’                        of those confidential data in the course               this survey is required by law.’’ will
                                                  Einstein 3A cybersecurity protection                     of examining the suspicious Internet
                                                                                                                                                                  follow.
                                                  program. The DHS cybersecurity                           packets identified by the Einstein 3A
                                                                                                           technology, statistical agencies need to                  The NASS confidentiality pledge Web
                                                  program’s objective is to protect federal
                                                                                                           revise their confidentiality pledges to                page: https://www.nass.usda.gov/
                                                  civilian information systems from
                                                                                                           reflect this process change.                           confidentiality will be revised to
                                                  malicious malware attacks. The federal
                                                                                                              Therefore, NASS is providing this                   include a fifth item explaining that DHS
                                                  statistical system’s objective is to ensure
                                                                                                           notice to alert the public to this                     will monitor the transmission of data for
                                                  that the DHS Secretary performs those
                                                                                                           confidentiality pledge revision in an                  cybersecurity threats. Item 5 is below:
                                                  essential duties in a manner that honors
                                                  the Government’s statutory promises to                   efficient and coordinated fashion. Below
                                                                                                                                                                  5. Data Are Protected From
                                                  the public to protect their confidential                 is the revised confidentiality pledge as
                                                                                                                                                                  Cybersecurity Threats
                                                  data. Given that the Department of                       it will appear on NASS survey
                                                  Homeland Security is not a federal                       questionnaires, as well as the revision to               Per the Cybersecurity Enhancement
                                                  statistical agency, both DHS and the                     NASS’s confidentiality Web page. A list                Act of 2015, your data are further
                                                                                                           of the NASS OMB numbers and                            protected by the Department of
                                                  federal statistical agencies have been
                                                                                                           information collection titles that will be             Homeland Security (DHS) through
                                                  engaged in finding a way to balance
                                                                                                           affected by this revision is also included             cybersecurity monitoring of the systems
                                                  both objectives and achieve these
                                                                                                           below.                                                 that transmit your data. DHS will be
                                                  mutually reinforcing objectives.                            The revised confidentiality pledge to
                                                     Accordingly, DHS and federal                                                                                 monitoring these systems to look for
                                                                                                           appear on NASS questionnaires is                       viruses, malware and other threats. In
                                                  statistical agencies (including NASS), in                below:
                                                  cooperation with their parent                                                                                   the event of a cybersecurity incident,
                                                  departments, have developed a                              The information you provide will be used             and pursuant to any required legal
                                                                                                           for statistical purposes only. Your responses          process, information from these sources
                                                  Memorandum of Agreement for the                          will be kept confidential and any person who
                                                  installation of Einstein 3A cybersecurity                                                                       may be used to help identify and
                                                                                                           willfully discloses ANY identifiable
                                                  protection technology to monitor their                   information about you or your operation is
                                                                                                                                                                  mitigate the incident.
                                                  Internet traffic and have incorporated an                subject to a jail term, a fine, or both.                 Affected information collections:

                                                      OMB No.              Expiration date                                                  Information collection title

                                                  0535–0001    .........      04/30/2019     Cold Storage.
                                                  0535–0002    .........      10/31/2018     Field Crops Production.
                                                  0535–0003    .........      07/31/2019     Agricultural Prices.
                                                  0535–0004    .........      01/31/2019     Egg, Chicken, and Turkey Surveys.
                                                  0535–0005    .........      11/30/2017     Livestock Slaughter.
                                                  0535–0007    .........      01/31/2019     Stocks Reports.
                                                  0535–0020    .........      07/31/2018     Milk and Milk Products.
                                                  0535–0037    .........      08/31/2019     Vegetable Surveys.
                                                  0535–0039    .........      10/31/2019     Fruit, Nuts, and Specialty Crops.
                                                  0535–0088    .........      07/31/2018     Field Crops Objective Yield.
                                                  0535–0093    .........      11/30/2018     Floriculture Survey.
                                                  0535–0109    .........      03/31/2018     Agricultural Labor.
                                                  0535–0140    .........      01/31/2019     List Sampling Frame Survey.
                                                  0535–0150    .........      06/30/2017     Aquaculture.
                                                  0535–0153    .........      12/31/2018     Honey Survey.
                                                  0535–0212    .........      11/30/2018     Mink Survey.
                                                  0535–0213    .........      06/30/2017     Agricultural Surveys Program.
                                                  0535–0218    .........      07/31/2018     Agricultural Resource Management and Chemical Use Surveys (ARMS).
                                                  0535–0220    .........      03/31/2017     Cotton Ginnings.
                                                  0535–0226    .........      10/31/2019     Census of Agriculture.
                                                  0535–0243    .........      08/31/2018     Census of Agriculture Content Test.
                                                  0535–0244    .........      11/30/2019     Nursery Production Survey and Nursery and Floriculture Chemical Use Survey.
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                                                  0535–0245    .........      09/30/2017     CEAP—NRI Conservation Tillage and Nutrient Management Survey.
                                                  0535–0248    .........      04/30/2019     Generic Clearance of Survey Improvement Projects.
                                                  0535–0249    .........      12/31/2017     Organic Production Survey.
                                                  0535–0251    .........      05/30/2019     Residue and Biomass Field Survey.
                                                  0535–0254    .........      07/31/2017     Current Agricultural Industrial Reports (CAIR).
                                                  0535–0255    .........      04/30/2018     Colony Loss.
                                                  0535–0256    .........      06/30/2018     Feral Swine Survey.
                                                  0535–0257    .........      10/31/2018     Organic Certifier Census.



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                                                      OMB No.           Expiration date                                                    Information collection title

                                                  0535–0258 .........       11/30/2018      Cost of Pollination Survey.
                                                  0535–0259 .........       03/31/2019      Local Foods Survey.



                                                    Signed at Washington, DC, December 12,                   The Committee will address census                   Advisory Committees, Customer Liaison
                                                  2016.                                                   policies, methodology, tests, operations,              Marketing Services Offices, U.S. Census
                                                  R. Renee Picanso,                                       communications/messaging, and other                    Bureau, Room 8H177, 4600 Silver Hill
                                                  Associate Administrator.                                activities to ascertain needs and best                 Road, Washington, DC 20233, telephone
                                                  [FR Doc. 2016–30658 Filed 12–19–16; 8:45 am]            practices to improve the 2020 Census                   (301) 763–5222 or tara.t.dunlop@
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                                                                                                          advice on 2020 Census programs that                    the Federal Relay Service 1–800–877–
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                                                  DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                  generate the largest possible self-                    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:    The
                                                                                                          response, employ administrative records                Census Bureau 2020 Advisory
                                                  Bureau of the Census                                    and third-party data, and reengineer                   Committee (‘‘Committee’’) is established
                                                                                                          nonresponse follow-up.                                 in accordance with the Federal
                                                  Census Bureau 2020 Advisory                                The Committee will review and                       Advisory Committee Act (FACA), Title
                                                  Committee                                               provide formal recommendations and                     5, United States Code (U.S.C.),
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                                                  AGENCY:  Bureau of the Census,
                                                                                                          efficacy of planned and implemented                    information about the Committee,
                                                  Department of Commerce.
                                                                                                          innovations related to accurately                      membership, and the nomination
                                                  ACTION: Notice of Committee                             counting every person living in America
                                                  Establishment.                                                                                                 process.
                                                                                                          while saving taxpayer money.
                                                                                                            Dated: December 9, 2016.                             Objectives and Duties
                                                  SUMMARY:   The Bureau of the Census
                                                  (Census Bureau) is hereby giving notice                 John H. Thompson,                                         1. The Committee will provide formal
                                                  that the Secretary of Commerce has                      Director, Bureau of the Census.                        review and feedback related to 2020
                                                  determined that the establishment of the                [FR Doc. 2016–30606 Filed 12–19–16; 8:45 am]           Census plans and execution to devise
                                                  Census Bureau 2020 Advisory                             BILLING CODE 3510–07–P
                                                                                                                                                                 strategies to increase census awareness,
                                                  Committee is necessary and in the                                                                              reduce barriers to response, and
                                                  public interest. The Committee will                                                                            enhance the public’s trust and
                                                  function solely as an advisory body and                 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                 willingness to respond.
                                                  in compliance with provisions of the                                                                              2. The Committee will consider
                                                  Federal Advisory Committee Act.                         Bureau of the Census                                   implications of enumeration strategies,
                                                  Copies of the charter will be filed with                                                                       new technologies, the role of state and
                                                  the appropriate Committees of the U.S.                  Census Bureau 2020 Advisory                            local governments, social media and
                                                  Congress and with the Library of                        Committee                                              marketing, and the outreach and
                                                  Congress.                                               AGENCY: Bureau of the Census,                          mobilization needs of historically
                                                                                                          Department of Commerce.                                undercounted populations.
                                                  FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:               Tara
                                                                                                                                                                    3. The Committee will address and
                                                  Dunlop Jackson, Branch Chief for                        ACTION: Notice of Request for
                                                                                                                                                                 provide recommendations on external
                                                  Advisory Committees, Customer Liaison                   Nominations.                                           factors and policies that may affect 2020
                                                  and Marketing Services Office,
                                                                                                          SUMMARY:  The Bureau of the Census                     Census plans and identify strategies to
                                                  tara.t.dunlop@census.gov, Department
                                                                                                          (Census Bureau) is requesting                          increase Census awareness,
                                                  of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau,
                                                                                                          nominations of organizations to the                    participation and response by the
                                                  Room 8H177, 4600 Silver Hill Road,
                                                                                                          Census Bureau 2020 Advisory                            American public.
                                                  Washington, DC 20233, telephone 301–                                                                              4. The Committee will help the
                                                  763–5222. For TTY callers, please use                   Committee. The Census Bureau will
                                                                                                          consider nominations received in                       Census Bureau communicate with and
                                                  the Federal Relay Service 1–800–877–                                                                           educate diverse audiences on 2020
                                                  8339.                                                   response to this notice, as well as from
                                                                                                          other sources. The SUPPLEMENTARY                       Census plans and operations.
                                                  SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:     The                      INFORMATION section of this notice                        5. The Committee will provide
                                                  Census Bureau 2020 Advisory                             provides Committee and membership                      recommendations to educate the public
                                                  Committee will advise the Director of                   criteria.                                              at key 2020 Census decision points,
                                                  the Census Bureau on the full range of                                                                         milestones, and production dates to
                                                  2020 Census programs including an                       DATES:  Please submit nominations by                   ensure maximum self-response and
                                                  incremental transition from current state               January 19, 2017.                                      participation by the public in the 2020
                                                  to target state, along with                             ADDRESSES: Please submit nominations                   Census.
                                                  operationalizing methods and new                        to Tara Dunlop Jackson, Branch Chief                      6. The Committee will devise and
                                                  technology across multiple locations                    for Advisory Committees, Customer                      recommend strategies to motivate
                                                  and time zones to deliver a secure and                  Liaison and Marketing Services Office,                 people to respond to the 2020 Census
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                                                  successful, cost-effective 2020 Census.                 tara.t.dunlop@census.gov, Department                   through Internet self-response and other
                                                  The Committee will advise the Census                    of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau,                       forms of enumeration, as appropriate
                                                  Bureau through the 2020 Census                          Room 8H177, 4600 Silver Hill Road,                     (i.e., paper or by telephone through the
                                                  Lifecycle on the identification of new                  Washington, DC 20233, telephone 301–                   Census Questionnaire Assistance
                                                  strategies for improved census                          763–5222.                                              Program).
                                                  operations and on ways to increase 2020                 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tara                     7. The Committee will consider the
                                                  Census participation and beyond.                        Dunlop Jackson, Branch Chief for                       Census Bureau’s outreach,


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
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ActionNotice.
DatesComments on this notice must be received by February 21, 2017 to be assured of consideration.
ContactR. Renee Picanso, Associate Administrator, National Agricultural Statistics Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, (202) 720-4333, or email [email protected] Copies of this information collection and related instructions can be obtained without charge from David Hancock, NASS--OMB Clearance Officer, at (202) 690-2388 or at [email protected]
FR Citation81 FR 92774 

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