82 FR 54345 - Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 221 (November 17, 2017)

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 221 (Friday, November 17, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54345-54346]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-24902]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

    Proposed Projects:
    Title: Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback 
on Agency Service Delivery.
    OMB No.: 0970-0401.
    Description: Executive Order 12862 directs Federal agencies to 
provide service to the public that matches or exceeds the best service 
available in the private sector. In order to work continuously to 
ensure that the Administration for Children and Families' programs are 
effective and meet our customers' needs we use a generic clearance 
process to collect qualitative feedback on our service delivery. This 
collection of information is necessary to enable ACF to garner customer 
and stakeholder feedback in an efficient timely manner, in accord with 
our commitment to improving service delivery. The information collected 
from our customers and stakeholders will help ensure that users have an 
effective, efficient and satisfying experience with the programs. 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 change in operation might improve delivery of products or 
services. These collections will allow for ongoing, collaborative and 
actionable communications between ACF and its customer and 
stakeholders. It will also allow feedback to contribute directly to the 
improvement of program management.
    This request is an extension of the ``generic fast-track'' process 
offered to all government agencies by OMB in 2010. Fast-tack means each 
request receives approval five days after submission, if no issues are 
brought to ACF's attention by OMB within the five days.
    Respondents:

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                  Number of     Average  burden
                 Instrument                      Number of      responses per      hours  per      Total burden
                                                respondents       respondent        response          hours
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Survey......................................          10,000                1              0.5            5,000
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours:
    In compliance with the requirements of Section 506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Administration for Children and 
Families is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the 
information collection described above. Copies of the proposed 
collection of information can be obtained and comments may be forwarded 
by writing to the Administration for Children and Families, Office of 
Planning, Research and Evaluation, 370 L'Enfant Promenade SW., 
Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. Email 
address: [email protected]. All requests should be identified 
by the title of the information collection.
    The Department specifically requests comments on: (a) Whether the 
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper 
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the 
information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information; (c) the quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection 
of information on respondents, including through the use of automated 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology. 
Consideration will be given to comments and suggestions submitted 
within 60 days of this publication.

Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-24902 Filed 11-16-17; 8:45 am]
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