83 FR 34134 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Fast Track Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery
OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 139 (July 19, 2018)
Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 139 (July 19, 2018)
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| FR Document | 2018-15411 |
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 139 (Thursday, July 19, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 34134-34135] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-15411] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Fast Track Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery AGENCY: Office of Government Ethics (OGE). ACTION: Notice and request for comments. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: As part of a Federal Government-wide effort to streamline the process to seek feedback from the public on service delivery, OGE seeks comment on the development of a Generic Information Collection Request for the collection of qualitative feedback on agency service delivery for approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act. This notice announces OGE's intent to submit this collection to the Office of Management and Budget for approval and allows for an additional 30 days of public comment. DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by August 20, 2018. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on this notice to the Office of Management and Budget, Attn: Desk Officer for OGE, via fax at 202-395- 6974 or email at [email protected]. (Include reference to ``OGE Fast Track Generic Clearance comment'' in the subject line of the message.) FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Grant Anderson at the U.S. Office of Government Ethics; telephone: 202-482-9318; TTY: 800-877-8339; FAX: 202-482-9237; Email: [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: Fast Track Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery. OMB Number: To be determined. Needs and Uses: The proposed information collection provides a means to garner qualitative customer and stakeholder feedback in an efficient, timely manner, in accordance with the agency's commitment to improving service delivery. Qualitative feedback means information that provides useful insights on perceptions and opinions, but is not a statistical survey that yields 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. OGE expects to use various methods (e.g., focus groups, customer satisfaction surveys, comment cards), to solicit feedback. Responses will be assessed to plan and inform efforts to improve or maintain the quality of service offered to the public and other agency stakeholders. If this information is not collected, vital feedback from customers and stakeholders on the agency's services will be unavailable. The agency will only submit a collection for approval under this generic clearance if it meets the following conditions:The collections are voluntary; The collections are low-burden for respondents (based on considerations of total burden hours, total number of respondents, or burden-hours per respondent) and are low-cost for both the respondents and the Federal Government; The collections are non-controversial; The collections are focused on the awareness, understanding, attitudes, preferences, or experiences of the public or other stakeholders in order to improve existing or future services, products, or communication materials; Personally identifiable information (PII) is collected only to the extent necessary; Information gathered will be used only internally for general service improvement and program management purposes and is not intended for release to the public; Information gathered will not be used for the purpose of substantially informing influential policy decisions; and Information gathered will yield qualitative information; the collections will not be designed or expected to yield statistically reliable results or used as though the results are generalizable to the population of study. Feedback collected under this generic clearance provides useful information, but it does 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 to 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. As a general matter, information collections submitted under this generic clearance will not result in any new system of records containing privacy information and will not ask questions of a sensitive nature, such as sexual behavior and attitudes, religious beliefs, and other matters that are commonly considered private. A Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on this information collection was published on April 12, 2018 (83 FR 15837-15838). OGE did not receive any comments in response. Current Action: New information collection request (generic). Type of Review: New. [[Page 34135]] Affected Public: Individuals; Business or Other For-Profit Institutions; Not-For-Profit Institutions; State or Local Government. Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: 45,000. Projected average burden estimates for the next three years: Average Expected Annual Number of Activities: 40. Average Number of Respondents per Activity: 1,125. Responses per Respondent: 1. Annual Responses: 45,000. Average Minutes per Response: 3 minutes. Annual Burden Hours: 2,250 hours. Frequency: On occasion. Request for Comments: Agency and public comment is again invited specifically on the need for and practical utility of this information collection, the accuracy of OGE's burden estimate, the enhancement of quality, utility and clarity of the information collected, and the minimization of burden (including the use of information technology). The comments will become a matter of public record. Approved: July 11, 2018. David Apol, General Counsel and Acting Director, U.S. Office of Government Ethics. [FR Doc. 2018-15411 Filed 7-18-18; 8:45 a.m.] BILLING CODE 6345-03-P
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Irma. The FTR Bulletin expires once ‘‘OGE Fast Track Generic Clearance or other stakeholders in order to
year from the respective applicable comment’’ in the subject line of the improve existing or future services,
dates, unless extended or rescinded by message.) products, or communication materials;
this office. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: • Personally identifiable information
The Bulletin is also retroactively Grant Anderson at the U.S. Office of (PII) is collected only to the extent
applicable for official relocation travel Government Ethics; telephone: 202– necessary;
performed on or after September 20, 482–9318; TTY: 800–877–8339; FAX: • Information gathered will be used
2017, the date Presidential Disaster 202–482–9237; Email: Grant.Anderson@ only internally for general service
Declarations DR–4339 and DR–4340 oge.gov. improvement and program management
were issued, to locations in the U.S. purposes and is not intended for release
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Virgin Islands and Commonwealth of to the public;
Title: Fast Track Generic Clearance for
Puerto Rico affected by Hurricane
the Collection of Qualitative Feedback • Information gathered will not be
Maria. The FTR Bulletin will expire one used for the purpose of substantially
on Agency Service Delivery.
year from the applicable date, unless informing influential policy decisions;
OMB Number: To be determined.
extended or rescinded by this office. and
Needs and Uses: The proposed
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information collection provides a means • Information gathered will yield
clarification of content, contact Mr. Rick to garner qualitative customer and qualitative information; the collections
Miller, Program Analyst, Office of stakeholder feedback in an efficient, will not be designed or expected to
Government-Wide Policy, Office of timely manner, in accordance with the yield statistically reliable results or used
Asset and Transportation Management, agency’s commitment to improving as though the results are generalizable to
at 202–501–3822, or by email at service delivery. Qualitative feedback the population of study.
travelpolicy@gsa.gov. Please cite Notice means information that provides useful Feedback collected under this generic
of FTR Bulletin 18–07. insights on perceptions and opinions, clearance provides useful information,
Dated: July 12, 2018. but is not a statistical survey that yields but it does not yield data that can be
Alexander Kurien, quantitative results that can be generalized to the overall population.
generalized to the population of study. This type of generic clearance for
Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of
Asset and Transportation Management, This feedback will provide insights into qualitative information will not be used
Office of Government-Wide Policy. customer or stakeholder perceptions, for quantitative information collections
[FR Doc. 2018–15398 Filed 7–18–18; 8:45 am] experiences, and expectations, provide that are designed to yield reliably
an early warning of issues with service, actionable results, such as monitoring
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or focus attention on areas where trends over time or documenting
communication, training, or changes in program performance. Such data uses
operations might improve delivery of require more rigorous designs that
OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS address: The target population to which
products or services. These collections
Agency Information Collection will allow for ongoing, collaborative, generalizations will be made, the
Activities: Proposed Collection; and actionable communications sampling frame, the sample design
Comment Request; Fast Track Generic between the agency and its customers (including stratification and clustering),
Clearance for the Collection of and stakeholders. It will also allow the precision requirements or power
Qualitative Feedback on Agency feedback to contribute directly to the calculations that justify the proposed
Service Delivery improvement of program management. sample size, the expected response rate,
OGE expects to use various methods methods for assessing potential non-
AGENCY: Office of Government Ethics (e.g., focus groups, customer satisfaction response bias, the protocols for data
(OGE). surveys, comment cards), to solicit collection, and any testing procedures
Notice and request for
ACTION: feedback. Responses will be assessed to that were or will be undertaken prior to
comments. plan and inform efforts to improve or fielding the study. Depending on the
maintain the quality of service offered to degree of influence the results are likely
SUMMARY: As part of a Federal to have, such collections may still be
the public and other agency
Government-wide effort to streamline eligible for submission for other generic
stakeholders. If this information is not
the process to seek feedback from the mechanisms that are designed to yield
collected, vital feedback from customers
public on service delivery, OGE seeks quantitative results.
and stakeholders on the agency’s
comment on the development of a As a general matter, information
services will be unavailable.
Generic Information Collection Request The agency will only submit a collections submitted under this generic
for the collection of qualitative feedback collection for approval under this clearance will not result in any new
on agency service delivery for approval generic clearance if it meets the system of records containing privacy
under the Paperwork Reduction Act. following conditions: information and will not ask questions
This notice announces OGE’s intent to • The collections are voluntary; of a sensitive nature, such as sexual
submit this collection to the Office of • The collections are low-burden for behavior and attitudes, religious beliefs,
Management and Budget for approval respondents (based on considerations of and other matters that are commonly
and allows for an additional 30 days of total burden hours, total number of considered private.
public comment. respondents, or burden-hours per A Federal Register Notice with a 60-
DATES: Consideration will be given to all day comment period soliciting
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respondent) and are low-cost for both
comments received by August 20, 2018. the respondents and the Federal comments on this information
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments Government; collection was published on April 12,
on this notice to the Office of • The collections are non- 2018 (83 FR 15837–15838). OGE did not
Management and Budget, Attn: Desk controversial; receive any comments in response.
Officer for OGE, via fax at 202–395– • The collections are focused on the Current Action: New information
6974 or email at OIRA_Submission@ awareness, understanding, attitudes, collection request (generic).
omb.eop.gov. (Include reference to preferences, or experiences of the public Type of Review: New.
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Affected Public: Individuals; Business (33 U.S.C. 1321(t)(2)(E)(ii)(III)) and and the development of a short digital
or Other For-Profit Institutions; Not-For- Treasury’s implementing regulation at film that illustrates the connection
Profit Institutions; State or Local 31 CFR 34.401(b) require that, for between riparian and wetland forests
Government. purposes of awards made under the and marine and estuarine living
Estimated Annual Number of Council-Selected Restoration resources in the northern Gulf of
Respondents: 45,000. Component, a State or Federal award Mexico.
Projected average burden estimates for recipient may make a grant or subaward
Keala J. Hughes,
the next three years: to or enter into a cooperative agreement
Average Expected Annual Number of with a nongovernmental entity that Director of External Affairs & Tribal Relations,
Activities: 40. Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council.
equals or exceeds 10 percent of the total
Average Number of Respondents per amount of the award provided to the [FR Doc. 2018–15451 Filed 7–18–18; 8:45 am]
Activity: 1,125. State or Federal award recipient only if BILLING CODE 6560–58–P
Responses per Respondent: 1. certain notice requirements are met.
Annual Responses: 45,000. Specifically, at least 30 days before the
Average Minutes per Response: 3 State or Federal award recipient enters DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
minutes. into such an agreement, the Council HUMAN SERVICES
Annual Burden Hours: 2,250 hours. must publish in the Federal Register
Frequency: On occasion. and deliver to specified Congressional Agency for Toxic Substance and
Request for Comments: Agency and Committees the name of the recipient Disease Registry
public comment is again invited and subrecipient; a brief description of
specifically on the need for and [60Day–18–18AJK Docket No. ATSDR–
the activity, including its purpose; and
practical utility of this information 2018–0002]
the amount of the award. This notice
collection, the accuracy of OGE’s accomplishes the Federal Register Proposed Data Collection Submitted
burden estimate, the enhancement of requirement. for Public Comment and
quality, utility and clarity of the
Description of Proposed Action Recommendations
information collected, and the
minimization of burden (including the As specified in the Initial Funded AGENCY: Agency for Toxic Substances
use of information technology). The Priority List, which is available on the and Disease Registry (ATSDR),
comments will become a matter of Council’s website at https:// Department of Health and Human
public record. www.restorethegulf.gov/council- Services (HHS).
Approved: July 11, 2018. selected-restoration-component/funded- ACTION: Notice with comment period.
David Apol,
priorities-list, RESTORE Act funds in
the amount of $750,000 will support the SUMMARY: The Agency for Toxic
General Counsel and Acting Director, U.S.
Office of Government Ethics.
Sea Grant Education and Outreach Substances and Disease Registry
(EOE) Award to MDEQ. As part of this (ATSDR), as part of its continuing effort
[FR Doc. 2018–15411 Filed 7–18–18; 8:45 a.m.]
project, MDEQ will provide a subaward to reduce public burden and maximize
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in the amount of $84,150 to the the utility of government information,
Mississippi Wildlife Federation for invites the general public and other
enhancement of the Mississippi Habitat Federal agencies the opportunity to
GULF COAST ECOSYSTEM Stewards Program. Through the comment on a proposed and/or
RESTORATION COUNCIL subaward, the Mississippi Wildlife continuing information collection, as
[Docket No.: 107162018–1111–03] Federation will expand an existing required by the Paperwork Reduction
curriculum that relays the ecosystem Act of 1995. This notice invites
Notice of Proposed Subaward Under a benefits of upstream land conservation, comment on a proposed information
Council-Selected Restoration habitat restoration and water quality collection project titled ‘‘Per- or
Component Award restoration. The expanded curriculum Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)
will be offered for three different Exposure Assessments.’’ ATSDR and the
AGENCY: Gulf Coast Ecosystem targeted audiences at different levels:
Restoration Council. CDC National Center for Environmental
Habitat steward volunteers; youth, ages Health (NCEH) will conduct a minimum
ACTION: Notice. 9–12; and local high school of eight exposure assessments (EAs) at
environmental clubs. current or former military installations
SUMMARY: The Gulf Coast Ecosystem MDEQ will also provide a subaward
Restoration Council (RESTORE Council) with known PFAS contamination in
in the amount of $99,050 to the drinking water, groundwater, or another
publishes notice of proposed subawards Partnership for Gulf Coast Land
from the Mississippi Department of water source.
Conservation (PGCLC). The PGCLC will
Environmental Quality (MDEQ) to the DATES: ATSDR must receive written
conduct an outreach initiative that
Mississippi Wildlife Federation and the includes three components: The comments on or before September 17,
Partnership for Gulf Coast Land development of science-based 2018.
Conservation, two Mississippi nonprofit communication products for use with a ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
organizations, for the purpose of general audience that summarize and identified by Docket No. ATSDR–2018–
education and outreach in accordance explain the benefits of land 0002 by any of the following methods:
with the Sea Grant Education and conservation in the Gulf coast region in • Federal eRulemaking Portal:
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Outreach (EOE) Award, as approved in lay terminology; field visits that bring Regulations.gov. Follow the instructions
the Initial Funded Priority List. together stakeholders to illustrate, in the for submitting comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: field and by boat, the connectivity that • Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information
Please send questions by email to land conservation practices along our Collection Review Office, Centers for
joshua.easton@restorethegulf.gov. coastal streams have to water quality in Disease Control and Prevention, 1600
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section the northern Gulf of Mexico and to our Clifton Road NE, MS–D74, Atlanta,
1321(t)(2)(E)(ii)(III) of the RESTORE Act marine and estuarine living resources; Georgia 30329.
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| Dates | Consideration will be given to all comments received by August 20, 2018. | |
| Contact | Grant Anderson at the U.S. Office of Government Ethics; telephone: 202-482-9318; TTY: 800-877-8339; FAX: 202-482-9237; Email: [email protected] | |
| FR Citation | 83 FR 34134 |
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