83_FR_52388 83 FR 52188 - Notice of Public Meeting of the Nevada State Advisory Committee

83 FR 52188 - Notice of Public Meeting of the Nevada State Advisory Committee

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Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 200 (October 16, 2018)

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FR Document2018-22456

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the rules and regulations of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (Commission) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) that a meeting of the Nevada Advisory Committee (Committee) to the Commission will be held at 1 p.m. (Pacific Time) Wednesday, November 7, 2018, the purpose of meeting is for the Committee to discuss potential findings and recommendations for report on policing practices and mental health.

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Notice of Public Meeting of the Nevada State Advisory Committee

AGENCY: U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.

ACTION: Announcement of meeting.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the 
rules and regulations of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights 
(Commission) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) that a 
meeting of the Nevada Advisory Committee (Committee) to the Commission 
will be held at 1 p.m. (Pacific Time) Wednesday, November 7, 2018, the 
purpose of meeting is for the Committee to discuss potential findings 
and recommendations for report on policing practices and mental health.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, November 7, 2018, at 1 
p.m. PT.
    Public Call Information:

Dial: 877-260-1479
Conference ID: 1123093

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ana Victoria Fortes (DFO) at 
afortes@usccr.gov or (213) 894-3437.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This meeting is available to the public 
through the following toll-free call-in number: 877-260-1479, 
conference ID number: 1123093. Any interested member of the public may 
call this number and listen to the meeting. Callers can expect to incur 
charges for calls they initiate over wireless lines, and the Commission 
will not refund any incurred charges. Callers will incur no charge for 
calls they initiate over land-line connections to the toll-free 
telephone number. Persons with hearing impairments may also follow the 
proceedings by first calling the Federal Relay Service at 1-800-877-
8339 and providing the Service with the conference call number and 
conference ID number.
    Members of the public are entitled to make comments during the open 
period

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at the end of the meeting. Members of the public may also submit 
written comments; the comments must be received in the Regional 
Programs Unit within 30 days following the meeting. Written comments 
may be mailed to the Western Regional Office, U.S. Commission on Civil 
Rights, 300 North Los Angeles Street, Suite 2010, Los Angeles, CA 
90012. They may be faxed to the Commission at (213) 894-0508, or 
emailed Ana Victoria Fortes at afortes@usccr.gov. Persons who desire 
additional information may contact the Regional Programs Unit at (213) 
894-3437.
    Records and documents discussed during the meeting will be 
available for public viewing prior to and after the meeting at http://facadatabase.gov/committee/meetings.aspx?cid=261. Please click on the 
``Meeting Details'' and ``Documents'' links. Records generated from 
this meeting may also be inspected and reproduced at the Regional 
Programs Unit, as they become available, both before and after the 
meeting. Persons interested in the work of this Committee are directed 
to the Commission's website, http://www.usccr.gov, or may contact the 
Regional Programs Unit at the above email or street address.

Agenda

I. Welcome
II. Debrief Discussion
III. Review Report Outline
IV. Public Comment
V. Next Steps

    Dated: October 11, 2018.
David Mussatt,
Supervisory Chief, Regional Programs Unit.
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                                              This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER                    the collection of information unless it                  Total Burden Hours: 393.
                                              contains documents other than rules or                  displays a currently valid OMB control
                                              proposed rules that are applicable to the                                                                     Ruth Brown,
                                                                                                      number.
                                              public. Notices of hearings and investigations,                                                               Departmental Information Collection
                                              committee meetings, agency decisions and                30-Day Federal Register Notice                        Clearance Officer.
                                              rulings, delegations of authority, filing of            Food and Nutrition Service                            [FR Doc. 2018–22449 Filed 10–15–18; 8:45 am]
                                              petitions and applications and agency                                                                         BILLING CODE 3410–30–P
                                              statements of organization and functions are               Title: The Assessment of Mandatory
                                              examples of documents appearing in this                 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
                                              section.                                                Program (SNAP) Employment &Training
                                                                                                      (E&T) Programs.                                       COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS
                                                                                                         OMB Control Number: 0584–NEW.
                                              DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE                                                                                     Notice of Public Meeting of the Nevada
                                                                                                         Summary of Collection: U.S.
                                                                                                                                                            State Advisory Committee
                                                                                                      Department of Agriculture’s Food and
                                              Submission for OMB Review;                              Nutrition Service (FNS) will conduct a                AGENCY: U.S. Commission on Civil
                                              Comment Request                                         study Assessment of Mandatory SNAP                    Rights.
                                              October 11, 2018.                                       E&T Programs to examine program                       ACTION: Announcement of meeting.
                                                The Department of Agriculture has                     features and administrative practices of
                                              submitted the following information                     mandatory State SNAP E&T programs.                    SUMMARY:   Notice is hereby given,
                                              collection requirement(s) to OMB for                    Section 17 [7 U.S.C. 2026] (a)(1) of the              pursuant to the provisions of the rules
                                              review and clearance under the                          Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, as                    and regulations of the U.S. Commission
                                              Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,                        amended, provides general legislative                 on Civil Rights (Commission) and the
                                              Public Law 104–13. Comments are                         authority for the planned data                        Federal Advisory Committee Act
                                              requested regarding (1) whether the                     collection. It authorizes the Secretary of            (FACA) that a meeting of the Nevada
                                              collection of information is necessary                  Agriculture to enter into contracts with              Advisory Committee (Committee) to the
                                              for the proper performance of the                       private institutions to undertake                     Commission will be held at 1 p.m.
                                              functions of the agency, including                      research that will help to improve the                (Pacific Time) Wednesday, November 7,
                                              whether the information will have                       administration and effectiveness of the               2018, the purpose of meeting is for the
                                              practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the              Supplemental Nutrition Assistance                     Committee to discuss potential findings
                                              agency’s estimate of burden including                   Program (SNAP) in delivering nutrition-               and recommendations for report on
                                              the validity of the methodology and                     related benefits.                                     policing practices and mental health.
                                              assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance                      Need and Use of the Information:                   DATES: The meeting will be held on
                                              the quality, utility and clarity of the                 This study will help FNS understand                   Wednesday, November 7, 2018, at 1
                                              information to be collected; and (4)                    what data exists on how well mandatory                p.m. PT.
                                              ways to minimize the burden of the                      programs help SNAP participants gain                     Public Call Information:
                                              collection of information on those who                  skills, certificates, and credentials as
                                                                                                                                                            Dial: 877–260–1479
                                              are to respond, including through the                   well as stable, well-paying jobs. While
                                                                                                                                                            Conference ID: 1123093
                                              use of appropriate automated,                           the intent of the mandatory E&T
                                              electronic, mechanical, or other                        program is to assist SNAP participants                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ana
                                              technological collection techniques or                  in ‘‘gaining skills, trainings, or                    Victoria Fortes (DFO) at afortes@
                                              other forms of information technology.                  experience that will increase their                   usccr.gov or (213) 894–3437.
                                                Comments regarding this information                   ability to obtain regular employment,’’               SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
                                              collection received by November 15,                     little is known about whether or how                  meeting is available to the public
                                              2018 will be considered. Written                        specific E&T processes and services                   through the following toll-free call-in
                                              comments should be addressed to: Desk                   affect a participant’s likelihood of                  number: 877–260–1479, conference ID
                                              Officer for Agriculture, Office of                      participating or being sanctioned. In                 number: 1123093. Any interested
                                              Information and Regulatory Affairs,                     particular, little is known on whether                member of the public may call this
                                              Office of Management and Budget                         complex intake or referral processes,                 number and listen to the meeting.
                                              (OMB), OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov                      rather than a lack of interest in                     Callers can expect to incur charges for
                                              or fax (202) 395–5806 and to                            participating in E&T, may negatively                  calls they initiate over wireless lines,
                                              Departmental Clearance Office, USDA,                    impact participation in mandatory                     and the Commission will not refund any
                                              OCIO, Mail Stop 7602, Washington, DC                    programs.                                             incurred charges. Callers will incur no
                                              20250–7602. Copies of the                                  The findings from this study will                  charge for calls they initiate over land-
                                              submission(s) may be obtained by                        identify lessons learned and best                     line connections to the toll-free
                                              calling (202) 720–8958.                                 practices for operating mandatory E&T                 telephone number. Persons with hearing
                                                An agency may not conduct or                          programs.                                             impairments may also follow the
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                                              sponsor a collection of information                        Description of Respondents: State,                 proceedings by first calling the Federal
                                              unless the collection of information                    Local & Tribal Agencies; Business-not-                Relay Service at 1–800–877–8339 and
                                              displays a currently valid OMB control                  for-profit and Business for-profit;                   providing the Service with the
                                              number and the agency informs                           Individuals/Households.                               conference call number and conference
                                              potential persons who are to respond to                    Number of Respondents: 207.                        ID number.
                                              the collection of information that such                    Frequency of Responses: Reporting:                    Members of the public are entitled to
                                              persons are not required to respond to                  Annually.                                             make comments during the open period


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                                              at the end of the meeting. Members of                   DATES:  To ensure consideration, written              The benefits of providing current data,
                                              the public may also submit written                      comments must be submitted on or                      along with the anticipated decennial
                                              comments; the comments must be                          before December 17, 2018.                             census benefits in cost savings,
                                              received in the Regional Programs Unit                  ADDRESSES: Please direct all written                  planning, improved census coverage,
                                              within 30 days following the meeting.                   comments to Jennifer Jessup,                          and more efficient operations, led the
                                              Written comments may be mailed to the                   Departmental Paperwork Clearance                      U.S. Census Bureau to plan the
                                              Western Regional Office, U.S.                           Officer, Department of Commerce, Room                 implementation of the continuous
                                              Commission on Civil Rights, 300 North                   6616, 14th and Constitution Avenue                    measurement survey, later called the
                                              Los Angeles Street, Suite 2010, Los                     NW, Washington, DC 20230 (or via the                  American Community Survey (ACS).
                                              Angeles, CA 90012. They may be faxed                    internet at docpra@doc.gov). You may                  After years of testing the ACS, which is
                                              to the Commission at (213) 894–0508, or                 also submit comments, identified by                   the current embodiment of the long
                                              emailed Ana Victoria Fortes at afortes@                 Docket number USBC–2018–0014 to the                   form of the decennial census, the survey
                                              usccr.gov. Persons who desire                           Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: http://                  launched in 2005. Each year a sample of
                                              additional information may contact the                  www.regulations.gov. All comments                     approximately 3.5 million households
                                              Regional Programs Unit at (213) 894–                    received are part of the public record.               and about 200,000 persons living in
                                              3437.                                                   No comments will be posted to http://                 group quarters in the mainland United
                                                 Records and documents discussed                      www.regulations.gov for public viewing                States and Puerto Rico are selected to
                                              during the meeting will be available for                until after the comment period has                    participate in the ACS.
                                              public viewing prior to and after the                   closed. Comments will generally be
                                              meeting at http://facadatabase.gov/                     posted without change. All Personally                    In 2020, the ACS will change the race
                                              committee/meetings.aspx?cid=261.                        Identifiable Information (for example,                and ethnicity questions to match the
                                              Please click on the ‘‘Meeting Details’’                 name and address) voluntarily                         2020 Census. This change will make the
                                              and ‘‘Documents’’ links. Records                        submitted by the commenter may be                     ACS consistent with 2020 Census data
                                              generated from this meeting may also be                 publicly accessible. Do not submit                    on this topic. The ACS will also change
                                              inspected and reproduced at the                         Confidential Business Information or                  the instruction for reporting babies’ ages
                                              Regional Programs Unit, as they become                  otherwise sensitive or protected                      to match the 2020 Census. Ongoing
                                              available, both before and after the                    information. You may submit                           research suggests the instructions for
                                              meeting. Persons interested in the work                 attachments to electronic comments in                 reporting infants creates challenges for
                                              of this Committee are directed to the                   Microsoft Word, Excel, WordPerfect, or                some respondents. Cognitive testing
                                              Commission’s website, http://                           Adobe PDF file formats only.                          demonstrated the wording for the age
                                              www.usccr.gov, or may contact the                       FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                      instruction is unclear and confusing to
                                              Regional Programs Unit at the above                     Requests for additional information or                respondents. Details about all of the
                                              email or street address.                                copies of the information collection                  questions planned for the 2020 Census
                                              Agenda                                                  instrument(s) and instructions should                 and the American Community Survey
                                                                                                      be directed to Robin A. Pennington, Rm.               are available at https://www.census.gov/
                                              I. Welcome                                              2H465, U.S. Census Bureau, Decennial                  library/publications/2018/dec/planned-
                                              II. Debrief Discussion                                  Census Management Division,                           questions-2020-acs.html.
                                              III. Review Report Outline                              Washington, DC 20233 or via email to
                                              IV. Public Comment                                                                                               The ACS self-response rates in 2010,
                                                                                                      Robin.A.Pennington@census.gov.                        a decennial census year, were higher
                                              V. Next Steps
                                                                                                      SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                            than usual in the first few months of the
                                                Dated: October 11, 2018.
                                                                                                      I. Abstract                                           year, but were lower than usual in the
                                              David Mussatt,                                                                                                spring and summer months, when the
                                              Supervisory Chief, Regional Programs Unit.                 Since its founding, the U.S. Census                2010 decennial census was underway.
                                              [FR Doc. 2018–22456 Filed 10–15–18; 8:45 am]            Bureau has balanced the demands of a
                                                                                                                                                            The increased self-response rates early
                                                                                                      growing country for information about
                                              BILLING CODE P                                                                                                in the year were attributed to decennial
                                                                                                      its people and economy, with concerns
                                                                                                                                                            census communications while the
                                                                                                      for respondents’ privacy and the time
                                                                                                                                                            decreased rates later in the year were
                                                                                                      and effort it takes respondents to answer
                                              DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                                                                        attributed to respondent confusion, as
                                                                                                      questions. Beginning with the 1810
                                                                                                      Census, Congress added questions to                   respondents had already filled out their
                                              Census Bureau                                           support a range of public concerns and                decennial census form and did not
                                                                                                      uses, and over the course of a century,               understand that the ACS was a separate
                                              Proposed Information Collection;                                                                              data collection. Prior research suggests
                                              Comment Request; The American                           federal agencies requested to add
                                                                                                      questions about agriculture, industry,                that during a decennial census year,
                                              Community Survey                                                                                              ACS mail materials such as envelopes
                                                                                                      and commerce, as well as individuals’
                                              AGENCY: U.S. Census Bureau,                             occupation, ancestry, marital status,                 and letters should be revised to
                                              Commerce.                                               disabilities, place of birth and other                distinguish the ACS from the Census.
                                                                                                      topics. In 1940, the U.S. Census Bureau               For the 2020 data collection year, we are
                                              ACTION: Notice.
                                                                                                      introduced the long-form census in                    considering modifying the mail package
                                              SUMMARY:    The Department of                           order to ask more detailed questions to               contents, Field Representative flyers,
                                              Commerce, as part of its continuing                     only a sample of the public.                          scripts for the Interactive Voice
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                                              effort to reduce paperwork and                             In the early 1990s, the demand for                 Recognition system, frequently asked
                                              respondent burden, invites the general                  current, nationally consistent data from              questions, and the ACS website to better
                                              public and other Federal agencies to                    a wide variety of users led federal                   communicate to respondents that the
                                              take this opportunity to comment on                     government policymakers to consider                   ACS is a separate data collection from
                                              proposed and/or continuing information                  the feasibility of collecting social,                 the 2020 Census and that respondents
                                              collections, as required by the                         economic, and housing data                            selected for the ACS should complete
                                              Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.                        continuously throughout the decade.                   both the ACS and the 2020 Census.


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CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionAnnouncement of meeting.
DatesThe meeting will be held on Wednesday, November 7, 2018, at 1 p.m. PT.
ContactAna Victoria Fortes (DFO) at [email protected] or (213) 894-3437.
FR Citation83 FR 52188 

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