83 FR 5450 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 26 (February 7, 2018)
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 26 (February 7, 2018)
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| FR Document | 2018-02376 |
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 26 (Wednesday, February 7, 2018)] [Notices] [Page 5450] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-02376] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Federal Emergency Management Agency [Docket ID FEMA-2017-0029; OMB No. 1660-0130] Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS. ACTION: Notice and request for comments. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will submit the information collection abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget for review and clearance in accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The submission will describe the nature of the information collection, the categories of respondents, the estimated burden (i.e., the time, effort and resources used by respondents to respond) and cost, and the actual data collection instruments FEMA will use. DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before March 9, 2018. ADDRESSES: Submit written comments on the proposed information collection to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget. Comments should be addressed to the Desk Officer for the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency, and sent via electronic mail to [email protected]. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or copies of the information collection should be made to Director, Records Management Division, 500 C Street SW, Washington, DC 20472, email address [email protected] or Sherina Greene, Management and Program Analyst, FEMA Office of the Chief Administrative Officer, Information Management Division, at (202) 646-4343. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This proposed information collection previously published in the Federal Register on September 13, 2017 at 82 FR 43035 with a 60 day public comment period. FEMA received 4 anonymous public comments that were not relevant to the information collection. The purpose of this notice is to notify the public that FEMA will submit the information collection abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget for review and clearance. Collection of Information Title: Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery. Type of information collection: Extension, without change, of a currently approved information collection. OMB Number: 1660-0130. Form Titles and Numbers: None. Abstract: The information collection activity will garner qualitative customer and stakeholder feedback in an efficient, timely manner, in accordance with the Administration's commitment to improving service delivery. 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. Feedback collected under this generic clearance will provide useful information, but it will 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. Affected Public: Individuals or Households. Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,075,000. Estimated Number of Responses: 1,075,000. Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 181,995 hours. Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $6,340,705.80. Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: None. Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: None. Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $2,079,000.95. Comments Comments may be submitted as indicated in the ADDRESSES caption above. Comments are solicited to (a) evaluate whether the proposed data collection is necessary for the proper performance of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (c) enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses. Dated: January 26, 2018. William H. Holzerland, Senior Director for Information Management, Office of the Chief Administrative Officer, Mission Support, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security. 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period. FEMA received 4 anonymous quantitative results.
public comments that were not relevant Affected Public: Individuals or
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to the information collection. The
SECURITY Households.
purpose of this notice is to notify the
public that FEMA will submit the Estimated Number of Respondents:
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Agency information collection abstracted below 1,075,000.
to the Office of Management and Budget Estimated Number of Responses:
[Docket ID FEMA–2017–0029; OMB No. for review and clearance. 1,075,000.
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Collection of Information Estimated Total Annual Burden
Agency Information Collection Title: Generic Clearance for the Hours: 181,995 hours.
Activities: Submission for OMB Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Review; Comment Request; Generic Agency Service Delivery. Cost: $6,340,705.80.
Clearance for the Collection of Type of information collection:
Qualitative Feedback on Agency Estimated Respondents’ Operation
Extension, without change, of a and Maintenance Costs: None.
Service Delivery currently approved information
collection. Estimated Respondents’ Capital and
AGENCY: Federal Emergency
OMB Number: 1660–0130. Start-Up Costs: None.
Management Agency, DHS.
Form Titles and Numbers: None. Estimated Total Annual Cost to the
ACTION: Notice and request for
Abstract: The information collection Federal Government: $2,079,000.95.
comments.
activity will garner qualitative customer
and stakeholder feedback in an efficient, Comments
SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) will timely manner, in accordance with the
Comments may be submitted as
submit the information collection Administration’s commitment to
indicated in the ADDRESSES caption
abstracted below to the Office of improving service delivery. This
above. Comments are solicited to (a)
Management and Budget for review and feedback will provide insights into
customer or stakeholder perceptions, evaluate whether the proposed data
clearance in accordance with the collection is necessary for the proper
requirements of the Paperwork experiences and expectations, provide
an early warning of issues with service, performance of the agency, including
Reduction Act of 1995. The submission
or focus attention on areas where whether the information shall have
will describe the nature of the
communication, training or changes in practical utility; (b) evaluate the
information collection, the categories of
respondents, the estimated burden (i.e., operations might improve delivery of accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the
the time, effort and resources used by products or services. These collections burden of the proposed collection of
respondents to respond) and cost, and will allow for ongoing, collaborative and information, including the validity of
the actual data collection instruments actionable communications between the the methodology and assumptions used;
FEMA will use. Agency and its customers and (c) enhance the quality, utility, and
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
stakeholders. It will also allow feedback clarity of the information to be
or before March 9, 2018. to contribute directly to the collected; and (d) minimize the burden
improvement of program management. of the collection of information on those
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
Feedback collected under this generic who are to respond, including through
on the proposed information collection clearance will provide useful the use of appropriate automated,
to the Office of Information and information, but it will not yield data electronic, mechanical, or other
Regulatory Affairs, Office of that can be generalized to the overall
Management and Budget. Comments technological collection techniques or
population. This type of generic other forms of information technology,
should be addressed to the Desk Officer clearance for qualitative information
for the Department of Homeland e.g., permitting electronic submission of
will not be used for quantitative responses.
Security, Federal Emergency information collections that are
Management Agency, and sent via designed to yield reliably actionable Dated: January 26, 2018.
electronic mail to dhsdeskofficer@ results, such as monitoring trends over William H. Holzerland,
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: performance. Such data uses require Office of the Chief Administrative Officer,
Requests for additional information or more rigorous designs that address: The Mission Support, Federal Emergency
copies of the information collection target population to which Management Agency, Department of
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| Dates | Comments must be submitted on or before March 9, 2018. | |
| Contact | Requests for additional information or copies of the information collection should be made to Director, Records Management Division, 500 C Street SW, Washington, DC 20472, | |
| FR Citation | 83 FR 5450 |
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