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Funding Opportunity Number: SGA/
DFA PY–13–08.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of
Labor’s (the Department) Women’s
Bureau (WB) and Employment and
Training Administration (ETA),
announce the availability of
approximately $1.8 million in grant
funds authorized by the Women in
Apprenticeship and Nontraditional
Occupations (WANTO) Act of 1992,
Public Law 102–530, 29 U.S.C. 2501 et
seq. The Department plans to disburse
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$650,000 for a 2-year grant period of
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outreach, recruitment, hiring, training,
employment, and retention of women,
women of color and women with
disabilities in apprenticeships and
nontraditional occupations.
The complete SGA and any
subsequent SGA amendments in
connection with this solicitation are
described in further detail on ETA’s
Web site at https://www.doleta.gov/
grants/ or on https://www.grants.gov. The
Web sites provide application
information, eligibility requirements,
review and selection procedures, and
other program requirements governing
this solicitation.
DATES: The closing date for receipt of
applications under this announcement
is May 2, 2014. Applications must be
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Signed April 3, 2014 in Washington, DC.
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Grant Officer, Employment and Training
Administration.
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MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION
BOARD
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Generic Clearance
for the Collection of Qualitative
Feedback on Agency Service Delivery
AGENCY:
Merit Systems Protection
Board.
Notice and request for
comments.
ACTION:
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The Merit Systems Protection
Board (MSPB), as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, invites the general
public to take this opportunity to
comment on the ‘‘Generic Clearance for
the Collection of Qualitative Feedback
on Agency Service Delivery’’ for
approval under the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA). This collection
was developed as part of a Federal
Government-wide effort to streamline
the process for seeking feedback from
the public on service delivery. This
notice announces our intent to submit
this collection to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
approval and solicits comments on
specific aspects for the proposed
information collection.
DATES: Consideration will be given to all
comments received by June 9, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be
submitted to William D. Spencer, Clerk
of the Board, Merit Systems Protection
Board, 1615 M Street NW., Washington,
DC 20419; (202) 653–7200, by fax: (202)
653–7130, or by email: mspb@mspb.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information, please
contact William D. Spencer, Clerk of the
Board, Merit Systems Protection Board,
1615 M Street NW., Washington, DC
20419; phone: (202) 653–7200; fax: (202)
653–7130; or email: mspb@mspb.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Generic Clearance for the
Collection of Qualitative Feedback on
Agency Service Delivery.
Abstract: The proposed information
collection activity provides a means to
garner qualitative customer and
stakeholder feedback in an efficient,
timely manner, in accordance with the
Administration’s commitment to
improving service delivery. By
qualitative feedback we mean
information that provides useful
insights on perceptions and opinions,
but are not statistical surveys 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
MSPB and its customers and
stakeholders. It will also allow feedback
to contribute directly to the
improvement of program management.
The solicitation of feedback will target
areas such as: Timeliness,
appropriateness, accuracy of
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information, courtesy, efficiency of
service delivery, and resolution of
issues with service delivery. Responses
will be assessed to plan and inform
efforts to improve or maintain the
quality of service offered to the public.
If this information is not collected, vital
feedback from customers and
stakeholders on MSPB’s services will be
unavailable.
The MSPB 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 noncontroversial and do not raise issues of
concern to other Federal agencies;
• Any collection is targeted to the
solicitation of opinions from
respondents who have experience with
the program or may have experience
with the program in the near future;
• Personally identifiable information
(PII) is collected only to the extent
necessary and is not retained;
• Information gathered will be used
only internally for general service
improvement and program management
purposes and is not intended for release
outside of MSPB;
• 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 nonresponse bias, the protocols for data
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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 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.
Current Actions: New collection of
information.
Type of Review: New collection.
Affected Public: Individuals and
Households, Businesses and
Organizations, State, Local or Tribal
Government.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
18,000.
Below we provide projected average
estimates for the next three years:
Average Expected Annual Number of
Activities: 12.
Average Number of Respondents per
Activity: 500.
Annual Responses: 3,000.
Frequency of Response: Once per
request.
Average Minutes per Response: 30.
Burden Hours: 1,500.
Request for Comments: Comments
submitted in response to this notice will
be summarized and/or included in the
request for OMB approval. Comments
are invited on: (a) Whether the
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of MSPB, including whether
the information shall have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of MSPB’s
estimate of the burden of the collection
of information; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; (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; and (e) estimates of capital
or start-up costs and costs of operation,
maintenance, and purchase of services
to provide information. Burden means
the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to
generate, maintain, retain, disclose or
provide information to or for a Federal
agency. This includes the time needed
to review instructions; to develop,
acquire, install and utilize technology
and systems for the purpose of
collecting, validating and verifying
information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing
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and providing information; to train
personnel and to be able to respond to
a collection of information, to search
data sources, to complete and review
the collection of information; and to
transmit or otherwise disclose the
information.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number.
William D. Spencer,
Clerk of the Board.
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THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR
THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES
Submission for OMB Review,
Comment Request, Proposed
Collection: Heritage Health Index 2014
on the State of America’s Collections
(HHI 2014)
Institute of Museum and
Library Services, National Foundation
for the Arts and the Humanities.
ACTION: Submission for OMB Review,
Comment Request.
AGENCY:
The Institute of Museum and
Library Services announces the
following information collection has
been submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35). This program helps to
ensure that requested data can be
provided in the desired format,
reporting burden (time and financial
resources) is minimized, collection
instruments are clearly understood, and
the impact of collection requirements on
respondents can be properly assessed.
A copy of the proposed information
collection request can be obtained by
contacting the individual listed below
in the ADDRESSES section of this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
Contact section below on or before May
9, 2014.
OMB is particularly interested in
comments that help the agency to:
• Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
• 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;
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• Enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
• 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 submissions of responses.
ADDRESSES: Christopher J. Reich, Senior
Advisor, Institute of Museum and
Library Services, 1800 M St. NW., 9th
Floor, Washington, DC 20036. Mr. Reich
can be reached by Telephone: 202–653–
4685, Fax: 202–653–4608, or by email at
creich@imls.gov, or by teletype (TTY/
TDD) for persons with hearing difficulty
at 202–653–4614.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Institute of Museum and Library
Services (IMLS) is an independent
Federal grant-making agency and is the
primary source of Federal support for
the Nation’s 123,000 libraries and
17,500 museums. IMLS provides a
variety of grant programs to assist the
Nation’s museums and libraries in
improving their operations and
enhancing their services to the public.
IMLS is responsible for identifying
national needs for and trends in
museum, library, and information
services; measuring and reporting on the
impact and effectiveness of museum,
library and information services
throughout the United States, including
programs conducted with funds made
available by IMLS; identifying, and
disseminating information on, the best
practices of such programs; and
developing plans to improve museum,
library and information services of the
United States and strengthen national,
State, local, regional, and international
communications and cooperative
networks (20 U.S.C. Chapter 72, 20
U.S.C. 9108).
Abstract: Because collections items
are at the heart of all cultural heritage
and collecting practices, IMLS will
collect the Heritage Health Index to
measure the extent and effectiveness of
preservation activities and initiatives,
and to identify areas for capacity
building and professional development
for collections stewards, from the
nation’s nonprofit museums, libraries,
archives, historical societies/sites, and
archaeological repositories.
Current Actions: This notice proposes
clearance of the Heritage Health Index
2014 on the State of America’s
Collections (HHI 2014). The 60-day
notice for the HHI 2014 (previously HHI
II), was published in the Federal
Register on December 10, 2013, (FR vol.
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MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative
Feedback on Agency Service Delivery
AGENCY: Merit Systems Protection Board.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites
the general public to take this opportunity to comment on the ``Generic
Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service
Delivery'' for approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). This
collection was developed as part of a Federal Government-wide effort to
streamline the process for seeking feedback from the public on service
delivery. This notice announces our intent to submit this collection to
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval and solicits
comments on specific aspects for the proposed information collection.
DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by June 9,
2014.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be submitted to William D. Spencer,
Clerk of the Board, Merit Systems Protection Board, 1615 M Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20419; (202) 653-7200, by fax: (202) 653-7130, or by
email: mspb@mspb.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information,
please contact William D. Spencer, Clerk of the Board, Merit Systems
Protection Board, 1615 M Street NW., Washington, DC 20419; phone: (202)
653-7200; fax: (202) 653-7130; or email: mspb@mspb.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback
on Agency Service Delivery.
Abstract: The proposed information collection activity provides a
means to garner qualitative customer and stakeholder feedback in an
efficient, timely manner, in accordance with the Administration's
commitment to improving service delivery. By qualitative feedback we
mean information that provides useful insights on perceptions and
opinions, but are not statistical surveys 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 MSPB
and its customers and stakeholders. It will also allow feedback to
contribute directly to the improvement of program management.
The solicitation of feedback will target areas such as: Timeliness,
appropriateness, accuracy of information, courtesy, efficiency of
service delivery, and resolution of issues with service delivery.
Responses will be assessed to plan and inform efforts to improve or
maintain the quality of service offered to the public. If this
information is not collected, vital feedback from customers and
stakeholders on MSPB's services will be unavailable.
The MSPB 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 and do not raise
issues of concern to other Federal agencies;
Any collection is targeted to the solicitation of opinions
from respondents who have experience with the program or may have
experience with the program in the near future;
Personally identifiable information (PII) is collected
only to the extent necessary and is not retained;
Information gathered will be used only internally for
general service improvement and program management purposes and is not
intended for release outside of MSPB;
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
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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 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.
Current Actions: New collection of information.
Type of Review: New collection.
Affected Public: Individuals and Households, Businesses and
Organizations, State, Local or Tribal Government.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 18,000.
Below we provide projected average estimates for the next three
years:
Average Expected Annual Number of Activities: 12.
Average Number of Respondents per Activity: 500.
Annual Responses: 3,000.
Frequency of Response: Once per request.
Average Minutes per Response: 30.
Burden Hours: 1,500.
Request for Comments: Comments submitted in response to this notice
will be summarized and/or included in the request for OMB approval.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of MSPB,
including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the
accuracy of MSPB's estimate of the burden of the collection of
information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of
the information to be collected; (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; and (e) estimates of capital or start-up costs and costs of
operation, maintenance, and purchase of services to provide
information. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose
or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This includes the
time needed to review instructions; to develop, acquire, install and
utilize technology and systems for the purpose of collecting,
validating and verifying information, processing and maintaining
information, and disclosing and providing information; to train
personnel and to be able to respond to a collection of information, to
search data sources, to complete and review the collection of
information; and to transmit or otherwise disclose the information.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required
to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a
currently valid OMB control number.
William D. Spencer,
Clerk of the Board.
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