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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Generic Clearance
for the Collection of Qualitative
Feedback on Agency Service Delivery
Farm Service Agency, USDA.
ACTION: 30-Day notice of submission of
information collection approval from
the Office of Management and Budget
and request for comments.
AGENCY:
As part of a Federal
Government-wide effort to streamline
the process to seek feedback from the
public on service delivery, the
Department of Agriculture (USDA),
Farm Service Agency (FSA) has
submitted a Generic Information
Collection Request (Generic ICR):
‘‘Generic Clearance for the Collection of
Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service
Delivery ’’ to OMB for approval under
the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA).
DATES: Comments must be submitted by
July 21, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be
submitted to the Desk Officer for
Agriculture, Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget, New
Executive Office Building, Washington,
DC 20503; OIRA_Submission@
OMB.EOP.GOV or fax (202) 395–5806
and to Departmental Clearance Office,
USDA, OCIO, Mail Stop 7602,
Washington, DC 20250–7602.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information, please
contact Ruth Brown (202) 720–8958 or
Charlene Parker (202) 720–8681.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Generic Clearance for the
Collection of Qualitative Feedback on
Agency Service Delivery.
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. By
qualitative feedback we mean
information that provides useful
insights on perceptions and opinions,
but are not statistical surveys that yield
quantitative results that can be
generalized to the population of study.
This feedback will provide insights into
customer or stakeholder perceptions,
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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 nonresponse bias, the protocols for data
collection, and any testing procedures
that were or will be undertaken prior
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.
The Agency received one comments
in response to the 60-day notice
published in the Federal Register of
April 4, 2017 (82 FR 16338). The
comment was not related to this
information collection.
Farm Service Agency 0560–0286
Current Actions: Revision and
Extension of Currently Approved
Collection.
Type of Review: Revision and
Extension.
Affected Public: Individuals and
Households; Businesses; Organizations;
and State and Local Government.
Average Expected Annual Number of
activities: 8.
Respondents: 600,000.
Annual responses: 600,000.
Frequency of Response: Once per
request.
Average minutes per response: 30.
Burden hours: 300,000.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information
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unless it displays a currently valid
Office of Management and Budget
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Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Ochoco National Forest, Lookout
Mountain Ranger District; Oregon;
Ochoco Wild and Free Roaming Herd
Management Plan Revision Project EIS
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of intent to prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Ochoco National Forest is
preparing an Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) to analyze the effects of
revising the 1975 Ochoco Wild and Free
Roaming Herd Management Plan (Herd
Management Plan). The Herd
Management Plan provides guidance for
managing wild, free roaming horses
within the Big Summit Territory on the
Lookout Mountain Ranger District. The
27,300-acre Big Summit Territory is
located approximately 30 miles east of
Prineville and includes Round
Mountain and Duncan Butte. The 1975
Herd Management Plan set an
Appropriate Management Level (AML)
of 55–65 horses; the Ochoco National
Forest Land and Resource Management
Plan (LRMP) states horses will be
managed at a maximum of 60 head. This
project will revise the original Herd
Management Plan to comply with the
Wild Free Roaming Horse and Burro Act
(WFRHBA) of 1971, as amended, and
the federal regulation for management of
wild and free-roaming horses and
burros. The proposed action is
consistent with the Ochoco National
Forest Land and Resource Management
Plan, as amended.
DATES: Comments concerning the scope
of the analysis must be received by July
21, 2017. The Draft Environmental
Impact Statement is expected to be
completed and available for public
comment in June 2018. The Final
Environmental Impact Statement is
expected to be completed in September
2018.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments to
Ochoco Wild and Free Roaming Herd
Management Plan Revision Project, c/o
Marcy Anderson, Lookout Mountain
District, Ochoco National Forest, 3160
NE Third Street, Prineville, Oregon
97754. Alternately, electronic comments
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative
Feedback on Agency Service Delivery
AGENCY: Farm Service Agency, USDA.
ACTION: 30-Day notice of submission of information collection approval
from the Office of Management and Budget and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: As part of a Federal Government-wide effort to streamline the
process to seek feedback from the public on service delivery, the
Department of Agriculture (USDA), Farm Service Agency (FSA) has
submitted a Generic Information Collection Request (Generic ICR):
``Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on
Agency Service Delivery '' to OMB for approval under the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA).
DATES: Comments must be submitted by July 21, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be submitted to the Desk Officer for
Agriculture, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC
20503; OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or fax (202) 395-5806 and to
Departmental Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail Stop 7602, Washington,
DC 20250-7602.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information,
please contact Ruth Brown (202) 720-8958 or Charlene Parker (202) 720-
8681.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback
on Agency Service Delivery.
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. By qualitative feedback we mean information that
provides useful insights on perceptions and opinions, but are not
statistical surveys that yield 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.
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 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.
The Agency received one comments in response to the 60-day notice
published in the Federal Register of April 4, 2017 (82 FR 16338). The
comment was not related to this information collection.
Farm Service Agency 0560-0286
Current Actions: Revision and Extension of Currently Approved
Collection.
Type of Review: Revision and Extension.
Affected Public: Individuals and Households; Businesses;
Organizations; and State and Local Government.
Average Expected Annual Number of activities: 8.
Respondents: 600,000.
Annual responses: 600,000.
Frequency of Response: Once per request.
Average minutes per response: 30.
Burden hours: 300,000.
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 Office of Management and Budget control number.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
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