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and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on those who are to respond, including
through the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical,
technological or other forms of
information technology collection
methods.
All responses to this notice will
become a matter of public record and be
summarized in the request for OMB
approval.
Signed at Washington, DC, June 13, 2017.
R. Renee Picanso,
Associate Administrator.
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COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS
Notice of Public Meeting of the
Louisiana Advisory Committee To
Discuss Civil Rights Topics in the
State
U.S. Commission on Civil
Rights.
ACTION: Announcement of meeting.
AGENCY:
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 that
the Louisiana Advisory Committee
(Committee) will hold a meeting on
Thursday, July 6, 2017, at 3:00 p.m.
Central for the purpose of a discussion
on civil rights topics affecting the state.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Thursday, July 6, 2017, at 3:00 p.m. CDT
PUBLIC CALL INFORMATION: Dial: 877–
718–5108, Conference ID: 1009990
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David Barreras, DFO, at dbarreras@
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Members of the public are also
entitled to submit written comments;
the comments must be received in the
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the meeting. Written comments may be
mailed to the Midwestern Regional
Office, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights,
55 W. Monroe St., Suite 410, Chicago,
IL 60615. They may also be faxed to the
Commission at (312) 353–8324, or
emailed to Carolyn Allen at callen@
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additional information may contact the
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Records generated from this meeting
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the meeting. Records of the meeting will
be available via www.facadatabase.gov
under the Commission on Civil Rights,
Louisiana Advisory Committee link
(https://database.faca.gov/committee/
committee.aspx?cid=251&aid=17).
Persons interested in the work of this
Committee are directed to the
Commission’s Web site, https://
www.usccr.gov, or may contact the
Midwestern Regional Office at the above
email or street address.
Agenda
Welcome and Roll Call
Civil Rights Topics in Louisiana
Next Steps
Public Comment
Adjournment
Exceptional Circumstance: Pursuant
to 41 CFR 102–3.150, the notice for this
meeting is given less than 15 calendar
days prior to the meeting because of the
exceptional circumstance of
management difficulties that prevent an
earlier filing.
Dated: June 21, 2017.
David Mussatt,
Supervisory Chief, Regional Programs Unit.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
U.S. Census Bureau
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
The Department of Commerce will
submit to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for clearance the
following proposal for collection of
information under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act.
Agency: U.S. Census Bureau.
Title: Generic Clearance for Internet
Nonprobability Panel Pretesting.
OMB Control Number: 0607–0978.
Form Number(s): TBD.
Type of Request: Extension of a
Currently Approved Collection.
Number of Respondents: 60,000.
Average Hours per Response: 0.167.
Burden Hours: 10,000.
Needs and Uses: The information
collected in this program of developing
and testing questionnaires will be used
by staff from the Census Bureau and
sponsoring agencies to evaluate and
improve the quality of the data in the
surveys and censuses that are ultimately
conducted. Because the questionnaires
being tested under this clearance are
still in the process of development, the
data that result from these collections
are not considered official statistics of
the Census Bureau or other Federal
agencies. Data will be included in
research reports prepared for sponsors
inside and outside of the Census
Bureau. The results may also be
prepared for presentations related to
survey methodology at professional
meetings or publications in professional
journals. Since the submission of the 60
day notice, we have changed both the
title and burden estimate for this
collection. At the 60-day notice, the
collection was entitled ‘‘Generic
Clearance for Internet Nonprobability
Panel Pretesting and Qualitative Survey
Methods Testing.’’ To more accurately
reflect the intended collection, we are
renaming this collection ‘‘Generic
Clearance for Medium-Scale Pretesting.’’
We are requesting an increase in hours
from 8,334 to 16,900 annually because
we incorporated the pretesting needs for
the 2020 Census communications
campaign into this request.
Affected Public: Individuals and
households.
Frequency: Once.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Data collection for
this project is authorized under the
authorizing legislation for the
questionnaire being tested. This may be
Title 13, Sections 131, 141, 161, 181,
182, 193, and 301 for Census Bureau-
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sponsored surveys, or other
corresponding collection authorities for
surveys sponsored by other Federal
agencies. We do not now know what
other titles will be referenced, since we
do not know what survey questionnaires
will be pretested during the course of
the clearance.
This information collection request
may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov.
Follow the instructions to view
Department of Commerce collections
currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to OIRA_Submission@
omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395–5806.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Lead, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
U.S. Census Bureau
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; 2018 National
Sample Survey of Registered Nurses
U.S. Census Bureau,
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of
Commerce, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to
take this opportunity to comment on the
proposed 2018 National Sample Survey
of Registered Nurses, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: To ensure consideration, written
comments must be submitted on or
before August 25, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer,
Department of Commerce, Room 6616,
14th and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230 (or via the
Internet at PRAcomments@doc.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument(s) and instructions should
be directed to Daniel Doyle, U.S. Census
Bureau, ADDP, HQ–7H051, 4600 Silver
Hill Road, Washington, DC 20233–0001,
(301) 763–5304 (or via the Internet at
Daniel.P.Doyle@census.gov).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. Abstract
Sponsored by the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services’ (HHS’)
Health Resources Services
Administration’s (HRSA) National
Center for Health Workforce Analysis
(NCHWA), the National Sample Survey
of Registered Nurses (NSSRN) is
conducted to assist in fulfilling the
Congressional mandates of the Public
Health Service Act 42 U.S.C. Section
294n(b)(2)(A), foster the development of
information describing and analyzing
the health care workforce and workforce
related issues and provide necessary
information for decision-making
regarding future directions in health
professions and nursing programs in
response to societal and professional
needs. In addition, Public Health
Service Act 42 U.S.C. Section 295k(a)–
(b), the Secretary shall establish a
program, including a uniform health
professions data reporting system, to
collect, compile, and analyze data on
health professions personnel. The
Secretary is authorized to expand the
program to include, whenever he
determines it necessary, the collection,
compilation, and analysis of data, health
care administration personnel, nurses,
allied health personnel in States
designated by the Secretary to be
included in the program. The NSSRN is
designed to obtain the necessary data to
determine the characteristics and
distribution of Registered Nurses (RNs)
throughout the United States, as well as
emerging patterns in their employment
characteristics. These data will provide
the means for the evaluation and
assessment of the evolving
demographics, educational
qualifications, and career employment
patterns of RNs, consistent with the
goals of congressional mandates of the
Public Health Service Act 42 U.S.C.
Section 294n(b)(2)(A) and Section
295k(a)–(b). Such data have become
particularly important for the need to
better understand workforce issues
given the recent dynamic change in the
RN population and, the transformation
of the healthcare system.
The proposed survey design for the
2018 NSSRN will include a probability
sample (100,000 RNs) selected from a
sampling frame compiled from files
provided by the State Boards of Nursing
and the National Council of the State
Boards of Nursing (NCSBN). These files
constitute a sampling frame of all RNs
licensed in the 50 States and the District
of Columbia. Sampling rates are set for
each state based on considerations of
statistical precision of the estimates and
the costs involved in obtaining reliable
national and state-level estimates. The
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survey will be multi-mode offering
respondents the opportunity to
participate via a web instrument and a
paper questionnaire.
The 2018 NSSRN project includes
plans to experimentally test the efficacy
of a non-monetary incentive (that is,
whether offering a pen and lanyard as
a token of appreciation increases
response, thus reducing non-response
bias and reducing costs associated with
follow-up). Additionally, the project
will test contact materials, and test
modifications to data collection
strategies based on response from prior
contact strategies.
In addition to testing non-monetary
incentives, the 2018 NSSRN will
evaluate different non-response followup mailing strategies by testing for
response improvements using different
envelopes to deliver the survey
materials. One of these strategies
utilizes testing a pressure-sealed
reminder postcard scheduled to be
mailed approximately one week after
the initial survey invite mailing. This
strategy is being implemented to
decrease the time gap during mailings
and is more cost-effective than sending
an additional paper questionnaire
packet. The ability to send reminders
enclosed with the pressure-seal system
allows for the secure delivery of login
information for the NSSRN web
instrument as well as specific
information about the survey.
Third, we plan to experimentally
evaluate the impact of adding a
supplemental fact sheet with important
statistics from prior NSSRN
administrations. During the initial
mailing, inserts with important NSSRN
facts will be tested.
Finally, for respondents who
experience technical problems with the
web instrument, have questions about
the survey, or need other forms of
assistance, the 2018 NSSRN will have a
Telephone Questionnaire Assistance
(TQA) line available. TQA staff will not
only be able to answer respondent
questions and concerns, but also they
will have the ability to collect survey
responses over the phone, using an
administrative access to the web
instrument, if the respondent calls in
and would like to have interviewer
assistance in completing the interview.
II. Methods of Collection
Web-Push
The production 2018 NSSRN plan for
the web-push data collection design
includes 80% of the 100,000 RNs
receiving an initial invite with
instructions on how to complete the
questionnaire via the web. The web-
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
U.S. Census Bureau
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
The Department of Commerce will submit to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of
information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act.
Agency: U.S. Census Bureau.
Title: Generic Clearance for Internet Nonprobability Panel
Pretesting.
OMB Control Number: 0607-0978.
Form Number(s): TBD.
Type of Request: Extension of a Currently Approved Collection.
Number of Respondents: 60,000.
Average Hours per Response: 0.167.
Burden Hours: 10,000.
Needs and Uses: The information collected in this program of
developing and testing questionnaires will be used by staff from the
Census Bureau and sponsoring agencies to evaluate and improve the
quality of the data in the surveys and censuses that are ultimately
conducted. Because the questionnaires being tested under this clearance
are still in the process of development, the data that result from
these collections are not considered official statistics of the Census
Bureau or other Federal agencies. Data will be included in research
reports prepared for sponsors inside and outside of the Census Bureau.
The results may also be prepared for presentations related to survey
methodology at professional meetings or publications in professional
journals. Since the submission of the 60 day notice, we have changed
both the title and burden estimate for this collection. At the 60-day
notice, the collection was entitled ``Generic Clearance for Internet
Nonprobability Panel Pretesting and Qualitative Survey Methods
Testing.'' To more accurately reflect the intended collection, we are
renaming this collection ``Generic Clearance for Medium-Scale
Pretesting.'' We are requesting an increase in hours from 8,334 to
16,900 annually because we incorporated the pretesting needs for the
2020 Census communications campaign into this request.
Affected Public: Individuals and households.
Frequency: Once.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Data collection for this project is authorized
under the authorizing legislation for the questionnaire being tested.
This may be Title 13, Sections 131, 141, 161, 181, 182, 193, and 301
for Census Bureau-
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sponsored surveys, or other corresponding collection authorities for
surveys sponsored by other Federal agencies. We do not now know what
other titles will be referenced, since we do not know what survey
questionnaires will be pretested during the course of the clearance.
This information collection request may be viewed at
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view Department of Commerce
collections currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice
to OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395-5806.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Lead, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-13280 Filed 6-23-17; 8:45 am]
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