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Reporting requirement for funded
projects include a report to the Secretary
describing the activities carried out in
the preceding fiscal year, including, but
not limited to, a description of technical
assistance provided by the Center; the
total number and a description of the
sub-grants provided; a complete listing
of cases in which the activities of the
Center have resulted in increased access
to healthy, affordable foods, such as
fresh fruit and vegetables, particularly
for school-aged children and
individuals in low income
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February 2009.
Colien Hefferan,
Administrator, Cooperative State Research,
Education, and Extension Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Notice of Resource Advisory
Committee Meeting
AGENCY: North Central Idaho Resource
Advisory Committee, Grangeville,
Idaho, USDA, Forest Service.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
SUMMARY: Pursuant to the authorities in
the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(Pub. L. 92–463) and under the Secure
Rural Schools and Community SelfDetermination Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 110–
343) the Nez Perce and Clearwater
National Forests’ North Central Idaho
Resource Advisory Committee will meet
Wednesday, March 25th, 2009 in
Grangeville, Idaho for a business
meeting. The meeting is open to the
public.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
business meeting on March 25th will be
held at the Super 8 motel in Grangeville,
Idaho, beginning at 10 a.m. (PST).
Agenda topics will include reviewing
new law, election of chairperson and
discussion of potential projects. A
public forum will begin at 3:15 p.m.
(PST).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Laura A. Smith, Public Affairs Officer
and Designated Federal Officer, at (208)
983–5143.
Dated: February 23, 2009.
Thomas K. Reilly,
Forest Supervisor.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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 (44 U.S.C.
chapter 35).
Agency: U.S. Census Bureau.
Title: Generic Clearance for 2010
Census Program for Evaluations and
Experiments.
Form Number(s): Various.
OMB Control Number: None.
Type of Request: New collection.
Burden Hours: 26,854.
Number of Respondents: 1,815,000.
Average Hours per Response: Between
7 and 10 minutes.
Needs and Uses: As with previous
decennial censuses dating back to 1950,
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the U.S. Census Bureau has undertaken
the 2010 Census Program for
Evaluations and Experiments (CPEX) to
examine methodologies, techniques,
and strategies that will potentially
improve the way it conducts the next
decennial census. The 2010 CPEX will
guide future census design, as well as
benefit other ongoing programs
conducted by the Census Bureau, such
as the American Community Survey.
The 2010 CPEX includes four
experiments and over 20 evaluations.
This request for OMB approval covers
all four experiments and four of the 20
evaluations. For the remaining 16
evaluations in the 2010 CPEX, some do
not involve data collections and do not
require OMB approval; others are still in
development, and will be submitted for
OMB clearance at a later time. The four
experimental studies are as follows:
2010 Alternative Questionnaire
Experiment (AQE); 2010 Nonresponse
Followup (NRFU) Contact Strategy
Experiment; 2010 Deadline Messaging
(DM)/Compressed Schedule (CS)
Experiment; and 2010 Privacy
Notification (PN) Experiment. The four
evaluations are as follows: 2010 AQE
Reinterview Evaluation; 2010 Content
Reinterview Evaluation; 2010
Alternative Group Quarters (GQ)
Questionnaire Evaluation; and the 2010
Interactive Voice Response (IVR)
Customer Satisfaction Survey
Evaluation. The Census Bureau
identified the need to include the IVR
Customer Satisfaction Survey
Evaluation in this generic clearance
package after the publication of the presubmission notice in the Federal
Register on September 24, 2008. The
Census Bureau and the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) have
discussed and agree on the inclusion of
the IVR Customer Satisfaction Survey
Evaluation in this package.
All of the experiments and
evaluations are primarily designed for
use by the Census Bureau and will
inform early 2020 testing and planning.
These experiments and evaluations are
designed to identify improvements for
the next decennial census. Census
Bureau managers and planners will use
results from these studies to focus 2020
decennial census planning and research.
This request is for a generic clearance,
which seeks to gain pre-approval for the
evaluations and experiments listed
above. General descriptions of each
activity, and as much detail as can be
provided presently are provided to OMB
in this clearance request. However,
some details and the forms to be utilized
are not finalized as of the date of this
submission and are not provided to
OMB in the clearance request. These
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details and final forms will be submitted
to OMB in advance of each activity as
non-substantive change requests.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Frequency: One time.
Respondent’s Obligation: With the
exception of the voluntary IVR
Customer Satisfaction Survey, these
activities are mandatory.
Legal Authority: Title 13, United
States Code, Section 141 and 193.
OMB Desk Officer: Brian HarrisKojetin, (202) 395–7314.
Copies of the above information
collection proposal can be obtained by
calling or writing Diana Hynek,
Departmental Paperwork Clearance
Officer, (202) 482–0266, Department of
Commerce, Room 7845, 14th and
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,
DC 20230 (or via the Internet at
dhynek@doc.gov).
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to Brian Harris-Kojetin, OMB
Desk Officer either by fax (202–395–
7245) or e-mail (bharrisk@omb.eop.gov).
Dated: February 25, 2009.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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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 (44 U.S.C.
chapter 35).
Agency: U.S. Census Bureau.
Title: 2010 Census—American Samoa,
the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands, Guam, and the U.S.
Virgin Islands.
OMB Control Number: 0607–0860.
Form Number(s): Various.
Type of Request: Reinstatement, with
change, of an expired collection.
Burden Hours: 111,675.
Number of Respondents: 158,700.
Average Hours per Response: 42
minutes.
Needs and Uses: The U.S. Census
Bureau (Census Bureau) requests
authorization from the OMB to collect
data from the public in American
Samoa, the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and
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the U.S. Virgin Islands (collectively
referred to as the Island Areas) as part
of the 2010 Census. The United States
Constitution mandates that a census of
the Nation’s population be taken every
ten years. In Title 13, U.S. Code, the
Congress gave the Secretary of
Commerce (delegated to the Director of
the Census Bureau) authority to
undertake the decennial census. The
geographic scope of the decennial
census is specified in Title 13 U.S.C.,
Section 191 as covering the 50 states,
the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico,
the U.S. Virgin Islands of the United
States, the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and
any other areas as may be determined by
the Department of State. In the 2010
Census, the Census Bureau also will
enumerate the Pacific Island Area of
American Samoa. Census data are used
to determine funding allocations for the
distribution of federal and state funds
each year.
From the 2010 Census of the Island
Areas, the Census Bureau will collect
demographic, social, economic, and
housing characteristics specifically
elaborated in Title 13 U.S. Code. The
code also provides for the
confidentiality of responses to various
surveys and censuses.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Frequency: One-time.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C.
Sections 141 and 191.
OMB Desk Officer: Brian HarrisKojetin, (202) 395–7314.
Copies of the above information
collection proposal can be obtained by
calling or writing Diana Hynek,
Departmental Paperwork Clearance
Officer, (202) 482–0266, Department of
Commerce, Room 7845, 14th and
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,
DC 20230 (or via the Internet at
dhynek@doc.gov).
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to Brian Harris-Kojetin, OMB
Desk Officer either by fax (202–395–
7245) or e-mail (bharrisk@omb.eop.gov).
Dated: February 26, 2009.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Census Bureau
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; 2010 Census
Integrated Communication Program
Evaluation
AGENCY: U.S. Census Bureau,
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: 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
proposed and/or continuing information
collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)).
DATES: To ensure consideration, written
comments must be submitted on or
before May 4, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Diana Hynek, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer,
Department of Commerce, Room 7845,
14th and Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20230 (or via the
Internet at dHynek@doc.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument(s) and instructions should
be directed to Donna Souders, Bureau of
the Census, HQ–3H470A, Washington
DC; (301) 763–1810 (or via the Internet
at Donna.M.Souders@census.gov).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The Census Bureau will conduct the
2010 Census Program for Evaluations
and Experiments (CPEX) to evaluate the
current census and to build a
foundation on which to make early and
informed decisions for planning the
next census in 2020. Program planners
designed CPEX to measure the
effectiveness of the 2010 Census design
(including operations, systems, and
processes), in addition to determining
how the design impacts data quality.
The intent of this public notice is to
present the plan for and to invite
comments on one CPEX project: The
2010 Census Integrated Communication
Program (ICP) Evaluation.
In September 2007, the Census
Bureau contracted the services of
Draftfcb, Inc., a marketing
communications agency, to create,
produce and implement an integrated
marketing and communications
campaign in support of the 2010
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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 (44
U.S.C. chapter 35).
Agency: U.S. Census Bureau.
Title: Generic Clearance for 2010 Census Program for Evaluations
and Experiments.
Form Number(s): Various.
OMB Control Number: None.
Type of Request: New collection.
Burden Hours: 26,854.
Number of Respondents: 1,815,000.
Average Hours per Response: Between 7 and 10 minutes.
Needs and Uses: As with previous decennial censuses dating back to
1950, the U.S. Census Bureau has undertaken the 2010 Census Program for
Evaluations and Experiments (CPEX) to examine methodologies,
techniques, and strategies that will potentially improve the way it
conducts the next decennial census. The 2010 CPEX will guide future
census design, as well as benefit other ongoing programs conducted by
the Census Bureau, such as the American Community Survey.
The 2010 CPEX includes four experiments and over 20 evaluations.
This request for OMB approval covers all four experiments and four of
the 20 evaluations. For the remaining 16 evaluations in the 2010 CPEX,
some do not involve data collections and do not require OMB approval;
others are still in development, and will be submitted for OMB
clearance at a later time. The four experimental studies are as
follows: 2010 Alternative Questionnaire Experiment (AQE); 2010
Nonresponse Followup (NRFU) Contact Strategy Experiment; 2010 Deadline
Messaging (DM)/Compressed Schedule (CS) Experiment; and 2010 Privacy
Notification (PN) Experiment. The four evaluations are as follows: 2010
AQE Reinterview Evaluation; 2010 Content Reinterview Evaluation; 2010
Alternative Group Quarters (GQ) Questionnaire Evaluation; and the 2010
Interactive Voice Response (IVR) Customer Satisfaction Survey
Evaluation. The Census Bureau identified the need to include the IVR
Customer Satisfaction Survey Evaluation in this generic clearance
package after the publication of the pre-submission notice in the
Federal Register on September 24, 2008. The Census Bureau and the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) have discussed and agree on the
inclusion of the IVR Customer Satisfaction Survey Evaluation in this
package.
All of the experiments and evaluations are primarily designed for
use by the Census Bureau and will inform early 2020 testing and
planning. These experiments and evaluations are designed to identify
improvements for the next decennial census. Census Bureau managers and
planners will use results from these studies to focus 2020 decennial
census planning and research.
This request is for a generic clearance, which seeks to gain pre-
approval for the evaluations and experiments listed above. General
descriptions of each activity, and as much detail as can be provided
presently are provided to OMB in this clearance request. However, some
details and the forms to be utilized are not finalized as of the date
of this submission and are not provided to OMB in the clearance
request. These
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details and final forms will be submitted to OMB in advance of each
activity as non-substantive change requests.
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Frequency: One time.
Respondent's Obligation: With the exception of the voluntary IVR
Customer Satisfaction Survey, these activities are mandatory.
Legal Authority: Title 13, United States Code, Section 141 and 193.
OMB Desk Officer: Brian Harris-Kojetin, (202) 395-7314.
Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained
by calling or writing Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance
Officer, (202) 482-0266, Department of Commerce, Room 7845, 14th and
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at
dhynek@doc.gov).
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice
to Brian Harris-Kojetin, OMB Desk Officer either by fax (202-395-7245)
or e-mail (bharrisk@omb.eop.gov).
Dated: February 25, 2009.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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