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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Center for Nutrition Policy and
Promotion; Agency Information
Collection Activities; Proposed
Collection; Comment Request—
Generic Clearance for the
Development of Nutrition Education
Messages and Products for the
General Public
AGENCY: Center for Nutrition Policy and
Promotion, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice invites the general public and
other public agencies to comment on a
proposed information collection. This is
a revision of a currently approved
collection.
This notice announces the Center for
Nutrition Policy and Promotion’s
(CNPP) intention to request the Office of
Management and Budget’s approval of
the information collection processes and
instruments to be used during consumer
research while testing nutrition
education messages and products
developed for the general public. The
purpose for performing consumer
research is to identify consumers’
understanding of potential nutrition
education messages and obtain their
reaction to prototypes of nutrition
education products, including Internetbased tools. The information collected
will be used to refine messages and
improve the usefulness of products as
well as aid consumer understanding of
current Dietary Guidelines for
Americans and MyPyramid-related
materials (OMB No.: 0584–0535,
Expiration Date 6/30/2009).
DATES: Written comments on this notice
must be submitted on or before August
3, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Comments are invited on (a)
whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
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agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(b) 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) ways to enhance the quality, utility
and clarity of the information collected;
and (d) ways to minimize the burden of
the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including the use
of appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Comments may be sent to Carole
Davis, Director, Nutrition Guidance and
Analysis Division, Center for Nutrition
Policy and Promotion, U.S. Department
of Agriculture, 3101 Park Center Drive,
Room 1034, Alexandria, VA 22302.
Comments may also be submitted via
fax to the attention of Carole Davis at
703–305–3300 or via e-mail to
DG2010Comments@cnpp.usda.gov.
Comments will also be accepted through
the Federal eRulemaking Portal. Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and follow
the online instructions for submitting
comments electronically. All written
comments will be open for public
inspection during regular business
hours (8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday
through Friday) at the Center for
Nutrition Policy and Promotion’s main
office located at 3101 Park Center Drive,
Room 1034, Alexandria, Virginia 22302.
All responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
for Office of Management and Budget
approval. All comments will also
become a matter of public record.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information
should be directed to Carole Davis at
703–305–7600.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Generic Clearance for the
Development of Nutrition Education
Messages and Products for the General
Public.
OMB Number: 0582–0523.
Expiration Date: January 31, 2010.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: The Dietary Guidelines for
Americans, issued jointly by the U.S.
Departments of Agriculture and Health
and Human Services, are the
cornerstone of Federal nutrition policy
and form the basis for nutrition
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education efforts of these agencies. The
U.S. Department of Agriculture’s CNPP
develops and promotes nutrition
education materials to help consumers
understand and use the Dietary
Guidelines for Americans as well as
MyPyramid, the tool designed to help
consumers implement the Dietary
Guidelines. Additional materials (hard
copy and electronic) are used to help
consumers understand and use the
Dietary Guidelines, many of which may
be geared toward various special
population groups. Publications and
web materials that have become
obsolete since the release of the 2010
Dietary Guidelines for Americans and
MyPyramid will also need to be updated
and replaced. With the increased
prevalence of overweight and obesity in
the United States, it has become
increasingly important to communicate
clear and useful nutrition education
information related to the Dietary
Guidelines on food choices, weight, and
physical activity. The USDA has had the
lead administrative responsibility for
the 2010 Dietary Guidelines revision
process from which new messages and
materials will be developed, including a
new consumer bulletin.
Educational messages and products in
support of the Dietary Guidelines for
Americans and MyPyramid will be
developed by the Center for Nutrition
Policy and Promotion. They may
include:
1. Messages and products related to
the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for
Americans that help consumers make
healthier food and physical activity
choices;
2. Enhancement of the MyPyramid
Web site to include additional
components such as updated nutrition
and physical activity personalized
tracking and other interactive tools as
well as consumer and professional
support materials;
3. Materials relaying the 2010 Dietary
Guidelines for Americans and
MyPyramid for special population
groups that might be identified; and
4. New policy, messages, materials,
and tools that might be developed as a
result of the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for
Americans revision process.
The products for these initiatives will
be tested using qualitative consumer
research techniques, which may include
focus groups (with general consumers,
educators, students, etc.), interviews
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(i.e., intercept, individual, diads, triads,
usability testing, etc.) and Web-based
surveys. Participants being tested will
provide information regarding the
clarity, understandability, and
acceptability of the messages and
products during the developmental
process and during the final product
development stage.
Affected Public: Individuals and
Households.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
57,000.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: One.
Estimated Time per Response: 12.63
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 12,004 hours.
ESTIMATION OF BURDEN HOURS
(c) Number of
respondents
(d) Frequency
of responses
(e) Est. total
annual
responses per
respondent
(dxe)
Individuals & Households ...
Focus Group Screeners .....
Interview Screeners ............
Focus Group Screeners .....
Interview .............................
Web-based Collections .......
Confidentiality Agreement ..
7,500.00
7,500.00
500.00
500.00
20,000.00
21,000.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
7,500.00
7,500.00
500.00
500.00
20,000.00
21,000.00
0.25
0.25
2.00
1.00
0.25
0.08
1,875.00
1,875.00
1,000.00
500.00
5,000.00
1,753.50
Total .............................
.............................................
57,000.00
1.00
57,000.00
32.00
12,003.50
(a) Affected public
(b) Survey instruments
(f) Hours per
response
(g) Total
burden (fxg)
Reporting Burden
Dated: May 26, 2009.
Robert C. Post,
Acting Executive Director, Center for
Nutrition Policy and Promotion, U.S.
Department of Agriculture.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Office of the Secretary
Notice of Solicitation for Members of
the National Agricultural Research,
Extension, Education and Economics
Advisory Board
AGENCY: Research, Education and
Economics, USDA.
ACTION: Solicitation for membership.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5
U.S.C. App., the United States
Department of Agriculture announces
solicitation for nominations to fill 10
vacancies on the National Agricultural
Research, Extension, Education and
Economics Advisory Board.
DATES: Deadline for Advisory Board
member nominations is July 17, 2009.
ADDRESSES: The nominee’s name,
resume, completed Form AD–755, and
any letters of support must be sent to
the U.S. Department of Agriculture,
National Research, Extension,
Education, and Economics Advisory
Board Office, 1400 Independence
Avenue, SW., Room 321–A, Whitten
Building; Washington, DC 20250–0321.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Karen Hunter, Executive Director,
National Agricultural Research,
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Extension, Education and Economics
Advisory Board, 1400 Independence
Avenue, SW., Room 321–A, Whitten
Building, Washington, DC 20250–0321,
telephone: 202–720–8408; fax: 202–
720–6199; e-mail:
Karen.hunter@ars.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
1408 of the National Agricultural
Research, Extension, and Teaching
Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3123) was
amended by the Food, Energy and
Conservation Act of 2008 by deleting six
members of the National Agricultural
Research, Extension, Education and
Economics Advisory Board, to total 25
members. Since the inception of the
Advisory Board by congressional
legislation in 1996, each member has
represented a specific category related
to farming or ranching, food production
and processing, forestry research, crop
and animal science, land-grant
institutions, non-land grant college or
university with a historic commitment
to research in the food and agricultural
sciences, food retailing and marketing,
rural economic development, and
natural resource and consumer interest
groups, among many others. The Board
was first appointed by the Secretary of
Agriculture in September 1996 and onethird of its members were appointed for
one, two, and three-year terms,
respectively to allow for approximately
one-third of the Board to change each
year. The terms for 10 members who
represent specific categories will expire
September 30, 2009. Nominations for
these 10 vacant categories are sought.
All nominees will be carefully reviewed
for their expertise, leadership, and
relevance to a category. Appointments
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will be made for two-or three-year terms
to maintain the approximate one-third
change in membership each year
dictated by the original legislation.
The 10 slots to be filled are:
Category A. National Farm
Organization.
Category C. Food Animal Commodity
Producer.
Category I. National Human Health
Association.
Category N. NLGCA Institutions.
Category O. Hispanic-Serving
Institutions.
Category Q. Transportation of Food and
Agricultural Products to Domestic and
Foreign Markets.
Category R. Food Retailing and
Marketing Interests.
Category S. Food and Fiber Processors.
Category X. Private Sector Organization
Involved in International
Development.
Category Y. National Social Science
Association.
Nominations are being solicited from
organizations, associations, societies,
councils, federations, groups, and
companies that represent a wide variety
of food and agricultural interests
throughout the country. Nominations
for one individual who fits several of
the categories listed above or for more
than one person who fits one category
will be accepted. In your nomination
letter, please indicate the specific
membership category for each nominee.
Each nominee must fill out, sign, and
return a form AD–755, ‘‘Advisory
Committee Membership Background
Information’’ (which can be obtained
from the contact person below or may
be printed out from the following Web
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion; Agency Information
Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request--Generic
Clearance for the Development of Nutrition Education Messages and
Products for the General Public
AGENCY: Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice invites the general public and other public agencies to comment
on a proposed information collection. This is a revision of a currently
approved collection.
This notice announces the Center for Nutrition Policy and
Promotion's (CNPP) intention to request the Office of Management and
Budget's approval of the information collection processes and
instruments to be used during consumer research while testing nutrition
education messages and products developed for the general public. The
purpose for performing consumer research is to identify consumers'
understanding of potential nutrition education messages and obtain
their reaction to prototypes of nutrition education products, including
Internet-based tools. The information collected will be used to refine
messages and improve the usefulness of products as well as aid consumer
understanding of current Dietary Guidelines for Americans and
MyPyramid-related materials (OMB No.: 0584-0535, Expiration Date 6/30/
2009).
DATES: Written comments on this notice must be submitted on or before
August 3, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Comments are invited on (a) 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; (b) 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) ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information collected; and (d) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are
to respond, including the use of appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms
of information technology.
Comments may be sent to Carole Davis, Director, Nutrition Guidance
and Analysis Division, Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, 3101 Park Center Drive, Room 1034,
Alexandria, VA 22302. Comments may also be submitted via fax to the
attention of Carole Davis at 703-305-3300 or via e-mail to
DG2010Comments@cnpp.usda.gov. Comments will also be accepted through
the Federal eRulemaking Portal. Go to https://www.regulations.gov and
follow the online instructions for submitting comments electronically.
All written comments will be open for public inspection during regular
business hours (8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday) at the
Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion's main office located at 3101
Park Center Drive, Room 1034, Alexandria, Virginia 22302.
All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the
request for Office of Management and Budget approval. All comments will
also become a matter of public record.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information
should be directed to Carole Davis at 703-305-7600.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Generic Clearance for the Development of Nutrition Education
Messages and Products for the General Public.
OMB Number: 0582-0523.
Expiration Date: January 31, 2010.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: The Dietary Guidelines for Americans, issued jointly by
the U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Health and Human Services, are
the cornerstone of Federal nutrition policy and form the basis for
nutrition education efforts of these agencies. The U.S. Department of
Agriculture's CNPP develops and promotes nutrition education materials
to help consumers understand and use the Dietary Guidelines for
Americans as well as MyPyramid, the tool designed to help consumers
implement the Dietary Guidelines. Additional materials (hard copy and
electronic) are used to help consumers understand and use the Dietary
Guidelines, many of which may be geared toward various special
population groups. Publications and web materials that have become
obsolete since the release of the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans
and MyPyramid will also need to be updated and replaced. With the
increased prevalence of overweight and obesity in the United States, it
has become increasingly important to communicate clear and useful
nutrition education information related to the Dietary Guidelines on
food choices, weight, and physical activity. The USDA has had the lead
administrative responsibility for the 2010 Dietary Guidelines revision
process from which new messages and materials will be developed,
including a new consumer bulletin.
Educational messages and products in support of the Dietary
Guidelines for Americans and MyPyramid will be developed by the Center
for Nutrition Policy and Promotion. They may include:
1. Messages and products related to the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for
Americans that help consumers make healthier food and physical activity
choices;
2. Enhancement of the MyPyramid Web site to include additional
components such as updated nutrition and physical activity personalized
tracking and other interactive tools as well as consumer and
professional support materials;
3. Materials relaying the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans and
MyPyramid for special population groups that might be identified; and
4. New policy, messages, materials, and tools that might be
developed as a result of the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans
revision process.
The products for these initiatives will be tested using qualitative
consumer research techniques, which may include focus groups (with
general consumers, educators, students, etc.), interviews
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(i.e., intercept, individual, diads, triads, usability testing, etc.)
and Web-based surveys. Participants being tested will provide
information regarding the clarity, understandability, and acceptability
of the messages and products during the developmental process and
during the final product development stage.
Affected Public: Individuals and Households.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 57,000.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: One.
Estimated Time per Response: 12.63 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 12,004 hours.
Estimation of Burden Hours
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(e) Est. total
annual
(a) Affected public (b) Survey (c) Number of (d) Frequency responses per (f) Hours per (g) Total
instruments respondents of responses respondent response burden (fxg)
(dxe)
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Reporting Burden
Focus Group Screeners 7,500.00 1.00 7,500.00 0.25 1,875.00
Interview Screeners.. 7,500.00 1.00 7,500.00 0.25 1,875.00
Focus Group Screeners 500.00 1.00 500.00 2.00 1,000.00
Interview............ 500.00 1.00 500.00 1.00 500.00
Web-based Collections 20,000.00 1.00 20,000.00 0.25 5,000.00
Individuals & Households........... Confidentiality 21,000.00 1.00 21,000.00 0.08 1,753.50
Agreement.
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Total.......................... ..................... 57,000.00 1.00 57,000.00 32.00 12,003.50
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Dated: May 26, 2009.
Robert C. Post,
Acting Executive Director, Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion,
U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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