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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Collection of
Qualitative Feedback Through Focus
Groups
U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services, DHS.
ACTION: 60-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 Homeland Security, U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration Services
(USCIS) will be submitting a Generic
Information Collection Request (Generic
ICR): ‘‘Collection of Qualitative
Feedback through Focus Groups’’ to
OMB for approval under the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et.
seq.).
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before April 9,
2012.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and/or
suggestions regarding the item(s)
contained in this notice, especially
regarding the estimated public burden
and associated response time, should be
directed to the Department of Homeland
Security (DHS), USCIS, Sunday Aigbe,
Chief, Regulatory Products Division,
Office of the Executive Secretariat, 20
Massachusetts Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20529–2020.
Comments may also be submitted to
DHS via facsimile to (202) 272–0997 or
via email at USCISFRComment@dhs.gov
and to the OMB USCIS Desk Officer via
facsimile at (202) 395–5806. When
submitting comments by email, please
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make sure to add ‘‘USCIS Qualitative
Feedback through Focus Groups’’ in the
subject box.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Collection of Qualitative
Feedback through Focus Groups.
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 USCIS means
information that provides useful
insights on perceptions and opinions,
but not responses to statistical surveys
that yield quantitative results that can
be generalized to the population of
study. This feedback will provide
information on customer and
stakeholder perceptions, experiences
and expectations, provide an early
warning of issues with service, and/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 and contribute directly to
the improvement of program
management.
Feedback collected under this generic
clearance will provide useful
information, but it will not be
generalized to the overall population.
This data collection will not be used to
generate quantitative information that is
designed to yield reliably actionable
results, such as monitoring trends over
time or documenting program
performance.
Below we provide the USCIS
projected average burden estimates for
the next three years:
Current Actions: New collection of
information.
Type of Review: New Collection.
Affected Public: Individuals and
Households, Businesses and
Organizations.
Average Expected Annual Number of
Activities: One.
Amount of Time Estimated for an
Average Respondent To Respond
Focus Group with stakeholders: 500
Respondents × 1 hour and 30 minutes
per response.
Focus Group with immigrants: 500
Respondents × 1 hour and 30 minutes
per response.
An estimate of the total public burden
(in hours) associated with the collection:
1,500 annual burden hours.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, an information collection
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request unless it displays a currently
valid Office of Management and Budget
control number. As individual
information collection instruments are
developed, they will be made available
at: https://www.regulations.gov/.
We may also be contacted at: USCIS,
Regulatory Products Division, 20
Massachusetts Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20529–2020,
Telephone number (202) 272–8377.
Dated: February 2, 2012.
Sunday Aigbe,
Chief, Regulatory Products Division, Office
of the Executive Secretariat, U.S. Citizenship
and Immigration Services, Department of
Homeland Security.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Collection of Qualitative Feedback Through Focus
Groups
AGENCY: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, DHS.
ACTION: 60-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 Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services (USCIS) will be submitting a Generic Information Collection
Request (Generic ICR): ``Collection of Qualitative Feedback through
Focus Groups'' to OMB for approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act
(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et. seq.).
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
April 9, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and/or suggestions regarding the item(s)
contained in this notice, especially regarding the estimated public
burden and associated response time, should be directed to the
Department of Homeland Security (DHS), USCIS, Sunday Aigbe, Chief,
Regulatory Products Division, Office of the Executive Secretariat, 20
Massachusetts Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20529-2020. Comments may also
be submitted to DHS via facsimile to (202) 272-0997 or via email at
USCISFRComment@dhs.gov and to the OMB USCIS Desk Officer via facsimile
at (202) 395-5806. When submitting comments by email, please make sure
to add ``USCIS Qualitative Feedback through Focus Groups'' in the
subject box.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Collection of Qualitative Feedback through Focus Groups.
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 USCIS means information that
provides useful insights on perceptions and opinions, but not responses
to statistical surveys that yield quantitative results that can be
generalized to the population of study. This feedback will provide
information on customer and stakeholder perceptions, experiences and
expectations, provide an early warning of issues with service, and/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
and contribute directly to the improvement of program management.
Feedback collected under this generic clearance will provide useful
information, but it will not be generalized to the overall population.
This data collection will not be used to generate quantitative
information that is designed to yield reliably actionable results, such
as monitoring trends over time or documenting program performance.
Below we provide the USCIS projected average burden estimates for
the next three years:
Current Actions: New collection of information.
Type of Review: New Collection.
Affected Public: Individuals and Households, Businesses and
Organizations.
Average Expected Annual Number of Activities: One.
Amount of Time Estimated for an Average Respondent To Respond
Focus Group with stakeholders: 500 Respondents x 1 hour and 30
minutes per response.
Focus Group with immigrants: 500 Respondents x 1 hour and 30
minutes per response.
An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated with
the collection: 1,500 annual burden hours.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required
to respond to, an information collection request unless it displays a
currently valid Office of Management and Budget control number. As
individual information collection instruments are developed, they will
be made available at: https://www.regulations.gov/.
We may also be contacted at: USCIS, Regulatory Products Division,
20 Massachusetts Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20529-2020, Telephone
number (202) 272-8377.
Dated: February 2, 2012.
Sunday Aigbe,
Chief, Regulatory Products Division, Office of the Executive
Secretariat, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of
Homeland Security.
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