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particular driver’s safety record and
determine if the continuation of the
exemption is consistent with the
requirements at 49 U.S.C. 31136(e) and
31315. However, FMCSA requests that
interested parties with specific data
concerning the safety records of these
drivers submit comments by January 22,
2013.
FMCSA believes that the
requirements for a renewal of an
exemption under 49 U.S.C. 31136(e) and
31315 can be satisfied by initially
granting the renewal and then
requesting and evaluating, if needed,
subsequent comments submitted by
interested parties. As indicated above,
the Agency previously published
notices of final disposition announcing
its decision to exempt these 11
individuals from the vision requirement
in 49 CFR 391.41(b)(10). The final
decision to grant an exemption to each
of these individuals was made on the
merits of each case and made only after
careful consideration of the comments
received to its notices of applications.
The notices of applications stated in
detail the qualifications, experience,
and medical condition of each applicant
for an exemption from the vision
requirements. That information is
available by consulting the above cited
Federal Register publications.
Interested parties or organizations
possessing information that would
otherwise show that any, or all, of these
drivers are not currently achieving the
statutory level of safety should
immediately notify FMCSA. The
Agency will evaluate any adverse
evidence submitted and, if safety is
being compromised or if continuation of
the exemption would not be consistent
with the goals and objectives of 49
U.S.C. 31136(e) and 31315, FMCSA will
take immediate steps to revoke the
exemption of a driver.
Issued on: December 12, 2012.
Larry W. Minor,
Associate Administrator for Policy.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket No. Marad–2012–0107]
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Collection
Maritime Administration
(MARAD), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
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Executive Order 12862 directs
Federal agencies to provide service to
the public that matches or exceeds the
best service available in the private
sector. In order to work continuously to
ensure that our programs are effective
and meet our customers’ needs, the
Maritime Administration (MARAD)
seeks to obtain OMB approval of a
generic clearance to collect feedback on
our service delivery. By 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.
DATES: Written comments should be
submitted on or before February 19,
2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Barbara Jackson, Maritime
Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., W26–448, Washington, DC
20590. Telephone: 202–366–0615; or
Email: barbara.jackson@dot.gov. Copies
of this collection also can be obtained
from that office.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title of Collection: Generic Clearance
for the collection of Qualitative
Feedback on Maritime Administration
Service Delivery.
Type of Request: New Collection of
Information.
OMB Control Number: 2133–NEW.
Expiration Date of Approval: Three
years from date of approval by the
Office of Management and Budget.
Abstract: The proposed information
collection activity provides a means to
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.
The solicitation of feedback will target
areas such as: Timeliness,
appropriateness, accuracy of
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information, courtesy, efficiency of
service delivery, and resolution of
issues with service delivery. Responses
will be assessed to plan and inform
efforts to improve or maintain the
quality of service offered to the public.
If this information is not collected, vital
feedback from customers and
stakeholders on the Agency’s services
will be unavailable.
The Agency will only submit a
collection for approval under this
generic clearance if it meets the
following conditions:
• The collections are voluntary;
• The collections are low-burden for
respondents (based on considerations of
total burden hours, total number of
respondents, or burden-hours per
respondent) and are low-cost for both
the respondents and the Federal
Government;
• The collections are
noncontroversial and do not raise issues
of concern to other Federal agencies;
• Any collection is targeted to the
solicitation of opinions from
respondents who have experience with
the program or may have experience
with the program in the near future;
• Personally identifiable information
(PII) is collected only to the extent
necessary and is not retained;
• Information gathered is intended to
be used only internally for general
service improvement and program
management purposes and is not
intended for release outside of the
agency (if released, the agency must
indicate the qualitative nature of the
information);
• Information gathered will not be
used for the purpose of substantially
informing influential policy decisions;
and
• Information gathered will yield
qualitative information; the collections
will not be designed or expected to
yield statistically reliable results or used
as though the results are generalizable to
the population of study.
Feedback collected under this generic
clearance provides useful information,
but it does 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
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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 to
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. As a general matter,
information collections will not result
in any new system of records containing
privacy information and will not ask
questions of a sensitive nature, such as
sexual behavior and attitudes, religious
beliefs, and other matters that are
commonly considered private.
Description of Respondents:
Individuals and Households, Businesses
and Organizations, State, Local or Tribal
Government.
Average Expected Annual Number of
Activities: 15.
Average Number of Respondents per
Activities: 713.
Annual Responses: 10,700.
Frequency of Response: Once per
Request.
Average Minutes per Response: 20.
Annual Burden: 3,032.
Comments: Comments should refer to
the docket number that appears at the
top of this document. Written comments
may be submitted to the Docket Clerk,
U.S. DOT Dockets, Room W12–140,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC 20590. Comments also
may be submitted by electronic means
via the Internet at https://regulation.gov.
Specifically address whether this
information collection is necessary for
proper performance of the functions of
the agency and will have practical
utility, accuracy of the burden
estimates, ways to minimize this
burden, and ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected. All
comments received will be available for
examination at the above address
between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. EDT (or
EST), Monday through Friday, except
Federal Holidays. An electronic version
of this document is available on the
World Wide Web at https://
regulations.gov.
Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search
the electronic form of all comments
received into any of our dockets by the
name of the individual submitting the
comment (or signing the comment, if
submitted on behalf of an association,
business, labor union, etc.). You may
review DOT’s complete Privacy Act
Statement in the Federal Register
published on April 11, 2000 (Volume
65, Number 70; Pages 19477–78) or you
may visit https://regulations.gov.
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Authority: 49 CFR 1.66.
By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
Dated: December 6, 2012.
Julie P. Agarwal,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2012–30354 Filed 12–19–12; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
Privacy Act of 1974: Computer
Matching Program
Department of Veterans Affairs.
Notice of Computer Matching
Program.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice is hereby given that
the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
intends to conduct a recurring computer
matching program. This will match
personnel records of the Department of
Defense (DoD) with VA records of
benefit recipients under the
Montgomery GI Bill and Post-9/11 GI
Bill.
The goal of these matches is to
identify the eligibility status of veterans,
servicemembers, and reservists who
have applied for or who are receiving
education benefit payments under the
Montgomery GI Bill and Post-9/11 GI
Bill. The purpose of the match is to
enable VA to verify that individuals
meet the conditions of military service
and eligibility criteria for payment of
benefits determined by VA under the
Montgomery GI Bill and Post-9/11 GI
Bill.
The authority to conduct this match is
found in 38 U.S.C. 3684A(a)(1). The
records covered include eligibility
records extracted from DoD personnel
files and benefit records that VA
establishes for all individuals who have
applied for and/or are receiving, or have
received education benefit payments
under the Montgomery GI Bill and Post9/11 GI Bill. These benefit records are
contained in a VA system of records
identified as 58VA21/22/28 entitled:
Compensation, Pension, Education, and
Vocational Rehabilitation and
Employment Records—VA, first
published in the Federal Register at 74
FR 9294 (March 3, 1976), and last
amended at 74 FR 29275 (June 19,
2009), with other amendments as cited
therein.
DATES: Effective Date: This match will
commence on or about January 22, 2013
or 40 days after the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) review
period, whichever is later, and continue
in effect for 18 months. At the
expiration of 18 months after the
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commencing date, the Departments may
renew the agreement for another 12
months.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be
submitted through
www.Regulations.gov; by mail or handdelivery to the Director, Regulations
Management (02REG), Department of
Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue
NW., Room 1068, Washington, DC
20420; or fax to (202) 273–9026. Copies
of comments received will be available
for public inspection in the Office of
Regulation Policy and Management,
Room 1063B, between the hours of 8:00
a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through
Friday (except holidays). Please call
(202) 461–4902 for an appointment. In
addition, during the comment period,
comments may be viewed online
through the Federal Docket Management
System (FDMS) at www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric
Patterson, Strategy and Legislative
Development Team Leader, Education
Service (225B), Veterans Benefits
Administration, Department of Veterans
Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20420, (202) 461–9830.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
information is required by paragraph 6c
of the ‘‘Guidelines on the Conduct of
Matching Programs’’ issued by OMB (54
FR 25818), as amended by OMB
Circular A–130, 65 FR 77677 (2000). A
copy of the notice has been provided to
both Houses of Congress and OMB. The
matching program is subject to their
review.
Approved: December 3, 2012.
John R. Gingrich,
Chief of Staff, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2012–30572 Filed 12–19–12; 8:45 am]
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Reasonable Charges for Medical Care
or Services; V3.12, 2013 Calendar Year
Update and National Average
Administrative Prescription Drug
Charge Update
Department of Veterans Affairs.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
This Department of Veterans
Affairs (VA) notice informs the public of
the updated data for calculating the
‘‘Reasonable Charges’’ collected or
recovered by VA for medical care or
services and of the updated ‘‘National
Average Administrative Costs’’ for
purposes of calculating VA’s charges for
prescription drugs that were not
administered during treatment but
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket No. Marad-2012-0107]
Request for Comments on a New Collection
AGENCY: Maritime Administration (MARAD), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: Executive Order 12862 directs Federal agencies to provide
service to the public that matches or exceeds the best service
available in the private sector. In order to work continuously to
ensure that our programs are effective and meet our customers' needs,
the Maritime Administration (MARAD) seeks to obtain OMB approval of a
generic clearance to collect feedback on our service delivery. By
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.
DATES: Written comments should be submitted on or before February 19,
2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Jackson, Maritime
Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., W26-448, Washington, DC
20590. Telephone: 202-366-0615; or Email: barbara.jackson@dot.gov.
Copies of this collection also can be obtained from that office.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title of Collection: Generic Clearance for the collection of
Qualitative Feedback on Maritime Administration Service Delivery.
Type of Request: New Collection of Information.
OMB Control Number: 2133-NEW.
Expiration Date of Approval: Three years from date of approval by
the Office of Management and Budget.
Abstract: The proposed information collection activity provides a
means to 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.
The solicitation of feedback will target areas such as: Timeliness,
appropriateness, accuracy of information, courtesy, efficiency of
service delivery, and resolution of issues with service delivery.
Responses will be assessed to plan and inform efforts to improve or
maintain the quality of service offered to the public. If this
information is not collected, vital feedback from customers and
stakeholders on the Agency's services will be unavailable.
The Agency will only submit a collection for approval under this
generic clearance if it meets the following conditions:
The collections are voluntary;
The collections are low-burden for respondents (based on
considerations of total burden hours, total number of respondents, or
burden-hours per respondent) and are low-cost for both the respondents
and the Federal Government;
The collections are noncontroversial and do not raise
issues of concern to other Federal agencies;
Any collection is targeted to the solicitation of opinions
from respondents who have experience with the program or may have
experience with the program in the near future;
Personally identifiable information (PII) is collected
only to the extent necessary and is not retained;
Information gathered is intended to be used only
internally for general service improvement and program management
purposes and is not intended for release outside of the agency (if
released, the agency must indicate the qualitative nature of the
information);
Information gathered will not be used for the purpose of
substantially informing influential policy decisions; and
Information gathered will yield qualitative information;
the collections will not be designed or expected to yield statistically
reliable results or used as though the results are generalizable to the
population of study.
Feedback collected under this generic clearance provides useful
information, but it does 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
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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 to 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. As a general matter, information collections will not result
in any new system of records containing privacy information and will
not ask questions of a sensitive nature, such as sexual behavior and
attitudes, religious beliefs, and other matters that are commonly
considered private.
Description of Respondents: Individuals and Households, Businesses
and Organizations, State, Local or Tribal Government.
Average Expected Annual Number of Activities: 15.
Average Number of Respondents per Activities: 713.
Annual Responses: 10,700.
Frequency of Response: Once per Request.
Average Minutes per Response: 20.
Annual Burden: 3,032.
Comments: Comments should refer to the docket number that appears
at the top of this document. Written comments may be submitted to the
Docket Clerk, U.S. DOT Dockets, Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue
SE., Washington, DC 20590. Comments also may be submitted by electronic
means via the Internet at https://regulation.gov. Specifically address
whether this information collection is necessary for proper performance
of the functions of the agency and will have practical utility,
accuracy of the burden estimates, ways to minimize this burden, and
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected. All comments received will be available for examination
at the above address between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. EDT (or EST), Monday
through Friday, except Federal Holidays. An electronic version of this
document is available on the World Wide Web at https://regulations.gov.
Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all
comments received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual
submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf
of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review DOT's
complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on
April 11, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 70; Pages 19477-78) or you may visit
https://regulations.gov.
Authority: 49 CFR 1.66.
By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
Dated: December 6, 2012.
Julie P. Agarwal,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2012-30354 Filed 12-19-12; 8:45 am]
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