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submission to OMB. Applying a 20%
reduction to its previous estimates, the
staff now assumes that large
manufacturers spend an average of 33.6
hours per year and that small
manufacturers spend an average of 8
hours per year to comply with the Rule.
Accordingly, the total annual burden
incurred by manufacturers is
approximately 130,968 hours ((581 large
manufacturers × 33.6 hours) + (13,935
small manufacturers × 8 hours)).
Thus, the total annual burden for all
covered entities is approximately
2,446,610 hours (2,315,608 hours for
retailers + 131,002 hours for
manufacturers).
Total annual labor cost: $53,825,000
(rounded to nearest thousand).
The work required to comply with the
Pre-Sale Availability Rule entails a mix
of clerical work and work performed by
sales associates. Staff estimates that half
of the total burden hours would likely
be performed by sales associates. At the
manufacturing level, this work would
entail ensuring that the written warranty
accompanies every consumer product or
that the required warranty information
otherwise gets to the retailer. At the
retail level, this work would entail
ensuring that the written warranty is
made available to the consumer prior to
sale. The remaining half of the work
required to comply with the Pre-Sale
Availability Rule is clerical in nature,
e.g., shipping or otherwise providing
copies of manufacturer warranties to
retailers and retailer maintenance of
them. Applying a sales associate wage
rate of $25/hour to half of the burden
hours and a clerical wage rate of $19/
hour to half of the burden hours, the
total annual labor cost burden is
approximately $53,825,420 (1,223,305
hours × $25 per hour) + (1,223,305
hours × $19 per hour).4
Total annual capital or other nonlabor costs: De minimis.
The vast majority of retailers and
warrantors already have developed
systems to provide the information the
Rule requires. Compliance by retailers
typically entails keeping warranties on
file, in binders or otherwise, and posting
an inexpensive sign indicating warranty
availability. Manufacturer compliance
entails providing retailers with a copy of
the warranties included with their
products.
Request for Comments
You can file a comment online or on
paper. Write ‘‘Pre-Sale Availability
Rule: Paperwork Comment, FTC File
4 The wage rates used in this Notice reflect recent
data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics,
Occupational Employment and Wages (May 2012).
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46(f), and FTC Rule 4.10(a)(2), 16 CFR
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the Commission’s privacy policy, at
https://www.ftc.gov/ftc/privacy.htm.
Christian S. White,
Deputy General Counsel for Legal Counsel.
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GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY
OFFICE
Exposure Draft—Standards for Internal
Control in the Federal Government
U.S. Government
Accountability Office.
ACTION: Notice of Comment Period
Extension.
AGENCY:
The US Government
Accountability Office (GAO) is
extending the comment period for the
proposed revisions to the Standards for
Internal Control in the Federal
Government, known as the ‘‘Green
Book,’’ to January 15, 2014. We are
requesting public comments on the
proposed revisions in the exposure
draft. The proposed changes contained
in the 2013 Exposure Draft update to the
Standards for Internal Control in the
Federal Government reflect major
developments in the accountability and
financial management profession and
emphasize specific considerations
applicable to the government
environment.
The draft of the proposed changes to
Standards for Internal Control in the
Federal Government, 2013 Exposure
Draft, is available and can be
downloaded from GAO’s Web page at
www.gao.gov. All comments will be
considered a matter of public record and
will ultimately be posted on the GAO
Web page.
DATES: The exposure period will be
from September 2, 2013 to January 15,
2014.
SUMMARY:
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Comment letters should be
emailed to GreenBook@gao.gov. Please
include Comment Letter in the subject
line of the email.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
information on the Standards for
Internal Control in the Federal
Government please contact Kristen
Kociolek, Assistant Director, Financial
Management and Assurance telephone
202–512–2989, 441 G Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20548–0001.
ADDRESSES:
Authority: 31 U.S.C. 3512(c), (d).
James Dalkin,
Director, Financial Management and
Assurance, U.S. Government Accountability
Office.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the Secretary
[Document Identifier: HHS–OS–20883–60D]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed Collection; Public
Comment Request
Office of the Secretary, HHS.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In compliance with section
3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the
Secretary (OS), Department of Health
and Human Services, announces plans
to submit a new Information Collection
Request (ICR), described below, to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB). Prior to submitting that ICR to
OMB, OS seeks comments from the
public regarding the burden estimate,
below, or any other aspect of the ICR.
DATES: Comments on the ICR must be
received on or before January 13, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to
Information.CollectionClearance@
hhs.gov or by calling (202) 690–6162.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Information Collection Clearance staff,
Information.CollectionClearance@
hhs.gov or (202) 690–6162.
SUMMARY:
When
submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the
document identifier HHS–OS–20883–
60D for reference.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Information Collection Request Title:
Support and Services at Home (SASH)
Participant Survey
Abstract: The Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
(ASPE) is requesting approval from the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) to conduct a survey of Support
And Services at Home (SASH)
participants to assess the impact of the
SASH program on health outcomes.
Information collected includes general
health status, functional status, quality
of life, medication problems and dietary
issues. The SASH program operates in
Vermont and links staff based in
housing properties with a team of
community-based health and supportive
services providers to help older adults
coordinate and manage their care needs.
SASH services include: assessment by a
multidisciplinary team, creation of an
individualized care plan, on-site
nursing and care coordination with
team members and other local partners,
and community activities to support
health and wellness. SASH is anchored
in affordable senior housing properties,
serving residents in the property and
seniors living in the surrounding
community.
The goal of this project is to conduct
a comprehensive evaluation of the
SASH program. The evaluation will
assess whether the SASH model of
coordinated health and supportive
services in affordable housing improves
quality of life, health and functional
status of participants. The evaluation
has been designed to comprehensively
address the research questions while
minimizing the burden placed on the
SASH program staff, their partners (e.g.,
service providers), and Medicare and
dually eligible Medicare and Medicaid
beneficiaries. The mail survey is
designed to collect outcomes that
cannot be measured from claims data or
other sources. We will use brief,
standardized scales with demonstrated
reliability and validity in older adults.
Number of
respondents
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Information collected in the survey is
not of a sensitive nature. Questions in
the beneficiary survey are confined to
health outcomes. RTI International will
conduct and analyze the survey. RTI has
experience doing similar work for ASPE
and other government clients.
Need and Proposed Use of the
Information: To determine the impact of
the SASH program on quality of life,
health and functional status of
participants. Care has been taken to
ensure that there is no overlap between
other ongoing state evaluations.
Through discussions with SASH
program staff and other state officials in
Vermont, we determined that the
information we seek to collect is not
already being collected from our
proposed sample, nor can it be
measured from claims data. As a result
of these efforts, the information
collected through the survey will not
duplicate any other effort and is not
obtainable from any other source.
Likely Respondents: The target
population for the survey is Medicare
beneficiaries participating in the
Support and Services at Home (SASH)
demonstration. SASH provides
integrated, home-based services to
beneficiaries in selected housing
properties throughout Vermont. At this
point, 1,685 intervention beneficiaries
have been identified in 37 SASH sites.
Burden Statement: Burden in this
context means the time expended by
persons to generate, maintain, retain,
disclose or provide the information
requested. This includes the time
needed to review instructions, to
develop, acquire, install and utilize
technology and systems for the purpose
of collecting, validating and verifying
information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing
and providing information, to train
personnel and to be able to respond to
a collection of information, to search
data sources, to complete and review
the collection of information, and to
transmit or otherwise disclose the
information. The total annual burden
hours estimated for this ICR are
summarized in the table below.
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Total burden
hours
SASH Participant Survey .................................................................................
669
1
20/60
223
Total .............................................................................................................
669
1
20/60
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GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
Exposure Draft--Standards for Internal Control in the Federal
Government
AGENCY: U.S. Government Accountability Office.
ACTION: Notice of Comment Period Extension.
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SUMMARY: The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) is extending the
comment period for the proposed revisions to the Standards for Internal
Control in the Federal Government, known as the ``Green Book,'' to
January 15, 2014. We are requesting public comments on the proposed
revisions in the exposure draft. The proposed changes contained in the
2013 Exposure Draft update to the Standards for Internal Control in the
Federal Government reflect major developments in the accountability and
financial management profession and emphasize specific considerations
applicable to the government environment.
The draft of the proposed changes to Standards for Internal Control
in the Federal Government, 2013 Exposure Draft, is available and can be
downloaded from GAO's Web page at www.gao.gov. All comments will be
considered a matter of public record and will ultimately be posted on
the GAO Web page.
DATES: The exposure period will be from September 2, 2013 to January
15, 2014.
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ADDRESSES: Comment letters should be emailed to GreenBook@gao.gov.
Please include Comment Letter in the subject line of the email.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on the Standards for
Internal Control in the Federal Government please contact Kristen
Kociolek, Assistant Director, Financial Management and Assurance
telephone 202-512-2989, 441 G Street NW., Washington, DC 20548-0001.
Authority: 31 U.S.C. 3512(c), (d).
James Dalkin,
Director, Financial Management and Assurance, U.S. Government
Accountability Office.
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