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C. NIFA Review of Shortage Situation
Nominations
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1. Review Panel Composition and
Process
NIFA will convene a panel of food
supply veterinary medicine experts
from Federal and state agencies, as well
as institutions receiving Animal Health
and Disease Research Program funds
under section 1433 of NARETPA, who
will review the nominations and make
recommendations to the NIFA Program
Manager. NIFA explored the possibility
of including experts from nongovernmental professional organizations
and sectors for this process, but under
NARETPA section 1409A(e), panelists
for the purposes of this process are
limited to Federal and State agencies
and cooperating state institutions (i.e.,
NARETPA section 1433 recipients), and
other postsecondary educational
institutions.
NIFA will review the panel
recommendations and designate the
VMLRP shortage situations. The list of
shortage situations will be made
available on the VMLRP Web site at
www.nifa.usda.gov/vmlrp.
2. Review Criteria
Criteria used by the shortage situation
nomination review panel and NIFA for
certifying a veterinary shortage situation
will be consistent with the information
requested in the shortage situations
nomination form. NIFA understands
that defining the risk landscape
associated with shortages of veterinary
services throughout a state is a process
that may require consideration of many
qualitative and quantitative factors. In
addition, each shortage situation will be
characterized by a different array of
subjective and objective supportive
information that must be developed into
a cogent case identifying, characterizing,
and justifying a given geographic or
disciplinary area as deficient in certain
types of veterinary capacity or service.
To accommodate the uniqueness of each
shortage situation, the nomination form
provides opportunities to present a case
using both supportive metrics and
narrative explanations to define and
explain the proposed need. At the same
time, the elements of the nomination
form provide a common structure for
the information collection process
which will in turn facilitate fair
comparison of the relative merits of
each nomination by the evaluation
panel.
While NIFA anticipates some
arguments made in support of a given
shortage situation will be qualitative,
respondents are encouraged to present
verifiable quantitative and qualitative
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evidentiary information wherever
possible. Absence of quantitative data
such as animal and veterinarian census
data for the proposed shortage area(s)
may lead the panel to recommend not
approving the shortage nomination.
The maximum point value review
panelists may award for each element is
as follows:
20 points: Describe the objectives of a
veterinarian meeting this shortage
situation as well as being located in the
community, area, state/insular area, or
position requested above.
20 points: Describe the activities of a
veterinarian meeting this shortage
situation and being located in the
community, area, state/insular area, or
position requested above.
5 points: Describe any past efforts to
recruit and retain a veterinarian in the
shortage situation identified above.
35 points: Describe the risk of this
veterinarian position not being secured
or retained. Include the risk(s) to the
production of a safe and wholesome
food supply and/or to animal, human,
and environmental health not only in
the community but in the region, state/
insular area, nation, and/or
international community.
An additional 20 points will be used
to evaluate overall merit/quality of the
case made for each nomination.
Prior to the panel being convened,
shortage situation nominations will be
evaluated and scored according to the
established scoring system by a primary
reviewer. When the panel convenes, the
primary reviewer will present each
nomination orally in summary form.
After each presentation, panelists will
have an opportunity, if necessary, to
discuss the nomination, with the
primary reviewer leading the discussion
and recording comments. After the
panel discussion is complete, any
scoring revisions will be made by and
at the discretion of the primary
reviewer. The panel is then polled to
recommend, or not recommend, the
shortage situation for designation.
Nominations scoring 70 or higher by the
primary reviewer (on a scale of 0 to
100), and receiving a simple majority
vote in support of designation as a
shortage situation will be
‘‘recommended for designation as a
shortage situation.’’ Nominations
scoring below 70 by the primary
reviewer, and failure to achieve a simple
majority vote in support of designation
will be ‘‘not recommended for
designation as a shortage situation.’’ In
the event of a discrepancy between the
primary reviewer’s scoring and the
panel poll results, the VMLRP program
manager will be authorized to make the
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final determination on the nomination’s
designation.
Done in Washington, DC, this 30 day of
December, 2013.
Sonny Ramaswamy,
Director, National Institute of Food and
Agriculture.
[FR Doc. 2014–00138 Filed 1–8–14; 8:45 am]
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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 Internet
Nonprobability Panel Pretesting.
Form Number(s): None.
OMB Control Number: None.
Type of Request: New collection.
Burden Hours: 8,334.
Number of Respondents: 50,000.
Average Hours Per Response: 10
minutes.
Needs and Uses: The U.S. Census
Bureau is requesting a new OMB generic
clearance to conduct a variety of
medium-scale iterative Internet research
pretesting activities. We will dedicate a
block of hours to these activities for
each of the next three years. OMB will
be informed in writing of the purpose
and scope of each of these activities, as
well as the time frame and number of
burden hours used. The number of
hours used will not exceed the number
set aside for this purpose.
The Census Bureau is committed to
conducting research in a cost efficient
manner. Currently, several stages of
testing occur in research projects at the
Census Bureau. As a first stage of
research, the Census Bureau pretests
questions on surveys or censuses and
evaluates the usability and ease of use
of Web sites using a small number of
subjects during focus groups, usability
and cognitive testing. These projects are
in-person and labor-intensive, but
typically only target samples of 20 to 30
respondents. This small-scale work is
done through an existing OMB generic
clearance. Often the second stage is a
larger-scale field test with a split-panel
design of a survey or a release of a
Census Bureau data dissemination
product with a feedback mechanism.
The field tests often involve a lot of
preparatory work and often are limited
in the number of panels tested due to
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the cost considerations. They are often
targeted at very large sample sizes with
over 10,000 respondents per panel.
These are typically done using standalone OMB clearances.
Cost efficiencies can occur by testing
some research questions in a mediumscale test, using a smaller number of
participants than what we typically use
in a field test, yet a larger and more
diverse set of participants than who we
recruit for cognitive and usability tests.
Using Internet panel pretesting, we can
answer some research questions more
thoroughly than in the small-scale
testing, but less expensively than in the
large-scale field test. This clearance
seeks to establish a medium-scale
(defined as having sample sizes from
100–2000 per study), cost-efficient
method of testing questions and contact
strategies over the Internet through
different types of nonprobability
samples.
For example, email has been
identified as a possible cost-effective
notification strategy for online data
collection. Email has not been used
extensively as a notification mode for
past censuses nor other government
surveys. (Please see ‘‘Supporting
literature’’ section at the end of this
section.) Prior to implementing an email
strategy, the Census Bureau needs to
determine the best email invitation to
maximize the likelihood that someone
will open the email and initiate the
survey. Assessment of numerous email
variations in a large-scale test would be
cost-prohibitive. Medium-scale testing
of email variations is more efficient.
This research will be used to answer
some fundamental questions about how
to optimize email (and possibly text
message) contacts.
This research program will be used by
the Census Bureau and survey sponsors
to test alternative contact methods,
including emails and text messages (via
an opt-in strategy), improve online
questionnaires and procedures, reduce
respondent burden, and ultimately
increase the quality of data collected in
the Census Bureau censuses and
surveys. We will use the clearance to
conduct pretesting of decennial and
demographic census and survey
questionnaires prior to fielding them as
well as communications and/or
marketing strategies and data
dissemination tools for the Census
Bureau. The primary method of
identifying measurement problems with
the questionnaire or survey procedure is
split panel tests. This will encompass
both methodological and subject matter
research questions that can be tested on
a medium-scale nonprobability panel.
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This research program will also be
used by the Census Bureau for remote
usability testing of electronic interfaces
and to perform other qualitative
analyses such as respondent debriefings.
An advantage of using remote, mediumscale testing is that participants can test
products at their convenience using
their own equipment, as opposed to
using Census Bureau-supplied
computers. A diverse participant pool
(geographically, demographically, or
economically) is another advantage.
Remote usability testing would use click
through rates and other paradata,
accuracy and satisfaction scores, and
written qualitative comments to
determine optimal interface designs and
to obtain feedback from respondents.
The public will be offered an
opportunity to participate in this
research remotely, by signing up for an
online research panel. If a person opts
in, the Census Bureau will occasionally
email (or text, if applicable) the person
an invitation to complete a survey for
one of our research projects. Invited
respondents will be told the topic of the
survey, and how long it will take to
complete it. Under this clearance, we
will also conduct similar-scale and
similarly designed research using other
email lists to validate preliminary
findings and expand the research.
One of the testing methodologies to be
used is Split sample experiments. This
involves testing alternative versions of
questionnaires, invitations to
questionnaires (e.g., emails or text
messages), or Web sites, at least some of
which have been designed to address
problems identified in draft versions or
versions from previous waves. The use
of multiple questionnaires, invitations,
or Web sites, randomly assigned to
permit statistical comparisons, is the
critical component here; data collection
will be via the Internet. Comparison of
revised questionnaires (or invitations)
against a control version, preferably, or
against each other facilitates statistical
evaluation of the performance of
alternative versions of the questionnaire
(or invitation or Web site).
The number of versions tested and the
number of cases per version will depend
on the objectives of the test. We cannot
specify with certainty a minimum panel
size, although we would expect that no
questionnaire versions would be
administered to less than fifty
respondents.
Split sample tests that incorporate
methodological questionnaire design
experiments will have a larger
maximum sample size (up to several
hundred cases per panel) than other
pretest methods. This will enable the
detection of statistically significant
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differences, and facilitate
methodological experiments that can
extend questionnaire design knowledge
more generally for use in a variety of
Census Bureau data collection
instruments.
Another testing methodology is
Usability Interviews. This method
involves getting respondent input to aid
in the development of automated
questionnaires and Web sites and
associated materials. The objective is to
identify problems that keep respondents
from completing automated
questionnaires accurately and efficiently
with minimal burden, or that prevent
respondents from successfully
navigating Web sites and finding the
information they seek. Remote usability
testing may be conducted under this
clearance, whereby a user would receive
an invitation to use a Web site or
survey, then answer targeted questions
about that experience.
This clearance will only cover
pretests primarily conducted remotely,
via the Internet. Since the types of
surveys included under the umbrella of
the clearance are so varied, it is difficult
to specify at this point what kinds of
activities would be involved in any
particular test, but a key component will
be the comparison of one invitation,
questionnaire or Web site to another.
We will provide OMB with a copy of
questionnaires and invitations in
advance of any testing activity.
Depending on the stage of development,
this may be the printed material from
the last round of a survey or a revised
draft based on analysis of other
evaluation data. For a test of alternative
procedures, the description and
rationale for the procedures would be
submitted. We will also provide a
description of the sample design and the
planned administration. OMB will
endeavor to provide comments on
substantive issues within 10 working
days of receipt.
The Census Bureau will consult with
the Economics and Statistics
Administration (ESA) and OMB prior to
submission on the appropriateness of
submissions under this clearance that
may raise policy or substantive issues.
With respect to ESA, this will include
all research and testing related to the
American Community Survey (ACS)
and the 2020 decennial census. In
addition, the Census Bureau will
consult with ESA on any research and
testing proposals that are presented to
the Data Stewardship Executive Policy
(DSEP) Committee. Consultation with
ESA includes the Census Bureau
providing copies of the materials to be
tested in advance of any testing.
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The Census Bureau will send ESA
and OMB an annual report at the end of
each year summarizing the number of
hours used, as well as the nature and
results of the activities completed under
this clearance.
The information collected in this
program of developing and testing
questionnaires will be used by staff from
the Census Bureau and sponsoring
agencies to evaluate and improve the
quality of the data in the surveys and
censuses that are ultimately conducted.
Because the questionnaires being tested
under this clearance are still in the
process of development, the data that
result from these collections are not
considered official statistics of the
Census Bureau or other Federal
agencies. Data will be included in
research reports prepared for sponsors
inside and outside of the Census
Bureau. The results may also be
prepared for presentations related to
survey methodology at professional
meetings or publications in professional
journals.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Data collection for
this project is authorized under the
authorizing legislation for the
questionnaire being tested. This may be
Title 13 U.S.C., Sections 131, 141, 161,
181, 182, 193, and 301 for Census
Bureau-sponsored surveys, and Title 13
and 15 for surveys sponsored by other
Federal agencies. We do not now know
what other titles will be referenced,
since we do not know what survey
questionnaires will be pretested during
the course of the clearance.
OMB Desk Officer: Brian HarrisKojetin, (202) 395–7314.
Copies of the above information
collection proposal can be obtained by
calling or writing Jennifer Jessup,
Departmental Paperwork Clearance
Officer, (202) 482–0336, Department of
Commerce, Room 6616, 14th and
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,
DC 20230 (or via the Internet at jjessup@
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 email (bharrisk@omb.eop.gov).
Dated: January 6, 2014.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014–00147 Filed 1–8–14; 8:45 am]
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Economic Development Administration
Notice of Petitions by Firms for
Determination of Eligibility To Apply
for Trade Adjustment Assistance
Economic Development
Administration, Department of
Commerce.
AGENCY:
Notice and opportunity for
public comment.
ACTION:
Pursuant to Section 251 of the Trade
Act 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2341
et seq.), the Economic Development
Administration (EDA) has received
petitions for certification of eligibility to
apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance
from the firms listed below.
Accordingly, EDA has initiated
investigations to determine whether
increased imports into the United States
of articles like or directly competitive
with those produced by each of these
firms contributed importantly to the
total or partial separation of the firm’s
workers, or threat thereof, and to a
decrease in sales or production of each
petitioning firm.
BILLING CODE 3510–07–P
LIST OF PETITIONS RECEIVED BY EDA FOR CERTIFICATION ELIGIBILITY TO APPLY FOR TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE
[12/20/2013 through 12/30/2013]
Firm name
Date accepted
for investigation
Firm address
SPI Lighting, Inc.
10400
N
Enterprise
Drive,
Mequon, WI 53092.
Service Printing
1146 Harrison St., Kansas City,
& Graphics, Inc.
MO 64106.
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Polar Hardware
Manufacturing
Co., Inc.
C.D.E. Inc ...........
12/27/2013
The firm manufactures commercial and industrial lighting fixtures.
12/27/2013
The firm manufactures print materials including brochures, business
cards, catalogs, posters, signs, banners signs, invitations and programs.
The firm manufactures hinges, locks, handles and vents.
1813 W. Montrose Ave., Chicago,
IL 60613.
12/27/2013
104 Eastgate Industrial Drive,
New Haven, MO 63068.
12/30/2013
Any party having a substantial
interest in these proceedings may
request a public hearing on the matter.
A written request for a hearing must be
submitted to the Trade Adjustment
Assistance for Firms Division, Room
71030, Economic Development
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, Washington, DC 20230, no
later than ten (10) calendar days
following publication of this notice.
Please follow the requirements set
forth in EDA’s regulations at 13 CFR
315.9 for procedures to request a public
hearing. The Catalog of Federal
Domestic Assistance official number
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The firm manufactures custom metal fabrications including sign
frames, auto suspension parts and medical bed frame parts.
and title for the program under which
these petitions are submitted is 11.313,
Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms.
Dated: December 30, 2013.
Michael DeVillo,
Eligibility Examiner.
[FR Doc. 2013–31613 Filed 1–8–14; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Economic Value of
Puerto Rico’s Coral Reef Ecosystems
for Recreation-Tourism
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of
Commerce, as part of its continuing
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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 Internet Nonprobability Panel
Pretesting.
Form Number(s): None.
OMB Control Number: None.
Type of Request: New collection.
Burden Hours: 8,334.
Number of Respondents: 50,000.
Average Hours Per Response: 10 minutes.
Needs and Uses: The U.S. Census Bureau is requesting a new OMB
generic clearance to conduct a variety of medium-scale iterative
Internet research pretesting activities. We will dedicate a block of
hours to these activities for each of the next three years. OMB will be
informed in writing of the purpose and scope of each of these
activities, as well as the time frame and number of burden hours used.
The number of hours used will not exceed the number set aside for this
purpose.
The Census Bureau is committed to conducting research in a cost
efficient manner. Currently, several stages of testing occur in
research projects at the Census Bureau. As a first stage of research,
the Census Bureau pretests questions on surveys or censuses and
evaluates the usability and ease of use of Web sites using a small
number of subjects during focus groups, usability and cognitive
testing. These projects are in-person and labor-intensive, but
typically only target samples of 20 to 30 respondents. This small-scale
work is done through an existing OMB generic clearance. Often the
second stage is a larger-scale field test with a split-panel design of
a survey or a release of a Census Bureau data dissemination product
with a feedback mechanism. The field tests often involve a lot of
preparatory work and often are limited in the number of panels tested
due to
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the cost considerations. They are often targeted at very large sample
sizes with over 10,000 respondents per panel. These are typically done
using stand-alone OMB clearances.
Cost efficiencies can occur by testing some research questions in a
medium-scale test, using a smaller number of participants than what we
typically use in a field test, yet a larger and more diverse set of
participants than who we recruit for cognitive and usability tests.
Using Internet panel pretesting, we can answer some research questions
more thoroughly than in the small-scale testing, but less expensively
than in the large-scale field test. This clearance seeks to establish a
medium-scale (defined as having sample sizes from 100-2000 per study),
cost-efficient method of testing questions and contact strategies over
the Internet through different types of nonprobability samples.
For example, email has been identified as a possible cost-effective
notification strategy for online data collection. Email has not been
used extensively as a notification mode for past censuses nor other
government surveys. (Please see ``Supporting literature'' section at
the end of this section.) Prior to implementing an email strategy, the
Census Bureau needs to determine the best email invitation to maximize
the likelihood that someone will open the email and initiate the
survey. Assessment of numerous email variations in a large-scale test
would be cost-prohibitive. Medium-scale testing of email variations is
more efficient. This research will be used to answer some fundamental
questions about how to optimize email (and possibly text message)
contacts.
This research program will be used by the Census Bureau and survey
sponsors to test alternative contact methods, including emails and text
messages (via an opt-in strategy), improve online questionnaires and
procedures, reduce respondent burden, and ultimately increase the
quality of data collected in the Census Bureau censuses and surveys. We
will use the clearance to conduct pretesting of decennial and
demographic census and survey questionnaires prior to fielding them as
well as communications and/or marketing strategies and data
dissemination tools for the Census Bureau. The primary method of
identifying measurement problems with the questionnaire or survey
procedure is split panel tests. This will encompass both methodological
and subject matter research questions that can be tested on a medium-
scale nonprobability panel.
This research program will also be used by the Census Bureau for
remote usability testing of electronic interfaces and to perform other
qualitative analyses such as respondent debriefings. An advantage of
using remote, medium-scale testing is that participants can test
products at their convenience using their own equipment, as opposed to
using Census Bureau-supplied computers. A diverse participant pool
(geographically, demographically, or economically) is another
advantage. Remote usability testing would use click through rates and
other paradata, accuracy and satisfaction scores, and written
qualitative comments to determine optimal interface designs and to
obtain feedback from respondents.
The public will be offered an opportunity to participate in this
research remotely, by signing up for an online research panel. If a
person opts in, the Census Bureau will occasionally email (or text, if
applicable) the person an invitation to complete a survey for one of
our research projects. Invited respondents will be told the topic of
the survey, and how long it will take to complete it. Under this
clearance, we will also conduct similar-scale and similarly designed
research using other email lists to validate preliminary findings and
expand the research.
One of the testing methodologies to be used is Split sample
experiments. This involves testing alternative versions of
questionnaires, invitations to questionnaires (e.g., emails or text
messages), or Web sites, at least some of which have been designed to
address problems identified in draft versions or versions from previous
waves. The use of multiple questionnaires, invitations, or Web sites,
randomly assigned to permit statistical comparisons, is the critical
component here; data collection will be via the Internet. Comparison of
revised questionnaires (or invitations) against a control version,
preferably, or against each other facilitates statistical evaluation of
the performance of alternative versions of the questionnaire (or
invitation or Web site).
The number of versions tested and the number of cases per version
will depend on the objectives of the test. We cannot specify with
certainty a minimum panel size, although we would expect that no
questionnaire versions would be administered to less than fifty
respondents.
Split sample tests that incorporate methodological questionnaire
design experiments will have a larger maximum sample size (up to
several hundred cases per panel) than other pretest methods. This will
enable the detection of statistically significant differences, and
facilitate methodological experiments that can extend questionnaire
design knowledge more generally for use in a variety of Census Bureau
data collection instruments.
Another testing methodology is Usability Interviews. This method
involves getting respondent input to aid in the development of
automated questionnaires and Web sites and associated materials. The
objective is to identify problems that keep respondents from completing
automated questionnaires accurately and efficiently with minimal
burden, or that prevent respondents from successfully navigating Web
sites and finding the information they seek. Remote usability testing
may be conducted under this clearance, whereby a user would receive an
invitation to use a Web site or survey, then answer targeted questions
about that experience.
This clearance will only cover pretests primarily conducted
remotely, via the Internet. Since the types of surveys included under
the umbrella of the clearance are so varied, it is difficult to specify
at this point what kinds of activities would be involved in any
particular test, but a key component will be the comparison of one
invitation, questionnaire or Web site to another.
We will provide OMB with a copy of questionnaires and invitations
in advance of any testing activity. Depending on the stage of
development, this may be the printed material from the last round of a
survey or a revised draft based on analysis of other evaluation data.
For a test of alternative procedures, the description and rationale for
the procedures would be submitted. We will also provide a description
of the sample design and the planned administration. OMB will endeavor
to provide comments on substantive issues within 10 working days of
receipt.
The Census Bureau will consult with the Economics and Statistics
Administration (ESA) and OMB prior to submission on the appropriateness
of submissions under this clearance that may raise policy or
substantive issues. With respect to ESA, this will include all research
and testing related to the American Community Survey (ACS) and the 2020
decennial census. In addition, the Census Bureau will consult with ESA
on any research and testing proposals that are presented to the Data
Stewardship Executive Policy (DSEP) Committee. Consultation with ESA
includes the Census Bureau providing copies of the materials to be
tested in advance of any testing.
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The Census Bureau will send ESA and OMB an annual report at the end
of each year summarizing the number of hours used, as well as the
nature and results of the activities completed under this clearance.
The information collected in this program of developing and testing
questionnaires will be used by staff from the Census Bureau and
sponsoring agencies to evaluate and improve the quality of the data in
the surveys and censuses that are ultimately conducted. Because the
questionnaires being tested under this clearance are still in the
process of development, the data that result from these collections are
not considered official statistics of the Census Bureau or other
Federal agencies. Data will be included in research reports prepared
for sponsors inside and outside of the Census Bureau. The results may
also be prepared for presentations related to survey methodology at
professional meetings or publications in professional journals.
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Data collection for this project is authorized
under the authorizing legislation for the questionnaire being tested.
This may be Title 13 U.S.C., Sections 131, 141, 161, 181, 182, 193, and
301 for Census Bureau-sponsored surveys, and Title 13 and 15 for
surveys sponsored by other Federal agencies. We do not now know what
other titles will be referenced, since we do not know what survey
questionnaires will be pretested during the course of the clearance.
OMB Desk Officer: Brian Harris-Kojetin, (202) 395-7314.
Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained
by calling or writing Jennifer Jessup, Departmental Paperwork Clearance
Officer, (202) 482-0336, Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 14th and
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at
jjessup@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 email (bharrisk@omb.eop.gov).
Dated: January 6, 2014.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-00147 Filed 1-8-14; 8:45 am]
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