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BURDEN ESTIMATES
Instrument
Total number of
respondents
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average burden
hours per
response
Total burden
hours
Semi-Structured Discussion and Information-Gathering Protocols
1,600
1
1
1,600
Additional Information: Copies of the
proposed collection may be obtained by
writing to the Administration for
Children and Families, Office of
Planning, Research and Evaluation, 370
L’Enfant Promenade SW., Washington,
DC 20447, Attn: OPRE Reports
Clearance Officer. All requests should
be identified by the title of the
information collection. Email address:
OPREinfocollection@acf.hhs.gov.
OMB Comment: OMB is required to
make a decision concerning the
collection of information between 30
and 60 days after publication of this
document in the Federal Register.
Therefore, a comment is best assured of
having its full effect if OMB receives it
within 30 days of publication. Written
comments and recommendations for the
proposed information collection should
be sent directly to the following: Office
of Management and Budget, Paperwork
Reduction Project, Email: OIRA_
SUBMISSION@OMB.EOP.GOV, Attn:
Desk Officer for the Administration for
Children and Families.
Karl Koerper,
OPRE Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015–00179 Filed 1–8–15; 8:45 am]
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development of its research and
evaluation surveys, OPRE uses the pretesting of evaluation surveys generic
clearance to employ a variety of
techniques including cognitive and
usability laboratory and field
techniques, behavior coding,
exploratory interviews, respondent
debriefing questionnaires, split sample
experiments, focus groups, and pilot
studies/pre-tests. These activities allow
OPRE to identify if and when a survey
may be simplified for respondents,
respondent burden may be reduced, and
other possible improvements.
Following standard OMB
requirements, OPRE will submit a
change request for each individual data
collection activity under this generic
clearance. Each request will include the
individual instrument(s), a justification
specific to the individual information
collection, and any supplementary
documents. OPRE requests OMB review
within 10 days of receiving each change
request.
Respondents: Participants in ACF
programs being evaluated; participants
in ACF demonstrations; comparison
group members; and other relevant
populations, such as individuals at risk
of needing ACF services.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
Title: Pre-testing of Evaluation
Surveys.
OMB No.: 0970–0355.
Description: The Office of Planning,
Research and Evaluation (OPRE), in the
Administration for Children and
Families (ACF) at the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services (HHS)
intends to request approval from the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for renewal of a generic
clearance to allow OPRE to pre-test data
collection instruments with more than
nine participants to identify and resolve
any question or procedural problems in
survey administration.
OPRE studies ACF programs, and the
populations they serve, through rigorous
research and evaluation projects. These
include evaluations of existing
programs, evaluations of innovative
approaches to helping low-income
children and families, research
syntheses and descriptive and
exploratory studies. To improve the
BURDEN ESTIMATES
Total number of
respondents
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average burden
hours per
response
Total burden
hours
Survey development field tests, respondent debriefing questionnaires, cognitive interviews, split sample experiments, focus
groups ..........................................................................................
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Instrument
5,100
1
.75
3,825
Additional Information: Copies of the
proposed collection may be obtained by
writing to the Administration for
Children and Families, Office of
Planning, Research and Evaluation, 370
L’Enfant Promenade SW., Washington,
DC 20447, Attn: OPRE Reports
Clearance Officer. All requests should
be identified by the title of the
information collection. Email address:
OPREinfocollection@acf.hhs.gov.
OMB Comment: OMB is required to
make a decision concerning the
collection of information between 30
and 60 days after publication of this
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document in the Federal Register.
Therefore, a comment is best assured of
having its full effect if OMB receives it
within 30 days of publication. Written
comments and recommendations for the
proposed information collection should
be sent directly to the following:
Office of Management and Budget,
Paperwork Reduction Project, Email:
OIRA_SUBMISSION@OMB.EOP.GOV,
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Title: Pre-testing of Evaluation Surveys.
OMB No.: 0970-0355.
Description: The Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation
(OPRE), in the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) intends to request
approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for renewal of
a generic clearance to allow OPRE to pre-test data collection
instruments with more than nine participants to identify and resolve
any question or procedural problems in survey administration.
OPRE studies ACF programs, and the populations they serve, through
rigorous research and evaluation projects. These include evaluations of
existing programs, evaluations of innovative approaches to helping low-
income children and families, research syntheses and descriptive and
exploratory studies. To improve the development of its research and
evaluation surveys, OPRE uses the pre-testing of evaluation surveys
generic clearance to employ a variety of techniques including cognitive
and usability laboratory and field techniques, behavior coding,
exploratory interviews, respondent debriefing questionnaires, split
sample experiments, focus groups, and pilot studies/pre-tests. These
activities allow OPRE to identify if and when a survey may be
simplified for respondents, respondent burden may be reduced, and other
possible improvements.
Following standard OMB requirements, OPRE will submit a change
request for each individual data collection activity under this generic
clearance. Each request will include the individual instrument(s), a
justification specific to the individual information collection, and
any supplementary documents. OPRE requests OMB review within 10 days of
receiving each change request.
Respondents: Participants in ACF programs being evaluated;
participants in ACF demonstrations; comparison group members; and other
relevant populations, such as individuals at risk of needing ACF
services.
Burden Estimates
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Number of Average burden
Instrument Total number of responses per hours per Total burden
respondents respondent response hours
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Survey development field tests, 5,100 1 .75 3,825
respondent debriefing
questionnaires, cognitive
interviews, split sample
experiments, focus groups..........
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Additional Information: Copies of the proposed collection may be
obtained by writing to the Administration for Children and Families,
Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, 370 L'Enfant Promenade
SW., Washington, DC 20447, Attn: OPRE Reports Clearance Officer. All
requests should be identified by the title of the information
collection. Email address: OPREinfocollection@acf.hhs.gov.
OMB Comment: OMB is required to make a decision concerning the
collection of information between 30 and 60 days after publication of
this document in the Federal Register. Therefore, a comment is best
assured of having its full effect if OMB receives it within 30 days of
publication. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent directly to the following:
Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project,
Email: OIRA_SUBMISSION@OMB.EOP.GOV, Attn: Desk Officer for the
Administration for Children and Families.
Karl Koerper,
OPRE Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-00180 Filed 1-8-15; 8:45 am]
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