Agency Information Collection Activities: Revision and Extension of Approved Collection; Comment Request; Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery, 12425-12426 [2015-05401]

Download as PDF mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 45 / Monday, March 9, 2015 / Notices agencies and sponsors to comply with new timeframes? 2. On average, what percentage of final meal claims have been modified annually since the initial claim? Are modified final meal claims usually higher or lower than the initial claims? a. How often are meal claims revised? b. Why are meal claims revised? c. How often do sponsors appeal State imposed meal claim disallowances? What are the outcomes of these appeals? 3. a. How accurate is the data for meals served which is submitted by the State agency in the 30-day report when compared with the subsequent 90-day report? b. What accounts for the difference in actual (versus estimated) meals served between the 30-day and 90-day reports? 4. The FNS–418 only requires State agencies to report the number of sponsors, the number of sites, and the average daily attendance (ADA) of sponsors for the month of July. a. Would it be feasible for States to report this for every month during the summer? b. How much time would States need to report this to FNS after each month? 5. FNS currently collects the ADA of sponsors, which is calculated as the total number of meals served in a sponsor’s primary meal service during the claim period divided by the number of operating or meal service days for that claim period. a. Is this an effective method for calculating ADA? b. Is the current reporting of ADA accurate at the sponsor and/or State level? c. How could ADA be calculated more accurately? 6. FNS is interested in tracking the number of unique children that participate in the SFSP each day. Do you have any suggestions for how this information could be captured and reported? 7. FNS is interested in tracking the number of meals served through rural sites. Would it be feasible to separate ‘‘self-prep’’ meals served from ‘‘rural’’ meals served on the FNS–418? 8. In your State, do sponsors submit meal claims electronically or manually? 9. Are there any data that sponsors or State agencies currently collect that are not reported to FNS? a. If yes, please describe these data and how they are used. b. Would sponsors and State agencies be able to regularly report these data to FNS? 10. What are the best indicators or data elements to track changes to program participation from the previous summer? VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:04 Mar 06, 2015 Jkt 235001 11. Please provide any additional information that would assist FNS with understanding State agency and sponsor administrative capacities, and how to enhance the quality and utility of the data collected while also minimizing any additional reporting burden. National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program Summer Meal Reporting Seamless Summer Option 1. Are schools able to easily separate the meal claims for children served during the regular school year and children served through the Seamless Summer Option? Could these meals be separately tracked on the FNS–10? 2. Are there any State agency concerns about separately reporting meals served to children through the Seamless Summer Option? 3. Please provide any additional information that would assist FNS with understanding State agency and school administrative capacities, and how to enhance the quality and utility of the data collected while also minimizing the reporting burden. FNS is particularly interested in receiving feedback from State agencies that already separately track meals served through the Seamless Summer Option from those served through NSLP during the traditional school year. Serving Meals to Children Enrolled in Summer School 1. For schools that do not participate in the SFSP or the Seamless Summer Option, but serve meals to children enrolled in summer school through the NSLP and SBP, would it be feasible to separately report the meals served to these children? Could these meals be separately tracked on the FNS–10? 2. Please provide any additional information that would assist FNS with understanding State agency and school administrative capacities, and how to enhance the quality and utility of the data collected while also minimizing any additional reporting burden. FNS appreciates your thoughtful and responsive comments. Dated: February 24, 2015. Audrey Rowe, Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service. [FR Doc. 2015–05314 Filed 3–6–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410–30–P PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 12425 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Agency Information Collection Activities: Revision and Extension of Approved Collection; Comment Request; Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery March 4, 2015. Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA. ACTION: 30-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 Agriculture (USDA), the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has submitted a Generic Information Collection Request (Generic ICR): ‘‘Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery’’ to OMB for approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et. seq.). DATES: Comments must be submitted by April 8, 2015. ADDRESSES: Written comments may be submitted to the Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503; OIRA_Submission@ OMB.EOP.GOV or fax (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250–7602. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information, please contact Ruth Brown (202) 720–8958 or Charlene Parker (202) 720–8681. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery. 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 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, SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\09MRN1.SGM 09MRN1 12426 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 45 / Monday, March 9, 2015 / Notices 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. Feedback collected under this generic clearance will provide useful information, but it will 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 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 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. The Agency received no comments in response to the 60-day notice published in the Federal Register on September 17, 2014 (79 FR 55745). No comments were received. mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES The Food Safety and Inspection Service—0583–0151 Current Actions: Revision and Extension of Currently Approved Collection. Type of Review: Revision and Extension. Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions. Average Expected Annual Number of Activities: 10. Respondents: 10,000. Annual Responses: 10,000. Frequency of Response: Once per request. Average Minutes per Response: 60. Burden Hours: 10,000. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:04 Mar 06, 2015 Jkt 235001 Office of Management and Budget control number. Ruth Brown, Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer. [FR Doc. 2015–05401 Filed 3–6–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Rural Housing Service Rural Development Voucher Program Rural Housing Service, USDA. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in fiscal year (FY) 2006 established the demonstration Rural Development Voucher Program (RDVP), as authorized under Section 542 of the Housing Act of 1949 as amended (42 U.S.C. 1490R) (without regard to Section 542(b)). This Notice informs the public of the general policies and procedures for the RDVP for FY 2015. Rural Development Vouchers are only available to lowincome tenants of Rural Development (RD)-financed multi-family properties where the Rural Rental Housing loan (Section 515) has been prepaid (either through prepayment or foreclosure action), prior to the loan’s maturity date. DATES: In order for eligible tenants to participate, a voucher obligation form must be submitted within 10 months of the foreclosure or pre-payment. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephanie B.M. White, Director, MultiFamily Housing Portfolio Management Division, Rural Development, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., STOP 0782, Washington, DC 20250, telephone (202) 720–1615. Persons with hearing or speech impairments may access this number via TDD by calling the toll-free Federal Information Relay Service at (800) 877–8339. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: SUMMARY: I. Background This Notice outlines the process for providing voucher assistance to eligible tenants when a property owner either prepays a Section 515 loan or USDA action results in a foreclosure after September 30, 2005. II. Design Features of the RDVP This section sets forth the design features of the RDVP, including the eligibility of tenants, the inspection of the housing units, and the calculation of the subsidy amount. PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Rural Development Vouchers under this part are administered by the Rural Housing Service, an agency under the RD mission area, in accordance with requirements set forth in this Notice and further explained in, ‘‘The Rural Development Voucher Program Guide,’’ which can be obtained by contacting any RD Office. Contact information for RD offices can be found at: https:// www.rurdev.usda.gov/ StateOfficeAddresses.html. These requirements are generally based on the housing choice voucher program regulations of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) set forth at 24 CFR part 982, unless otherwise noted by this Notice. The RDVP is intended to offer protection to eligible Multi-Family Housing tenants in properties financed through RD’s Section 515 Rural Rental Housing program (Section 515 property) who may be subject to economic hardship due to the property owner’s prepayment of the RD mortgage. When the owner of a Section 515 property pays off the loan prior to the loan’s maturity date (either through prepayment or foreclosure action), the RD affordable housing requirements and Rental Assistance (RA) subsidies generally cease to exist. Rents may increase, thereby making the housing unaffordable to tenants. Regardless, the tenant may become responsible for the full payment of rent when a prepayment occurs, whether or not the rent increases. The Rural Development Voucher is intended to help tenants by providing an annual rental subsidy, renewable on the terms and conditions set forth herein and subject to the availability of funds, that will supplement the tenant’s rent payment. This program enables a tenant to make an informed decision about remaining in the property, moving to a new property, or obtaining other financial housing assistance. Lowincome tenants in the prepaying property are eligible to receive a voucher to use at their current rental property, or to take to any other rental unit in the United States and its territories. Tenants in properties foreclosed on by RD are eligible for a Rural Development Voucher under the same conditions as properties that go through the standard prepayment process. There are some general limitations on the use of a voucher: • The rental unit must pass a RD health and safety inspection, and the owner must be willing to accept a Rural Development Voucher. • Rural Development Vouchers cannot be used for units in subsidized E:\FR\FM\09MRN1.SGM 09MRN1

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Agency Information Collection Activities: Revision and Extension 
of Approved Collection; Comment Request; Generic Clearance for the 
Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery

March 4, 2015.
AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: 30-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 Agriculture (USDA), the Food Safety and Inspection 
Service (FSIS) has submitted a Generic Information Collection Request 
(Generic ICR): ``Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative 
Feedback on Agency Service Delivery'' to OMB for approval under the 
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et. seq.).

DATES: Comments must be submitted by April 8, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be submitted to the Desk Officer for 
Agriculture, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 
Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 
20503; OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or fax (202) 395-5806 and to 
Departmental Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail Stop 7602, Washington, 
DC 20250-7602.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information, 
please contact Ruth Brown (202) 720-8958 or Charlene Parker (202) 720-
8681.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback 
on Agency Service Delivery.
    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 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,

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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.
    Feedback collected under this generic clearance will provide useful 
information, but it will 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 
sample size, the expected response rate, methods for assessing 
potential non-response bias, the protocols for data collection, and any 
testing procedures that were or will be undertaken prior 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.
    The Agency received no comments in response to the 60-day notice 
published in the Federal Register on September 17, 2014 (79 FR 55745). 
No comments were received.

The Food Safety and Inspection Service--0583-0151

    Current Actions: Revision and Extension of Currently Approved 
Collection.
    Type of Review: Revision and Extension.
    Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions.
    Average Expected Annual Number of Activities: 10.
    Respondents: 10,000.
    Annual Responses: 10,000.
    Frequency of Response: Once per request.
    Average Minutes per Response: 60.
    Burden Hours: 10,000.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required 
to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a 
currently valid Office of Management and Budget control number.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-05401 Filed 3-6-15; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 3410-DM-P
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