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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GENERAL SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[OMB Control No. 9000–0014; Docket 2017–
0053; Sequence 8]
Information Collection; Statement and
Acknowledgment (Standard Form
1413)
Department of Defense (DOD),
General Services Administration (GSA),
and National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA).
ACTION: Notice of request for public
comments regarding an extension to an
existing OMB clearance.
AGENCY:
Under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Regulatory Secretariat Division (MVCB)
will be submitting to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) a
request to review and approve an
extension of a currently approved
information collection requirement
concerning statement and
acknowledgment Standard Form (SF)
1413.
SUMMARY:
Submit comments on or before
October 2, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments
identified by Information Collection
9000–0014 by any of the following
methods:
• Regulations.gov: https://
www.regulations.gov. Submit comments
via the Federal eRulemaking portal by
searching the OMB control number
9000–0014. Select the link ‘‘Comment
Now’’ that corresponds with
‘‘Information Collection 9000–0014,
Statement and Acknowledgment (SF
1413)’’. Follow the instructions
provided on the screen. Please include
your name, company name (if any), and
‘‘Information Collection 9000–0014,
Statement and Acknowledgment (SF
1413)’’ on your attached document.
• Mail: General Services
Administration, Regulatory Secretariat
Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20405. ATTN: Ms.
Sosa/IC 9000–0014, Statement and
Acknowledgment (SF 1413).
Instructions: Please submit comments
only and cite Information Collection
9000–0014, in all correspondence
related to this collection. Comments
received generally will be posted
without change to https://
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal and/or business confidential
information provided. To confirm
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receipt of your comment(s), please
check www.regulations.gov,
approximately two to three days after
submission to verify posting (except
allow 30 days for posting of comments
submitted by mail).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Zenaida Delgado, Procurement Analyst,
via telephone 202–969–7207 or via
email to zenaida.delgado@gsa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Purpose
SF 1413, Statement and
Acknowledgment, is used by all
executive agencies, including the
Department of Defense, to obtain a
statement from contractors that the
proper clauses have been included in
subcontracts. The form is used by the
prime contractor to identify and report
all applicable subcontracts (all tiers)
awarded under the prime contract,
identify specific scopes of work the
subcontractors will be performing,
subcontract award date, and subcontract
number, and provide formal notification
to the applicable subcontractors of the
labor laws and associated clauses they
are responsible for complying with.
B. Annual Reporting Burden
Respondents: 30,500.
Responses per Respondent: 2.
Total Responses: 61,000.
Hours per Response: .05.
Total Burden Hours: 3,050.
C. Public Comments
Public comments are particularly
invited on: Whether this collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of functions of the Federal
Acquisition Regulation (FAR), and
whether it will have practical utility;
whether our estimate of the public
burden of this collection of information
is accurate, and based on valid
assumptions and methodology; ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information to be collected; and
ways in which we can minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on those who are to respond, through
the use of appropriate technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Obtaining Copies of Proposals:
Requesters may obtain a copy of the
information collection documents from
the General Services Administration,
Regulatory Secretariat Division (MVCB),
1800 F Street NW., Washington, DC
20405, telephone 202–501–4755.
Please cite OMB Control No. 9000–
0014, Statement and Acknowledgment
(SF 1413), in all correspondence.
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Dated: July 27, 2017.
Lorin S. Curit,
Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division,
Office of Government-wide Acquisition
Policy, Office of Acquisition Policy, Office
of Government-wide Policy.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
Title: Procedural Justice Informed
Alternatives to Contempt (PJAC).
OMB No.: 0970–NEW.
Description: The Office of Child
Support Enforcement (OCSE) within the
Administration for Children and
Families (ACF) is proposing data
collection activity as part of the
Procedural Justice Informed
Alternatives to Contempt Demonstration
(PJAC). In September 2016, OCSE issued
grants to six child support agencies to
provide alternative approaches to the
contempt process with the goal of
increasing parents’ compliance with
child support orders by building trust
and confidence in the child support
agency and its processes. PJAC is a fiveyear project (the first year of which is
dedicated to planning) that will allow
grantees to learn whether incorporating
principles of procedural justice into
child support business practices
increases reliable child support
payments. In addition to increasing
reliable payments, the PJAC
intervention aims to reduce arrears,
minimize the need for continued
enforcement actions and sanctions, and
reduce the inefficient use of contempt
proceedings.
The PJAC evaluation will yield
information about the efficacy of
applying procedural justice principles
via a set of alternative services to the
current contempt process. It will
generate extensive knowledge regarding
how PJAC programs operate, the effects
the programs have, and whether their
benefits exceed their costs. The
information gathered will be critical to
informing future policy decisions
related to contempt.
The PJAC evaluation will include the
following three interconnected
components or ‘‘studies’’:
1. Implementation Study. The goal of
the implementation study is to provide
a detailed description of the PJAC
programs—how they are implemented,
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their participants, the contexts in which
they are operated, and their promising
practices. The implementation study
will also assess whether the PJAC
interventions are implemented as
intended (implementation fidelity) as
well as how the treatment implemented
differed from the status quo (treatment
contrast). The detailed descriptions will
assist in interpreting program impacts
and identifying program features and
conditions necessary for effective
program replication or improvement.
Key activities of the implementation
study will include: (1) A Management
Information System (MIS) for collection
and analysis of program participation
data to track participant engagement in
PJAC activities; (2) semi-structured
interviews with program staff and staff
from selected community partner
organizations; (3) semi-structured
interviews with program participants to
learn about their experiences in PJAC;
and (4) a staff questionnaire to gather
broader quantitative information on
program implementation and staff
experiences.
2. Impact Study: The goal of the
impact study is to provide rigorous
estimates of the effectiveness of the six
programs using an experimental
research design. Program applicants
who are eligible for PJAC services will
be randomly assigned to either a
program group that is offered program
services or to a control group that is not
offered those services. The random
assignment process will require child
support program staff to complete a
brief data entry protocol. The impact
study will rely on administrative data
from state and county child support
systems, court records, criminal justice
records, and data from the National
Directory of New Hires. Administrative
records data will be used to estimate
impacts on child support payments,
enforcement actions, contempt
proceedings, jail stays, and employment
and earnings. The impact study will
also include a follow-up survey of
participants that will be administered
approximately 12 months after random
assignment to a subset of the sample.
The survey will gather information on
participant experiences with the child
support program and family court,
family relationships, parenting and coparenting, informal child support
payments, and job characteristics. In an
effort to enhance response rates, the
PJAC survey firm will attempt to track
survey sample members at a few points
over the 12-month follow-up period in
order to stay in touch with them and
gather updated contact information from
them.
3. Benefit-Cost Study: The benefit-cost
study will estimate the costs and
benefits associated with the
implementation and impact of the PJAC
interventions. The study will examine
the costs and benefits from the
perspective of the government,
noncustodial parents, custodial parents
and their children, and society. Once
measured, particular impacts or
expenditures will constitute benefits or
costs, depending on which analytical
perspective is considered. For each of
the perspectives, pertinent benefits and
costs will be added together to
determine the net value of the program.
Key hypothesized benefits and costs to
be assessed include increased PJAC
intervention costs, reduced costs for
contempt actions, increased payments
from non-custodial parents, reduced
court costs, and reduced jail time,
among others. The benefit-cost study
will rely on the results of the impact
study, analysis of participation data
from the MIS, and results of a staff time
study in order to quantify various PJACrelated costs and benefits.
This 30-Day Notice covers the
following data collection activities: (1)
Staff data entry for random assignment;
(2) Study MIS to track program
participation; (3) Staff and community
partner interview topic guide; (4)
Participant interview topic guide; and
(5) Participant survey tracking letter.
Respondents: Respondents for the
first information collection phase
include study participants and grantee
staff and community partners. Specific
respondents per instrument are noted in
the burden table below.
ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Number of
respondents
Instrument
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Staff data entry for random assignment ..............................
Study MIS to track program participation ............................
Staff and community partner interview topic guide .............
Participant interview topic guide ..........................................
Participant survey tracking letter .........................................
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 6,760.
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, 330
C Street SW., Washington, DC 20201.
Attention: Reports Clearance Officer. All
requests should be identified by the title
of the information collection. Email
address: infocollection@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
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Number of
responses per
respondent
120
120
150
180
3,000
150
150
2
1
3
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.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
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Total burden
hours
0.05
1.00
1.00
1.00
0.10
Total annual
burden hours
900
18,000
300
180
900
300
6,000
100
60
300
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. FDA–2017–N–4281]
Food Safety Modernization Act
Domestic and Foreign Facility
Reinspection, Recall, and Importer
Reinspection Fee Rates for Fiscal Year
2018
AGENCY:
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Average
burden hours
per response
Food and Drug Administration,
HHS.
ACTION:
Notice.
The Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) is announcing the
fiscal year (FY) 2018 fee rates for certain
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Title: Procedural Justice Informed Alternatives to Contempt (PJAC).
OMB No.: 0970-NEW.
Description: The Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) within
the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is proposing data
collection activity as part of the Procedural Justice Informed
Alternatives to Contempt Demonstration (PJAC). In September 2016, OCSE
issued grants to six child support agencies to provide alternative
approaches to the contempt process with the goal of increasing parents'
compliance with child support orders by building trust and confidence
in the child support agency and its processes. PJAC is a five-year
project (the first year of which is dedicated to planning) that will
allow grantees to learn whether incorporating principles of procedural
justice into child support business practices increases reliable child
support payments. In addition to increasing reliable payments, the PJAC
intervention aims to reduce arrears, minimize the need for continued
enforcement actions and sanctions, and reduce the inefficient use of
contempt proceedings.
The PJAC evaluation will yield information about the efficacy of
applying procedural justice principles via a set of alternative
services to the current contempt process. It will generate extensive
knowledge regarding how PJAC programs operate, the effects the programs
have, and whether their benefits exceed their costs. The information
gathered will be critical to informing future policy decisions related
to contempt.
The PJAC evaluation will include the following three interconnected
components or ``studies'':
1. Implementation Study. The goal of the implementation study is to
provide a detailed description of the PJAC programs--how they are
implemented,
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their participants, the contexts in which they are operated, and their
promising practices. The implementation study will also assess whether
the PJAC interventions are implemented as intended (implementation
fidelity) as well as how the treatment implemented differed from the
status quo (treatment contrast). The detailed descriptions will assist
in interpreting program impacts and identifying program features and
conditions necessary for effective program replication or improvement.
Key activities of the implementation study will include: (1) A
Management Information System (MIS) for collection and analysis of
program participation data to track participant engagement in PJAC
activities; (2) semi-structured interviews with program staff and staff
from selected community partner organizations; (3) semi-structured
interviews with program participants to learn about their experiences
in PJAC; and (4) a staff questionnaire to gather broader quantitative
information on program implementation and staff experiences.
2. Impact Study: The goal of the impact study is to provide
rigorous estimates of the effectiveness of the six programs using an
experimental research design. Program applicants who are eligible for
PJAC services will be randomly assigned to either a program group that
is offered program services or to a control group that is not offered
those services. The random assignment process will require child
support program staff to complete a brief data entry protocol. The
impact study will rely on administrative data from state and county
child support systems, court records, criminal justice records, and
data from the National Directory of New Hires. Administrative records
data will be used to estimate impacts on child support payments,
enforcement actions, contempt proceedings, jail stays, and employment
and earnings. The impact study will also include a follow-up survey of
participants that will be administered approximately 12 months after
random assignment to a subset of the sample. The survey will gather
information on participant experiences with the child support program
and family court, family relationships, parenting and co-parenting,
informal child support payments, and job characteristics. In an effort
to enhance response rates, the PJAC survey firm will attempt to track
survey sample members at a few points over the 12-month follow-up
period in order to stay in touch with them and gather updated contact
information from them.
3. Benefit-Cost Study: The benefit-cost study will estimate the
costs and benefits associated with the implementation and impact of the
PJAC interventions. The study will examine the costs and benefits from
the perspective of the government, noncustodial parents, custodial
parents and their children, and society. Once measured, particular
impacts or expenditures will constitute benefits or costs, depending on
which analytical perspective is considered. For each of the
perspectives, pertinent benefits and costs will be added together to
determine the net value of the program. Key hypothesized benefits and
costs to be assessed include increased PJAC intervention costs, reduced
costs for contempt actions, increased payments from non-custodial
parents, reduced court costs, and reduced jail time, among others. The
benefit-cost study will rely on the results of the impact study,
analysis of participation data from the MIS, and results of a staff
time study in order to quantify various PJAC-related costs and
benefits.
This 30-Day Notice covers the following data collection activities:
(1) Staff data entry for random assignment; (2) Study MIS to track
program participation; (3) Staff and community partner interview topic
guide; (4) Participant interview topic guide; and (5) Participant
survey tracking letter.
Respondents: Respondents for the first information collection phase
include study participants and grantee staff and community partners.
Specific respondents per instrument are noted in the burden table
below.
Annual Burden Estimates
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Number of Average burden
Instrument Number of responses per hours per Total burden Total annual
respondents respondent response hours burden hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Staff data entry for random 120 150 0.05 900 300
assignment.....................
Study MIS to track program 120 150 1.00 18,000 6,000
participation..................
Staff and community partner 150 2 1.00 300 100
interview topic guide..........
Participant interview topic 180 1 1.00 180 60
guide..........................
Participant survey tracking 3,000 3 0.10 900 300
letter.........................
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 6,760.
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, 330 C Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20201. Attention: Reports Clearance Officer. All
requests should be identified by the title of the information
collection. Email address: infocollection@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.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-16254 Filed 8-1-17; 8:45 am]
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