Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery, 47775-47776 [2017-22109]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 197 / Friday, October 13, 2017 / Notices regarding the proposed information collection to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 300 E Street SW., Washington, DC. Attention: Lori Parker, NASA Clearance Officer. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or copies of the information collection instrument(s) and instructions should be directed to Lori Parker, NASA Clearance Officer, NASA Headquarters, 300 E Street SW., JF0000, Washington, DC 20546, (202) 358–1351. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Abstract NASA is proposing construction of a Low Boom Flight Demonstration (LBFD) experimental aircraft, aka X-plane. This information collection will enable NASA to pre-test methods to collect information from individuals to determine community response to the new, quieter sonic booms, prior to the start of flight testing the X-plane. No public exposure to any form of sonic boom will occur during the pre-testing phase. The pre-test will be conducted by telephone interview. NASA wants to evaluate telephone surveys to assess prompt public response associated with experiencing low amplitude sonic booms over multiple, geographically dispersed communities. Responses will be voluntary. The new X-plane is designed to produce low amplitude sonic booms. Ultimately, flight testing of the X-plane is intended to (1) demonstrate and validate the technology necessary for civil supersonic flights that create low amplitude sonic booms, and (2) assess community response to the new, quieter, sonic booms. asabaliauskas on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with NOTICES II. Method of Collection Telephone. IV. Request for Comments Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the proposed collection of information 18:05 Oct 12, 2017 Lori Parker, NASA PRA Clearance Officer. [FR Doc. 2017–22177 Filed 10–12–17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7510–13–P NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION Sunshine Act; Notice of Agency Meeting 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, October 18, 2017. PLACE: Board Room, 7th Floor, Room 7047, 1775 Duke Street (All visitors must use Diagonal Road Entrance), Alexandria, VA 22314–3428. STATUS: Open. MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 1. Board Briefing, NCUA’s 2018–2019 Budget. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gerard Poliquin, Secretary of the Board, Telephone: 703–518–6304. TIME AND DATE: Gerard Poliquin, Secretary of the Board. III. Data Title: Pilot Testing of Telephone Interviewing Approaches to Assess Community Response to New, Quieter Boom Experiences. OMB Number: 2700–XXXX. Type of review: New information collection. Affected Public: Individuals. Estimated Number of Respondents: 5,000. Estimated Time per Response: 3 minutes. Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 250. Estimated Total Annual Cost to Respondents: $0. VerDate Sep<11>2014 is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of NASA, including whether the information collected has practical utility; (2) the accuracy of NASA’s estimate of the burden (including hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including automated collection techniques or the use of other forms of information technology. Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized and included in the request for OMB approval of this information collection. They will also become a matter of public record. Jkt 244001 [FR Doc. 2017–22345 Filed 10–11–17; 4:15 pm] BILLING CODE 7535–01–P NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES Institute of Museum and Library Services Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery Institute of Museum and Library Services, National Foundation for the Arts and the Humanities. ACTION: 30-Day notice of submission of information collection approval from AGENCY: PO 00000 Frm 00089 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 47775 the Office of Management and Budget and request for comments. As part of a Federal Government-wide effort to streamline the process to seek feedback from the public on service delivery, IMLS 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). DATES: Comments must be submitted by November 10, 2017. ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding these information collections to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725 Seventeenth Street NW., Washington, DC 20503, Attention: FRA Desk Officer. Alternatively, comments may be sent via email to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), Office of Management and Budget, at the following address: oira_ submissions@omb.eop.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information, please contact Sandra R. Webb, Ph.D., Senior Advisor, Institute of Museum and Library Services, 955 L’Enfant Plaza North SW., Suite 4000, Washington, DC 20024–2135. Dr. Webb can be reached by Telephone: 202–653–4718, Fax: 202– 653–4601, or by email at swebb@ imls.gov, or by teletype (TTY/TDD) for persons with hearing difficulty at 202– 653–4614. 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, 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 SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\13OCN1.SGM 13OCN1 asabaliauskas on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with NOTICES 47776 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 197 / Friday, October 13, 2017 / Notices 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 to 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 two comments in response to the 60-day notice published in the Federal Register of February 15, 2017 (82 FR 10807). Below we provide the projected average estimates for the next three years: Current Actions: Renew collection of information plan. Type of Review: Renewal. OMB Number: 0081. Agency Number: 3137. Affected Public: Individuals and Households, Businesses and Organizations, State, Local or Tribal Government. Average Expected Annual Number of activities: 11. Annual responses: 9854. Frequency of Response: Once per request. Average minutes per response: 51 minutes. Burden hours: 1578 hours. Total Annual Costs: $43,984.71. 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. Dated: October 6, 2017. Kim A. Miller, Grants Management Specialist, Office of the Chief Financial Officer. [FR Doc. 2017–22109 Filed 10–12–17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7036–01–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:05 Oct 12, 2017 Jkt 244001 NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES Meetings of Humanities Panel National Endowment for the Humanities. ACTION: Notice of meetings. AGENCY: The National Endowment for the Humanities will hold twelve meetings of the Humanities Panel, a federal advisory committee, during November, 2017. The purpose of the meetings is for panel review, discussion, evaluation, and recommendation of applications for financial assistance under the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act of 1965. DATES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for meeting dates. The meetings will open at 8:30 a.m. and will adjourn by 5:00 p.m. on the dates specified below. ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at Constitution Center at 400 7th Street SW., Washington, DC 20506, unless otherwise indicated. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Voyatzis, Committee Management Officer, 400 7th Street SW., Room 4060, Washington, DC 20506; (202) 606–8322; evoyatzis@ neh.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is hereby given of the following meetings: 1. Date: November 1, 2017. This meeting will discuss applications on the subjects of U.S. History and Culture: Military and Political History, for the Humanities Collections and Reference Resources grant program, submitted to the Division of Preservation and Access. 2. Date: November 2, 2017. This meeting will discuss applications on the subjects of U.S. History and Culture: Regional, State, and Local History, for the Humanities Collections and Reference Resources grant program, submitted to the Division of Preservation and Access. 3. Date: November 2, 2017. This meeting will discuss applications on the subjects of U.S. History and Culture, for the Public Humanities Projects— Community Conversations grant program, submitted to the Division of Public Programs. 4. Date: November 3 2017. This meeting will discuss applications on the subject of Literature, for the Humanities Collections and Reference Resources grant program, submitted to the Division of Preservation and Access. 5. Date: November 6, 2017. This meeting will discuss applications on the SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00090 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 9990 subject of Cultural History, for Media Projects: Production Grants, submitted to the Division of Public Programs. 6. Date: November 7, 2017. This meeting will discuss applications on the subject of Media Studies, for the Humanities Collections and Reference Resources grant program, submitted to the Division of Preservation and Access. 7. Date: November 8, 2017. This meeting will discuss applications on the subjects of Ecology and Health, for the Public Humanities Projects— Community Conversations grant program, submitted to the Division of Public Programs. 8. Date: November 9, 2017. This meeting will discuss applications on the subjects of Art and Literature, for the Public Humanities Projects— Community Conversations grant program, submitted to the Division of Public Programs. 9. Date: November 9, 2017. This meeting will discuss applications on the subject of American Studies, for the Humanities Collections and Reference Resources grant program, submitted to the Division of Preservation and Access. 10. Date: November 13, 2017. This meeting will discuss applications for the Humanities Open Book Program, submitted to the Office of Digital Humanities. 11. Date: November 28, 2017. This meeting will discuss applications on the subject of Indigenous Studies, for the Humanities Collections and Reference Resources grant program, submitted to the Division of Preservation and Access. 12. Date: November 30, 2017. This meeting will discuss applications on the subject of World Studies: Pre-Modern Era, for the Humanities Collections and Reference Resources grant program, submitted to the Division of Preservation and Access. Because these meetings will include review of personal and/or proprietary financial and commercial information given in confidence to the agency by grant applicants, the meetings will be closed to the public pursuant to sections 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6) of Title 5, U.S.C., as amended. I have made this determination pursuant to the authority granted me by the Chairman’s Delegation of Authority to Close Advisory Committee Meetings dated April 15, 2016. Dated: October 10, 2017. Elizabeth Voyatzis, Committee Management Officer. [FR Doc. 2017–22208 Filed 10–12–17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7536–01–P E:\FR\FM\13OCN1.SGM 13OCN1

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[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 197 (Friday, October 13, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47775-47776]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-22109]


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NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES

Institute of Museum and Library Services


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative 
Feedback on Agency Service Delivery

AGENCY: Institute of Museum and Library Services, National Foundation 
for the Arts and the Humanities.

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, IMLS 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).

DATES: Comments must be submitted by November 10, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding these information collections to the 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget, 725 Seventeenth Street NW., Washington, DC 20503, Attention: 
FRA Desk Officer. Alternatively, comments may be sent via email to the 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), Office of 
Management and Budget, at the following address: 
oira_submissions@omb.eop.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information, 
please contact Sandra R. Webb, Ph.D., Senior Advisor, Institute of 
Museum and Library Services, 955 L'Enfant Plaza North SW., Suite 4000, 
Washington, DC 20024-2135. Dr. Webb can be reached by Telephone: 202-
653-4718, Fax: 202-653-4601, or by email at swebb@imls.gov, or by 
teletype (TTY/TDD) for persons with hearing difficulty at 202-653-4614.

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, 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

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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 to 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 two comments in response to the 60-day notice 
published in the Federal Register of February 15, 2017 (82 FR 10807).
    Below we provide the projected average estimates for the next three 
years:
    Current Actions: Renew collection of information plan.
    Type of Review: Renewal.
    OMB Number: 0081.
    Agency Number: 3137.
    Affected Public: Individuals and Households, Businesses and 
Organizations, State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Average Expected Annual Number of activities: 11.
    Annual responses: 9854.
    Frequency of Response: Once per request.
    Average minutes per response: 51 minutes.
    Burden hours: 1578 hours.
    Total Annual Costs: $43,984.71.
    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.

    Dated: October 6, 2017.
Kim A. Miller,
Grants Management Specialist, Office of the Chief Financial Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-22109 Filed 10-12-17; 8:45 am]
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