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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request—Generic Clearance
for the Collection of Qualitative
Feedback on Agency Service Delivery
Food and Nutrition Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice invites the general public and
other public agencies to comment on
this proposed information collection.
This collection is an extension, without
change, of a currently approved
collection to collect qualitative
customer and stakeholder feedback in
an efficient and timely manner. The
Food and Nutrition Service created this
generic information collection in 2016
as part of a Federal Government-wide
effort to streamline the process for
seeking feedback from the public on
service delivery.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before June 17, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Comments are invited on:
(1) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the Agency’s functions,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of
the Agency’s estimate of the proposed
information collection burden,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (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 those who are to respond, including
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
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Comments may be sent to Kelly
Stewart, Planning & Regulatory Affairs
Office, Office of Policy Support, 3101
Park Center Drive, Alexandria, VA
22302. Comments will also be accepted
through the Federal eRulemaking Portal.
Go to https://www.regulations.gov, and
follow the online instructions for
submitting comments electronically.
All responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
for Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) approval. All comments will also
become a matter of public record.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of this information collection
should be directed to Kelly Stewart,
Planning & Regulatory Affairs Office,
Office of Policy Support, 3101 Park
Center Drive, Alexandria, VA 22302;
703–305–2425.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Generic Clearance for the
Collection of Qualitative Feedback on
Agency Service Delivery (Fast Track).
OMB Number: 0584–0611.
Expiration Date: September 30, 2019.
Type of Request: Extension, without
change, of a currently approved
information collection.
Abstract: The proposed information
collection activity provides a means to
garner qualitative customer and
stakeholder feedback in an efficient and
timely manner. By ‘‘qualitative
feedback,’’ we mean information that
provides useful insights on perceptions
and opinions, but are not statistical
surveys yielding quantitative results
that can be generalized to the
population. This feedback will continue
to, (1) provide insights into customer or
stakeholder perceptions, experiences
and expectations, (2) provide an early
warning of issues with service and, (3)
focus attention on areas where
communication, training or changes in
operations might improve delivery of
products or services. This collection
allows for ongoing, collaborative and
actionable communications between the
Agency and its customers and
stakeholders. It also allows feedback to
contribute directly to the improvement
of program management.
The solicitation of feedback targets
areas such as: Timeliness,
appropriateness, accuracy of
information, courtesy, efficiency of
service delivery, and resolution of
issues with service delivery. Responses
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are assessed to plan and inform efforts
to improve or maintain the quality of
service offered to the public. If this
information is not collected, vital
feedback from customers and
stakeholders on the Agency’s services
will be unavailable.
The Agency will continue to only
submit a collection for approval under
this generic clearance if it meets the
following conditions:
• The collections are voluntary;
• The collections are low-burden for
respondents (based on considerations of
total burden hours, total number of
respondents, or burden-hours per
respondent) and are low-cost for both
the respondents and the Federal
Government;
• The collections are noncontroversial and do not raise issues of
concern to other Federal agencies;
• Any collection is targeted to the
solicitation of opinions from
respondents who have experience with
the program or may have experience
with the program in the near future;
• Personally identifiable information
(PII) is collected only to the extent
necessary and is not retained;
• Information gathered will be used
only internally for general service
improvement and program management
purposes and is not intended for release
outside of the agency;
• Information gathered will not be
used for the purpose of substantially
informing influential policy decisions;
and
• Information gathered will yield
qualitative information; the collections
will not be designed or expected to
yield statistically reliable results or used
as though the results are generalizable to
the population of study.
Feedback collected under this generic
clearance provides useful information,
but it does 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 usage
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
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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. As a general matter,
information collections do not result in
any new system of records containing
privacy information and does not ask
questions of a sensitive nature, such as
sexual behavior and attitudes, religious
beliefs, and other matters that are
commonly considered private.
A variety of instruments and
platforms are used to collect
information from respondents. The
annual burden hours requested (30,000)
are based on the number of collections
we expect to conduct over the requested
period for this clearance.
ESTIMATED ANNUAL REPORTING BURDEN
Number of
respondents
Type of collection
Hours per
response
Total hours
Customer Feedback Surveys ..........................................................................
Comment Cards ...............................................................................................
Focus Groups ..................................................................................................
15,000
7,500
7,500
1
1
1
1
1
1
15,000
7,500
7,500
Total ..........................................................................................................
30,000
1
1
30,000
Annual Reporting Burden Estimates
Affected Public: Individuals and
Households, Businesses and
Organizations, State, Local or Tribal
Government.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
30,000.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 1.
Estimated Annual responses: 30,000.
Estimated time per response: 60
minutes.
Burden hours: 30,000.
Dated: March 29, 2019.
Brandon Lipps,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
habitat, and associated species
management.
Comments concerning the scope
of the analysis must be received by May
20, 2019. The Draft EIS is expected in
October 2019, and the Final EIS is
expected May 2020.
DATES:
Please submit comments via
one of the following methods:
1. Public participation portal
(preferred): https://cara.ecosystemmanagement.org/Public//
CommentInput?Project=55479.
2. Mail: Thunder Basin Plan
Amendment Comments, Thunder Basin
National Grassland Supervisor’s Office,
2468 Jackson St., Laramie, WY 82070.
All comments, including names and
addresses when provided, are placed in
the record and are available for public
inspection.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests
and Thunder Basin National
Grassland; WY; Thunder Basin
National Grassland Plan Amendment
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of intent to prepare an
environmental impact statement.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Thunder Basin National
Grassland (Grassland) will prepare an
environmental impact statement (EIS)
for the 2020 Thunder Basin National
Grassland Plan Amendment. The
Grassland proposes to amend prairie
dog management direction in the Land
and Resource Management Plan,
including changes to management area
boundaries and changes to grasslandwide, geographic area, and management
area plan components that pertain to
prairie dogs, short-stature prairie
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Monique Nelson at 307–275–0956 or
email monique.nelson@usda.gov.
Individuals who use telecommunication
devices for the deaf (TDD) may call the
Federal Information Relay Service
(FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 between 8
a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern Time, Monday
through Friday.
The Forest
Service proposes to amend the Thunder
Basin National Grassland Land and
Resource Management Plan. Substantive
requirements of the 2012 Planning Rule
(36 CFR 219) that are likely to be
directly related and therefore applicable
to the amendment are 219.8(a) and (b),
ecological and social and economic
sustainability; 219.9, diversity of plant
and animal communities; and 219.10(a),
integrated resource management for
ecosystem services and multiple use.
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Purpose and Need for Action
The purpose of this project is to
amend the Thunder Basin National
Grassland Land and Resource
Management Plan to better balance
prairie dog colony conservation and
control with other Grassland uses.
Specifically, an amendment is needed
to:
• Refocus management in
Management Area 3.63, ‘‘Black-footed
ferret reintroduction Habitat,’’ to
emphasize rangelands with short-stature
vegetation that provide for multiple
uses, including providing habitat for
prairie dogs and associated species and
providing livestock forage.
• Delineate more logical boundaries
for Management Area 3.63, for example
by strategically using natural
topographic and hydrologic barriers and
incorporating boundary management
zones.
• Increase the availability of
management options for prairie dog
colony conservation and control,
including allowing lethal prairie dog
control within Management Area 3.63.
• More effectively manage prairie dog
colony encroachment from the National
Grassland onto private and state land.
Encroachment concerns include public
health, agricultural production, and
land values.
• Align with the Wyoming Game and
Fish Department ‘‘Wyoming Blackfooted Ferret Management Plan’’ (2018).
• Ensure management direction
identifies habitat requirements needed
to support viable populations of prairie
dogs and associated species, such as
mountain plover, burrowing owl, and
swift fox, and that management would
not preclude future reintroduction of
black-footed ferret.
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statements of organization and functions are examples of documents
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request--Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative
Feedback on Agency Service Delivery
AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice invites the general public and other public agencies to comment
on this proposed information collection. This collection is an
extension, without change, of a currently approved collection to
collect qualitative customer and stakeholder feedback in an efficient
and timely manner. The Food and Nutrition Service created this generic
information collection in 2016 as part of a Federal Government-wide
effort to streamline the process for seeking feedback from the public
on service delivery.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before June 17, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the proposed collection
of information is necessary for the proper performance of the Agency's
functions, including whether the information will have practical
utility; (2) the accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the proposed
information collection burden, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (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 those who are
to respond, including use of appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms
of information technology.
Comments may be sent to Kelly Stewart, Planning & Regulatory
Affairs Office, Office of Policy Support, 3101 Park Center Drive,
Alexandria, VA 22302. Comments will also be accepted through the
Federal eRulemaking Portal. Go to https://www.regulations.gov, and
follow the online instructions for submitting comments electronically.
All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the
request for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval. All
comments will also become a matter of public record.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of this information collection should be directed to Kelly
Stewart, Planning & Regulatory Affairs Office, Office of Policy
Support, 3101 Park Center Drive, Alexandria, VA 22302; 703-305-2425.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback
on Agency Service Delivery (Fast Track).
OMB Number: 0584-0611.
Expiration Date: September 30, 2019.
Type of Request: Extension, without change, of a currently approved
information collection.
Abstract: The proposed information collection activity provides a
means to garner qualitative customer and stakeholder feedback in an
efficient and timely manner. By ``qualitative feedback,'' we mean
information that provides useful insights on perceptions and opinions,
but are not statistical surveys yielding quantitative results that can
be generalized to the population. This feedback will continue to, (1)
provide insights into customer or stakeholder perceptions, experiences
and expectations, (2) provide an early warning of issues with service
and, (3) focus attention on areas where communication, training or
changes in operations might improve delivery of products or services.
This collection allows for ongoing, collaborative and actionable
communications between the Agency and its customers and stakeholders.
It also allows feedback to contribute directly to the improvement of
program management.
The solicitation of feedback targets areas such as: Timeliness,
appropriateness, accuracy of information, courtesy, efficiency of
service delivery, and resolution of issues with service delivery.
Responses are assessed to plan and inform efforts to improve or
maintain the quality of service offered to the public. If this
information is not collected, vital feedback from customers and
stakeholders on the Agency's services will be unavailable.
The Agency will continue to only submit a collection for approval
under this generic clearance if it meets the following conditions:
The collections are voluntary;
The collections are low-burden for respondents (based on
considerations of total burden hours, total number of respondents, or
burden-hours per respondent) and are low-cost for both the respondents
and the Federal Government;
The collections are non-controversial and do not raise
issues of concern to other Federal agencies;
Any collection is targeted to the solicitation of opinions
from respondents who have experience with the program or may have
experience with the program in the near future;
Personally identifiable information (PII) is collected
only to the extent necessary and is not retained;
Information gathered will be used only internally for
general service improvement and program management purposes and is not
intended for release outside of the agency;
Information gathered will not be used for the purpose of
substantially informing influential policy decisions; and
Information gathered will yield qualitative information;
the collections will not be designed or expected to yield statistically
reliable results or used as though the results are generalizable to the
population of study.
Feedback collected under this generic clearance provides useful
information, but it does 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 usage 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
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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. As a general matter,
information collections do not result in any new system of records
containing privacy information and does not ask questions of a
sensitive nature, such as sexual behavior and attitudes, religious
beliefs, and other matters that are commonly considered private.
A variety of instruments and platforms are used to collect
information from respondents. The annual burden hours requested
(30,000) are based on the number of collections we expect to conduct
over the requested period for this clearance.
Estimated Annual Reporting Burden
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Annual
Type of collection Number of frequency per Hours per Total hours
respondents response response
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Customer Feedback Surveys....................... 15,000 1 1 15,000
Comment Cards................................... 7,500 1 1 7,500
Focus Groups.................................... 7,500 1 1 7,500
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Total....................................... 30,000 1 1 30,000
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Annual Reporting Burden Estimates
Affected Public: Individuals and Households, Businesses and
Organizations, State, Local or Tribal Government.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 30,000.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
Estimated Annual responses: 30,000.
Estimated time per response: 60 minutes.
Burden hours: 30,000.
Dated: March 29, 2019.
Brandon Lipps,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
[FR Doc. 2019-07811 Filed 4-17-19; 8:45 am]
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