Center for Development Innovation; Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Open Innovation Competitions-Prizes, Challenges, Hackathons, 5927 [2020-01961]

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USAID/CDI will consider all comments received in response to this notice before requesting approval of this generic collection of information from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The information collected includes: Organizational contact information, organization size disaggregated by gender, point of contact, the name of the project, stage and amount of funding requested, partner organizations and management teams, sectors the innovation addresses, country(ies) project is situated, presence/absence of permanent offices in that country, project duration, other sources of funding past and present including USAID, method and source of referral to the challenge/prize/hack-athon, and detailed information about the innovation including expected impact. DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding the proposed information collection within 60 calendar days from the date of this publication. 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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules 
or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings 
and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings, 
delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency 
statements of organization and functions are examples of documents 
appearing in this section.

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Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 22 / Monday, February 3, 2020 / 
Notices

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 AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT


Center for Development Innovation; Agency Information Collection 
Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Open Innovation 
Competitions--Prizes, Challenges, Hackathons

AGENCY: Center for Development Innovation, USAID.

ACTION: Notice of information collection.

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SUMMARY: As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, USAID/CDI 
requests comments on a proposed generic collection of information for 
USAID-sponsored open innovation competitions prizes, challenges, and 
hackathons. USAID/CDI will consider all comments received in response 
to this notice before requesting approval of this generic collection of 
information from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The 
information collected includes: Organizational contact information, 
organization size disaggregated by gender, point of contact, the name 
of the project, stage and amount of funding requested, partner 
organizations and management teams, sectors the innovation addresses, 
country(ies) project is situated, presence/absence of permanent offices 
in that country, project duration, other sources of funding past and 
present including USAID, method and source of referral to the 
challenge/prize/hack-a-thon, and detailed information about the 
innovation including expected impact.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding the 
proposed information collection within 60 calendar days from the date 
of this publication.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
the information collection to Michael Jackson, USAID, Center for 
Development Innovation (CDI) at [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Jackson, USAID, Center for 
Development Innovations 202-216-3467 or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: USAID/CDI seeks approval of the following 
generic collection of information request:
    Title: Open innovation competitions--Prizes, Challenges and 
hackathons.
    OMB Number: not assigned.
    Type of Review: Renewal of generic collection.
    Method of Collection: electronic.
    Frequency of Response: periodically.
    Affected Public: Open Innovation Competition contestants.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: approximately 800 participants 
annually based on current year estimates.
    Estimated Time per Response: response time varies depending on the 
nature of the open innovation competition from an average estimated 
response time of 10 hours/participant which is significantly less than 
offerers would be expected to spend on a traditional proposal. Some 100 
participants may require as much as 2 additional hours each to provide 
additional information upon selection.
    Total Estimated Annual Burden: 8,200 hours (800 participants x 10 
hours/participant) + (100 participants x 2 hours/participant).
    General Description of Collection: USAID/CDI establishes open 
innovation competitions--prizes, challenges and hackathons to source 
breakthrough innovations from innovators around the world to further 
USAID's ability to address its development and humanitarian response 
priorities.

Request for Comments

    USAID/CDI solicits written comments from all interested persons 
about the proposed collection of information. USAID/CDI specifically 
solicits information relevant to the following topics:
     Whether the collection of information described above is 
necessary for the proper performance of USAID/CDI's functions, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
     Whether the estimated burden of the proposed collection of 
information is accurate;
     Whether the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected could be enhanced; and
     Whether the burden imposed by the collection of 
information could be minimized by the use of automated, electronic or 
other technological collection techniques, or other forms of 
information technology.

Michael Jackson,
General Development Officer, Center for Development Innovation, 
Challenges and Prizes, U.S. Agency for International Development.
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