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Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020–29182 Filed 1–4–21; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Proposed Information Collection
Activity; Pre-Testing of Evaluation
Data Collection Activities (OMB #0970–
0355)
Office of Planning, Research,
and Evaluation, Administration for
Children and Families, HHS.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
AGENCY:
The Administration for
Children and Families (ACF) proposes
to extend the existing overarching
generic clearance for Pre-testing of
Evaluation Data Collection Activities
(Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) #0970–0355) with no changes.
DATES: Comments due within 60 days of
publication. In compliance with the
requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
ACF is soliciting public comment on the
specific aspects of the information
collection described above.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the proposed
collection of information can be
obtained and comments may be
SUMMARY:
forwarded by emailing
OPREinfocollection@acf.hhs.gov.
Alternatively, copies can also be
obtained by writing to the
Administration for Children and
Families, Office of Planning, Research,
and Evaluation, 330 C Street SW,
Washington, DC 20201, Attn: OPRE
Reports Clearance Officer. All requests,
emailed or written, should be identified
by the title of the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: The ACF Office of
Planning, Research, and Evaluation
(OPRE), at the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS)
intends to request approval from OMB
to renew a generic clearance to pre-test
data collection instruments with more
than nine participants to identify and
resolve any question or procedural
problems in survey administration.
OPRE studies ACF programs, and the
populations they serve, through rigorous
research and evaluation projects. These
include evaluations of existing
programs, evaluations of innovative
approaches to helping low-income
children and families, research
syntheses, and descriptive and
exploratory studies. To improve the
development of its research and
evaluation surveys, OPRE uses the pretesting of evaluation surveys generic
clearance to employ a variety of
techniques including cognitive and
usability laboratory and field
techniques, behavior coding,
exploratory interviews, respondent
debriefing questionnaires, split sample
experiments, focus groups, and pilot
studies/pre-tests. These activities allow
OPRE to identify if and when a survey
may be simplified for respondents,
respondent burden may be reduced, and
other possible improvements. Following
standard OMB requirements, OPRE will
submit a change request for each
individual data collection activity under
this generic clearance. Each request will
include the individual instrument(s), a
justification specific to the individual
information collection, and any
supplementary documents. OMB should
review within 10 days of receiving each
change request.
The information collected in this
effort will not be the primary subject of
any published ACF reports; however,
information may be made public
through methodological appendices or
footnotes, reports on instrument
development, instrument user guides,
descriptions of respondent behavior,
and other publications or presentations
describing findings of methodological
interest. When necessary, results will be
labeled as exploratory in nature. The
results of this pre-testing research may
be prepared for presentation at
professional meetings or publication in
professional journals.
Respondents: Participants in ACF
programs being evaluated; participants
in ACF demonstrations; recipients of
ACF grants and individuals served by
ACF grantees; comparison group
members; and other relevant
populations, such as individuals at risk
of needing ACF services.
ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Instrument
Estimated
total
number of
respondents
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden
hours per
response
Annual
burden hours
3,825
1
1
3,825
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Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 3,825.
Comments: The Department
specifically requests comments on (a)
whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information shall have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden of the proposed collection
of information; (c) the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
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technology. Consideration will be given
to comments and suggestions submitted
within 60 days of this publication.
Authority: Social Security Act, Sec.
1110 [42 U.S.C. 1310].
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Pre-Testing of
Evaluation Data Collection Activities (OMB #0970-0355)
AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration
for Children and Families, HHS.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) proposes to
extend the existing overarching generic clearance for Pre-testing of
Evaluation Data Collection Activities (Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) #0970-0355) with no changes.
DATES: Comments due within 60 days of publication. In compliance with
the requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, ACF is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects
of the information collection described above.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the proposed collection of information can be
obtained and comments may be forwarded by emailing
[email protected]. Alternatively, copies can also be
obtained by writing to the Administration for Children and Families,
Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, 330 C Street SW,
Washington, DC 20201, Attn: OPRE Reports Clearance Officer. All
requests, emailed or written, should be identified by the title of the
information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: The ACF Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation
(OPRE), at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
intends to request approval from OMB to renew a generic clearance to
pre-test data collection instruments with more than nine participants
to identify and resolve any question or procedural problems in survey
administration.
OPRE studies ACF programs, and the populations they serve, through
rigorous research and evaluation projects. These include evaluations of
existing programs, evaluations of innovative approaches to helping low-
income children and families, research syntheses, and descriptive and
exploratory studies. To improve the development of its research and
evaluation surveys, OPRE uses the pre-testing of evaluation surveys
generic clearance to employ a variety of techniques including cognitive
and usability laboratory and field techniques, behavior coding,
exploratory interviews, respondent debriefing questionnaires, split
sample experiments, focus groups, and pilot studies/pre-tests. These
activities allow OPRE to identify if and when a survey may be
simplified for respondents, respondent burden may be reduced, and other
possible improvements. Following standard OMB requirements, OPRE will
submit a change request for each individual data collection activity
under this generic clearance. Each request will include the individual
instrument(s), a justification specific to the individual information
collection, and any supplementary documents. OMB should review within
10 days of receiving each change request.
The information collected in this effort will not be the primary
subject of any published ACF reports; however, information may be made
public through methodological appendices or footnotes, reports on
instrument development, instrument user guides, descriptions of
respondent behavior, and other publications or presentations describing
findings of methodological interest. When necessary, results will be
labeled as exploratory in nature. The results of this pre-testing
research may be prepared for presentation at professional meetings or
publication in professional journals.
Respondents: Participants in ACF programs being evaluated;
participants in ACF demonstrations; recipients of ACF grants and
individuals served by ACF grantees; comparison group members; and other
relevant populations, such as individuals at risk of needing ACF
services.
Annual Burden Estimates
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Estimated total Number of Average burden
Instrument number of responses per hours per Annual burden
respondents respondent response hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Survey development field tests, respondent 3,825 1 1 3,825
debriefing questionnaires, cognitive
interviews, split sample experiments, focus
groups.....................................
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 3,825.
Comments: The Department specifically requests comments on (a)
whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the
proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether
the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
information; (c) the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection
of information on respondents, including through the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
Consideration will be given to comments and suggestions submitted
within 60 days of this publication.
Authority: Social Security Act, Sec. 1110 [42 U.S.C. 1310].
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-29183 Filed 1-4-21; 8:45 am]
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