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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
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The Department of Agriculture has
submitted the following information
collection requirement(s) to OMB for
review and clearance under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13. Comments are
requested regarding: Whether the
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of burden including
the validity of the methodology and
assumptions used; ways to enhance the
quality, utility and clarity of the
information to be collected; and ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on those who are to
respond, including through the use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Comments regarding this information
collection received by March 1, 2021
will be considered. Written comments
and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be
submitted within 30 days of the
publication of this notice on the
following website www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain. Find this
particular information collection by
selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day
Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or
by using the search function.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor a collection of information
unless the collection of information
displays a currently valid OMB control
number and the agency informs
potential persons who are to respond to
the collection of information that such
persons are not required to respond to
the collection of information unless it
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Business-Cooperative Service
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
Title: Annual Survey of Farmer
Cooperatives.
OMB Control Number: 0570–0007.
Summary of Collection: The Rural
Business Cooperative Service (RBS) was
mandated the responsibility to acquire
and disseminate information pertaining
to agricultural cooperatives under the
Cooperative Marketing Act of 1926: 7
U.S.C. 451–457 and Public Law 450.
The primary objective of RBS is to
promote understanding, use and
development of the cooperative form of
business as a viable option for
enhancing the income of agricultural
producers and other rural residents. The
annual survey collects basic statistics on
cooperative business volume, net
income, members, financial status,
employees, and other selected
information to support RBS’ objective
and role. RBS will use a variety of forms
to collect information.
Need and Use of the Information: RBS
uses the annual survey of farmer
cooperatives to collect basic statistics on
cooperative business volume, net
income, members, financial status,
employees, and other selected
information to support RBCS’ objective
and role. Cooperative statistics are
published in an annual report and other
formats for use by the U.S. Department
of Agriculture, cooperative management
and members, educators and
researchers, other Federal agencies,
cooperative trade associations, general
agribusiness, cooperative development
practitioners, students, teachers,
consultants, and many others. By not
collecting this information, the RBS
would have difficulties in carrying out
its policy on farmer cooperatives.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 1,037.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 792.
Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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The Department of Agriculture has
submitted the following information
collection requirement(s) to OMB for
review and clearance under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13. Comments are
requested regarding; whether the
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of burden including
the validity of the methodology and
assumptions used; ways to enhance the
quality, utility and clarity of the
information to be collected; and ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on those who are to
respond, including through the use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Comments regarding this information
collection received by March 1, 2021
will be considered. Written comments
and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be
submitted within 30 days of the
publication of this notice on the
following website www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain. Find this
particular information collection by
selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day
Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or
by using the search function.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor a collection of information
unless the collection of information
displays a currently valid OMB control
number and the agency informs
potential persons who are to respond to
the collection of information that such
persons are not required to respond to
the collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
Food and Nutrition Service
Title: Recordkeeping for Employment
and Training Program Activity Report
and Requests for Additional 100 Percent
Funding.
OMB Control Number: 0584–0339.
Summary of Collection: The Balanced
Budget Act of 1997 (Pub. L. 105–33),
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modified the Employment and Training
(E&T) Program so that States’ efforts are
now focused on a particular segment of
the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program (SNAP) population—ablebodied adults without dependents
(ABAWDs).
Requests for Additional E&T Funds: 7
CFR 273.7(d)(1)(i)(D) provides that if a
State agency will not expend all of the
funds allocated to it for a fiscal year,
FNS will reallocate unexpended funds
to other State agencies during the fiscal
year or the subsequent fiscal year as
FNS considers appropriate and
equitable. After FNS makes initial E&T
allocations, under 7 CFR 273.7(d)(1)(i),
State agencies may request additional
E&T funds if needed. FNS will
reallocate available funds (e.g., funds
that are unallocated or funds that are
allocated but will not be spent) in a fair
and equitable manner.
Retention and Custody of Records.
Under 7 CFR 277.12 (1) and (2), all
financial records, supporting
documents, statistical records,
negotiated contracts, and all other
records pertinent to program funds shall
be maintained for three years from the
date of submission of the annual
financial status report or if any
litigation, claim, or audit is started
before the expiration of the three-year
period, the applicable records shall be
retained until these have been resolved.
Need and Use of the Information: FNS
will review requests about their E&T
programs so that the Department can
monitor State performance to ensure
that the program is being efficiently and
economically operated. Without the
information, FNS would be unable to
make adjustments or allocate
exemptions in accordance with the
statute.
Description of Respondents: State,
Local, or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 53.
Frequency of Responses:
Recordkeeping; Reporting: Occasionally;
Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 50.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Census Bureau
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Quarterly Services Survey
The Department of Commerce will
submit the following information
collection request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, on or after the date of publication
of this notice. We invite the general
public and other Federal agencies to
comment on proposed, and continuing
information collections, which helps us
assess the impact of our information
collection requirements and minimize
the public’s reporting burden. Public
comments were previously requested
via the Federal Register on August 20,
2020 during a 60-day comment period.
This notice allows for an additional 30
days for public comments.
Agency: U.S. Census Bureau.
Title: Quarterly Services Survey.
OMB Control Number: 0607–0907.
Form Number(s): QSS–1A, QSS–1E,
QSS–1PA, QSS–1PE, QSS–2A, QSS–2E,
QSS–3A, QSS–3E, QSS–3SA, QSS–3SE,
QSS–5A, QSS–5E, QSS–4A, QSS–4E,
QSS–4FA, QSS–4FE, QSS–4SA, QSS–
4SE.
Type of Request: Regular submission,
Request for an Extension, without
Change, of a Currently Approved
Collection.
Number of Respondents: 22,500.
Average Hours per Response: 10
minutes: QSS–1A, QSS–1E, QSS–1PA,
QSS–1PE, QSS–2A, QSS–2E, QSS–3A,
QSS–3E, QSS–3SA, QSS–3SE, QSS–5A,
QSS–5E. 15 minutes: QSS–4A, QSS–4E,
QSS–4FA, QSS–4FE, QSS–4SA, QSS–
4SE.
Burden Hours: 19,300.
Needs and Uses: The U.S. Census
Bureau requests an extension, without
change of the Quarterly Services Survey
(QSS). In the 1980s, it was determined
that the service economy, despite its
growing importance and share of Gross
Domestic Product (GDP), was not
adequately covered by the existing
federal statistical programs. At the time,
the only services data available came
from the Service Annual Survey (SAS)
and the quinquennial Economic Census,
therefore the decision was made to
create a new principal economic
indicator designed to expand upon the
Census Bureau’s existing annual survey.
The QSS was first released in 2004,
making it the first new U.S. federal
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government economic indicator in 30
years. The QSS is now a major source
for the development of quarterly GDP
and an indicator of short-term economic
change.
The initial scope of the QSS was
driven primarily by the Bureau of
Economic Analysis (BEA) priorities and
what the budget initiative would allow.
The goal was to begin covering the most
dynamic sectors of the service economy
for which BEA had little to no alternate
source data. In the wake of the dot-com
bubble in the early 2000s, it was clear
that information services and high-tech
industries needed to be a priority as
BEA experienced major revisions to
their GDP estimates as annual data came
in later. So, at the time it was launched,
QSS produced estimates for just three
North American Industry Classification
System (NAICS) sectors (51, 54, and 56).
Shortly after the Financial Crisis in
2007–2008, QSS received approval to
expand the scope of the survey to match
that of the Economic Census of Services.
A major part of this expansion would
provide for tracking of the Financial
sector which, of course, was now in the
spotlight. Between 2009 and 2010, QSS
underwent a multi-phased expansion,
increasing the total coverage from three
to eleven NAICS sectors.
QSS expanded yet again in 2012 to
cover the Accommodation subsector
which was the only remaining service
industry with no sub-annual coverage.
We currently publish estimates based
on the 2012 NAICS. The QSS covers all
or parts of the following NAICS sectors:
Utilities (excluding government owned);
Transportation and warehousing (except
rail transportation and postal) services;
Information; Finance and insurance
(except funds, trusts, and other financial
vehicles); Real estate and rental and
leasing; Professional, scientific, and
technical services; Administrative and
support and waste management and
remediation services; Educational
services (except elementary and
secondary schools, junior colleges, and
colleges, universities, and professional
schools); Health care and social
assistance; Arts, entertainment, and
recreation; Accommodation; and Other
services (except public administration).
See Section 19 (NAICS Codes Affected)
for a list of all of the QSS industries.
The QSS provides the most current
official measures of total revenue and
percentage of revenue by class of
customer (for selected industries) on a
quarterly basis. In addition, the QSS
provides the most current official
quarterly measure of total expenses from
tax-exempt firms in industries that have
a large not-for-profit component. All
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
January 26, 2021.
The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following
information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. Comments
are requested regarding; whether the collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility; the
accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used; ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are
to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments regarding this information collection received by March 1,
2021 will be considered. Written comments and recommendations for the
proposed information collection should be submitted within 30 days of
the publication of this notice on the following website
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information
unless the collection of information displays a currently valid OMB
control number and the agency informs potential persons who are to
respond to the collection of information that such persons are not
required to respond to the collection of information unless it displays
a currently valid OMB control number.
Food and Nutrition Service
Title: Recordkeeping for Employment and Training Program Activity
Report and Requests for Additional 100 Percent Funding.
OMB Control Number: 0584-0339.
Summary of Collection: The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (Pub. L.
105-33),
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modified the Employment and Training (E&T) Program so that States'
efforts are now focused on a particular segment of the Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) population--able-bodied adults
without dependents (ABAWDs).
Requests for Additional E&T Funds: 7 CFR 273.7(d)(1)(i)(D) provides
that if a State agency will not expend all of the funds allocated to it
for a fiscal year, FNS will reallocate unexpended funds to other State
agencies during the fiscal year or the subsequent fiscal year as FNS
considers appropriate and equitable. After FNS makes initial E&T
allocations, under 7 CFR 273.7(d)(1)(i), State agencies may request
additional E&T funds if needed. FNS will reallocate available funds
(e.g., funds that are unallocated or funds that are allocated but will
not be spent) in a fair and equitable manner.
Retention and Custody of Records. Under 7 CFR 277.12 (1) and (2),
all financial records, supporting documents, statistical records,
negotiated contracts, and all other records pertinent to program funds
shall be maintained for three years from the date of submission of the
annual financial status report or if any litigation, claim, or audit is
started before the expiration of the three-year period, the applicable
records shall be retained until these have been resolved.
Need and Use of the Information: FNS will review requests about
their E&T programs so that the Department can monitor State performance
to ensure that the program is being efficiently and economically
operated. Without the information, FNS would be unable to make
adjustments or allocate exemptions in accordance with the statute.
Description of Respondents: State, Local, or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 53.
Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: Occasionally;
Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 50.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
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