Request for Information on the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018 Learning Agenda, 20585-20586 [2021-08115]
Download as PDF
Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 74 / Tuesday, April 20, 2021 / Notices
provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be
available for website viewing and
printing in the Commission’s Public
Reference Room, 100 F Street NE,
Washington, DC 20549, on official
business days between the hours of
10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of the
filing also will be available for
inspection and copying at the principal
office of the Exchange. All comments
received will be posted without change.
Persons submitting comments are
cautioned that we do not redact or edit
personal identifying information from
comment submissions. You should
submit only information that you wish
to make available publicly. All
submissions should refer to File
Number SR–NYSEAMER–2021–19 and
should be submitted on or before May
11, 2021.
For the Commission, by the Division of
Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated
authority.22
J. Matthew DeLesDernier,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021–08037 Filed 4–19–21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 8011–01–P
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
[Docket No. SSA–2021–0008]
Request for Information on the
Foundations for Evidence-Based
Policymaking Act of 2018 Learning
Agenda
Social Security Administration.
Request for information.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Foundations for
Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of
2018 (Evidence Act) and implementing
Executive Branch guidance requires
Federal agencies to develop an
evidence-building plan, referred to as a
Learning Agenda, to identify and
address questions relevant to agency
programs, policies, and regulations.
Through this Request for Information
(RFI), we seek public input to help us
identify priority questions to guide our
evidence-building activities.
DATES: To ensure that your comments
are considered, we must receive them
no later than May 20, 2021.
You may submit comments by any
one of three methods—internet, fax, or
mail. Do not submit the same comments
multiple times or by more than one
method. Regardless of which method
you choose, please state that your
comments refer to Docket No. SSA–
2021–0008 so that we may associate
your comments with the correct docket.
SUMMARY:
22 17
CFR 200.30–3(a)(12).
VerDate Sep<11>2014
17:10 Apr 19, 2021
Jkt 253001
Caution: You should be careful to
include in your comments only
information that you wish to make
publicly available. We strongly urge you
not to include in your comments any
personal information, such as Social
Security numbers or medical
information.
1. Internet: We strongly recommend
that you submit your comments via the
internet. Please visit the Federal
eRulemaking portal at https://
www.regulations.gov. Use the Search
function to find docket number SSA–
2021–0008. The system will issue a
tracking number to confirm your
submission. You will not be able to
view your comment immediately
because we must post each comment
manually. It may take up to a week for
your comment to be viewable.
2. Fax: Fax comments to (410) 966–
2830.
3. Mail: Mail your comments to the
Office of Regulations, Social Security
Administration, 3100 West High Rise
Building, 6401 Security Boulevard,
Baltimore, Maryland 21235–6401.
Comments are available for public
viewing on the Federal eRulemaking
portal at https://www.regulations.gov or
in person, during regular business
hours, by arranging with the contact
person identified below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robert Weathers, Office of Retirement
and Disability Policy, Social Security
Administration (SSA), 6401 Security
Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21235–
6401, (410) 615–6965. For information
on eligibility or filing for benefits, call
our national toll-free number, 1–800–
325–0778, or visit our internet site,
Social Security Online, at https://
www.socialsecurity.gov.
The
Evidence Act 1 requires Federal agencies
to develop ‘‘a systematic plan for
identifying and addressing policy
questions relevant to the programs,
policies, and regulations of the
agency.’’ 2 This plan, referred to as a
Learning Agenda, offers the opportunity
for us to use data in order to address the
key questions we want to answer to
improve our operational and
programmatic outcomes and to establish
strategies to develop evidence to answer
important short-and long-term strategic
and operational questions.3 We seek
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1 Public
Law 115–435, 132 Stat. 5529.
U.S.C. 312(a).
3 See Memorandum for Heads of Executive
Departments and Agencies, from Russell T. Vought,
Phase 1 Implementation of the Foundations for
Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018: Learning
Agendas, Personnel, and Planning Guidance (July
10, 2019)
25
PO 00000
Frm 00110
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
20585
public comments to inform the
development of our Learning Agenda.
Background
In fiscal year (FY) 2021, our programs
will provide a combined total of about
$1.2 trillion in benefit payments to an
average of over 70 million beneficiaries.
The major programs we administer—the
Old-Age Survivors and Disability
Insurance program and the
Supplemental Security Income
program—provide an important source
of economic security for millions of
Americans. Our fundamental mission is
to deliver quality Social Security
services to the public.
We conduct evidence-building
activities that include pilot projects,
demonstration projects, quantitative
studies, qualitative studies, and mixed
methods studies that inform important
priorities, such as delivering services
effectively, improving the way we
conduct business, updating policies and
regulations, and ensuring effective
stewardship. For example, we have
conducted evidence-building activities
to inform our efforts to modernize the
Social Security Statement. This aligns
with our FYs 2018–2022 Agency
Strategic Plan, which includes
modernizing the Social Security
Statement to increase the public’s
understanding of our programs as a
strategy.
We have also conducted extramural
research, demonstration projects, and
outreach under Sections 234, 1110, and
1144 of the Social Security Act (Act).4
Sections 234 and 1110 of the Act
provide us with authority to conduct
extramural research and demonstration
projects, while section 1144 of the Act
addresses outreach activities to inform
and assist Medicare beneficiaries with
low income who may be eligible for
Medicare cost sharing or subsidized
prescription drug coverage. We
currently fund a range of projects
designed to:
• Help us keep pace with
advancements in medicine and
technology;
• Modernize our vocational rules;
• Test models that promote labor
force participation;
• Analyze program trends, gaps, and
inconsistencies; and
• Measure the public’s understanding
of our programs, as well as the impact
of program changes.
For more information on such
projects, please see the ‘‘Research,
Demonstration Projects, and Outreach’’
section of the Supplemental Security
4 42 U.S.C. 434, 1310, 1315, and 1320b–14,
respectively.
E:\FR\FM\20APN1.SGM
20APN1
20586
Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 74 / Tuesday, April 20, 2021 / Notices
Income Program technical supporting
materials to our FY 2021 Budget
submission that is located on our
website: https://www.ssa.gov/budget/
FY21Files/2021SSI.pdf.
Notice of application
procedures.
ACTION:
Request for Information
Through this RFI, we are asking
interested persons, including
stakeholders across public and private
sectors who may be familiar with or
interested in the work of our agency, for
input on evidence-building activities
that inform important priorities for our
agency, including those that are related
to the President’s broader priorities that
are available at https://www.whitehouse.
gov/priorities/. We also seek input on
future projects that will advance our
mission.
We invite suggestions in various
forms—as key questions to be answered,
hypotheses to be tested, or problems to
be investigated—that are focused on any
area of our mission, including service
delivery, operations, programs, policies,
regulations, communication, and
stewardship. The responses to this RFI
that interested persons submit to us will
inform our ongoing development of a set
of priorities that will guide evidencebuilding activities. We will analyze
information collected from this RFI to
inform the development of our Learning
Agenda. This RFI is for information and
planning purposes only and should not
be construed as a solicitation or as an
obligation on our part. We will not
respond to the comments we received in
response to this RFI, but will use the
input to develop our Learning Agenda.
The Commissioner of Social Security,
Andrew Saul, having reviewed and
approved this document, is delegating
the authority to electronically sign this
document to Faye I. Lipsky, who is the
primary Federal Register Liaison for
SSA, for purposes of publication in the
Federal Register.
Faye I. Lipsky,
Federal Register Liaison, Office of Legislation
and Congressional Affairs, Social Security
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2021–08115 Filed 4–19–21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4191–02–P
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[Docket No. 28895]
Airport Investment Partnership
Program: Application Procedures
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT.
AGENCY:
VerDate Sep<11>2014
17:10 Apr 19, 2021
Jkt 253001
This document provides
procedures for applying for FAA
approval of the privatization or partial
privatization of a federally obligated
public airport. This document revises
the procedures for applying for approval
of the privatization of a federally
obligated public airport, to reflect the
provisions of the AIPP. It also revises
the statement of issues the FAA will
consider in granting exemptions and
approving the transfer of a public use
airport under the new program.
DATES: This policy takes effect April 20,
2021. No changes are required to an
application submitted and accepted for
review prior to publication if there is no
change to the applicant’s proposed
transaction. The FAA will evaluate all
applications in the order of receipt.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kevin C. Willis, Director, Office of
Airport Compliance and Management
Analysis, (ACO–1), Federal Aviation
Administration, 800 Independence Ave.
SW, Washington, DC 20591, (202) 267–
3085.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Introduction and Background
Section 149 of the Federal Aviation
Authorization Act of 1996 established
an airport privatization pilot program
(APPP), and authorized the Department
of Transportation to grant exemptions
from certain Federal statutory and
regulatory requirements for up to five
airport privatization projects. A request
for participation in the APPP was
initiated by the filing of either a
preliminary or a final application for
exemption with the FAA. The FAA
issued final guidance for applying for
participation in the program in
September 1997.
Section 160 of the FAA
Reauthorization Act of 2018 established
the Airport Investment Partnership
Program (AIPP), which eliminates the
limit on the number of airport
privatizations that the FAA may
approve, allows privatization of
multiple airports by one airport sponsor,
and allows public participation in
ownership of a private operator.
Requirements for FAA approval of an
airport privatization are substantially
the same as under the pilot program.
This notice of application procedures
to be used by applicants for an airport
privatization project is being published
pursuant to section 149 of the Federal
Aviation Administration Authorization
Act of 1996, Public Law 104–264
(October 9, 1996) (1996 Reauthorization
PO 00000
Frm 00111
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
Act), which added a new section 47134
to Title 49 of the U.S. Code, and
subsequent amendments of section
47134, including most recently Section
160 of the FAA Reauthorization Act of
2018, Public Law 115–254 (October 5,
2018).
Section 47134, as amended,
authorizes the Secretary of
Transportation, and through delegation,
the FAA Administrator, to exempt a
sponsor of a public use airport that has
received Federal assistance, from certain
Federal requirements in connection
with the privatization of the airport by
sale or lease to a private party.
Specifically, the Administrator may
exempt the sponsor from all or part of
the requirements to use airport revenues
for airport-related purposes, to pay back
a portion of Federal grants upon the sale
of an airport, and to return airport
property deeded by the Federal
Government upon transfer of the airport.
The Administrator is also authorized to
exempt the private purchaser or lessee
from the requirement to use all airport
revenues for airport related purposes, to
the extent necessary to permit the
purchaser or lessee to earn reasonable
compensation from the operations of the
airport.
The term ‘‘public sponsor’’ is used in
this document to mean the
governmental agency or authority that
currently owns or operates a public
airport and proposes to sell or lease it
to a private purchaser or lessee. The
term ‘‘private operator’’ is used to refer
to a private firm or firms that propose
to purchase or lease a public airport
under the program; the term ‘‘applicant’’
means all of the parties jointly
participating in the application for
privatization of a particular airport. The
terms ‘‘operating entity’’ and ‘‘private
investor’’ are used for a partial
privatization transaction, in which the
public sponsor holds an interest in the
operating entity, jointly, with a private
sector investor.
This document does not have the
force and effect of law and is not legally
binding in its own right. It is intended
to provide clarity to the public regarding
existing requirements under the law and
agency policies. Mandatory terms such
as ‘‘must’’ in this notice describe
established statutory or regulatory
requirements.
The September 1997 Notice of Final
Application Procedures
To implement section 47134, the FAA
requested comments in April 1997 on
proposed program application
procedures (62 FR 19638; April 22,
1997). The FAA issued a Notice of Final
Application Procedures in September
E:\FR\FM\20APN1.SGM
20APN1
Agencies
[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 74 (Tuesday, April 20, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20585-20586]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-08115]
=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
[Docket No. SSA-2021-0008]
Request for Information on the Foundations for Evidence-Based
Policymaking Act of 2018 Learning Agenda
AGENCY: Social Security Administration.
ACTION: Request for information.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: The Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018
(Evidence Act) and implementing Executive Branch guidance requires
Federal agencies to develop an evidence-building plan, referred to as a
Learning Agenda, to identify and address questions relevant to agency
programs, policies, and regulations. Through this Request for
Information (RFI), we seek public input to help us identify priority
questions to guide our evidence-building activities.
DATES: To ensure that your comments are considered, we must receive
them no later than May 20, 2021.
You may submit comments by any one of three methods--internet, fax,
or mail. Do not submit the same comments multiple times or by more than
one method. Regardless of which method you choose, please state that
your comments refer to Docket No. SSA-2021-0008 so that we may
associate your comments with the correct docket.
Caution: You should be careful to include in your comments only
information that you wish to make publicly available. We strongly urge
you not to include in your comments any personal information, such as
Social Security numbers or medical information.
1. Internet: We strongly recommend that you submit your comments
via the internet. Please visit the Federal eRulemaking portal at https://www.regulations.gov. Use the Search function to find docket number
SSA-2021-0008. The system will issue a tracking number to confirm your
submission. You will not be able to view your comment immediately
because we must post each comment manually. It may take up to a week
for your comment to be viewable.
2. Fax: Fax comments to (410) 966-2830.
3. Mail: Mail your comments to the Office of Regulations, Social
Security Administration, 3100 West High Rise Building, 6401 Security
Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21235-6401.
Comments are available for public viewing on the Federal
eRulemaking portal at https://www.regulations.gov or in person, during
regular business hours, by arranging with the contact person identified
below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Weathers, Office of Retirement
and Disability Policy, Social Security Administration (SSA), 6401
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21235-6401, (410) 615-6965. For
information on eligibility or filing for benefits, call our national
toll-free number, 1-800-325-0778, or visit our internet site, Social
Security Online, at https://www.socialsecurity.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Evidence Act \1\ requires Federal
agencies to develop ``a systematic plan for identifying and addressing
policy questions relevant to the programs, policies, and regulations of
the agency.'' \2\ This plan, referred to as a Learning Agenda, offers
the opportunity for us to use data in order to address the key
questions we want to answer to improve our operational and programmatic
outcomes and to establish strategies to develop evidence to answer
important short-and long-term strategic and operational questions.\3\
We seek public comments to inform the development of our Learning
Agenda.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ Public Law 115-435, 132 Stat. 5529.
\2\ 5 U.S.C. 312(a).
\3\ See Memorandum for Heads of Executive Departments and
Agencies, from Russell T. Vought, Phase 1 Implementation of the
Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018: Learning
Agendas, Personnel, and Planning Guidance (July 10, 2019)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Background
In fiscal year (FY) 2021, our programs will provide a combined
total of about $1.2 trillion in benefit payments to an average of over
70 million beneficiaries. The major programs we administer--the Old-Age
Survivors and Disability Insurance program and the Supplemental
Security Income program--provide an important source of economic
security for millions of Americans. Our fundamental mission is to
deliver quality Social Security services to the public.
We conduct evidence-building activities that include pilot
projects, demonstration projects, quantitative studies, qualitative
studies, and mixed methods studies that inform important priorities,
such as delivering services effectively, improving the way we conduct
business, updating policies and regulations, and ensuring effective
stewardship. For example, we have conducted evidence-building
activities to inform our efforts to modernize the Social Security
Statement. This aligns with our FYs 2018-2022 Agency Strategic Plan,
which includes modernizing the Social Security Statement to increase
the public's understanding of our programs as a strategy.
We have also conducted extramural research, demonstration projects,
and outreach under Sections 234, 1110, and 1144 of the Social Security
Act (Act).\4\ Sections 234 and 1110 of the Act provide us with
authority to conduct extramural research and demonstration projects,
while section 1144 of the Act addresses outreach activities to inform
and assist Medicare beneficiaries with low income who may be eligible
for Medicare cost sharing or subsidized prescription drug coverage. We
currently fund a range of projects designed to:
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
\4\ 42 U.S.C. 434, 1310, 1315, and 1320b-14, respectively.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Help us keep pace with advancements in medicine and
technology;
Modernize our vocational rules;
Test models that promote labor force participation;
Analyze program trends, gaps, and inconsistencies; and
Measure the public's understanding of our programs, as
well as the impact of program changes.
For more information on such projects, please see the ``Research,
Demonstration Projects, and Outreach'' section of the Supplemental
Security
[[Page 20586]]
Income Program technical supporting materials to our FY 2021 Budget
submission that is located on our website: https://www.ssa.gov/budget/FY21Files/2021SSI.pdf.
Request for Information
Through this RFI, we are asking interested persons, including
stakeholders across public and private sectors who may be familiar with
or interested in the work of our agency, for input on evidence-building
activities that inform important priorities for our agency, including
those that are related to the President's broader priorities that are
available at https://www.whitehouse.gov/priorities/. We also seek input
on future projects that will advance our mission.
We invite suggestions in various forms--as key questions to be
answered, hypotheses to be tested, or problems to be investigated--that
are focused on any area of our mission, including service delivery,
operations, programs, policies, regulations, communication, and
stewardship. The responses to this RFI that interested persons submit
to us will inform our ongoing development of a set of priorities that
will guide evidence-building activities. We will analyze information
collected from this RFI to inform the development of our Learning
Agenda. This RFI is for information and planning purposes only and
should not be construed as a solicitation or as an obligation on our
part. We will not respond to the comments we received in response to
this RFI, but will use the input to develop our Learning Agenda.
The Commissioner of Social Security, Andrew Saul, having reviewed
and approved this document, is delegating the authority to
electronically sign this document to Faye I. Lipsky, who is the primary
Federal Register Liaison for SSA, for purposes of publication in the
Federal Register.
Faye I. Lipsky,
Federal Register Liaison, Office of Legislation and Congressional
Affairs, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2021-08115 Filed 4-19-21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4191-02-P