Submission for OMB Review; CDP Supply Chain Climate Change Information Request, 71268-71269 [2021-27048]

Download as PDF 71268 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 238 / Wednesday, December 15, 2021 / Notices Instructions: Please submit comments only and cite Information Collection 3090–XXXX, Improving Customer Experience (OMB Circular A–11, Section 280 Implementation), in all correspondence related to this collection. To confirm receipt of your comment(s), please check regulations.gov, approximately two-tothree business days after submission to verify posting. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information should be directed to Camille Tucker, U.S. General Services Administration, 1800 F Street NW, Washington, DC 20405, via phone at 202–603–2666, or email to camille.tucker@gsa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES A. Purpose Under the PRA, (44 U.S.C. 3501– 3520) Federal Agencies must obtain approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each collection of information they conduct or sponsor. ‘‘Collection of information’’ is defined in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c) and includes Agency requests or requirements that members of the public submit reports, keep records, or provide information to a third party. Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA requires Federal Agencies to provide a 60-day notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including each proposed extension of an existing collection of information, before submitting the collection to OMB for approval. To comply with this requirement, GSA is publishing notice of the proposed collection of information set forth in this document. Whether seeking a loan, Social Security benefits, veterans benefits, or other services provided by the Federal Government, individuals and businesses expect Government customer services to be efficient and intuitive, just like services from leading private-sector organizations. Yet the 2016 American Consumer Satisfaction Index and the 2017 Forrester Federal Customer Experience Index show that, on average, Government services lag nine percentage points behind the private sector. A modern, streamlined and responsive customer experience means: Raising government-wide customer experience to the average of the private sector service industry; developing indicators for high-impact Federal programs to monitor progress towards excellent customer experience and mature digital services; and providing the structure (including increasing VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:04 Dec 14, 2021 Jkt 256001 transparency) and resources to ensure customer experience is a focal point for agency leadership. To support this, OMB Circular A–11 Section 280 established government-wide standards for mature customer experience organizations in government and measurement. To enable Federal programs to deliver the experience taxpayers deserve, they must undertake three general categories of activities: Conduct ongoing customer research, gather and share customer feedback, and test services and digital products. These data collection efforts may be either qualitative or quantitative in nature or may consist of mixed methods. Additionally, data may be collected via a variety of means, including but not limited to electronic or social media, direct or indirect observation (i.e., in person, video and audio collections), interviews, questionnaires, surveys, and focus groups. GSA will limit its inquiries to data collections that solicit strictly voluntary opinions or responses. The results of the data collected will be used to improve the delivery of Federal services and programs. It will include the creation of personas, customer journey maps, and reports and summaries of customer feedback data and user insights. It will also provide government-wide data on customer experience that can be displayed on performance.gov to help build transparency and accountability of Federal programs to the customers they serve. Method of Collection Data B. Annual Reporting Burden Sfmt 4703 BILLING CODE 6820–34–P GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION [OMB Control No. 3090–0319; Docket No. 2021–0001; Sequence No. 11] Office of Government-wide Policy (OGP), General Services Administration (GSA). ACTION: Notice and request for comments. AGENCY: Affected Public: Collections will be 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. For the purposes of this request, ‘‘customers’’ are individuals, businesses, and organizations that interact with a Federal Government agency or program, either directly or via a Federal contractor. This could include individuals or households; businesses or other for-profit organizations; not-forprofit institutions; State, local or tribal Fmt 4703 Beth Anne Killoran, Deputy Chief Information Officer. Submission for OMB Review; CDP Supply Chain Climate Change Information Request Form Number(s): None. Type of Review: New. Frm 00043 C. Public Comments GSA invites 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 will have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the burden (including hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance 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. Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized and/or included in the request for OMB approval of this information collection; they also will become a matter of public record. [FR Doc. 2021–27050 Filed 12–14–21; 8:45 am] GSA will collect this information by electronic means when possible, as well as by mail, fax, telephone, technical discussions, and in-person interviews. GSA may also utilize observational techniques to collect this information. PO 00000 governments; Federal government; and Universities. Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,001,550. Estimated Time per Response: Varied, dependent upon the data collection method used. The possible response time to complete a questionnaire or survey may be 3 minutes or up to 2 hours to participate in an interview. Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 101,125. Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $0. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), GSA will invite the public to comment on a renewal and extension concerning the CDP Supply Chain Climate Change Information Request. DATES: GSA will consider all comments received by January 14, 2022. SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\15DEN1.SGM 15DEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 238 / Wednesday, December 15, 2021 / Notices Written comments and recommendations for this information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or by using the search function. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Jed Ela, Sustainability Advisor, Office of Government-wide Policy, at jed.ela@ gsa.gov, 202–854–8804. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ADDRESSES: khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES A. Purpose The CDP Supply Chain Climate Change Information Request is an electronic questionnaire designed to collect information that is widely used by large private and public sector organizations to understand, assess, and mitigate potentially disruptive and costly supply chain risks, investment risks, and environmental impacts. The questionnaire is administered by CDP North America, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization (‘‘CDP’’). CDP administers the questionnaire annually on behalf of over 590 institutional investors, 200 major corporations, and several large governmental purchasing organizations in addition to GSA. CDP’s most recent annual survey was directed to over 20,000 companies, with over 9,600 electing to respond. Under previously approved information collection requests, GSA has directed CDP since 2017 to include several hundred major Federal contractors annually among its potential survey respondents. In accordance with 31 U.S. Code § 3512(c)(1)(b), GSA uses information received from these companies via CDP to inform and develop purchasing policies and contract requirements necessary to safeguard Federal assets against waste, loss, and misappropriation resulting from unmitigated exposure to supply chain energy market and environmental risks. GSA also uses the information in accordance with Executive Orders 13990, 14008, and 14030 to inform development of policies and programs to reduce climate risks and greenhouse gas emissions associated with federal procurement activities. For example, GSA has used CDP information in recent years to perform critical market research in connection with multi-billion-dollar strategic contracting efforts. In one case, GSA determined that data center facilities used by potential network infrastructure providers could be at risk due to flooding, extreme heat, or lack of VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:04 Dec 14, 2021 Jkt 256001 available cooling water sources, placing Federal client operations at risk. In another case, GSA used information from the CDP survey to research potential contractors’ existing risk mitigation and greenhouse gas reduction practices and to design appropriate contract requirements to ensure that contractors assess and mitigate these risks and reduce greenhouse gases associated with their federal contract activities. In another case, GSA determined that energy savings practices available to potential information technology service providers could significantly lower their overhead costs and that this would likely reduce contract costs for GSA and other Federal agencies. GSA uses the information collected to research development of similar policies and programs and to verify contractor compliance with existing programs. B. Annual Burden Hours GSA expects to direct CDP to request voluntary survey responses from up to 500 large and medium-sized businesses per year. Estimates of response time per respondent vary greatly depending on whether each requested respondent (a) elects not to respond; (b) responds, but would have responded to CDP regardless of GSA’s request (because the respondent was also requested to respond to CDP by other customer and/ or investor stakeholders); or (c) responds to CDP because of GSA’s request. Analysis of total response time is thus based on estimates for each of these categories. (a) Requested respondents who elect not to respond. Based on historical CDP response rates and GSA’s intended recipients, GSA estimates that 250 out of 500 annual requested respondents will be in this category. Hour burden for this category: 250 non-responses; time per respondent 0; total time 0. (b) Respondents who would have responded to CDP regardless of GSA’s request. These respondents will complete some or all of the collection instrument, but would have done so regardless of GSA’s request. In addition, some of these respondents will answer a small number of additional questions (requiring a small fraction of their overall response time to CDP) based on GSA’s request. In addition, all of these respondents will need to complete one additional question in order to direct CDP to share their responses with GSA. Based on historical CDP response rates and GSA’s intended recipients, GSA estimates that 220 out of 500 annual requested respondents will be in this category. Hour burden for this category: PO 00000 Frm 00044 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 71269 220 responses; average time per respondent 5 minutes; total burden 18 hours. (c) Respondents who respond to CDP because of GSA’s request. These respondents may need to invest significant time drafting their responses and gathering facts, including searching and compiling existing data sources such as utility bills, and completing and reviewing the collection instrument. Based on historical CDP response rates and GSA’s intended recipients, GSA estimates that 30 out of 500 annual requested respondents will be in this category. Based on discussions with several dozen previous respondents to CDP’s questionnaire, as well as public input received in response to a related information collection request notice (see 82 FR 3794), time burden for this collection is estimated to average 120 hours per response. Hour burden for this category: 30 responses; average time per respondent 120 hours; total burden 3600 hours. Based on the individual category response times above, the total estimated response burden for all 500 requested respondents is summarized below. Frequency: Annual. Affected Public: Federal contractors. Number of Respondents: 500. Responses per Respondent: 1. Total Annual Responses: 250. Estimated Time per Respondent: 14.5. Total Burden Hours: 3,618. C. Public Comments A 60-day notice published in the Federal Register at 86 FR 51889 on September 17, 2021. The one comment received requested that GSA provides detail on how it will summarize the responses CDP receives; and that a link to the CDP questionnaire is included in the Supporting Statement. In response, the link to the scorecard summarizing CDP responses will be updated on d2d.gsa.gov, and the link to the questionnaire will be included in the supporting statement. Obtaining Copies of Proposals: Requesters may obtain a copy of the information collection documents from the GSA Regulatory Secretariat Division, by calling 202–501–4755 or emailing GSARegSec@gsa.gov. Beth Anne Killoran, Deputy Chief Information Officer. [FR Doc. 2021–27048 Filed 12–14–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6820–14–P E:\FR\FM\15DEN1.SGM 15DEN1

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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 3090-0319; Docket No. 2021-0001; Sequence No. 11]


Submission for OMB Review; CDP Supply Chain Climate Change 
Information Request

AGENCY: Office of Government-wide Policy (OGP), General Services 
Administration (GSA).

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, and 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), GSA will invite the public 
to comment on a renewal and extension concerning the CDP Supply Chain 
Climate Change Information Request.

DATES: GSA will consider all comments received by January 14, 2022.

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ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for this information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under Review--Open for Public 
Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Jed Ela, Sustainability Advisor, 
Office of Government-wide Policy, at [email protected], 202-854-8804.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

    The CDP Supply Chain Climate Change Information Request is an 
electronic questionnaire designed to collect information that is widely 
used by large private and public sector organizations to understand, 
assess, and mitigate potentially disruptive and costly supply chain 
risks, investment risks, and environmental impacts. The questionnaire 
is administered by CDP North America, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit 
organization (``CDP''). CDP administers the questionnaire annually on 
behalf of over 590 institutional investors, 200 major corporations, and 
several large governmental purchasing organizations in addition to GSA. 
CDP's most recent annual survey was directed to over 20,000 companies, 
with over 9,600 electing to respond.
    Under previously approved information collection requests, GSA has 
directed CDP since 2017 to include several hundred major Federal 
contractors annually among its potential survey respondents. In 
accordance with 31 U.S. Code Sec.  3512(c)(1)(b), GSA uses information 
received from these companies via CDP to inform and develop purchasing 
policies and contract requirements necessary to safeguard Federal 
assets against waste, loss, and misappropriation resulting from 
unmitigated exposure to supply chain energy market and environmental 
risks. GSA also uses the information in accordance with Executive 
Orders 13990, 14008, and 14030 to inform development of policies and 
programs to reduce climate risks and greenhouse gas emissions 
associated with federal procurement activities.
    For example, GSA has used CDP information in recent years to 
perform critical market research in connection with multi-billion-
dollar strategic contracting efforts. In one case, GSA determined that 
data center facilities used by potential network infrastructure 
providers could be at risk due to flooding, extreme heat, or lack of 
available cooling water sources, placing Federal client operations at 
risk. In another case, GSA used information from the CDP survey to 
research potential contractors' existing risk mitigation and greenhouse 
gas reduction practices and to design appropriate contract requirements 
to ensure that contractors assess and mitigate these risks and reduce 
greenhouse gases associated with their federal contract activities. In 
another case, GSA determined that energy savings practices available to 
potential information technology service providers could significantly 
lower their overhead costs and that this would likely reduce contract 
costs for GSA and other Federal agencies. GSA uses the information 
collected to research development of similar policies and programs and 
to verify contractor compliance with existing programs.

B. Annual Burden Hours

    GSA expects to direct CDP to request voluntary survey responses 
from up to 500 large and medium-sized businesses per year. Estimates of 
response time per respondent vary greatly depending on whether each 
requested respondent (a) elects not to respond; (b) responds, but would 
have responded to CDP regardless of GSA's request (because the 
respondent was also requested to respond to CDP by other customer and/
or investor stakeholders); or (c) responds to CDP because of GSA's 
request. Analysis of total response time is thus based on estimates for 
each of these categories.
    (a) Requested respondents who elect not to respond. Based on 
historical CDP response rates and GSA's intended recipients, GSA 
estimates that 250 out of 500 annual requested respondents will be in 
this category. Hour burden for this category: 250 non-responses; time 
per respondent 0; total time 0.
    (b) Respondents who would have responded to CDP regardless of GSA's 
request. These respondents will complete some or all of the collection 
instrument, but would have done so regardless of GSA's request. In 
addition, some of these respondents will answer a small number of 
additional questions (requiring a small fraction of their overall 
response time to CDP) based on GSA's request. In addition, all of these 
respondents will need to complete one additional question in order to 
direct CDP to share their responses with GSA. Based on historical CDP 
response rates and GSA's intended recipients, GSA estimates that 220 
out of 500 annual requested respondents will be in this category. Hour 
burden for this category: 220 responses; average time per respondent 5 
minutes; total burden 18 hours.
    (c) Respondents who respond to CDP because of GSA's request. These 
respondents may need to invest significant time drafting their 
responses and gathering facts, including searching and compiling 
existing data sources such as utility bills, and completing and 
reviewing the collection instrument. Based on historical CDP response 
rates and GSA's intended recipients, GSA estimates that 30 out of 500 
annual requested respondents will be in this category. Based on 
discussions with several dozen previous respondents to CDP's 
questionnaire, as well as public input received in response to a 
related information collection request notice (see 82 FR 3794), time 
burden for this collection is estimated to average 120 hours per 
response. Hour burden for this category: 30 responses; average time per 
respondent 120 hours; total burden 3600 hours.
    Based on the individual category response times above, the total 
estimated response burden for all 500 requested respondents is 
summarized below.
    Frequency: Annual.
    Affected Public: Federal contractors.
    Number of Respondents: 500.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Total Annual Responses: 250.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 14.5.
    Total Burden Hours: 3,618.

C. Public Comments

    A 60-day notice published in the Federal Register at 86 FR 51889 on 
September 17, 2021. The one comment received requested that GSA 
provides detail on how it will summarize the responses CDP receives; 
and that a link to the CDP questionnaire is included in the Supporting 
Statement.
    In response, the link to the scorecard summarizing CDP responses 
will be updated on d2d.gsa.gov, and the link to the questionnaire will 
be included in the supporting statement.
    Obtaining Copies of Proposals: Requesters may obtain a copy of the 
information collection documents from the GSA Regulatory Secretariat 
Division, by calling 202-501-4755 or emailing [email protected].

Beth Anne Killoran,
Deputy Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-27048 Filed 12-14-21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6820-14-P
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