Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request-Food Programs Reporting System, 60365 [2022-21628]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
• Food and Nutrition Service

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 192 (Wednesday, October 5, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 60365]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-21628]


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Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 192 / Wednesday, October 5, 2022 / 
Notices

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food and Nutrition Service


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request--Food Programs Reporting System

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 
notice invites the general public and other public agencies to comment 
on this revision of a currently approved information collection. This 
is a collection for the electronic submission of programmatic and 
financial data through the Food Programs Reporting System (FPRS). The 
data is currently collected on approved Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) forms.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before December 5, 2022.

ADDRESSES: The Food and Nutrition Service, USDA, invites interested 
persons to submit written comment.
    Preferred Method: Federal eRulemaking Portal. Go to https://www.regulations.gov, and follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments electronically.
    Mail: Comments may be mailed to: Tim Kreh, Food and Nutrition 
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1320 Braddock Place, 
Alexandria, VA 22314.
    All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the 
request for Office of Management and Budget approval. All comments will 
be a matter of public record.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of this information collection should be directed to Tim Kreh at 
703-305-2339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments are invited 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, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions 
that were used; (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 those who are to respond, including 
use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other 
technological collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.
    Title: Food Programs Reporting System (FPRS).
    OMB Number: 0584-0594.
    Expiration Date: 07/31/2023.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved information 
collection request.
    Abstract: The Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) is the Federal 
agency responsible for managing the domestic nutrition assistance 
programs. Its mission is to increase food security and reduce hunger in 
partnership with cooperating organizations by providing children and 
low-income people access to food, a healthful diet, and nutrition 
education in a manner that supports American agriculture and inspires 
public confidence. The domestic nutrition assistance programs include 
the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the Child 
Nutrition programs such as the National School Lunch (NSLP) and School 
Breakfast Programs (SBP), Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for 
Women, Infants and Children (WIC), Commodity Supplemental Food Program 
(CSFP), Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR), The 
Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP), and the Senior Farmers' 
Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP). Currently, the nutrition assistance 
programs managed by FNS touch the lives of 1 in 4 Americans over the 
course of a year.
    Federal nutrition assistance programs operate as partnerships 
between FNS, State, Indian Tribal Organizations (ITOs), and local 
organizations that interact directly with program participants. States 
and ITOs voluntarily enter into agreements with the Federal Government 
to operate programs according to Federal standards in exchange for 
program funds that cover all benefit costs, and a significant portion 
of administrative expenses. Under these agreements, FNS is responsible 
for implementing statutory requirements that set national program 
standards for eligibility and benefits, providing Federal funding to 
States, ITOs and local partners, and monitoring and evaluation to make 
sure that program structures and policies are properly implemented and 
effective in meeting program missions. States, ITOs and local 
organizations are responsible for delivering benefits efficiently, 
effectively, and in a manner consistent with national requirements. 
States and ITOs may operate all or some of the 15 different domestic 
nutrition assistance programs.
    The FNS is consolidating certain programmatic and financial data 
reporting requirements that are currently approved by the Office of 
Management and Budget, under the Food Programs Reporting System (FPRS), 
an electronic reporting system. The purpose is to give States and ITO 
agencies one portal for the various reporting required for the programs 
that the States and ITOs operate. The data collected is used for a 
variety of purposes; mainly program evaluation, planning, audits, 
funding, research, regulatory compliance and general statistics.

Reporting Burden Estimates

    Affected Public: State, Local and Tribal Organizations.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 14,298.
    Estimated Frequency of Responses per Respondent: 2.95510.
    Estimated Total Annual Responses: 42,252.
    Estimated Time per Response: 3.03046.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours on Respondents: 128,043.
    This collection does not contain any recordkeeping or third-party 
disclosure burden estimates. Any recordkeeping required, is maintained 
in other agency OMB control numbers.

Tameka Owens,
Assistant Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
[FR Doc. 2022-21628 Filed 10-4-22; 8:45 am]
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