Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery, 1367-1368 [2023-00281]
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the following supporting agencies:
South Atlantic Fishery Management
Council; Louisiana Law Enforcement
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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND
COMMUNITY SERVICE
—Meeting Adjourns
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Corporation for National and
Community Service (operating as
AmeriCorps) is proposing to renew an
information collection.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the individual and office
listed in the ADDRESSES section by
March 13, 2023.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by the title of the information
collection activity, by any of the
following methods:
(1) Electronically through
www.regulations.gov (preferred method)
(2) By mail sent to: AmeriCorps,
Attention Amy Borgstrom, 250 E Street
SW, Washington, DC 20525.
(3) By hand delivery or by courier to
the AmeriCorps mailroom at the mail
address given in paragraph (2) above,
between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Eastern Time,
Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice may be made available to the
public through regulations.gov. For this
reason, please do not include in your
comments information of a confidential
nature, such as sensitive personal
information or proprietary information.
If you send an email comment, your
email address will be automatically
captured and included as part of the
comment that is placed in the public
docket and made available on the
internet. Please note that responses to
this public comment request containing
any routine notice about the
confidentiality of the communication
will be treated as public comment that
may be made available to the public,
notwithstanding the inclusion of the
routine notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Amy Borgstrom, (202) 422–2781, or by
email at aborgstrom@cns.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title of Collection: Generic Clearance
for the Collection of Qualitative
Feedback on Agency Service Delivery.
OMB Control Number: 3045–0137.
Type of Review: Renewal.
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Dated: January 5, 2023.
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Corporation for National and
Community Service.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY:
The meeting will be a hybrid meeting;
both in-person and virtual participation
available. You may register for the
webinar to listen-in only by visiting
www.gulfcouncil.org and click on the
Council meeting on the calendar.
The timing and order in which agenda
items are addressed may change as
required to effectively address the issue,
and the latest version along with other
meeting materials will be posted on the
website as they become available.
Although other non-emergency issues
not contained in this agenda may come
before this group for discussion, in
accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act), those
issues may not be the subject of formal
action during these meeting. Actions
will be restricted to those issues
specifically listed in this notice and any
issues arising after publication of this
notice that require emergency action
under Section 305(c) of the MagnusonStevens Act, provided that the public
has been notified of the Council’s intent
to take final action to address the
emergency.
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Respondents/Affected Public:
Individuals and Households.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 10,000.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 16,667.
Abstract: The proposed information
collection activity provides a means to
elicit qualitative customer and
stakeholder feedback in an efficient,
timely manner, in accordance with the
Administration’s commitment to
improving service delivery. By
qualitative feedback, we mean
information that provides useful
insights on perceptions and opinions
but is not statistical surveys that yield
quantitative results that can be
generalized to the population of study.
This feedback will provide insights into
customer or stakeholder perceptions,
experiences, and expectations, provide
an early warning of issues with service,
or focus attention on areas where
communication, training, or changes in
operations might improve delivery of
products or services. These collections
will allow for ongoing, collaborative,
and actionable communications
between the Agency and its customers
and stakeholders. It will also allow
feedback to contribute directly to the
improvement of program management.
The solicitation of feedback will target
areas such as: timeliness,
appropriateness, accuracy of
information, courtesy, efficiency of
service delivery, and resolution of
issues with service delivery. Responses
will be assessed to plan and inform
efforts to improve or maintain the
quality of service offered to the public.
If this information is not collected, vital
feedback from customers and
stakeholders on the Agency’s services
will be unavailable.
AmeriCorps will only submit a
collection for approval under this
generic clearance if it meets the
following conditions:
• The collections are voluntary;
• The collections are low-burden for
respondents (based on considerations of
total burden hours, total number of
respondents, or burden-hours per
respondent) and are low-cost for both
the respondents and the Federal
Government;
• The collections are noncontroversial and do not raise issues of
concern to other Federal agencies;
• Any collection is 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;
• Personally identifiable information
(PII) is collected only to the extent
necessary and is not retained;
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• Information gathered will be used
only internally for general service
improvement and program management
purposes and is not intended for release
outside of the agency;
• Information gathered will not be
used for the purpose of substantially
informing influential policy decisions;
and
• Information gathered will yield
qualitative information; the collections
will not be designed or expected to
yield statistically reliable results or used
as though the results are generalizable to
the population of study.
Feedback collected under this generic
clearance provides useful information,
but it does not yield data that can be
generalized to the overall population.
This type of generic clearance for
qualitative information will not be used
for quantitative information collections
that are designed to yield reliably
actionable results, such as monitoring
trends over time or documenting
program performance. Such data uses
require more rigorous designs that
address: the target population to which
generalizations will be made, the
sampling frame, the sample design
(including stratification and clustering),
the precision requirements or power
calculations that justify the proposed
sample size, the expected response rate,
methods for assessing potential nonresponse bias, the protocols for data
collection, and any testing procedures
that were or will be undertaken prior to
fielding the study. Depending on the
degree of influence the results are likely
to have, such collections may still be
eligible for submission for other generic
mechanisms that are designed to yield
quantitative results.
As a general matter, information
collections will not result in any new
system of records containing privacy
information and will not ask questions
of a sensitive nature, such as sexual
behavior and attitudes, religious beliefs,
and other matters that are commonly
considered private.
The information collection will be
used in the same manner as the current
information collection.
AmeriCorps also seeks to continue
using the currently approved
information collection until the revised
information collection is approved by
OMB. The currently approved
information collection is due to expire
on February 28, 2023.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for OMB
approval. Comments are invited on: (a)
Whether the collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the agency, including
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whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
collection of information; (c) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information to be collected; (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;
and (e) estimates of capital or start-up
costs and costs of operation,
maintenance, and purchase of services
to provide information. Burden means
the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to
generate, maintain, retain, disclose, or
provide information to or for a Federal
agency. This includes the time needed
to review instructions; to develop,
acquire, install, and utilize technology
and systems for the purpose of
collecting, validating and verifying
information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing
and providing information; to train
personnel and to be able to respond to
a collection of information, to search
data sources, to complete and review
the collection of information; and to
transmit or otherwise disclose the
information. All written comments will
be available for public inspection on
regulations.gov.
Amy Borgstrom,
Associate Director of Policy.
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Office of the Secretary
Notice of Availability of Uniform
National Discharge Standards (UNDS)
for Vessels of the Armed Forces—
Phase III Batch Two
Office of the Under Secretary of
Defense for Acquisition and
Sustainment, Department of Defense
(DoD).
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
DoD has developed internal
regulations on the design, construction,
installation, and use of marine pollution
control devices (MCPDs) to meet
performance standards for 11 discharges
incidental to the normal operation of a
vessel of the Armed Forces into the
navigable waters of the United States,
the territorial seas, and the contiguous
zone, and is making them publicly
available.
SUMMARY:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mike Pletke; Chief of Naval Operations
(N45), 2000 Navy Pentagon (Rm 2D253),
Washington DC 20350–2000; (703) 695–
5184; michael.r.pletke.civ@us.navy.mil.
Section
312 of the Clean Water Act (CWA), as
amended by Section 325 of the National
Defense Authorization Act of 1996,
requires the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) and DoD to develop
Uniform National Discharge Standards
(UNDS) to control certain discharges
incidental to the normal operation of a
vessel of the Armed Forces. The EPA
and DoD have already issued required
joint rules (64 FR 25126 (May 10, 1999)
and 85 FR 43465 (July 17, 2020), 40 CFR
part 1700). This notice announces that
DoD is also issuing a DoD-only internal
regulation as part of this requirement.
Although issued by DoD alone, the
regulation will apply (by agreement
with the Department of Homeland
Security) not only to DoD but also to the
U.S. Coast Guard (at all times, including
when it is a Service in the Department
of Homeland Security).
Section 312(n)(4) of the CWA requires
DoD, in consultation with EPA and the
Secretary of the Department in which
the U.S. Coast Guard is operating, to
promulgate regulations governing the
design, construction, installation, and
use of MPCDs necessary to meet the
discharge performance standards
established in the EPA-DoD joint rules.
The DoD internal regulations are issued
under the authority of the Secretary in
DoD Manual 4715.06, Volume 4,
‘‘Regulations on Vessels Owned or
Operated by the Department of Defense:
Discharges Incidental to Normal
Operations,’’ which can be found at:
https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/
Documents/DD/issuances/dodm/
471506_vol4.PDF. There is no notice
and comment requirement for the DoD
internal regulations because they are
internal to the Department and to the
Coast Guard and otherwise exempt by 5
U.S.C. 553 (a)(1) and (2). Furthermore,
EPA and DoD provided for notice and
comment during the promulgation of
the joint EPA-DoD regulations, as
required by the CWA.
Because EPA and DoD determined
that the joint EPA-DoD regulations, once
finalized, would have federalism
implications, they had several rounds of
consultations with state and local
governments during the promulgation of
the joint EPA-DoD regulations, as
described in the final rule at 85 FR
43465, July 17, 2020.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request;
Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency
Service Delivery
AGENCY: Corporation for National and Community Service.
ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Corporation for National and Community Service (operating as
AmeriCorps) is proposing to renew an information collection.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the individual and office
listed in the ADDRESSES section by March 13, 2023.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by the title of the
information collection activity, by any of the following methods:
(1) Electronically through www.regulations.gov (preferred method)
(2) By mail sent to: AmeriCorps, Attention Amy Borgstrom, 250 E
Street SW, Washington, DC 20525.
(3) By hand delivery or by courier to the AmeriCorps mailroom at
the mail address given in paragraph (2) above, between 9 a.m. and 4
p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Comments submitted in response to this notice may be made available
to the public through regulations.gov. For this reason, please do not
include in your comments information of a confidential nature, such as
sensitive personal information or proprietary information. If you send
an email comment, your email address will be automatically captured and
included as part of the comment that is placed in the public docket and
made available on the internet. Please note that responses to this
public comment request containing any routine notice about the
confidentiality of the communication will be treated as public comment
that may be made available to the public, notwithstanding the inclusion
of the routine notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amy Borgstrom, (202) 422-2781, or by
email at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title of Collection: Generic Clearance for the Collection of
Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery.
OMB Control Number: 3045-0137.
Type of Review: Renewal.
Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals and Households.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 10,000.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 16,667.
Abstract: The proposed information collection activity provides a
means to elicit qualitative customer and stakeholder feedback in an
efficient, timely manner, in accordance with the Administration's
commitment to improving service delivery. By qualitative feedback, we
mean information that provides useful insights on perceptions and
opinions but is not statistical surveys that yield quantitative results
that can be generalized to the population of study. This feedback will
provide insights into customer or stakeholder perceptions, experiences,
and expectations, provide an early warning of issues with service, or
focus attention on areas where communication, training, or changes in
operations might improve delivery of products or services. These
collections will allow for ongoing, collaborative, and actionable
communications between the Agency and its customers and stakeholders.
It will also allow feedback to contribute directly to the improvement
of program management.
The solicitation of feedback will target areas such as: timeliness,
appropriateness, accuracy of information, courtesy, efficiency of
service delivery, and resolution of issues with service delivery.
Responses will be assessed to plan and inform efforts to improve or
maintain the quality of service offered to the public. If this
information is not collected, vital feedback from customers and
stakeholders on the Agency's services will be unavailable.
AmeriCorps will only submit a collection for approval under this
generic clearance if it meets the following conditions:
The collections are voluntary;
The collections are low-burden for respondents (based on
considerations of total burden hours, total number of respondents, or
burden-hours per respondent) and are low-cost for both the respondents
and the Federal Government;
The collections are non-controversial and do not raise
issues of concern to other Federal agencies;
Any collection is 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;
Personally identifiable information (PII) is collected
only to the extent necessary and is not retained;
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Information gathered will be used only internally for
general service improvement and program management purposes and is not
intended for release outside of the agency;
Information gathered will not be used for the purpose of
substantially informing influential policy decisions; and
Information gathered will yield qualitative information;
the collections will not be designed or expected to yield statistically
reliable results or used as though the results are generalizable to the
population of study.
Feedback collected under this generic clearance provides useful
information, but it does not yield data that can be generalized to the
overall population. This type of generic clearance for qualitative
information will not be used for quantitative information collections
that are designed to yield reliably actionable results, such as
monitoring trends over time or documenting program performance. Such
data uses require more rigorous designs that address: the target
population to which generalizations will be made, the sampling frame,
the sample design (including stratification and clustering), the
precision requirements or power calculations that justify the proposed
sample size, the expected response rate, methods for assessing
potential non-response bias, the protocols for data collection, and any
testing procedures that were or will be undertaken prior to fielding
the study. Depending on the degree of influence the results are likely
to have, such collections may still be eligible for submission for
other generic mechanisms that are designed to yield quantitative
results.
As a general matter, information collections will not result in any
new system of records containing privacy information and will not ask
questions of a sensitive nature, such as sexual behavior and attitudes,
religious beliefs, and other matters that are commonly considered
private.
The information collection will be used in the same manner as the
current information collection.
AmeriCorps also seeks to continue using the currently approved
information collection until the revised information collection is
approved by OMB. The currently approved information collection is due
to expire on February 28, 2023.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for OMB approval. Comments are invited
on: (a) Whether the 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 collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; (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; and (e)
estimates of capital or start-up costs and costs of operation,
maintenance, and purchase of services to provide information. Burden
means the total time, effort, or financial resources expended by
persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose, or provide information
to or for a Federal agency. This includes the time needed to review
instructions; to develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology and
systems for the purpose of collecting, validating and verifying
information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and
providing information; to train personnel and to be able to respond to
a collection of information, to search data sources, to complete and
review the collection of information; and to transmit or otherwise
disclose the information. All written comments will be available for
public inspection on regulations.gov.
Amy Borgstrom,
Associate Director of Policy.
[FR Doc. 2023-00281 Filed 1-9-23; 8:45 am]
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