Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, 38015 [2023-12397]

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• DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 112 (Monday, June 12, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 38015]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-12397]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    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 July 12, 
2023 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.

Foreign Agricultural Service

    Title: Faculty Exchange Program.
    OMB Control Number: 0551--New.
    Summary of Collection: The primary purpose for this information 
collection is to implement the Faculty Exchange Program implemented by 
USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service, Global Programs, Fellowship 
Programs. FEP began in 1995 to bring junior or mid-level university 
professors from countries in the Former Soviet Union to the United 
States for one semester to increase their knowledge of, and ability to, 
teach agricultural economics, marketing, and agribusiness management at 
their home institutions. Between 2002-2012, the program evolved to also 
include an Agricultural Science area, which focused on subjects such as 
animal health, food quality, food inspection, phytosanitary measures, 
and grades and standards, and involved scientists from Africa and 
Central America in addition to Eastern Europe and Eurasian countries. 
In 2016, the FEP narrowed its geographic focus solely to Africa, and to 
the area of Veterinary Science. Since 2016, this Veterinary Science 
area of the program has hosted 71 early to mid-career instructors at 
Colleges of Veterinary Science and Medicine from Ethiopia, Ghana, 
Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.
    Authority for these programs falls under: National Agricultural 
Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977, PL 95-113, as 
amended, 7 U.S.C. 3291 and 3319a.
    Need and Use of the Information: The information collected through 
the application is used to evaluate candidates' qualifications for the 
Fellowship Exchange Program. The information is collected through the 
Scientific Exchanges Fellowship Application that candidates submit to 
FAS staff through an electronic application. The evaluation forms are 
used by Faculty Exchange Program staff to assess the success of each 
training program. Fellowship staff use the evaluation forms to assess 
whether programs goals were achieved and receive feedback from 
participants on how to improve future programming. This is critical 
part of Fellowship Programs as it helps improve programs and ensure 
Fellowship Programs is meeting FAS goals.
    Without the application and evaluation form, the Foreign 
Agricultural Service would not be able to execute the Faculty Exchange 
Program and it would be severely impacted and the objected and goals 
would not be met.
    Description of Respondents: Individuals or households.
    Number of Respondents: 35.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 888.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-12397 Filed 6-9-23; 8:45 am]
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