Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Information Collection Generic Clearance Request for USAID Workforce and Organizational Surveys, 1060 [2024-00207]

Download as PDF 1060 Notices Federal Register Vol. 89, No. 6 Tuesday, January 9, 2024 This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings, delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency statements of organization and functions are examples of documents appearing in this section. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Information Collection Generic Clearance Request for USAID Workforce and Organizational Surveys Bureau for Management, Office of the Director, (M/MPBP/OD), Agency for International Development (USAID). ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment. AGENCY: USAID proposes a generic clearance to collect workforce feedback through surveys, interviews, and focus groups to optimize operations, strengthen organizational health and workforce culture, and improve workforce retention. USAID has a diverse workforce that consists of U.S. direct hires (foreign and civil service) and multiple contract mechanisms with the majority of the workforce belonging to multiple contract mechanisms, including Coordinating Country Nationals, Personal Services Contractors, and Institutional Support Contractors. SUMMARY: Interested persons are invited to submit comments within 30 days of this notice. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 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 30-day Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or by using the search function. ADDRESSES: You may send comments by email to: • Email: oscholbe@usaid.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Owain Scholbe, Junior Management and khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES DATES: VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:38 Jan 08, 2024 Jkt 262001 Program Analyst, Management Bureau, Office of the Director (M/MPBP/OD), telephone 202–921–5070, or via email at oscholbe@usaid.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), USAID is providing the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on the proposed collection of information. USAID is requesting a general clearance to provide and conduct workforce surveys, interviews, and focus groups with a diverse workforce consisting of numerous hiring mechanisms, including, but not limited to, U.S. direct hires, fellows, interns, Personal Services Contractors, Institutional Support Contractors, Coordinating Country Nationals, and Third Country Nationals. The goal of data collection under this generic clearance is to collect workforce feedback on organizational health, operations, workforce culture, and work environment necessary to strengthen mission readiness and better achieve its development objectives. USAID will only collect data from the approximately 11,000 members of the USAID workforce with minimal collection of personally identifiable information. The total estimated number of annual burden hours for these workforce population surveys is 41,250 hours. USAID will limit analysis and reporting to summary level statistics that will only be available to the internal workforce. OMB Control Number: TBD. Dated: December 4, 2023. Erin Brown, Deputy Director, M/MPBP. 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Comments are requested regarding; whether the collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 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 February 8, 2024 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. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Title: Blood and Tissue Collection, and Recordkeeping, at Slaughtering, Rendering, and Approved Livestock Marketing Establishments and Facilities. OMB Control Number: 0579–0212. Summary of Collection: The Animal Health Protection Act (AHPA) of 2002 is the primary Federal law governing the protection of animal health. The AHPA is contained in title X, subtitle E, sections 10401–18 of Public Law 107– 171, May 13, 2002, the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002. As part of its mission to monitor and test for livestock diseases, the Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Veterinary Services (VS), maintains with approved slaughtering, rendering, and livestock marketing establishments and facilities agreements and procedures for animal disease surveillance and reporting, E:\FR\FM\09JAN1.SGM 09JAN1

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Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; Information Collection Generic Clearance Request for USAID 
Workforce and Organizational Surveys

AGENCY: Bureau for Management, Office of the Director, (M/MPBP/OD), 
Agency for International Development (USAID).

ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: USAID proposes a generic clearance to collect workforce 
feedback through surveys, interviews, and focus groups to optimize 
operations, strengthen organizational health and workforce culture, and 
improve workforce retention. USAID has a diverse workforce that 
consists of U.S. direct hires (foreign and civil service) and multiple 
contract mechanisms with the majority of the workforce belonging to 
multiple contract mechanisms, including Coordinating Country Nationals, 
Personal Services Contractors, and Institutional Support Contractors.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments within 30 days 
of this notice.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 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 30-day Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

ADDRESSES: You may send comments by email to:
     Email: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Owain Scholbe, Junior Management and 
Program Analyst, Management Bureau, Office of the Director (M/MPBP/OD), 
telephone 202-921-5070, or via email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), USAID is providing the 
general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on 
the proposed collection of information. USAID is requesting a general 
clearance to provide and conduct workforce surveys, interviews, and 
focus groups with a diverse workforce consisting of numerous hiring 
mechanisms, including, but not limited to, U.S. direct hires, fellows, 
interns, Personal Services Contractors, Institutional Support 
Contractors, Coordinating Country Nationals, and Third Country 
Nationals. The goal of data collection under this generic clearance is 
to collect workforce feedback on organizational health, operations, 
workforce culture, and work environment necessary to strengthen mission 
readiness and better achieve its development objectives. USAID will 
only collect data from the approximately 11,000 members of the USAID 
workforce with minimal collection of personally identifiable 
information. The total estimated number of annual burden hours for 
these workforce population surveys is 41,250 hours. USAID will limit 
analysis and reporting to summary level statistics that will only be 
available to the internal workforce.
    OMB Control Number: TBD.

    Dated: December 4, 2023.
Erin Brown,
Deputy Director, M/MPBP.
[FR Doc. 2024-00207 Filed 1-8-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6116-01-P
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