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Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 40 / Wednesday, February 28, 2024 / Notices
Dated: February 22, 2024.
Christopher Kirkpatrick,
Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2024–04070 Filed 2–27–24; 8:45 am]
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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Comment Request;
Application Package for Renewal of
Generic Information Collection for Pilot
and Test Data
Corporation for National and
Community Service.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Corporation for National and
Community Service (operating as
AmeriCorps) is proposing to revise an
information collection.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the individual and office
listed in the ADDRESSES section by April
29, 2024.
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:
Andrea Robles, Office of Research and
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title of Collection: Generic Clearance
for the Collection of Pilot and Test Data.
OMB Control Number: 3045–0163.
Type of Review: Revision.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Individuals and Households.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 21,910.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 2,064.
Abstract: This information collection
will enable pilot testing of survey
instruments in an efficient, timely
manner, in accordance with the
Administration’s commitment to
improving service delivery. By pilot
testing we mean information that
provides useful insights on how
respondents interact with the
instrument, but are 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 regarding prospective
studies. It will also allow feedback to
contribute directly to the improvement
of research program management.
The Agency 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;
• 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
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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 existing application;
however, a revision is being sought to
accommodate increased pilot testing.
AmeriCorps also seeks to continue using
the current generic clearance until the
revised collection is approved by OMB.
The current expiration of the OMB
Control Number is April 30, 2024.
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
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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.
Mary Hyde,
Director, Office of Research and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 2024–04122 Filed 2–27–24; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
Reserve Forces Policy Board; Notice
of Federal Advisory Committee
Meeting
Under Secretary of Defense for
Personnel and Readiness (USD(P&R)),
Department of Defense (DoD).
ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory
Committee meeting.
AGENCY:
The DoD is publishing this
notice to announce the following
Federal Advisory Committee meeting of
the Reserve Forces Policy Board (RFPB)
will occur.
DATES: The RFPB will hold an open
meeting to the public on Wednesday,
March 6, 2024 from 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.
ADDRESSES: The in-person meeting will
be held at the RFPB office located at
5109 Leesburg Pike, Suite 501, Falls
Church, Virginia 22041. Additionally,
the meeting will be held via
videoconference. Participant access
information will be provided after
registering. Pre-meeting registration is
required. See guidance in
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, ‘‘Meeting
Accessibility.’’
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric
Flowers, Designated Federal Officer
(DFO) at eric.p.flowers2.civ@mail.mil or
703–697–1795. The mailing address is
Reserve Forces Policy Board, 5109
Leesburg Pike, Suite 501, Falls Church,
Virginia 22041. The most up-to-date
changes to the meeting agenda can be
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found on the website: https://
rfpb.defense.gov/.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
meeting is being held under the
provisions of chapter 10 of title 5,
United States Code (U.S.C.) (commonly
known as the ‘‘Federal Advisory
Committee Act’’ or ‘‘FACA’’), 5 U.S.C.
552b (commonly known as the
‘‘Government in the Sunshine Act’’),
and title 41, Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR), section 102–3.140 and section
102–3.155.
Due to circumstances beyond the
control of the Designated Federal
Officer, the Reserve Forces Policy Board
was unable to provide public
notification required by 41 CFR 102–
3.150(a) concerning its March 6, 2024
meeting. Accordingly, the Advisory
Committee Management Officer for the
Department of Defense, pursuant to 41
CFR 102–3.150(b), waives the 15calendar day notification requirement.
Purpose of the Meeting: The purpose of
the meeting is to obtain, review, and
evaluate relevant information related to
strategies, policies, and practices
designed to improve and enhance the
capabilities, efficiency, effectiveness,
and accessibility of the Reserve
Component (RC).
Agenda: The RFPB will hold an open
meeting to the public from 8:30 a.m. to
11 a.m. on Wednesday, March 6, 2024.
The RFPB will begin the meeting with
opening remarks by Mr. Eric Flowers,
the DFO and Major General John
Hashem, United States Army, the
RFPB’s Military Executive. After the
opening remarks, the RFPB Chairperson,
the Honorable Lisa Disbrow, will
provide introductory remarks and
articulate her vision for the RFPB. After
the Chairperson’s comments, the RFPB
will receive remarks from select
members of the Joint Staff on the vitality
of the RC in an era of Great Power
Competition. Invited individuals are
General Charles Q. Brown, Chairman of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Senior
Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman Troy
Black. The morning meeting will
conclude with two briefs from RFPB
members Honorable Paul Stockton and
Honorable Debra Wada. Honorable
Stockton will deliver a presentation on
RC issues and opportunities in
Homeland Defense. Honorable Wada
will provide a brief on RC issues and
opportunities related to permeability.
Honorable Disbrow will offer closing
remarks and adjourn the meeting.
Meeting Accessibility: Pursuant to 5
U.S.C. 552b and 41 CFR 102–3.140
through 102–3.150, and subject to the
availability of space, this meeting is
open to the public from 8:30 a.m. to 11
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a.m. on March 6, 2024. The meeting will
be held in-person and via
videoconference. The number of
participants for the in-person session
and videoconference is limited and is
on a first-come basis. All members of
the public who wish to attend the inperson session or participate in the
videoconference must register by
contacting the RFPB DFO, Eric Flowers,
at eric.p.flowers2.civ@mail.mil or (703)
697–1795 no later than Friday, March 1,
2024 (by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard
Time). Once registered, the web address
and audio number will be provided to
those members of the public planning to
participate in the videoconference. For
those members of the public who
successfully register for the in-person
session, the meeting will be held in the
RFPB large conference room at the RFPB
office. The RFPB office is located on the
5th floor, in suite 501 in the Skyline 6
office building located at 5109 Leesburg
Pike, Falls Church, Virginia.
Instructions for on-site parking will be
provided after a member of the public
successfully registers with the DFO to
attend the in-person session.
Written Statements: Pursuant to 41
CFR 102–3.105(j) and section 10(a)(3) of
the FACA, the public and interested
parties may submit written statements
to the RFPB at any time about its
approved agenda or at any time on the
RFPB’s mission. Written statements
should be submitted to the RFPB’s DFO
at the address or email listed in the FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.
If statements pertain to a specific topic
being discussed at the planned meeting,
then these statements must be submitted
no later than three (3) business days
prior to the scheduled meeting date.
Written statements received after this
date may not be provided to or
considered by the RFPB until its next
scheduled meeting. The DFO will
review all timely submitted written
statements and provide copies to all the
committee members before the meeting
that is the subject of this notice. Please
note that all submitted comments and
public presentations will be treated as
public documents and will be made
available for public inspection,
including, but not limited to, being
posted on the RFPB’s website.
Dated: February 23, 2024.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2024–04149 Filed 2–27–24; 8:45 am]
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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request;
Application Package for Renewal of Generic Information Collection for
Pilot and Test Data
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 revise an information collection.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the individual and office
listed in the ADDRESSES section by April 29, 2024.
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: Andrea Robles, Office of Research and
Evaluation, AmeriCorps, (202) 606-6687, [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title of Collection: Generic Clearance for the Collection of Pilot
and Test Data.
OMB Control Number: 3045-0163. Type of Review: Revision.
Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals and Households.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 21,910.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 2,064.
Abstract: This information collection will enable pilot testing of
survey instruments in an efficient, timely manner, in accordance with
the Administration's commitment to improving service delivery. By pilot
testing we mean information that provides useful insights on how
respondents interact with the instrument, but are 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 regarding
prospective studies. It will also allow feedback to contribute directly
to the improvement of research program management.
The Agency 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;
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 existing application; however, a revision is being sought to
accommodate increased pilot testing. AmeriCorps also seeks to continue
using the current generic clearance until the revised collection is
approved by OMB. The current expiration of the OMB Control Number is
April 30, 2024.
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
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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.
Mary Hyde,
Director, Office of Research and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 2024-04122 Filed 2-27-24; 8:45 am]
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