Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, 24776 [2024-07465]

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• DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 69 (Tuesday, April 9, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 24776]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-07465]


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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 May 9, 
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.

Food and Nutrition Service

    Title: Understanding Risk Assessment in Supplemental Nutrition 
Assistance Program (SNAP) Payment Accuracy.
    OMB Control Number: 0584-NEW.
    Summary of Collection: The Payment Integrity Information Act of 
2019 continues the work of previous related legislation in requiring 
Federal agencies to track and mitigate improper payments, which are 
defined as payments that either should not have been made or were made 
in an incorrect amount. FNS and the SNAP State agencies use SNAP 
Quality Control (QC) to closely monitor the program for improper 
payments. SNAP State agencies must conduct a QC review of a random 
sample of current cases each month (referred to as active cases) to 
identify underpayments and overpayments and calculate total payment 
error. At the end of the review period for each month's cases, the SNAP 
State agencies share the case files and results with Federal SNAP 
staff, who review a subsample of the cases for accuracy and use the 
results to calculate an annual official payment error rate for each 
State agency's official payment error rate.
    Need and Use of the Information: FNS is conducting a study, 
Understanding Risk Assessment in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance 
Program (SNAP) Payment Accuracy, to develop a comprehensive picture of 
whether and how SNAP State agencies use RA tools and determine if these 
tools create disparate impacts on protected classes. The key research 
objectives follow: (1) determine which States use RA tools to reduce 
error rates; (2) determine what factors and variables are being used in 
RA tools; (3) identify how SNAP State agencies act on the results of 
their RA tools; (4) determine whether SNAP State agencies' RA tools are 
successful in reducing error rates; (5) determine if the RA tools 
create (or relieve) racial or other disparities by which individuals 
are flagged for further review; and (6) determine best practices in the 
development and use of RA tools.
    Description of Respondents: State, Local and Tribal Governments, 
Individuals and Households.
    Number of Respondents: 100.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On Occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 111.


Rachelle Ragland-Greene,
Acting Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-07465 Filed 4-8-24; 8:45 am]
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