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activities funded under the 2501
Program to reach current and
prospective socially disadvantaged
farmers and ranchers and veteran
farmers and ranchers in a linguistically
appropriate manner and improve the
participation of those farmers and
ranchers in Department programs. Data
collected from grantees will also
provide information for usage by
Congress, the Department, and the
public. In addition, USDA will use this
data to inform program management,
monitoring, and technical assistance
efforts. Grantees will be able to use the
data for internal management and
program improvement.
Estimated Program Burden: USDA
estimates the burden of this collection
of information as follows. The
information collection has three parts:
(A) Grants.gov collects data from
applicants. Applicants submit their
application package to USDA using
grants.gov. The estimated average
amount of time required to complete the
application package is 160 hours
annually. The estimated response
burden includes time to review
instructions, gather existing data, and
complete and review the application.
These estimates are based on the
experience of former grantees who have
previously applied to the program.
(B) A web-based system that collects
data from grantees. Grantees report to
USDA using a web-based data collection
system. The estimated average amount
of time required to complete all
responses to the data collection
instrument is 20 hours per report, or 40
hours annually. We anticipate an
additional 10 burden hours for those
completing a final report, which is
approximately 1⁄3 of grantee
organizations each year. All grantees
will complete two semiannual reports,
regardless of whether or not they are
completing a final report, as the
semiannual report serves to provide
data on the preceding six-month period,
while the final report covers the entire
grant period. Additionally, the
estimated number of respondents per
year is higher than the total number of
grantees funded over three years, to
account for no-cost extensions to
existing grant agreements. The
estimated response burden includes
time to review the instructions, gather
existing data, and complete and review
the data entries. These estimates are
based on the current time reported by
grantees to respond to reports, as well
as efficiencies in the new web-based
system anticipated by the staff who
implement these programs.
Estimated
number of
respondents
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Respondent/data collection activity
(C) A follow-up survey that grantees
collect from program participants. Many
grantees currently ask program
participants to complete surveys after
attending a program offering or at the
completion of a training program to
assess the effectiveness and relevance of
the training content to the needs of the
participant. In this case, we are
proposing that OPPE will survey
program participants directly in order
fulfill reporting requirements to
Congress on the success of the program
in meeting its performance measures.
This information will be used by USDA
to measure the program’s overall
performance from the perspective of
program participants. Historical data
from grantees regarding burden hours is
helpful, but not especially relevant here,
as currently grantees create their own
feedback surveys that are not consistent
across different grantee organizations.
We have estimated the number of
burden hours for this item based on the
number of questions and whether they
are multiple choice, short answer, or
paragraph responses requested. In this
estimate, we also anticipate
administering the survey longitudinally
by requesting responses from
participants at 3 different time intervals.
Responses
per
respondent
Hours per
response
Annual
burden hours
Application ...............................................................................................................
Semiannual performance report ..............................................................................
Final performance report .........................................................................................
Follow-up survey (or course evaluation) (ArcGIS Survey 123) ...............................
120
150
50
5,000
1
2
1
3
160
20
30
.5
19,200
6,000
1,500
7,500
Total ..................................................................................................................
....................
........................
....................
34,200
Comments: Comments are invited on:
(a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the Agency’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information; (c) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information to be collected; and
(d) 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.
USDA will consider the comments
received and amend the Information
Collection Request (ICR) as appropriate.
The final ICR package will then be
submitted to OMB for review and
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approval. At that time, USDA will issue
another Federal Register notice to
announce the submission of the ICR to
OMB and the opportunity to submit
additional comments to OMB.
Lisa Ramirez,
Director, Office of Partnerships and Public
Engagement, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Census Bureau
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Business and Professional
Classification Report
The Department of Commerce will
submit the following information
collection request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, on or after the date of publication
of this notice. We invite the general
public and other Federal agencies to
comment on proposed, and continuing
information collections, which helps us
assess the impact of our information
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collection requirements and minimize
the public’s reporting burden. Public
comments were previously requested
via the Federal Register on March 8,
2024 during a 60-day comment period.
This notice allows for an additional 30
days for public comments.
Agency: U.S. Census Bureau,
Department of Commerce.
Title: Business and Professional
Classification Report.
OMB Control Number: 0607–0189.
Form Number(s): SQ–CLASS.
Type of Request: Regular submission,
Request for an Extension, without
Change, of a Currently Approved
Collection.
Number of Respondents: 60,000.
Average Hours per Response: 13
minutes.
Burden Hours: 13,000.
Needs and Uses: This request is for
continued clearance of the Business and
Professional Classification Report (SQ–
CLASS Report). The primary purpose of
the SQ–CLASS Report is to meet the
ongoing sample needs of the Census
Bureau’s current business surveys of the
retail trade, wholesale trade, and
services portions of the economy as
defined by the North American Industry
Classification System (NAICS). The data
collected by the SQ–CLASS Report are
used to update the samples in our
current business surveys to reflect
newly opened establishments.
Additionally, establishments in the
five-year economic census will receive
data collection instruments specifically
tailored to their industry based on the
classification information obtained by
the SQ–CLASS Report. Businesses in
Support Activities for Crop Production
(NAICS 1151) and Support Activities for
Animal Production (NAICS 1152) are
included in the scope and collection of
the Economic Census. To ensure that
businesses are properly classified, the
scope of the SQ–CLASS Report includes
businesses in the Agriculture Sector
(NAICS Sector 11) that are not fully
classified. This accounts for
approximately 600 cases in the SQ–
CLASS Report’s sample each year.
To keep current with rapid changes in
the marketplace caused by new
businesses (a.k.a. births) the Census
Bureau samples newly assigned
Employer Identification Numbers (EINs)
obtained from the Internal Revenue
Service (IRS). Each EIN can only be
selected once for the SQ–CLASS Report.
EINs selected for the SQ–CLASS Report
sample are asked to provide data about
the establishment(s) associated with the
new EIN including a more reliable
measure of size, consisting of sales in
two recent months, company affiliation
information, a new or more detailed
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industry classification code, and other
key information needed to maintain
proper coverage of the business universe
on the Business Register (BR) for the
current business surveys.
Based on information collected on the
SQ–CLASS Report form, EINs meeting
the criteria for inclusion in the Census
Bureau’s current business surveys are
eligible for a second phase of sampling.
The retail, wholesale, and services EINs
selected in this second sampling are
asked to report monthly for the retail
and wholesale surveys and quarterly for
the services survey.
The Economic Census and the current
business surveys represent the primary
source of facts about the structure and
function of the U.S. economy, providing
essential information to government and
the business community in making
sound decisions. This information helps
build the foundation for the calculation
of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and
other economic indicators. Crucial to its
success are the accuracy and reliability
of the BR data, which provides the
Economic Census and current business
surveys with their establishment lists.
Critical to the quality of information
housed in the BR is that each of the
statistical units has an accurate industry
classification, measure of size, activity
status, and physical address. The vital
information obtained from the SQ–
CLASS Report is fed back to the BR to
represent changes in industries and
confirm coverage between the years of
the Economic Census.
We are not proposing any major
changes to the collection. Minimal
changes are being made to the economic
activity descriptions in the primary
business activity question on the SQ–
CLASS Report. Respondents will
continue to choose the economic sector
of their business and then select their
type of business from a list of business
activities based on their response to the
economic sector question. If the
respondent does not see their business
activity listed, then they will provide a
brief description of their business
activity. This is the same methodology
that the Census Bureau uses in the
Economic Census to assign industry
classification.
Frequency: One time.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: The Census Bureau
conducts this survey under the
authority of an Act of Congress, Title 13,
U.S.C., Sections 131, 182, and 193.
This information collection request
may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov.
Follow the instructions to view the
Department of Commerce collections
currently under review by OMB.
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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 and
entering either the title of the collection
or the OMB Control Number 0607–0189.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs,
Commerce Department.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Census Bureau
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; School District Review
Program
The Department of Commerce will
submit the following information
collection request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, on or after the date of publication
of this notice. We invite the general
public and other Federal agencies to
comment on proposed, and continuing
information collections, which helps us
assess the impact of our information
collection requirements and minimize
the public’s reporting burden. Public
comments were previously requested
via the Federal Register on December 6,
2023, during a 60-day comment period.
This notice allows for an additional 30
days for public comments.
Agency: U.S. Census Bureau,
Department of Commerce.
Title: School District Review Program.
OMB Control Number: 0607–0987.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission,
Request for a Revision of a Currently
Approved Collection.
Number of Respondents: 156.
• Annotation Phase: 52.
• Verification Phase: 52.
• Feedback: 52.
Average Hours per Response: 41
hours.
• Annotation Phase: 30 hours.
• Verification Phase: 10 hours.
• Feedback: 1 hour.
Burden Hours: 2,132 hours.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Census Bureau
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Business and Professional Classification Report
The Department of Commerce will submit the following information
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, on or after the date of publication of this notice. We invite the
general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and
continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of
our information
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collection requirements and minimize the public's reporting burden.
Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on
March 8, 2024 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an
additional 30 days for public comments.
Agency: U.S. Census Bureau, Department of Commerce.
Title: Business and Professional Classification Report.
OMB Control Number: 0607-0189.
Form Number(s): SQ-CLASS.
Type of Request: Regular submission, Request for an Extension,
without Change, of a Currently Approved Collection.
Number of Respondents: 60,000.
Average Hours per Response: 13 minutes.
Burden Hours: 13,000.
Needs and Uses: This request is for continued clearance of the
Business and Professional Classification Report (SQ-CLASS Report). The
primary purpose of the SQ-CLASS Report is to meet the ongoing sample
needs of the Census Bureau's current business surveys of the retail
trade, wholesale trade, and services portions of the economy as defined
by the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). The data
collected by the SQ-CLASS Report are used to update the samples in our
current business surveys to reflect newly opened establishments.
Additionally, establishments in the five-year economic census will
receive data collection instruments specifically tailored to their
industry based on the classification information obtained by the SQ-
CLASS Report. Businesses in Support Activities for Crop Production
(NAICS 1151) and Support Activities for Animal Production (NAICS 1152)
are included in the scope and collection of the Economic Census. To
ensure that businesses are properly classified, the scope of the SQ-
CLASS Report includes businesses in the Agriculture Sector (NAICS
Sector 11) that are not fully classified. This accounts for
approximately 600 cases in the SQ-CLASS Report's sample each year.
To keep current with rapid changes in the marketplace caused by new
businesses (a.k.a. births) the Census Bureau samples newly assigned
Employer Identification Numbers (EINs) obtained from the Internal
Revenue Service (IRS). Each EIN can only be selected once for the SQ-
CLASS Report. EINs selected for the SQ-CLASS Report sample are asked to
provide data about the establishment(s) associated with the new EIN
including a more reliable measure of size, consisting of sales in two
recent months, company affiliation information, a new or more detailed
industry classification code, and other key information needed to
maintain proper coverage of the business universe on the Business
Register (BR) for the current business surveys.
Based on information collected on the SQ-CLASS Report form, EINs
meeting the criteria for inclusion in the Census Bureau's current
business surveys are eligible for a second phase of sampling. The
retail, wholesale, and services EINs selected in this second sampling
are asked to report monthly for the retail and wholesale surveys and
quarterly for the services survey.
The Economic Census and the current business surveys represent the
primary source of facts about the structure and function of the U.S.
economy, providing essential information to government and the business
community in making sound decisions. This information helps build the
foundation for the calculation of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and
other economic indicators. Crucial to its success are the accuracy and
reliability of the BR data, which provides the Economic Census and
current business surveys with their establishment lists. Critical to
the quality of information housed in the BR is that each of the
statistical units has an accurate industry classification, measure of
size, activity status, and physical address. The vital information
obtained from the SQ-CLASS Report is fed back to the BR to represent
changes in industries and confirm coverage between the years of the
Economic Census.
We are not proposing any major changes to the collection. Minimal
changes are being made to the economic activity descriptions in the
primary business activity question on the SQ-CLASS Report. Respondents
will continue to choose the economic sector of their business and then
select their type of business from a list of business activities based
on their response to the economic sector question. If the respondent
does not see their business activity listed, then they will provide a
brief description of their business activity. This is the same
methodology that the Census Bureau uses in the Economic Census to
assign industry classification.
Frequency: One time.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: The Census Bureau conducts this survey under the
authority of an Act of Congress, Title 13, U.S.C., Sections 131, 182,
and 193.
This information collection request may be viewed at
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view the Department of
Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
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 and entering either the title of the collection or the OMB
Control Number 0607-0189.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2024-11836 Filed 5-29-24; 8:45 am]
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