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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Doc. No.: AMS–LRRS–24–0025]
Notice of Request for an Extension of
a Currently Approved Information
Collection: Qualitative Feedback on
Agency Service Delivery
Agricultural Marketing Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Agricultural
Marketing Service’s (AMS) intention to
request approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB), for an
extension of a currently approved
information collection associated with
qualitative customer and stakeholder
feedback on service delivery by the
AMS.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by August 12, 2024 to be
assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit comments concerning
this notice online using the electronic
process available at https://
www.regulations.gov. Written comments
may be submitted to: Legislative &
Regulatory Review Staff, AMS, USDA,
1400 Independence Avenue SW, Stop
0202, Room 2938–S, Washington, DC
20250; Fax: (202) 690–3767. All
comments submitted in response to this
notice will be posted without change,
including any personal information
provided, at https://
www.regulations.gov/, included in the
record, and made available to the
public.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joell
Gilham, Legislative & Regulatory
Review Staff, AMS, USDA; Telephone
(202) 720–2986, or Email
norma.gilham@usda.gov.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Generic Clearance for the
Collection of Qualitative Feedback on
Agency Service Delivery-AMS.
OMB Number: 0581–0269.
Expiration Date of Approval: August
31, 2024.
Type of Request: Extension of a
Currently Approved Information
Collection.
Abstract: The proposed information
collection activity provides a means for
AMS to garner qualitative customer and
stakeholder feedback in an efficient,
timely manner, in accordance with the
Agency’s commitment to improving
service delivery.
By qualitative feedback we mean
information that provides useful
insights on perceptions and opinions,
but 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; provide
an early warning of issues with service;
or focus attention on areas where
communication, training, or changes in
operations might improve delivery of
products or services. This collection
will allow for ongoing, collaborative,
and actionable communications
between the Agency and its customers
and stakeholders. It will also allow
feedback to contribute directly to the
improvement of program management.
The solicitation of feedback will target
areas such as: timeliness,
appropriateness, accuracy of
information, courtesy, efficiency of
service delivery, and resolution of
issues with service delivery. Responses
will be assessed to plan and inform
efforts to improve or maintain the
quality of service offered to the public.
If this information is not collected, vital
feedback from customers and
stakeholders on the Agency’s services
will be unavailable.
AMS will only submit a collection for
approval under this generic clearance if
it meets the following conditions:
• The collection is voluntary;
• The collection is low-burden for
respondents (based on considerations of
total burden hours, total number of
respondents, or burden-hours per
respondent) and is low-cost for both the
respondents and the Federal
Government;
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• The collection is non-controversial
and does not raise issues of concern to
other Federal agencies;
• The 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 is intended to
be used only internally for general
service improvement and program
management purposes and is not
intended for release outside of AMS (if
released, AMS must indicate the
qualitative nature of the information);
• Information gathered will not be
used for the purpose of substantially
informing influential policy decisions;
and
• Information gathered will yield
qualitative information; the collection
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
nonresponse bias, the protocols for data
collection, and any testing procedures
that were or will be undertaken prior to
fielding this 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, this information
collection will not result in any new
system of records containing privacy
information and will not ask questions
of a sensitive nature, such as sexual
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behavior and attitudes, religious beliefs,
and other matters that are commonly
considered private.
AMS currently has approval from the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for this information collection.
This approval is for 60,000 burden
hours, based on our initial request to
OMB in April 2011. We are requesting
that the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) to approve our use of
these information collection activities
for 3 years.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden for this collection of information
is estimated to average 0.50 hours per
response.
Respondents: Individuals and
households; businesses and
organizations; State, local, or Tribal
government.
Estimated Annual Number of
Respondents: 110,000.
Estimated Number of Responses:
110,000.
Estimated Annual Number of
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 60,000 (Due to averaging,
the total annual burden hours may not
equal the product of the annual number
of responses multiplied by the reporting
burden per response.)
Comments: Comments are invited on:
(1) Whether the proposed collection of
the information is necessary for the
proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden of the proposed collection
of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(3) ways to enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (4) 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.
All responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
for OMB approval. All comments will
also become a matter of public record.
Erin Morris,
Associate Administrator, Agricultural
Marketing Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
The Department of Agriculture will
submit the following information
collection requirement(s) to OMB for
review and clearance under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13 on or after the date
of publication of this notice. Comments
are requested regarding: (1) 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; (2) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of burden including
the validity of the methodology and
assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance
the quality, utility and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (4)
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 these
information collections are best assured
of having their full effect if received by
July 15, 2024. Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be
submitted, identified by docket number
0535–0264, within 30 days of the
publication of this notice by any of the
following methods:
• Email: ombofficer@nass.usda.gov.
Include docket number above in the
subject line of the message.
• E-fax: 855–838–6382.
• Mail: Mail any paper, disk, or CD–
ROM submissions to: Richard Hopper,
NASS Clearance Officer, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Room 5336,
South Building, 1400 Independence
Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250–
2024.
• Hand Delivery/Courier: Hand
deliver to: Richard Hopper, NASS
Clearance Officer, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Room 5336, South
Building, 1400 Independence Avenue
SW, Washington, DC 20250–2024.
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.
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National Agricultural Statistics Service
(NASS)
Title: Land Leasing Survey in
Oklahoma.
OMB Control Number: 0535–0264.
Summary of Collection: The primary
objectives of the National Agricultural
Statistics Service (NASS) are to prepare
and issue official State and national
estimates of crop and livestock
production, disposition and prices,
economic statistics, and environmental
statistics related to agriculture and to
conduct the Census of Agriculture and
its follow-on surveys. NASS will
conduct a survey of agricultural
operations in Oklahoma. Selected
farmers will be asked to provide data on
rent & acreage as well as form of the
lease agreement for operations with the
following lease agreements: (1) cash rent
for selected crops, (2) share rent, (3)
pasture leases, winter grazing, and
recreational leases. General authority for
these data collection activities is granted
under U.S.C. Title 7, Section 2204.
Need and Use of the Information:
Oklahoma State University, as well as
many farmers and ranchers in
Oklahoma, have been interested in land
rental rates for agricultural operations in
greater detail than what is provided in
the Cash Rents and Leases Survey used
to satisfy the requirement originally
specified in the 2008 Farm Bill and
conducted under Office of Management
and Budget approval number 0535–
0002.
To assist producers with this data
need, the Oklahoma State University,
Department of Agricultural Economics
(OSU–DAE), has been collecting and
publishing statistical estimates
biennially for more than 30 years—
before USDA–NASS was tasked with
the Cash Rents County Estimates. The
OSU–DAE obtained statistics to assist
producers in making sound rental
agreements. Due to the diverse nature of
the state, OSU–DAE felt it necessary to
provide more descriptive land breakouts
such as pasture estimates into native
pasture and improved pasture due to
large price differences and input costs
associated with each type of pasture.
The NASS Oklahoma Field Office
routinely receives data requests from
data users specific to land leasing rates.
While NASS does typically have county
and state level cash rents data available
for data users, many times they are
looking for more detail on the breakout
of pastureland or cropland. In
Oklahoma, improved grasses for
pastureland tend to bring above average
rates due to the delivered output, and
the same applies to some cropland.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Doc. No.: AMS-LRRS-24-0025]
Notice of Request for an Extension of a Currently Approved
Information Collection: Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery
AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Agricultural Marketing Service's (AMS) intention
to request approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), for
an extension of a currently approved information collection associated
with qualitative customer and stakeholder feedback on service delivery
by the AMS.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by August 12, 2024 to
be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments concerning
this notice online using the electronic process available at https://www.regulations.gov. Written comments may be submitted to: Legislative
& Regulatory Review Staff, AMS, USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Stop
0202, Room 2938-S, Washington, DC 20250; Fax: (202) 690-3767. All
comments submitted in response to this notice will be posted without
change, including any personal information provided, at https://www.regulations.gov/, included in the record, and made available to the
public.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joell Gilham, Legislative & Regulatory
Review Staff, AMS, USDA; Telephone (202) 720-2986, or Email
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback
on Agency Service Delivery-AMS.
OMB Number: 0581-0269.
Expiration Date of Approval: August 31, 2024.
Type of Request: Extension of a Currently Approved Information
Collection.
Abstract: The proposed information collection activity provides a
means for AMS to garner qualitative customer and stakeholder feedback
in an efficient, timely manner, in accordance with the Agency's
commitment to improving service delivery.
By qualitative feedback we mean information that provides useful
insights on perceptions and opinions, but 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; provide an early warning of
issues with service; or focus attention on areas where communication,
training, or changes in operations might improve delivery of products
or services. This collection will allow for ongoing, collaborative, and
actionable communications between the Agency and its customers and
stakeholders. It will also allow feedback to contribute directly to the
improvement of program management.
The solicitation of feedback will target areas such as: timeliness,
appropriateness, accuracy of information, courtesy, efficiency of
service delivery, and resolution of issues with service delivery.
Responses will be assessed to plan and inform efforts to improve or
maintain the quality of service offered to the public. If this
information is not collected, vital feedback from customers and
stakeholders on the Agency's services will be unavailable.
AMS will only submit a collection for approval under this generic
clearance if it meets the following conditions:
The collection is voluntary;
The collection is low-burden for respondents (based on
considerations of total burden hours, total number of respondents, or
burden-hours per respondent) and is low-cost for both the respondents
and the Federal Government;
The collection is non-controversial and does not raise
issues of concern to other Federal agencies;
The 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 is intended to be used only
internally for general service improvement and program management
purposes and is not intended for release outside of AMS (if released,
AMS must indicate the qualitative nature of the information);
Information gathered will not be used for the purpose of
substantially informing influential policy decisions; and
Information gathered will yield qualitative information;
the collection 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 nonresponse bias, the protocols for data collection, and any
testing procedures that were or will be undertaken prior to fielding
this 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, this information collection will not result in
any new system of records containing privacy information and will not
ask questions of a sensitive nature, such as sexual
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behavior and attitudes, religious beliefs, and other matters that are
commonly considered private.
AMS currently has approval from the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for this information collection. This approval is for 60,000
burden hours, based on our initial request to OMB in April 2011. We are
requesting that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve
our use of these information collection activities for 3 years.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average 0.50 hours per response.
Respondents: Individuals and households; businesses and
organizations; State, local, or Tribal government.
Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: 110,000.
Estimated Number of Responses: 110,000.
Estimated Annual Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 60,000 (Due to
averaging, the total annual burden hours may not equal the product of
the annual number of responses multiplied by the reporting burden per
response.)
Comments: Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the proposed
collection of the information is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including whether the information will
have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of
the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected;
and (4) 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.
All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the
request for OMB approval. All comments will also become a matter of
public record.
Erin Morris,
Associate Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
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