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OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Information Collection
Renewal; Comment Request; Fast
Track Generic Clearance for the
Collection of Qualitative Feedback on
Agency Service Delivery
AGENCY:
Office of Government Ethics
(OGE).
ACTION:
Notice of request for comments.
After this first round notice
and public comment period, the U.S.
Office of Government Ethics (OGE)
intends to submit a request for a
renewed Generic Clearance for the
collection of qualitative feedback on
agency service delivery for review and
approval of a three-year extension under
the Paperwork Reduction Act.
DATES: Written comments on this
proposed extension are invited and
must be received by August 16, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be
submitted to OGE, by any of the
following methods:
Email: usoge@oge.gov. (Include
reference to ‘‘Fast Track Generic
Clearance comment’’ in the subject line
of the message.)
Mail: Office of Government Ethics,
250 E Street SW, Suite 750, Washington,
DC 20024–3249, Attention: Jennifer
Matis, Associate Counsel.
Instructions: Comments may be
posted on OGE’s website, www.oge.gov.
Sensitive personal information, such as
account numbers or Social Security
numbers, should not be included.
Comments generally will not be edited
to remove any identifying or contact
information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jennifer Matis at the U.S. Office of
Government Ethics; telephone: 202–
482–9216; TTY: 800–877–8339; Email:
usoge@oge.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Fast Track Generic Clearance for
the Collection of Qualitative Feedback
on Agency Service Delivery.
Abstract: The proposed Generic
Clearance provides a means to garner
qualitative customer and stakeholder
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feedback in an efficient, timely manner,
in accordance with the agency’s
commitment to improving service
delivery. Qualitative feedback means
information that provides useful
insights on perceptions and opinions
but is not a statistical survey that yields
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. These collections
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.
OGE expects to use various methods
(e.g., focus groups, customer satisfaction
surveys, comment cards) to solicit
feedback. Responses will be assessed to
plan and inform efforts to improve or
maintain the quality of service offered to
the public and other agency
stakeholders. If this information is not
collected, vital feedback from customers
and stakeholders on the agency’s
services will be unavailable.
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;
• The collections are focused on the
awareness, understanding, attitudes,
preferences, or experiences of the public
or other stakeholders in order to
improve existing or future services,
products, or communication materials;
• Personally identifiable information
(PII) is collected only to the extent
necessary;
• Information gathered will be used
only internally for general service
improvement and program management
purposes and is not intended for release
to the public;
• Information gathered will not be
used for the purpose of substantially
informing influential policy decisions;
and
• Information gathered will yield
qualitative information, and the
collections will not be designed or
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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 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 submitted under this
Generic Clearance 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.
OMB Number: 3209–0010.
Type of Request: Extension.
Affected Public: Individuals; Business
or Other For-Profit Institutions; Not-ForProfit Institutions; State, Local, or Tribal
Government.
Estimated Annual Number of
Respondents: 91,555.
Average Expected Annual Number of
Activities: 6.
Average Number of Respondents per
Activity:15,259.
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Annual Responses: 91,555.
Average Minutes per Response: 56
minutes.
Annual Burden Hours: 4,030 hours.
Frequency: On occasion.
Request for Comments: Agency and
public comment is invited specifically
on the need for and practical utility of
this Generic Clearance, the accuracy of
OGE’s burden estimate, the
enhancement of quality, utility and
clarity of the information collected, and
the minimization of burden (including
the use of information technology).
Comments received in response to this
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notice will be summarized for, and
included with, the OGE Generic
Clearance request. The comments will
also become a matter of public record.
Approved: June 11, 2024.
Shelley K. Finlayson,
Acting Director, U.S. Office of Government
Ethics.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[60Day–24–1310; Docket No. CDC–2024–
0051]
Proposed Data Collection Submitted
for Public Comment and
Recommendations
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice with comment period.
AGENCY:
The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of
its continuing effort to reduce public
burden and maximize the utility of
government information, invites the
general public and other federal
agencies the opportunity to comment on
a proposed and/or continuing
information collection, as required by
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
This notice invites comment on a
proposed information collection project
titled Public Health Laboratory Testing
for Emerging Antimicrobial Resistance
and Fungal Threats. This data collection
is designed to allow CDC to test and
characterize, antimicrobial resistant
bacteria and fungal isolates.
DATES: CDC must receive written
comments on or before August 16, 2024.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. CDC–2024–
0051 by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal:
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
• Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information
Collection Review Office, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, 1600
Clifton Road NE, MS H21–8, Atlanta,
Georgia 30329.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the agency name and
Docket Number. CDC will post, without
change, all relevant comments to
www.regulations.gov.
Please note: Submit all comments
through the Federal eRulemaking portal
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(www.regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to
the address listed above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of
the information collection plan and
instruments, contact Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Information Collection Review Office,
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, MS
H21–8, Atlanta, Georgia 30329;
Telephone: 404–639–7570; Email: omb@
cdc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA)
(44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), federal agencies
must obtain approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for each
collection of information they conduct
or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also
requires federal agencies to provide a
60-day notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of
information, including each new
proposed collection, each proposed
extension of existing collection of
information, and each reinstatement of
previously approved information
collection before submitting the
collection to the OMB for approval. To
comply with this requirement, we are
publishing this notice of a proposed
data collection as described below.
The OMB is particularly interested in
comments that will help:
1. Evaluate 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;
2. Evaluate 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. Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected;
4. 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,
e.g., permitting electronic submissions
of responses; and
5. Assess information collection costs.
Proposed Project
Public Health Laboratory Testing for
Emerging Antimicrobial Resistance and
Fungal Threats (OMB Control No. 0920–
1310, Exp. 5/31/2026)—Revision—
National Center for Emerging and
Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID),
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
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Background and Brief Description
State and Local laboratory testing
capacity is implemented by the
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS), Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC) in
response to the Executive Order 13676
of September 18, 2014, the National
Strategy of September 2014 and to
implement the National Action Plan of
October 2020 for Combating Antibiotic
Resistant Bacteria. Data collected
throughout this network is also
authorized by Section 301 of the Public
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 241).
The Antimicrobial Resistance
Laboratory Network (AR Lab Network)
is made up of jurisdictional public
health laboratories (i.e., all 50 states,
five large cities, and Puerto Rico). These
public health laboratories will be
equipped to detect and characterize
isolates as described. Carbapenemaseproducing organisms: equipped to
detect and characterize carbapenemresistant Enterobacterales (CRE),
carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas
aeruginosa (CRPA), and carbapenemresistant Acinetobacter baumannii
(CRAB) isolates and detect
carbapenemase-producing organisms
(CPOs) from screening swabs.
Characterization of these resistant
bacteria, which are typically identified
in clinical laboratories, is often limited
despite the fact they are becoming more
prevalent, particularly in healthcare
settings. The proposed laboratory testing
will allow for additional testing and
characterization, including use of
validated high-quality methods. Isolate
characterization includes organism
identification, antimicrobial
susceptibility testing (AST) to confirm
carbapenem resistance and determine
susceptibility to new drugs of
therapeutic and epidemiological
importance, a phenotypic method to
detect carbapenemase enzyme
production, and molecular testing (e.g.,
whole genome sequencing [WGS]) to
identify the resistance mechanism(s).
Screening swabs will undergo molecular
testing to identify carbapenemase genes
present. Results from this laboratory
testing will be used to: (1) identify
targets for infection control; (2) detect
new types of resistance; (3) characterize
geographical distribution of resistance;
(4) determine whether resistance
mechanisms are spreading among
organisms, people, and facilities; and (5)
provide data that informs state and local
public health surveillance and
prevention activities and priorities.
Additionally, participating
jurisdictional public health laboratories
will also participate in reference
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OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Information Collection Renewal; Comment Request; Fast Track
Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency
Service Delivery
AGENCY: Office of Government Ethics (OGE).
ACTION: Notice of request for comments.
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SUMMARY: After this first round notice and public comment period, the
U.S. Office of Government Ethics (OGE) intends to submit a request for
a renewed Generic Clearance for the collection of qualitative feedback
on agency service delivery for review and approval of a three-year
extension under the Paperwork Reduction Act.
DATES: Written comments on this proposed extension are invited and must
be received by August 16, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted to OGE, by any of the following
methods:
Email: [email protected]. (Include reference to ``Fast Track Generic
Clearance comment'' in the subject line of the message.)
Mail: Office of Government Ethics, 250 E Street SW, Suite 750,
Washington, DC 20024-3249, Attention: Jennifer Matis, Associate
Counsel.
Instructions: Comments may be posted on OGE's website, www.oge.gov.
Sensitive personal information, such as account numbers or Social
Security numbers, should not be included. Comments generally will not
be edited to remove any identifying or contact information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Matis at the U.S. Office of
Government Ethics; telephone: 202-482-9216; TTY: 800-877-8339; Email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Fast Track Generic Clearance for the Collection of
Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery.
Abstract: The proposed Generic Clearance provides a means to garner
qualitative customer and stakeholder feedback in an efficient, timely
manner, in accordance with the agency's commitment to improving service
delivery. Qualitative feedback means information that provides useful
insights on perceptions and opinions but is not a statistical survey
that yields 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. These collections 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.
OGE expects to use various methods (e.g., focus groups, customer
satisfaction surveys, comment cards) to solicit feedback. Responses
will be assessed to plan and inform efforts to improve or maintain the
quality of service offered to the public and other agency stakeholders.
If this information is not collected, vital feedback from customers and
stakeholders on the agency's services will be unavailable.
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;
The collections are focused on the awareness,
understanding, attitudes, preferences, or experiences of the public or
other stakeholders in order to improve existing or future services,
products, or communication materials;
Personally identifiable information (PII) is collected
only to the extent necessary;
Information gathered will be used only internally for
general service improvement and program management purposes and is not
intended for release to the public;
Information gathered will not be used for the purpose of
substantially informing influential policy decisions; and
Information gathered will yield qualitative information,
and 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 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 submitted under this
Generic Clearance 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.
OMB Number: 3209-0010.
Type of Request: Extension.
Affected Public: Individuals; Business or Other For-Profit
Institutions; Not-For-Profit Institutions; State, Local, or Tribal
Government.
Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: 91,555.
Average Expected Annual Number of Activities: 6.
Average Number of Respondents per Activity:15,259.
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Annual Responses: 91,555.
Average Minutes per Response: 56 minutes.
Annual Burden Hours: 4,030 hours.
Frequency: On occasion.
Request for Comments: Agency and public comment is invited
specifically on the need for and practical utility of this Generic
Clearance, the accuracy of OGE's burden estimate, the enhancement of
quality, utility and clarity of the information collected, and the
minimization of burden (including the use of information technology).
Comments received in response to this
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notice will be summarized for, and included with, the OGE Generic
Clearance request. The comments will also become a matter of public
record.
Approved: June 11, 2024.
Shelley K. Finlayson,
Acting Director, U.S. Office of Government Ethics.
[FR Doc. 2024-13189 Filed 6-14-24; 8:45 am]
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