[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 112 (Friday, June 10, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34077-34078]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-14107]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Title: Pre-testing of Evaluation Surveys.
OMB No.: 0970-0355.
Description: The Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation
(OPRE), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services (HHS), intends to request approval from
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for a generic clearance that
a will allow OPRE to conduct a variety of data gathering activities
aimed at identifying questionnaire and procedural problems in survey
administration. Over the next three years, OPRE anticipates undertaking
a variety of new surveys as part of research projects in the fields of
cash welfare, employment and self-sufficiency, Head Start, child care,
healthy marriage and responsible fatherhood, and child welfare, among
others. In order to improve the development of its research and
evaluation surveys, OPRE envisions using a variety of techniques
including field tests, respondent debriefing questionnaires, cognitive
interviews and focus groups in order to identify questionnaire and
procedural problems, suggest solutions, and measure the relative
effectiveness of alternative survey solutions.
Following standard OMB requirements, OPRE will submit a change
request to OMB individually for every data collection activity
undertaken under this generic clearance. OPRE will provide OMB with a
copy of the individual instrument or questionnaire, as well as other
materials describing the project and specific survey pre-test.
Respondents: The respondents will be identified at the time that
each change request is submitted to OMB. Generally they will be
individuals who are representative of the target groups for the public
assistance research or evaluation project in question.
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Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of Average burden
Instrument Number of responses per hours per Total annual
respondents respondent response burden hours
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Survey development field tests, respondent 5,000 1 0.5 2,500
debriefing questionnaires, cognitive interviews
and focus groups...............................
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,500
In compliance with the requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Administration for Children and
Families is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the
information collection described above. Copies of the proposed
collection of information can be obtained and comments may be forwarded
by writing to the Administration for Children and Families, Office of
Planning, Research and Evaluation, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW.,
Washington, DC 20447, Attn: OPRE Reports Clearance Officer. E-mail
address: [email protected]. All requests should be
identified by the title of the information collection.
The Department specifically requests comments on (a) Whether the
proposed 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 proposed collection of
information; (c) the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
to be collected; and (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.
Consideration will be given to comments and suggestions submitted
within 60 days of this publication.
Dated: May 31, 2011.
Steven M. Hanmer,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-14107 Filed 6-9-11; 8:45 am]
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