[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 125 (Thursday, June 28, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 38706]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-15918]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
[Docket No. FHWA-2012-0051]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments
for a New Information Collection
AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: FHWA invites public comments about our intention to request
the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval for a new
information collection, which is summarized below under SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION. We are required to publish this notice in the Federal
Register by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Please submit comments by August 27, 2012.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket ID 2012-
0051 by any of the following methods:
Web Site: For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received; go to the Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting
comments.
Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
Mail: Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of
Transportation, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001.
Hand Delivery or Courier: U.S. Department of Transportation, West
Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Nesbitt
([email protected]), 202-366-1179 Office of Infrastructure,
Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590. Office hours are from 8 a.m.
to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Engage@FHWA: Comments, Ratings, Rankings, and Flagging
Tools.
Background: This information collection request is for a clearance
to fulfill the public feedback aspects of the Engage@FHWA National
Dialogue initiative. Visitors to Engage@FHWA National Dialogue Web
sites will be provided with opportunities to submit feedback and
ratings in the spirit of promoting open government and transparency at
FHWA. Examples of feedback mechanisms are:
1. An ``agree/disagree'', ``vote up/vote down'' or other rating
system to give visitors information about which posts other visitors
find most useful and interesting.
2. A ``Contact Us'' entry page with an optional contact email
address for those visitors wishing to identify themselves.
3. Submit ideas and comments features.
Estimated Burden of Information Collection: This ICR is for a
three-year standard clearance of the FHWA comment, rating, ranking and
flagging mechanisms, and those used by its program offices implementing
the Engage@FHWA intiative.
IC's are included in this package for the following feedback
mechanisms:
Comments/Voting/Rating/Ranking/Flagging for Public Support or
Disagreement: It is estimated that across the FHWA 14,400 votes/
comments/ratings/flags may be submitted annually as offices engage the
public in the spirit of open government. Each of the comment/ratings is
estimated to take 30 seconds to complete. Therefore, it is estimated
that 72000 minutes (120 hours) per year may be expended to submit
votes/ratings as agencies engage the public in open government
activities.
Public Comments Invited: You are asked to comment on any aspect of
this information collection, including: (1) Whether the proposed
collection is necessary for the FHWA's performance; (2) the accuracy of
the estimated burden; (3) ways for the FHWA to enhance the quality,
usefulness, and clarity of the collected information; and (4) ways that
the burden could be minimized, including the use of computer
technology, without reducing the quality of the collected information.
The agency will summarize and/or include your comments in the request
for OMB's clearance of this information collection.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1.48.
Issued on: June 22, 2012.
Steven Smith,
Chief, Information Technology Division.
[FR Doc. 2012-15918 Filed 6-27-12; 8:45 am]
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