[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 57 (Monday, March 25, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17931-17932]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-06732]
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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
[OMB Control No. 3090-0288; Docket 2013-0001, Sequence 2]
Information Collection; Open Government Citizen Engagement
Ratings, Rankings, and Flagging
AGENCY: Office of Citizen Services, General Services Administration
(GSA).
ACTION: Notice of request for comments regarding an extension of an
existing OMB information collection.
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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the
Regulatory Secretariat will be submitting to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve a previously approved
information collection requirement regarding open government citizen
engagement ratings, rankings, and flagging.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before May 24, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments identified by Information Collection 3090-
0288, Open Government Citizen Engagement Ratings, Rankings, and
Flagging, by any of the following methods:
Regulations.gov: http://www.regulations.gov. Submit
comments via the Federal eRulemaking portal by searching for the OMB
control number. Select the link ``Submit a Comment'' that corresponds
with ``Information Collection 3090-0288, Open Government Citizen
Engagement Ratings, Rankings, and Flagging''. Follow the instructions
provided at the ``Submit a Comment'' screen. Please include your name,
company name (if any), and ``Information Collection 3090-0288, Open
Government Citizen Engagement Ratings, Rankings, and Flagging'' on your
attached document.
Mail: General Services Administration, Regulatory
Secretariat (MVCB), 1275 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20417. ATTN:
Hada Flowers/IC 3090-0288, Open Government Citizen Engagement Ratings,
Rankings, and Flagging.
Instructions: Please submit comments only and cite Information
Collection 3090-0288, Open Government Citizen Engagement Ratings,
Rankings, and Flagging, in all correspondence related to this
collection. All comments received will be posted without change to
http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal and/or business
confidential information provided.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Jonathan Rubin, General Services
Administration, Office of Citizen Services, 1275 First Street NE.,
Washington, DC 20417; telephone number: 202-501-0855; email address:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Purpose
The ``Open Government Citizen Engagement'' is a response to the
Open Government Directive, which was issued on December 8, 2009 by the
Director of OMB. This directive asked that executive departments and
agencies take specific actions to implement the principles of
transparency, participation and collaboration, as set forth in the
President's January 21, 2009 Memorandum on Transparency and Open
Government. GSA is creating an Open Government Citizen Engagement tool,
an online collaboration tool powered by IdeaScale, as one example of
methods for agencies to use in extensively engaging the public. The
Open Government Citizen Engagement will allow the public to weigh in on
their support for agency and public ideas, comments, suggestions, data
sets, and the like, and allow agencies to engage with the public via
Ratings, Rankings and Flaggings. The goal is to allow the public to
rate and rank open-ended, general questions, comments and suggestions.
Tools that allow rating, ranking and flagging (for example, many blogs,
ideation, challenge grant platforms, and other social media tools) can
be used across government. This information collection request for an
emergency clearance is being submitted in order to fulfill the public
engagement aspects of the Open Government initiative, and to allow all
agencies to use this and similar rating, ranking, voting and flagging
tools in this exercise and other exercises and meet the goals of Open
Government.
B. Public Comments Are Particularly Invited On
Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, GSA specifically
solicits comments and information to enable it to:
(i) 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;
(ii) 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;
(iii) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
to be collected; and
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(iv) 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
submission of responses.
C. Annual Reporting Burden
The annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this
collection of information is estimated to average up to 1,666 hours per
year. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial resources
expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or
provide information to or for a Federal agency. This includes the time
needed to review instructions; develop, acquire, install, and utilize
technology and systems for the purposes of collecting, validating, and
verifying information, processing and maintaining information, and
disclosing and providing information; adjust the existing ways to
comply with any previously applicable instructions and requirements
which have subsequently changed; train personnel to be able to respond
to a collection of information; search data sources; complete and
review the collection of information; and transmit or otherwise
disclose the information.
The estimated annual burden:
Respondents: 1,200,000.
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Total number of responses: 1,200,000.
Hours per Response: .0013886.
Total hours per response: 1,200,000.
Total Burden Hours: 1,666.
Obtaining Copies Of Proposals: Requesters may obtain a copy of the
information collection documents from the General Services
Administration, Regulatory Secretariat (MVCB), 1275 First Street NE.,
Washington, DC 20417, telephone 202-501-4755. Please cite 3090-0288,
Open Government Citizen Engagement Ratings, Rankings, and Flagging, in
all correspondence.
Dated: March 19, 2013.
Casey Coleman,
Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-06732 Filed 3-22-13; 8:45 am]
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