[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 118 (Wednesday, June 21, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 28301]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-12970]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative
Feedback on Agency Service Delivery
AGENCY: Farm Service Agency, USDA.
ACTION: 30-Day notice of submission of information collection approval
from the Office of Management and Budget and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: As part of a Federal Government-wide effort to streamline the
process to seek feedback from the public on service delivery, the
Department of Agriculture (USDA), Farm Service Agency (FSA) has
submitted a Generic Information Collection Request (Generic ICR):
``Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on
Agency Service Delivery '' to OMB for approval under the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA).
DATES: Comments must be submitted by July 21, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be submitted to the Desk Officer for
Agriculture, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC
20503; [email protected] or fax (202) 395-5806 and to
Departmental Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail Stop 7602, Washington,
DC 20250-7602.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information,
please contact Ruth Brown (202) 720-8958 or Charlene Parker (202) 720-
8681.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback
on Agency Service Delivery.
Abstract: The information collection activity will garner
qualitative customer and stakeholder feedback in an efficient, timely
manner, in accordance with the Administration's commitment to improving
service delivery. By qualitative feedback we mean information that
provides useful insights on perceptions and opinions, but are 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. 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.
Feedback collected under this generic clearance will provide useful
information, but it will 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 non-response bias, the protocols for data collection, and any
testing procedures that were or will be undertaken prior 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.
The Agency received one comments in response to the 60-day notice
published in the Federal Register of April 4, 2017 (82 FR 16338). The
comment was not related to this information collection.
Farm Service Agency 0560-0286
Current Actions: Revision and Extension of Currently Approved
Collection.
Type of Review: Revision and Extension.
Affected Public: Individuals and Households; Businesses;
Organizations; and State and Local Government.
Average Expected Annual Number of activities: 8.
Respondents: 600,000.
Annual responses: 600,000.
Frequency of Response: Once per request.
Average minutes per response: 30.
Burden hours: 300,000.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required
to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a
currently valid Office of Management and Budget control number.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-12970 Filed 6-20-17; 8:45 am]
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