Notice2023-13721
Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision of a Currently Approved Collection: Citizenship and Integration Direct Services Grant Program
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Published
June 28, 2023
Issuing agencies
Homeland Security DepartmentU.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Abstract
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for public comments.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 123 (Wednesday, June 28, 2023)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-13721]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
[OMB Control Number 1615-0140]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision of a Currently
Approved Collection: Citizenship and Integration Direct Services Grant
Program
AGENCY: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of
Homeland Security.
ACTION: 30-Day notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship
and Immigration Services (USCIS) will be submitting the following
information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. The purpose of this notice is to allow an
additional 30 days for public comments.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted until July 28,
2023.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and/or suggestions regarding the item(s)
contained in this notice, especially regarding the estimated public
burden and associated response time, must be submitted via the Federal
eRulemaking Portal website at <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a> under e-Docket
ID number USCIS-2016-0002. All submissions received must include the
OMB Control Number 1615-0140 in the body of the letter, the agency name
and Docket ID USCIS-2016-0002.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: USCIS, Office of Policy and Strategy,
Regulatory Coordination Division, Samantha Deshommes, Chief, telephone
number (240) 721-3000 (This is not a toll-free number; comments are not
accepted via telephone message.). Please note contact information
provided here is solely for questions regarding this notice. It is not
for individual case status inquiries. Applicants seeking information
about the status of their individual cases can check Case Status
Online, available at the USCIS website at <a href="http://www.uscis.gov">http://www.uscis.gov</a>, or call
the USCIS Contact Center at 800-375-5283 (TTY 800-767-1833).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Comments
The information collection notice was previously published in the
Federal Register on April 4 2023, at 88 FR 19971, allowing for a 60-day
public comment period. USCIS received one comment in connection with
the 60-day notice.
You may access the information collection instrument with
instructions, or additional information by visiting the Federal
eRulemaking Portal site at: <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a> and enter USCIS-
2016-0002 in the search box. The comments submitted to USCIS via this
method are visible to the Office of Management and Budget and comply
with the requirements of 5 CFR 1320.12(c). All submissions will be
posted, without change, to the Federal eRulemaking Portal at <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>, and will include any personal information you
provide. Therefore, submitting this information makes it public. You
may wish to consider limiting the amount of personal information that
you provide in any voluntary submission you make to DHS. DHS may
withhold information provided in comments from public viewing that it
determines may impact the privacy of an individual or is offensive. For
additional information, please read the Privacy Act notice that is
available via the link in the footer of <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>.
Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected
agencies should address one or more of the following four points:
(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; and
(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
submission of responses.
Overview of This Information Collection
(1) Type of Information Collection: Revision of a Currently
Approved Collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection: Citizenship and Integration
Direct Services Grant Program.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the
DHS sponsoring the collection: G-1482 and Grant Post-Award Evaluation;
USCIS.
(4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as
well as a brief abstract: Primary: Not-for-profit institutions. USCIS
is authorized to expend funds that are collected for adjudication and
naturalization services and deposited into the Immigration Examination
Fee Account for the Citizenship and Integration Grant Program (CIGP).
See, e.g., Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, Title V, sec. 538.
This collection includes an assessment of the effectiveness and an
ongoing evaluation of citizenship education and naturalization outcomes
for grant program participants. To support this assessment, USCIS needs
to collect and analyze the responses to a number of data elements.
USCIS publicly reports the success of grant recipients. The grant
recipient survey will provide the information necessary
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to monitor the grant program including accomplishments, progress
meeting goals, progress of the sub-awardee organization (if
applicable), identify challenges in meeting goals, staff and/or
organizational development activities, student assessment and progress,
and promising practices.
(5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: The estimated
total number of respondents for the information collection G-1482 is
325 and the estimated hour burden per response is 42 hours. The
estimated total number of respondents for the information collection
Grant Post-Award Evaluation is 150 with 9 responses per respondent and
the estimated hour burden per response is 28 hours.
(6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated
with the collection: The total estimated annual hour burden associated
with this collection is 51,450 hours.
(7) An estimate of the total public burden (in cost) associated
with the collection: The estimated total annual cost burden associated
with this collection of information is $22,750.
Dated: June 23, 2023.
Samantha L Deshommes,
Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division, Office of Policy and Strategy,
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland
Security.
[FR Doc. 2023-13721 Filed 6-27-23; 8:45 am]
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