Notice2023-16436
Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Administration for Children and Families Generic for Information Collections Related to Gatherings (New Collection)
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Published
August 2, 2023
Issuing agencies
Health and Human Services DepartmentChildren and Families Administration
Abstract
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services intends to request approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for a generic clearance to request information from potential participants at ACF gatherings, such as meetings or conferences. The planning for these gatherings is most often on a quick timeline and the standard timeline to comply with a full request under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) would inhibit the ability to collect information to inform these activities. Therefore, an umbrella generic is requested to allow for quick turnaround requests for similar information collections related to these activities.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 147 (Wednesday, August 2, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50868-50869]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-16436]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review;
Administration for Children and Families Generic for Information
Collections Related to Gatherings (New Collection)
AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration
for Children and Families, United States Department of Health and Human
Services.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services intends to request approval
from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for a generic clearance
to request information from potential participants at ACF gatherings,
such as meetings or conferences. The planning for these gatherings is
most often on a quick timeline and the standard timeline to comply with
a full request
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under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) would inhibit the ability to
collect information to inform these activities. Therefore, an umbrella
generic is requested to allow for quick turnaround requests for similar
information collections related to these activities.
DATES: Comments due within 30 days of publication. OMB must make a
decision about the collection of information between 30 and 60 days
after publication of this document in the Federal Register. Therefore,
a comment is best assured of having its full effect if OMB receives it
within 30 days of publication.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function. You can
also obtain copies of the proposed collection of information by
emailing <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3e716e6c7b575058515d5152525b5d4a5751507e5f5d581056564d10595148"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5b140b091e32353d34383437373e382f3234351b3a383d75333328753c342d">[email protected]</span></a>. Identify all requests by the
title of the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: ACF hosts a variety of gatherings for many different
purposes. This may include large scale conferences, meetings for
grantees or contractors, workshops, trainings, poster sessions, and
other in-person and virtual gatherings for individuals with interest in
ACF programs (clients, researchers, policymakers, etc.), among others.
To ensure ACF has adequate information to plan these activities, the
Agency must often collect information from potential participants such
as basic contact information, preferences for attendance (mode, special
requests, etc.), organizational affiliation, feedback about meeting
content, etc. Additionally, some activities require ACF to have
additional information to have the means to select the most appropriate
participants for attendance according to the type or purpose of a given
activity, or to group participants into the most appropriate category
or activity during an event. This may include information about poster
presentations, speaking panels, training courses, professional
perspectives, or experiences, etc. In addition, attendees may be asked
to submit an application or abstract for prescreening to be selected
for attendance.
The purposes of the collections under this umbrella generic
information collection are to gather appropriate information to plan
ACF gatherings. Example information collection activities could
include:
<bullet> Registration forms
[cir] Information collected on these types of forms could include name,
contact information, organization/affiliation, basic demographics,
attendance needs, etc.
<bullet> Applications for panels, posters, or other presentation
formats
[cir] Information collected on these types of applications could
include title, author(s), institution/organization, abstract describing
presentation or poster, instructions, etc.
<bullet> Pre-meeting surveys
[cir] Information collected on these types of surveys could include
content preferences, scheduling needs and preferences, pre-meeting
knowledge, etc.
<bullet> Post-Meeting/-Workshop/-Training Evaluation Surveys
[cir] Information collected on these types of surveys could include
requests for feedback on the overall activity, feedback on content,
post-meeting knowledge, post-meeting uses of content, preferences for
future activities, etc.
As part of this generic, ACF requests OMB provide a response on
individual generic information collections within 5 business days.
Note that this generic is primarily for information collected in
connection with closed ACF meetings, as information collected in
connection with public ACF meetings are not considered ``information''
under PRA per 44 U.S.C., 5 CFR ch. 11 (1-1-99 edition), 1320.3:
Definitions.
Respondents: Potential respondents may include researchers,
individuals with expertise in ACF program areas, individuals with
interest in ACF program areas, those receiving ACF services, ACF
grantees or contractors, among others with involvement or interest in
ACF activities.
Total Burden Estimates
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Total number Average burden
Example types of information collections Total number of responses hours per Total burden Average hourly Total annual
of respondents per respondent response hours wage cost
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Registration Forms...................................... 30,000 1 .167 5,010 $64 $320,640
Applications............................................ 5,000 1 1.5 7,500 64 480,000
Pre- and Post-activity Surveys.......................... 20,000 1 .5 10,000 64 640,000
Other Activities........................................ 14,000 1 .5 7,000 64 448,000
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Estimated Totals.................................... 69,000 .............. *.428 29,510 .............. 1,888,640
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* Average.
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-16436 Filed 8-1-23; 8:45 am]
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