Notice2023-28171
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
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Published
December 22, 2023
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Agriculture Department
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 245 (Friday, December 22, 2023)]
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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: 2023-28171]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following
information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. Comments
are requested regarding; whether the collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility; the
accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used; ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to
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.
Comments regarding this information collection received by January
22, 2024 will be considered. Written comments and recommendations for
the proposed information collection should be submitted within 30 days
of the publication of this notice on the following website
<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.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information
unless the collection of information displays a currently valid OMB
control number and the agency informs potential persons who are to
respond to the collection of information that such persons are not
required to respond to the collection of information unless it displays
a currently valid OMB control number.
Food and Nutrition Service
Title: How Have SNAP State Agencies Shifted Operations in the
Aftermath of COVID-19? Study.
OMB Control Number: 0584-NEW.
Summary of Collection: As the cornerstone of the nation's nutrition
safety net, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
provides monthly benefits to households with low incomes to reduce food
insecurity and improve health and well-being. The COVID-19 pandemic and
its economic fallout created extraordinary challenges for SNAP and the
broader safety net as whole. To keep processing applications and
issuing benefits, SNAP agencies had to pivot sharply to adapt their
core operations and deliver services primarily or entirely virtually.
Drawing on both new and existing waivers and policy options in this
uncharted environment required a host of complicated decisions and
choices on the part of State SNAP agencies. The study titled ``How Have
SNAP State Agencies Shifted Operations in the Aftermath of COVID-19?
(SNAP COVID study)'' will provide the U.S. Department of Agriculture
(USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) with a comprehensive picture of
how State SNAP agencies responded to the pandemic, including their
decision-making processes, experiences with program changes in the
short and long terms, and how these experiences have prepared States
for major disruptions in the future.
The SNAP COVID study will provide information about State SNAP
agencies' experiences with the wide range and mix of operational
changes made in response to the evolving pandemic. This gives FNS and
State SNAP agencies an important opportunity to assess what did and did
not work and why; to describe the decision-making processes that led to
States' responses to date and their plans for the period after the
public health emergency; to identify changes that are here to stay for
the foreseeable future; and to consider the lessons learned to inform
continued program improvement and increase preparedness for any future
disruptions that affect service delivery.
Need and Use of the Information: The SNAP COVID study will provide
information about State SNAP agencies' experiences with the wide range
and mix of operational changes made in response to the evolving
pandemic. This gives FNS and State SNAP agencies an important
opportunity to assess what did and did not work and why; to describe
the decision-making processes that led to States' responses to date and
their plans for the period after the public health emergency; to
identify changes that are here to stay for the foreseeable future; and
to consider the lessons learned to inform continued program improvement
and increase preparedness for any future disruptions that affect
service delivery.
Description of Respondents: State, Local and Tribal Governments.
Number of Respondents: 288.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Once.
Total Burden Hours: 389.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-28171 Filed 12-21-23; 8:45 am]
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