Notice2023-28334
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
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Published
December 26, 2023
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Agriculture Department
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 246 (Tuesday, December 26, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 88864-88865]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-28334]
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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
25, 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 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
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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: Assessment of Mobile Technologies for Using Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Benefits.
OMB Control Number: 0584-NEW.
Summary of Collection: The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program (SNAP) provides monthly benefits to low-income households to
reduce food insecurity and improve health and well-being. Benefits are
delivered via electronic benefit transfer (EBT), which is accepted at
more than 250,000 authorized retailers nationwide. For nearly two
decades, SNAP participants have used EBT in person at retailers, where
they swipe their card at checkout using a point of sale (POS) terminal
and enter their personal identification number (PIN) to pay for their
purchases.
The Agricultural Act of 2018 (2018 Farm Bill) authorized the use of
mobile payments from devices like cell phones, tablets, and smart
watches, as an alternate option to a physical electronic benefit
transfer (EBT) card to conduct a SNAP transaction. This authorization
was subject to the result of five mobile payment pilot projects. Mobile
payments may improve the customer experience; save participant and
retailer time; reduce potential stigma of using EBT; reduce costs; and
prevent benefit fraud, loss, or theft.
Need and Use of the Information: The Mobile Payment Pilot
Evaluation will assess the effects of the pilots, using information
obtained from FNS, selected State SNAP agencies, retailers, and SNAP
participants. The evaluation has four objectives: (1) assessing the
implementation of the pilots, (2) examining the adoption and use of
mobile technologies, (3) understanding implications for program
integrity, and (4) assessing replicability and costs. In each of the
five sites, the evaluation will conduct three rounds of semi-structured
interviews with State SNAP agencies, EBT processors, retailers, and
other partners. Interviews will occur during the pilot planning period
and once the pilots are implemented, and will collect information about
the pilot design and implementation.
Description of Respondents: State and Local Government, Individuals
and Households, Businesses or other For- Profit and Not-for-Profit.
Number of Respondents: 33,746.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Once.
Total Burden Hours: 8,726.87.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-28334 Filed 12-22-23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410-30-P
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