Notice2024-04064
Agency Information Collection Activities: Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC); Food Delivery Portal (FDP)
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Published
February 28, 2024
Issuing agencies
Agriculture DepartmentFood and Nutrition Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice invites the general public and other public agencies to comment on this proposed information collection. This collection is a revision of a currently approved collection to provide FNS and WIC State agencies with an ongoing/annual data set that can be used to assess State agencies' compliance with WIC vendor management requirements and estimate State agencies' progress in eliminating fraud, waste, and abuse.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 40 (Wednesday, February 28, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14622-14625]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-04064]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection Activities: Special Supplemental
Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC); Food Delivery
Portal (FDP)
AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice invites the general public and other public agencies to comment
on this proposed information collection. This collection is a revision
of a currently approved collection to provide FNS and WIC State
agencies with an ongoing/annual data set that can be used to assess
State agencies' compliance with WIC vendor management requirements and
estimate State agencies' progress in eliminating fraud, waste, and
abuse.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before April 29, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted via email to the attention of FDP
Help Desk at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#bbe8f695ddd595fdffebf3ded7cbfbcec8dfda95dcd4cd"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ce9d83e0a8a0e0888a9e86aba2be8ebbbdaaafe0a9a1b8">[email protected]</span></a>. Comments will also be accepted
through the Federal eRulemaking Portal. Go to <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a> and follow the online instructions for submitting
comments electronically.
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All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the
request for Office of Management and Budget approval. All comments will
be a matter of public record.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of this information collection should be directed to Patricia
Bailey, at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#75251401071c161c145b37141c19100c35000611145b121a03"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="cd9dacb9bfa4aea4ace38faca4a1a8b48db8bea9ace3aaa2bb">[email protected]</span></a>, mail to: 1320 Braddock Place,
Alexandria, VA 22314, or phone (703) 305-2346.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Comments are invited on: (a) 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; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions that were used; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and
(d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on
those who are to respond, including use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Title: Food Delivery Portal (FDP) Data Collection.
Form Number: None.
OMB Number: 0584-0401.
Expiration Date: December 31, 2024.
Type of Request: Revision of a Currently Approved Collection.
Abstract: Each year, WIC State agencies administering the Special
Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
are required by 7 CFR 246.12(j)(5) to submit to FNS an annual summary
of the results of their vendor monitoring efforts in order to provide
Congress, senior FNS officials, as well as the public, assurance that
every reasonable effort is being made to ensure integrity in the WIC
Program. The number of WIC State agencies in fiscal year 2023 is 89.
This includes 50 geographic State agencies, 33 State agencies operated
by Indian Tribal Organizations, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico,
Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,
and the Virgin Islands. All WIC State agencies use the web-based system
called Food Delivery Portal (FDP).
FDP is a robust data collection system which aligns with current
security protocols and compliance guidance, supports data storage and
web components, ensures cost effectiveness, allows for data-driven
decision-making, has enhanced FNS reporting capabilities, reduces
grantee burden through automated calculations and consolidated
reporting, and adds data validation features to reduce reporting
errors.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of
information is based on the fields in the Food Delivery Portal, and the
total number of vendor records estimated to be entered by WIC State
agencies. It includes the time for reviewing instructions, searching
existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and
completing and reviewing the collection of information.
Affected Public: State, local, and Tribal government. Respondent
groups identified include State, Tribal, and WIC agencies in the
District of Columbia and in U.S. Territories.
Estimated Number of Respondents: The total estimated number of
respondents is 89.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: The estimated number
of responses per respondent is 5.
Estimated Total Annual Responses: 475 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: The estimated time of response varies
from 4 minutes (.068 hours) to 10 hours depending on respondent group,
as shown in the table below, with an average estimated time of 2.39
hours for all participants.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 1,135 hours. See the
table below for estimated total annual burden for each type of
respondent.
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Table 1--Estimate of Burden Hours
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Previous
submission
Total Annual total Difference Difference
Respondent category Type of respondents Instruments Form Number of Frequency annual Hours per burden annualized due to due to Total
(optional) respondents of response responses response (hours) hours of program adjustments difference
respondent changes
burden
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(A) (B)..................... (C)..................... (D)..................... (E) (F) (G) (H) (I) (J) (K) (L) (M)
3 Categories:--individual/household-- Describe the............ Description or name of Form.................... Number of Number of Total Average (= G x H) Imported Differences Differences
state/local/tribal government-- respondent.............. instrument. For rules, number,................. unique times per responses time (in Average from due to due to a
business (profit, non-profit, or (optional).............. this will be the CFR where................... persons year the per year hours) it total time previous program change in
farm) citation.. applicable.............. estimated respondent for each will take (in hours) burden changes numbers
to will instrument each person it will table including such as the
respond respond to (rounded to to respond take all the number of
each nearest to the respondents transition vendors,
instrument whole) instrument. to respond. from TIP to time to
To convert FDP, a new enter
minutes to burden, a information
hours, new process into the
divide that record,
minutes by reduces the increasing/
60. burden decreasing,
hour, etc. etc.
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State Government..................... State Program Staff..... Manual entry of a new FDP..................... 23 0.17 4 0.19 0.8 4.3 ........... -3.54 -3.54
record.
State Government..................... State Program Staff..... Manual update existing FDP..................... 23 9.87 227 0.068 15.4 35.7 ........... -20.26 -20.26
record.
State Government..................... State Program Staff..... Data Upload............. FDP..................... 66 1 66 0.1 6.6 36.5 -29.6 ........... -29.9
State Government..................... State Program Staff..... Data Preparation for ........................ 89 1 89 10.0 890.0 890.0 ........... ........... ...........
this ICR.
State Government..................... State Program Staff..... SA System Feedback...... ........................ 89 1 89 2.5 222.5 222.5 ........... ........... ...........
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Total............................ ........................ ........................ ........................ 89 5.34 475 2.39 1,135.3 1,189 -29.63 -23.80 -53.70
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Tameka Owens,
Assistant Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-04064 Filed 2-27-24; 8:45 am]
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