Notice2024-12769
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Indigenous Communities Survey & Interview Collection Instruments
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Published
June 11, 2024
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Commerce DepartmentEconomic Development Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 113 (Tuesday, June 11, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49147-49148]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-12769]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Economic Development Administration
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Agency Information
Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Indigenous
Communities Survey & Interview Collection Instruments
The Department of Commerce will submit 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, on or after the date of publication of this notice. We invite the
general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and
continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of
our information collection requirements and minimize the public's
reporting burden. Public comments were previously requested via the
Federal Register on March 29, 2024 during a 60-day comment period. This
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
Agency: Economic Development Administration (EDA), Commerce.
Title: Indigenous Communities Survey & Interview Collection
Instruments.
OMB Control Number: New information collection.
Form Number(s): None yet determined; new information collection.
Type of Request: Regular submission.
Estimated Number of Respondents and Frequency: A total of 150
respondents will complete a survey. Additional phone interviews will be
conducted with a subset of 20 survey respondents. The proposed
information collection will be conducted once. As the Community of
Practice and Research Challenge to Support Indigenous Communities is a
new cooperative agreement, EDA anticipates that these estimates will be
further refined based on data generated completed survey respondents.
Estimated Average Hours per Response: Half an hour (30 minutes) for
the electronic survey and 1 hour for each phone interview.
Estimated Burden Hours: 75 hours for the electronic survey and 20
hours for the phone interviews.
Needs and Uses: To effectively administer and monitor its economic
development assistance programs, EDA collects certain information from
applications for, and recipients of, EDA investment assistance. The
purpose of this notice is to seek comments from the public and other
Federal agencies on a request for a new information collection for
recipients of awards under the EDA American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA)
Statewide Planning, Research, and Networks, and Economic Development
Research and Evaluation (R&E) and National Technical Assistance (NTA)
programs.
The proposed information collection will employ an innovative mixed
methods approach to gather traditional metrics in addition to
qualitative data on Indigenous or Indigenous-serving projects. An
annual survey will be sent to Indigenous or Indigenous serving grantees
from 2019-2023 resulting in factsheets and reports that will help
inform economic development policy, economic decision-making, and
economic best practices.
The collection will explore several thematic areas for Indigenous
communities, each based on the following research questions:
1. How has EDA funded Indigenous-serving projects and what are the
characteristics of these projects relative to applications from
Indigenous entities;
2. What factors relate to project implementation and outputs for
awards to Indigenous applicants and for Indigenous-serving projects;
3. How did the structure of the Indigenous Communities funding
program influence applicants and award
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decisions relative to Indigenous applicants to other funding programs;
and
4. How do grant rates influence applications from Indigenous
entities and applications from Indigenous-serving organizations with
projects benefitting Indigenous communities;
With each of these categories of questions, organized by thematic
area and noted above, there will be a focus on learning about the
economic development needs, planning, and priorities of Indigenous
communities.
Respondents will answer questions related to the following:
<bullet> Community characteristics;
<bullet> Economic development characteristics, priorities,
challenges;
<bullet> Economic development funding sources;
<bullet> Match funding; and
<bullet> If applicable, the Indigenous Communities grant program.
The collection instrument also includes questions related to the
overall programmatic experience.
Affected Public: This survey will specifically target EDA
applicants for projects that are Indigenous and Indigenous serving.
Entities may include (i) District Organization of an EDA-designated
Economic Development District (EDD); (ii) Indian Tribe or a consortium
of Indian Tribes; (iii) State, county, city, or other political
subdivision of a State, including a special purpose unit of a State or
local government engaged in economic or infrastructure development
activities, or a consortium of political subdivisions; (iv) institution
of higher education or a consortium of institutions of higher
education; or (v) public or private non-profit organization or
association acting in cooperation with officials of a general purpose
political subdivision of a State.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: The Public Works and Economic Development Act of
1965 (42 U.S.C. 3121 et seq.).
This information collection request may be viewed at <a href="http://reginfo.gov">reginfo.gov</a>.
Follow the instructions to view Department of Commerce collections
currently under review by OMB.
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.''
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2024-12769 Filed 6-10-24; 8:45 am]
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