Notice2024-27543
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
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Published
November 25, 2024
Issuing agencies
Agriculture Department
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 227 (Monday, November 25, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 92884-92885]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-27543]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
The Department of Agriculture will submit the following information
collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13 on or after the date
of publication of this notice. Comments are requested regarding: (1)
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; (2) the accuracy of the
agency's estimate of burden including the validity of the methodology
and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) 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 these information collections are best assured
of having their full effect if received by December 26, 2024. 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
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displays a currently valid OMB control number.
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Title: Generic Clearance of Survey Improvement Projects.
OMB Control Number: 0535-0248.
Summary of Collection: The primary function of the National
Agricultural Statistics Service is to prepare and issue State and
National estimates which include crop and livestock production,
economic and environmental inputs, whole farm characteristics and
operator demographics (covered by the Census of Agriculture) under the
general authority of 7 U.S.C. 2204. NASS is requesting the renewal of a
generic clearance in order to respond quickly to emerging issues and
data collection needs. The agricultural industry and economy continue
to change, and NASS needs to continuously evaluate its surveys in light
of these changes. Respondents continue to change (e.g., response rates
decrease over time), technology continues to change (e.g., the Web
quickly became a data collection option), and data needs continue to
change. In addition, our understanding of how to improve surveys
continues to evolve (e.g., the application of cognitive psychology to
survey methodology has increased our understanding of surveys). The
generic clearance structure allows NASS to meet these information needs
using a means that minimizes respondent and administrative burden.
Thus, NASS requests an ongoing OMB clearance structure in place to
continue to improve the overall quality of its statistical surveys, to
lessen the burden it places on respondents, and to shorten the time
period between changes that affect surveys and NASS' ability to
formulate and update its surveys to address those changes. Prior to
each test, NASS will submit to OMB a mini supporting statement that
will describe the details of each specific test, along with a sample of
the questions or questionnaire that will be tested.
Need and Use of the Information: The information obtained from
these efforts will be used to develop new NASS surveys and improve
current ones. Specifically, the information will be used to reduce
respondent burden while simultaneously improving the quality of the
data collected in these surveys. These objectives are met when
respondents are presented with plain, coherent and unambiguous
questionnaires that ask for data compatible with respondents' memory
and/or current reporting and record keeping practices. The purpose of
the survey improvement projects will be to ensure that NASS surveys
continuously attempt to meet these standards of excellence.
Improved NASS surveys will inform policy decisions on agriculture,
as well as contributing to increased agency efficiency and reduced
survey costs. In addition, methodological findings have broader
implications for survey research and may be presented in technical
papers at conferences or published in the proceedings of conferences or
in journals.
The results of these tests won't be disseminated or used to inform
policy, program, or budget decisions.
Description of Respondents: Private Sector; Businesses or other
for-profits; Farms.
Number of Respondents: 25,000.
Frequency of Responses: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 15,000.
Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-27543 Filed 11-22-24; 8:45 am]
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