Notice2025-06670
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
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Published
April 18, 2025
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Agriculture Department
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 74 (Friday, April 18, 2025)]
[Notices]
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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: 2025-06670]
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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 approval 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 November 30, 2023. 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.
Economic Research Service
Title: Generic Clearance for Survey Research Studies.
OMB Control Number: 0536-0073.
Summary of Collection: The Economic Research Service (ERS) of the
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) requests renewal from
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for generic clearance that
will allow ERS to conduct research to improve the quality of data
collection by developing, testing, and evaluating its survey
instruments, methodologies, technology, interview processes, and
respondent recruitment protocols. The primary objective of ERS is
providing timely research and analysis to public and private decision
makers on topics related to agriculture, food, the environment, and
rural America. This request is part of an on-going initiative to
improve the quality of ERS' data products in general and surveys in
specific as recommended by both its own guidelines and those of OMB.
Need and Use of the Information: The information collected in this
program will be used by staff from the ERS and sponsoring agencies to
evaluate and improve the quality of the data in the surveys and
censuses that are ultimately conducted. 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 information, which are
compatible with respondents' memory and/or current reporting and record
keeping practices. The purpose of the survey improvement projects will
be to ensure that ERS surveys continuously attempt to meet these
standards of excellence.
Description of Respondents: Individuals or households; Business or
other for-profit; Not-for-profit institutions; Farms; State, Local or
Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 3,630.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting annually.
Total Burden Hours: 1,815.
Rachelle Ragland-Greene,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2025-06670 Filed 4-17-25; 8:45 am]
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