Notice2025-18509
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
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September 24, 2025
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 183 (Wednesday, September 24, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45931-45932]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-18509]
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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 October 24, 2025. 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.
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Title: NASS Data Security Requirements for Accessing Confidential
Data.
OMB Control Number: 0535-0274.
Summary of Collection: Title III of the Foundations for Evidence-
Based Policymaking Act of 2018 (hereafter referred to as the Evidence
Act) mandates that OMB establish a Standard Application Process (SAP)
for requesting access to certain confidential data assets.
Specifically, the Evidence Act requires OMB to establish a common
application process through which agencies, the Congressional Budget
Office, State, local, and Tribal governments, researchers, and other
individuals, as appropriate, may apply for access to confidential data
assets collected, accessed, or acquired by a statistical agency or
unit. The National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is proposing
a substantive change to the NASS Data Security Requirements for
Accessing Confidential Data. This information collection supports
NASS's data security requirements for individuals approved to access
confidential data through the SAP. The proposed change will allow NASS
to collect administrative personally identifiable information (PII)
from all researchers--regardless of citizenship--who are approved to
access the NASS Data Lab.
Need and Use of the Information: Data collected, accessed, or
acquired by statistical agencies and units is vital for developing
evidence on conditions, characteristics, and behaviors of the public
and on the operations and outcomes of public programs and policies.
Access to confidential data on businesses, households, and individuals
from federal statistical agencies and units enables agencies, the
Congressional Budget Office, State, local, and Tribal governments,
researchers, and other individuals to contribute evidence-based
information to research and policy questions on economic, social, and
environmental issues of national, regional, and local importance. This
evidence can benefit stakeholders, the broader public, and policymakers
and program managers at all levels of government.
Specifically, researchers will be required to complete the OF-306
(Declaration for Federal Employment) to support onboarding into USDA's
human capital management system. This step is necessary to establish a
formal relationship between NASS and the researcher and to ensure
compliance with federal identity verification and personnel tracking
requirements. The OF-306 collects administrative PII such as Social
Security Number (SSN), date of birth, sex, and citizenship. This
information will be submitted directly to REE Onboarding and will not
be retained or processed by NASS.
The collection and maintenance of this data are governed by USDA's
Privacy Act System of Records Notice (SORN) OCFO/NFC-1--Systems for
Personnel, Payroll, and Time & Attendance (89 FR 5481, January 29,
2024). The OF-306 is approved under OMB Control No. 3206-0182. As such,
burden associated with completing the OF-306 is not included in this
ICR.
Description of Respondents: Individuals or Households.
Number of Respondents: 200.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 484.
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Title: Vegetable Surveys.
OMB Control Number: 0535-0037.
Summary of Collection: The primary function of the National
Agricultural Statistics (NASS) is to prepare and issue current official
state and national estimates of crop and livestock production, prices
and disposition. The Vegetable Surveys Program obtains basic
agricultural statistics for fresh market and processing vegetables in
major producing States. The vegetable program has two types of
utilization: some crops are processing only, some are fresh market
only, and others are dual crops (both processing and fresh market). The
vegetable program surveys growers, who are contacted in November and
asked to report acres planted and harvested, quantity of vegetables
produced, and how much of their crop was sold through fresh markets or
for processing along with the correlating prices.
Need and Use of the Information: NASS will collect information to
estimate acreage intended to plant, acreage planted, acreage harvested,
yield/production, price, and utilization
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for the various crops. The estimates provide vital statistics for
growers, processors, and marketers to use in making production and
marketing decisions.
Description of Respondents: Farms.
Number of Respondents: 11,140.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Annually; Other (seasonally).
Total Burden Hours: 4,998.
Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2025-18509 Filed 9-23-25; 8:45 am]
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