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Notices
Federal Register Vol. 86, No. 154
Friday, August 13, 2021

This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER
contains documents other than rules or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings, delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency statements of organization and functions are examples of documents appearing in this section.

AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
Information Collection; Safeguarding Against Exploitation, Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse, and Neglect U.S. Agency for International Development.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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AGENCY:

SUMMARY: U.S. Agency for International Development USAID, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. Comments are requested concerning whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for sustaining USAID-funded programming; the accuracy of USAIDs estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents. This notice provides 60
days for public comment preceding submission of the collection to OMB.
DATES: Comments must be received no later than October 12, 2021.
ADDRESSES: USAID invites interested persons to submit comments on this collection through the following methods:
1. Web: Through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at http
www.regulations.gov. This website provides instructions and includes the ability to type short comments directly into the comment field or attach a file for lengthier comments.
2. Email: For comments sent via email, please address them to aapsm@
usaid.gov and cite OMB Control Number XXXXXXXX Safeguarding Against Exploitation, Sexual Abuse,
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Child Abuse, and Neglect in the subject line of the email. Email submissions must be received before the close of the comment period.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Keetah Salazar-Thompson via email to aapsm@usaid.gov.
Instructions: Comments received generally will be posted without change to http www.regulations.gov, including any personal and/or business confidential information provided.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Need and Uses The purpose of this collection is to enable the U.S. Agency for International Development to respond to allegations of exploitation, sexual abuse, child abuse, and neglect and institute appropriate standards of behavior.
Submissions will be required from Recipients to comply with pending award requirements to safeguard against exploitation, sexual abuse, child abuse, and neglect in USAID-funded programming. Information submitted by Recipients as part of this collection will be presumed to be confidential. USAID
takes the protection of personally identifiable information PII seriously and takes precautions to ensure the confidentiality and security of PII, consistent with USAIDs Automated Directives System ADS Chapter 508.
Notification. A pending standard provision for assistance awards will require Recipients to immediately notify, in writing, the Agreement Officer and the USAID Office of the Inspector General of 1 Any credible information it receives from any source including host country law enforcement that alleges the Recipient or subrecipient, or personnel, invitee, or agent of the Recipient or a subrecipient has engaged in or tolerated exploitation, sexual abuse, child abuse, or neglect.
2 Any actions planned or taken against a subrecipient, personnel, invitee, or agent of the Recipient or a subrecipient pursuant to this provision.
3 Any actions planned or taken by the Recipient or subrecipient to assess, address, or mitigate factors that contributed to the incident occurring.
Compliance Plan. If the estimated value of services required to be performed under the award outside the United States exceeds $500,000, the Recipients will maintain a
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Safeguarding Against Exploitation, Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse, and Neglect Compliance Plan, either in conjunction with or separate from the Trafficking in Persons Compliance Plan, that details risk analysis and mitigation measures that will be implemented during the course of the award to prevent and address exploitation, sexual abuse, child abuse, and neglect, consistent with the minimum set of policies and internal controls necessary to prevent, detect, address, and respond to allegations of exploitation, sexual abuse, child abuse, and neglect, and take appropriate action against, personnel, invitees, subrecipients, and agents that commit exploitation, sexual abuse, child abuse, or neglect or those who fail to take reasonable steps to prevent it. The Recipients compliance plan must be appropriate to the size and complexity of the award and to the nature and scope of the activities, including the particular risks presented by the operating context and the assistance, services or supplies provided.
Recipients will be required to provide the compliance plan to the Agreement Officer upon request. The plan must include, at a minimum, the following:
a An awareness program to inform its personnel, invitees, or agents about USAIDs zero tolerance policy for inaction regarding exploitation, sexual abuse, child abuse, and neglect and the minimum set of policies and internal controls necessary to prevent, detect, address, and resolve allegations of exploitation, sexual abuse, child abuse, and neglect, and take appropriate action against subrecipients, personnel, invitees, and agents that commit exploitation, sexual abuse, child abuse, or neglect or those who fail to take reasonable steps to prevent it, including the activities prohibited and the action that will be taken in response to violations;
b A description of how project beneficiaries are made aware that engaging in or tolerating exploitation, sexual abuse, child abuse, and neglect is prohibited, the Recipients survivorcentered approach for response, and how beneficiaries can report allegations of exploitation, sexual abuse, child abuse, and neglect;
c Accessible reporting processes for anyone to report, without fear of retaliation, exploitation, sexual abuse, child abuse, and neglect; and
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