Quiero saber acerca de...

48974

Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 167 / Wednesday, September 1, 2021 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Docket No. APHIS20210058

Notice of Request for Revision to and Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Revision to and extension of approval of an information collection;
comment request.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services intention to request a revision to and extension of approval of an information collection associated with qualitative customer and stakeholder feedback on service delivery by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before November 1, 2021. You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to www.regulations.gov. Enter APHIS
20210058 in the Search field. Select the Documents tab, then select the Comment button in the list of documents.
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Send your comment to Docket No.
APHIS20210058, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 3A03.8, 4700 River Road, Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 207371238.
Supporting documents and any comments we receive on this docket may be viewed at regulations.gov or in our reading room, which is located in Room 1620 of the USDA South Building, 14th Street and Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC. Normal reading room hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30
p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays. To be sure someone is there to help you, please call 202 7997039
before coming.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For more information on this information collection, contact Mr. Joseph Moxey, APHIS Paperwork Reduction Act Coordinator, MRPBS, APHIS, 4700
River Road, Unit 123, Riverdale, MD
20737; 301 8512483; email:
joseph.moxey@usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery.
OMB Control Number: 05790377.

khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES

SUMMARY:

VerDate Sep<11>2014

17:09 Aug 31, 2021

Jkt 253001

Type of Request: Revision to and extension of approval of an information collection.
Abstract: This information collection activity provides a means for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service APHIS to garner qualitative customer and stakeholder feedback in an efficient, timely manner, in accordance with APHIS commitment to improving service delivery.
By qualitative feedback, we mean information that provides useful insights on perceptions and opinions, but not statistical surveys that yield quantitative results that can be generalized to the population of study.
This feedback provides insights into customer or stakeholder perceptions, experiences, and expectations; provides an early warning of issues with service;
or focuses attention on areas where communication, training, or changes in operations might improve delivery of products or services. This collection will allow for ongoing, generic collaborative and actionable communications between APHIS and its customers and stakeholders. It will also allow feedback to contribute directly to the improvement of program management.
The solicitation of feedback will target areas such as timeliness, appropriateness, accuracy of information, courtesy, efficiency of service delivery, and resolution of issues with service delivery. Responses will be assessed to plan and inform efforts to improve or maintain the quality of service offered to the public.
If this information is not collected, vital feedback from customers and stakeholders on APHIS services will be unavailable.
APHIS will only submit a collection for approval under this generic clearance if it meets the following conditions:
The collection is voluntary;
The collection is low burden for respondents based on considerations of total burden hours, total number of respondents, or burden hours per respondent and is low cost for both the respondents and the Federal Government;
The collection is non-controversial and does not raise issues of concern to other Federal agencies;
The collection is targeted to the solicitation of opinions from respondents who have experience with the program or may have experience with the program in the near future;
Personally identifiable information is collected only to the extent necessary and is not retained;

PO 00000

Frm 00003

Fmt 4703

Sfmt 4703

Information gathered is intended to be used only internally for general service improvement and program management purposes and is not intended for release outside of APHIS if released, APHIS must indicate the qualitative nature of the information;
Information gathered will not be used for the purpose of substantially informing influential policy decisions;
and Information gathered will yield qualitative information i.e., the collection will not be designed or expected to yield statistically reliable results or used as though the results are generalizable to the population of study.
As a general matter, this information collection will not result in any new system of records containing privacy information and will not ask questions of a sensitive nature, such as sexual behavior and attitudes, religious beliefs, and other matters that are commonly considered private.
We are asking the Office of Management and Budget OMB to approve our use of these information collection activities, as described, for an additional 3 years.
The purpose of this notice is to solicit comments from the public as well as affected agencies concerning our information collection. These comments will help us:
1 Evaluate 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 Evaluate the accuracy of our estimate of the burden of the collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
3 Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and 4 Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, through use, as appropriate, of automated, electronic, mechanical, and other collection technologies; e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses.
Estimate of burden: The public burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 0.1 hours 6
minutes per response.
Respondents: Individuals and households; businesses and organizations; State, local, or Tribal governments; and foreign federal governments.
Estimated annual number of respondents: 250,000.
Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 1.

E:FRFM01SEN1.SGM

01SEN1