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If you need a copy of the information 

collection instrument, please visit the 

Web site at: http://www.regulations. 

gov/ 

We may also be contacted at: USCIS, 

Regulatory Products Division, Office of 

the Executive Secretariat, 20 

Massachusetts Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20529–2020, 

Telephone number 202–272–8377. 

Dated: March 23, 2011. 

Stephen Tarragon, 

Senior Analyst, Regulatory Products Division, 

Office of the Executive Secretariat, U.S. 

Citizenship and Immigration Services, 

Department of Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. 2011–7224 Filed 3–25–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–97–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Business Transformation— 

Automated Integrated Operating 

Environment (IOE), New Information 

Collection; Comment Request 

ACTION: 60-Day Notice of Information 

Collection Under Review: Business 

Transformation—Integrated Operating 

Environment (IOE); OMB Control No. 

1615–NEW. 

SUMMARY: USCIS is developing an 

automated Integrated Operating 

Environment (IOE) to process benefit 

applications. The IOE will collect 

information by asking sequential 

questions using ‘‘wizard’’ technology. 

The IOE will allow immigration benefit 

requests to be filed directly via the 

internet or ‘‘e-filed.’’ In accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA) this notice provides the general 

public and Federal agencies with notice 

that USCIS will be submitting this 

information collection request to OMB 

and the public will have an opportunity 

to review and comment. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before May 27, 

2011. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and/or 

suggestions regarding the item(s) 

contained in this notice, especially 

regarding the estimated public burden 

and associated response time, should be 

directed to the Department of Homeland 

Security (DHS), USCIS, Chief, 

Regulatory Products Division, Office of 

the Executive Secretariat, 20 

Massachusetts Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20529–2020. 

Comments may also be submitted to 

DHS via facsimile to 202–272–0997 or 

via e-mail at rfs.regs@dhs.gov. When 

submitting comments by e-mail, please 

be sure to add ‘‘Automated IOE’’ in the 

subject box. Please do not submit 

requests for individual case status 

inquiries to this address. If you are 

seeking information about the status of 

your individual case, please check ‘‘My 

Case Status’’ online at: https:// 

egov.uscis.gov/cris/Dashboard.do, or 

call the USCIS National Customer 

Service Center at 1–800–375–5283. If 

you need a copy of this information 

collection instrument, please visit the 

Web site at: http://www.regulations.gov/ 

or call the Regulatory Products Division 

at (202) 272–8377. 

Background: U.S. Citizenship and 

Immigration Services (USCIS) is 

transforming its business processes and 

systems to improve operational 

efficiency and customer service, and to 

strengthen the security and integrity of 

the immigration system. As part of this 

effort, USCIS may modify its data 

collection practices to eventually 

convert all data collections to e-filing in 

the IOE. The intent of this change is to 

improve the consistency and timeliness 

of its immigration benefit adjudications, 

as well as to support identity 

management, evaluate benefit eligibility, 

promote customer service, and manage 

national security and benefit risk. This 

change will also serve to bring USCIS 

into compliance with the Government 

Paperwork Elimination Act (GPEA), 

Public Law 105–277, tit. XVII, section 

1703, 112 Stat. 2681, 2681–749 (Oct. 21, 

1998), 44 U.S.C. 3504 note, and the E– 

Government Act of 2002 (Pub. L. 107– 

347, 116 Stat. 2899, 44 U.S.C. 3601 

note). GPEA provides that Federal 

agencies use electronic forms, electronic 

filing, and electronic submissions, when 

possible, to conduct agency business 

with the public. The E–Government Act 

sought to promote the use of the Internet 

by Federal Agencies through efforts like 

USCIS’ Business Transformation 

initiative. 

The IOE will be implemented by 

USCIS and made available for the public 

to submit requests over the next few 

years in increments that USCIS has 

termed as ‘‘releases’’ and ‘‘phases.’’ As 

each phase is implemented, DHS will 

announce each request that has been 

converted to the IOE, if the IOE will be 

the sole filing option available, or if the 

option of filing a paper form will remain 

available for that benefit for all or 

certain groups that may seek to submit 

the applicable request. In general, the 

IOE will follow the immigration 

‘‘lifecycle’’ to first include nonimmigrant 

benefits, proceeding eventually to 

applications for naturalization. 

The first benefit type available in the 

automated IOE under Release A, Phase 

1, will be the Application to Extend/ 

Change Nonimmigrant Status. 

Beginning in December 2011, USCIS 

customers will be able to apply for an 

extension or change of their 

nonimmigrant status using the IOE or 

continue to use the current paper Form 

I–539 (OMB Control No. 1615–0003). In 

the future, however, USCIS may allow 

the current paper Form I–539 to expire, 

eliminate the option of filing on a paper 

form, and instead require this benefit 

application to be filed through the 

automated IOE. USCIS is very interested 

in receiving comments concerning 

mandatory e–filing of this benefit and 

any future benefits that are added to the 

automated IOE. USCIS also welcomes 

comments on which groups, 

individuals, or businesses for which it 

would be the most appropriate for 

USCIS to require (or not require) 

electronic filing of all benefit requests. 

The supporting statement for this 

information collection contains a more 

detailed description of the USCIS 

Business Transformation initiative and 

wizard technology. The supporting 

statement can be viewed at: http:// 

www.regulations.gov/. 

USCIS is also interested in public 

comment addressing the following 

issues: 

(1) Evaluate whether the proposed 

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 the 

agencies estimate of the burden of the 

proposed 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, including through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submission of 

responses. 

Overview of This Information 

Collection 

(1) Type of Information Collection: 

New information collection. 

(2) Title of the Form/Collection: 

Business Transformation—Automated 

Integrated Operating Environment (IOE). 

(3) Agency form number, if any, and 

the applicable component of the 

Department of Homeland Security 


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sponsoring the collection: No form 

number; U.S. Citizenship and 

Immigration Services (USCIS). 

(4) Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

abstract: Primary: Individuals or 

households. As part of the Business 

Transformation initiative, USCIS is 

developing an automated Integrated 

Operating Environment (IOE). The IOE 

will use wizard technology and will 

allow e-filing. Wizard technology gives 

USCIS the ability to electronically 

interact with its customers by guiding 

them through the application process 

and assisting them to file complete and 

accurate benefit requests. 

(5) An estimate of the total number of 

respondents and the amount of time 

estimated for an average respondent to 

respond: 58,500 responses at an average 

of 2 hours and 15 minutes per response. 

(6) An estimate of the total public 

burden (in hours) associated with the 

collection: 131,625 annual burden 

hours. 

The information collection request 

contains selected screen shots that 

demonstrate the look and feel of the 

automated IOE, and a decision tree to 

show the sequence of questions that the 

public will be asked by the wizard and 

the order in which the questions will be 

asked. For example, when the user 

answers the question ‘‘What is your First 

Name?’’ then he or she will be prompted 

with the question: ‘‘What is your Given 

Name?’’ If you need to review this 

information collection instrument, 

please visit the Web site at: http:// 

www.regulations.gov/. 

Dated: March 23, 2011. 

Sunday Aigbe, 

Chief, Regulatory Products Division, Office 

of the Executive Secretariat, U.S. Citizenship 

and Immigration Services, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. 2011–7186 Filed 3–25–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–97–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R9–ES–2011–N067; 92220–1113– 

0000–C3] 

Information Collection Sent to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for Approval; Endangered and 

Threatened Wildlife, Experimental 

Populations 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: We (U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service) have sent an Information 

Collection Request (ICR) to OMB for 

review and approval. We summarize the 

ICR below and describe the nature of the 

collection and the estimated burden and 

cost. This information collection is 

scheduled to expire on March 31, 2011. 

We may not conduct or sponsor and a 

person is not required to respond to a 

collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. However, under OMB 

regulations, we may continue to 

conduct or sponsor this information 

collection while it is pending at OMB. 

DATES: You must submit comments on 

or before April 27, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Send your comments and 

suggestions on this information 

collection to the Desk Officer for the 

Department of the Interior at OMB– 

OIRA at (202) 395–5806 (fax) or 

OIRA_DOCKET@OMB.eop.gov (e-mail). 

Please provide a copy of your comments 

to the Service Information Collection 

Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, MS 2042–PDM, 4401 

North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 

22203 (mail), or INFOCOL@fws.gov (email). Please include 1018–0095 in the 

subject line of your comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this ICR, contact Hope Grey at 

INFOCOL@fws.gov (e-mail) or 703–358– 

2482 (telephone). You may review the 

ICR online at http://www.reginfo.gov. 

Follow the instructions to review 

Department of the Interior collections 

under review by OMB. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 1018–0095. 

Title: Endangered and Threatened 

Wildlife, Experimental Populations, 50 

CFR 17.84. 

Service Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Description of Respondents: 

Individuals and households, private 

sector, and State/local/Tribal 

governments. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Respondents: 101. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Responses: 101. 

Completion Time per Response: 15 

minutes. 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 27. 

Abstract: Section 10(j) of the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA), 

as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), 

authorizes the Secretary of the Interior 

to establish experimental populations of 

endangered or threatened species. 

Because individuals of experimental 

populations are categorically protected 

under the ESA, the information we 

collect is important for monitoring the 

success of reintroduction efforts and 

recovery efforts in general. This is a 

nonform collection. Information 

collection requirements for 

experimental populations of endangered 

and threatened species are in 50 CFR 

17.84. We collect three categories of 

information: 

(1) General take or removal. Relates to 

human-related mortality including 

unintentional taking incidental to 

otherwise lawful activities (e.g., 

highway mortalities); animal husbandry 

actions authorized to manage the 

population (e.g., translocation or 

providing aid to sick, injured, or 

orphaned individuals); take in defense 

of human life; take related to defense of 

property (if authorized); or take in the 

form of authorized harassment. 

(2) Depredation-related take. Involves 

take for management purposes where 

livestock depredation is documented, 

and may include authorized harassment 

or authorized lethal take of 

experimental animals in the act of 

attacking livestock. 

(3) Specimen collection, recovery, or 

reporting of dead individuals. This 

information documents incidental or 

authorized scientific collection. Most of 

the contacts with the public deal 

primarily with the reporting of sightings 

of experimental population animals or 

the inadvertent discovery of an injured 

or dead individual. 

The information that we collect 

includes: 

• Name, address, and phone number 

of reporting party. 

• Species involved. 

• Type of incident. 

• Take (quantity). 

• Location and time of the reported 

incident. 

• Description of the circumstances 

related to the incident. 

This information helps us to assess 

the effectiveness of control activities 

and to develop better means to reduce 

problems with livestock for those 

species where depredation is a problem. 

Service recovery specialists use the 

information to determine the success of 

reintroductions in relation to 

established recovery plan goals for the 

threatened and endangered species 

involved. 

Comments: On November 3, 2010, we 

published in the Federal Register (75 

FR 67761) a notice of our intent to 

request that OMB renew approval for 

this information collection. In that 

notice, we solicited comments for 60 

days, ending on January 3, 2011. We 

received information from two 

commenters in response to this notice. 


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