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###### Department of the Treasury

###### Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

# AGENCY:

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Treasury.

# ACTION:

Notice and request for comments.

# SUMMARY:

                        As part of a Federal government-wide effort to streamline the process to seek feedback from the public on service delivery, The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is coordinating the development of the following proposed Generic Information Collection Request (Generic ICR): “Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery” for approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). OMB issued a 60-day                         **Federal Register**                         notice on behalf of the participating agencies. OCC is now issuing its 30-day notice and has submitted its Generic ICR to OMB for review.                    

# DATES:

Comments must be submitted on or before May 18, 2011.

# ADDRESSES:

                        Communications Division, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Mailstop 2-3, Attention: 1557-NEW, 250 E Street, SW., Washington, DC 20219. In addition, comments may be sent by fax to (202) 874-5274, or by electronic mail to                         *regs.comments@occ.treas.gov.*                         You may personally inspect and photocopy the comments at the OCC, 250 E Street, SW., Washington, DC 20219. For security reasons, the OCC requires that visitors make an appointment to inspect comments. You may do so by calling (202) 874-4700. Upon arrival, visitors will be required to present valid government-issued photo identification and to submit to security screening in order to inspect and photocopy comments.                    

Additionally, please send a copy of your comments to OCC Desk Officer, 1557-NEW, by mail to U.S. Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street, NW., #10235, Washington, DC 20503, or by fax to (202) 395-6974.

# FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

You can request additional information or a copy of the collection from Mary H. Gottlieb, OCC Clearance Officer, (202) 874-5090, Legislative and Regulatory Activities Division, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, 250 E Street, SW., Washington, DC 20219.

# SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

*Title:*                     Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery.                

*Abstract:*                     The proposed information collection activity provides a means to garner qualitative customer and stakeholder feedback in an efficient, timely manner, in accordance with the Federal government's commitment to improving service delivery. Qualitative feedback is information that provides useful insights on perceptions and opinions, but does not include statistical surveys that yield quantitative results that can be generalized to the population of study. This qualitative feedback will provide insights into customer or stakeholder perceptions, experiences, and expectations; provide an early warning of issues with service; and/or focus attention on areas where communication, training or changes in operations might improve delivery of products or services. These collections will allow for ongoing, collaborative, and actionable communications between the OCC 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. The information in the responses will be used 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 the Agency's services will be unavailable.

The OCC will only submit a collection for approval under this generic clearance if it meets the following conditions:
    - The collections are voluntary;
    - The collections are low-burden for respondents (based on considerations of total burden hours, total number of respondents, or burden-hours per respondent) and are low-cost for both the respondents and the Federal Government;
    - The collections are non-controversial and do not raise issues of concern to other Federal agencies;
    - Any 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 (PII) is collected only to the extent necessary and is not retained;
    - 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 the agency (if released, the agency 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; the collections will not be designed or expected to yield statistically reliable results or used as though the results can be generalized to the population of study.

Feedback collected under this generic clearance provides useful information, but it does not yield data that can be generalized to the overall population. This type of generic clearance for qualitative information will not be used for quantitative information collections that are designed to yield reliably actionable results, such as monitoring trends over time or documenting program performance. Such data uses require more rigorous designs that address: The target population to which generalizations will be made, the sampling frame, the sample design (including stratification and clustering), the precision requirements or power calculations that justify the proposed sample size, the expected response rate, methods for assessing potential non-response bias, the protocols for data collection, and any testing procedures that were or will be undertaken prior to conducting the study. Depending on the degree of influence the results are likely to have, such collections may still be eligible for submission for other generic mechanisms that are designed to yield quantitative results.

As a general matter, information collections will not result in any new system of records containing privacy information and will not ask questions of a sensitive nature.

*Current Actions:*                     New collection of information.                

*Type of Review:*                     New collection.                

*Affected Public:*                     Individuals and households, businesses and organizations, State, Local or Tribal Government.                

*Burden Estimate:*

*Average Expected Annual Number of Activities:*                     3.                

*Average number of Respondents per Activity:*                     3,000.                

*Total Annual responses:*                     9,000.                          ( print page 21801)    

*Frequency of Response:*                     Once per request.                

*Average minutes per response:*                     10.                

*Total Annual Burden hours:*                     1,500.                

An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget control number.

                    OMB issued a 60-day                     **Federal Register**                     notice on December 22, 2010. 75 FR 80542. No comments were received. Comments continue to be invited on:                

(a) Whether the collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the OCC, including whether the information has practical utility;

(b) The accuracy of the OCC's estimate of the burden of the information collection;

(c) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected;

(d) Ways to minimize the burden of the collection on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology; and

(e) Estimates of capital or start-up costs and costs of operation, maintenance, and purchase of services to provide information.

Dated: April 12, 2011.

Michele Meyer,

Assistant Director, Legislative and Regulatory Activities Division, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.

[FR Doc. 2011-9244 Filed 4-15-11; 8:45 am]

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