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quality, utility, and clarity; and ways to 

minimize burden on respondents, 

including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. Mail, email, or 

fax your comments and 

recommendations on the information 

collection(s) to the OMB Desk Officer 

and SSA Reports Clearance Officer at 

the following addresses or fax numbers. 

(OMB) Office of Management and 

Budget, Attn: Desk Officer for SSA 

Comments: https://www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain. Submit your 

comments online referencing Docket 

ID Number [SSA–2023–0036]. 

(SSA) Social Security Administration, 

OLCA, Attn: Reports Clearance 

Director, Mail Stop 3253 Altmeyer, 

6401 Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD 

21235, Fax: 833–410–1631, Email 

address: OR.Reports.Clearance@

ssa.gov 

Or you may submit your comments 

online through https://www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain, referencing Docket 

ID Number [SSA–2023–0036]. 

As part of the Administration’s 

commitment to improving customer 

service delivery, the following renewal 

of the Information Collection Request 

‘‘Improving Customer Experience (OMB 

Circular A–11, Section 280 

Implementation)’’ is pending OMB 

approval under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501). 

Your comments regarding this 

information collection would be most 

useful if OMB and SSA receive them 30 

days from the date of this publication. 

To be sure we consider your comments, 

we must receive them no later than 

November 3, 2023. Individuals can 

obtain copies of this OMB clearance 

package by writing to 

OR.Reports.Clearance@ssa.gov. 

Generic Clearance for the Collection 

of Qualitative Feedback on Agency 

Service Delivery—0960–0788. SSA, as 

part of our continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

invites the general public to comment 

on the ‘‘Generic Clearance for the 

Collection of Qualitative Feedback on 

Agency Service Delivery’’ for approval 

under the Paperwork Reduction Act 

(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501). We developed 

this collection as part of a Federal 

Government-wide effort to streamline 

the process for seeking feedback from 

the public on service delivery. 

Under the auspices of Executive 

Order 12862, Setting Customer Service 

Standards, SSA conducts multiple 

satisfaction surveys each year. This 

proposed information collection activity 

provides a means to garner qualitative 

customer and stakeholder feedback in 

an efficient, timely manner, in 

accordance with SSA’s commitment to 

improving service delivery. By 

qualitative feedback we mean 

information that provides useful 

insights on perceptions and opinions 

(not statistical surveys) that yield 

quantitative results that can be 

generalized to the population of study. 

This feedback will provide insights into 

customer or stakeholder perceptions, 

experiences, and expectations; provide 

an early warning of issues with service; 

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 SSA and our customers and 

stakeholders. 

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. We will 

assess responses to plan and inform 

efforts to improve or maintain the 

quality of service offered to the public. 

If we do not collect this information, we 

would not have access to vital feedback 

from customers and stakeholders on 

SSA’s services. 

We will only submit a collection for 

approval under this generic clearance if 

it meets the following conditions: (1) the 

collections are voluntary; (2) 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; (3) the collections are noncontroversial and do not raise issues of 

concern to other Federal agencies; (4) 

the collections elicit opinions from 

respondents who previously had 

experience with Social Security 

programs or services, or are likely to do 

so in the near future; (5) we collect 

personally identifiable information (PII) 

only to the extent necessary and we do 

not retain it; (6) we will use information 

gathered only internally for general 

service improvement and program 

management purposes and we will not 

release it outside of the agency; (7) we 

will not use information we gather for 

the purpose of substantially informing 

influential policy decisions; and (8) 

information we gather will yield 

qualitative information; the collections 

will not be designed or expected to 

yield statistically reliable results or used 

as though the results are generalizable 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. 

Depending on the study design and the 

type of results being elicited, 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, such as sexual 

behavior and attitudes, religious beliefs, 

and other matters that are commonly 

considered private. 

The respondents are recipients of SSA 

services (including most members of the 

public), professionals, and individuals 

who work on behalf of SSA 

beneficiaries. 

Type of Request: Extension of an 

OMB-approved information collection. 

Affected Public: Individuals and 

households, businesses and 

organizations, State, local or Tribal 

government. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 5,454,212. 

Below we provide projected average 

estimates for the next three years: 

Annual Respondents: 1,818,404. 

Annual Responses: 1,818,404. 

Frequency of Response: Once per 

request. 

Average Minutes per Response: 13 

minutes (12.6912). 

Estimated Annual Burden: 384,629 

hours. 

Dated: September 29, 2023. 

Naomi Sipple, 

Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security 

Administration. 

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BILLING CODE 4191–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 12210] 

Notice of Release of the Department of 

State’s FY 2021 Service Contract 

Inventory 

SUMMARY: Acting in compliance with 

section 743 of Division C of the 


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Consolidated Appropriations Act of 

2010, the Department of State is 

publishing this notice to advise the 

public of the availability of the FY 2021 

Service Contract Inventory. The FY 

2021 Service Contract Inventory 

includes the FY 2021 Planned Analysis, 

and the FY 2020 Meaningful Analysis. 

The inventory was developed in 

accordance with guidance issued by the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), Office of Federal Procurement 

Policy (OFPP). The Department of State 

has posted its FY 2021 Service Contract 

Inventory at the following link: https:// 

csm.state.gov/index2.html. 

DATES: The inventory is available on the 

Department’s website as of September 

29, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Marlon D. Henry, Management and 

Program Analyst, A/EX/CSM, 771–204– 

7977, HenryMD@state.gov 

Marlon D. Henry, 

Management and Program Analyst, 

Collaborative Strategy and Management 

Division, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2023–22072 Filed 10–3–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–24–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 12191] 

Notice of Determinations; Culturally 

Significant Objects Being Imported for 

Exhibition—Determinations: ‘‘Walasse 

Ting: Parrot Jungle’’ Exhibition 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the 

following determinations: I hereby 

determine that certain objects being 

imported from abroad pursuant to an 

agreement with their foreign owner or 

custodian for temporary display in the 

exhibition ‘‘Walasse Ting: Parrot 

Jungle’’ at the NSU Art Museum Fort 

Lauderdale, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 

and at possible additional exhibitions or 

venues yet to be determined, are of 

cultural significance, and, further, that 

their temporary exhibition or display 

within the United States as 

aforementioned is in the national 

interest. I have ordered that Public 

Notice of these determinations be 

published in the Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Reed Liriano, Program Coordinator, 

Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. 

Department of State (telephone: 202– 

632–6471; email: section2459@

state.gov). The mailing address is U.S. 

Department of State, L/PD, 2200 C Street 

NW (SA–5), Suite 5H03, Washington, 

DC 20522–0505. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

foregoing determinations were made 

pursuant to the authority vested in me 

by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 

985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 

12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign 

Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 

1998 (112 Stat. 2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 

6501 note, et seq.), Delegation of 

Authority No. 234 of October 1, 1999, 

Delegation of Authority No. 236–3 of 

August 28, 2000, and Delegation of 

Authority No. 523 of December 22, 

2021. 

Nicole L. Elkon, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Professional 

and Cultural Exchanges, Bureau of 

Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department 

of State. 

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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 

Determination Regarding Waiver of 

Discriminatory Purchasing 

Requirements With Respects to Goods 

and Services of North Macedonia 

AGENCY: Office of the United States 

Trade Representative. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to authority 

delegated by the President, the U.S. 

Trade Representative had determined to 

waive U.S. discriminatory procurement 

laws with respect to goods and services 

of North Macedonia to implement U.S. 

obligations under the Agreement on 

Government Procurement (GPA). 

DATES: Applicable as of October 30, 

2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kate 

Psillos, Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade 

Representative for WTO and 

Multilateral Affairs, Kathryn.W.Psillos@

ustr.eop.gov, 202–395–9581; or Edward 

Marcus, Assistant General Counsel, 

Edward.D.Marcus@ustr.eop.gov, 202– 

395–0448. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

On June 7, 2023, the World Trade 

Organization (WTO) Committee on 

Government Procurement approved the 

accession of North Macedonia to the 

GPA. North Macedonia submitted its 

instrument of accession to the DirectorGeneral of the WTO on September 29, 

2023. The GPA will enter into force for 

North Macedonia on October 30, 2023. 

The United States, which also is a party 

to the GPA, has agreed to waive 

discriminatory purchasing requirements 

for eligible products and suppliers of 

North Macedonia beginning on October 

30, 2023. 

In Executive Order 12260 of 

December 31, 1980, the President 

delegated authority to waive 

discriminatory purchasing requirements 

under sections 301 and 302 of the Trade 

Agreements Act of 1979 (Act) (19 U.S.C. 

2511 and 2512) to the U.S. Trade 

Representative. Pursuant to this 

delegated authority, the U.S. Trade 

Representative has made the following 

determination in conformity with 

sections 301 and 302, and in order to 

carry out U.S. obligations under the 

GPA: 

1. North Macedonia has become a 

party to the GPA and will provide 

appropriate reciprocal competitive 

government procurement opportunities 

to United States products and services 

and suppliers of such products and 

services. In accordance with section 

301(b)(1) of the Act, North Macedonia is 

so designated for purposes of section 

301(a) of the Act. 

2. Accordingly, beginning on October 

30, 2023, with respect to eligible 

products (namely, those goods and 

services covered under the GPA for 

procurement by the United States) of 

North Macedonia and suppliers of such 

products, the application of any law, 

regulation, procedure or practice 

regarding government procurement that 

would, if applied to such products and 

suppliers, result in treatment less 

favorable than that accorded to United 

States products and suppliers of such 

products, or to eligible products of 

another foreign country or 

instrumentality that is a party to the 

GPA and suppliers of such products, is 

waived. This waiver will be applied by 

all entities listed in United States 

Annexes 1 and 3 of GPA Appendix 1. 

3. The U.S. Trade Representative may 

modify or withdraw the designation in 

paragraph 2. 

Greta Peisch, 

General Counsel, Office of the United States 

Trade Representative. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of Foreign Assets Control 

Notice of OFAC Sanctions Action 

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets 

Control, Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the 

Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets 

Control (OFAC) is updating the 

identifying information on its Specially 

Designated Nationals and Blocked 


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