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noted with a quick snapshot of the 

weather for each corresponding day, to 

determine if the sales were affected by 

extreme rain, heat, or any other natural 

disaster that would deter marketgoers 

from visiting and purchasing from the 

vendors. 

The USDA Farmers Market Customer 

Satisfaction Questionnaire and the 

VegUcation Questionnaire will be 

combined into one survey and 

submitted under 0581–0269 Generic 

Clearance for the Collection of 

Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service 

Delivery. The purpose of this survey is 

to learn who our customers are and 

what their preferences are in order to 

improve the USDA Farmers Market. The 

VegUcation classes take place weekly at 

the USDA Farmers Market and are free 

for anyone to attend and are taught by 

USDA subject matter experts. The 

purpose is to learn how familiar 

attendees are with the featured fruit or 

vegetable, if they found the class 

valuable, and if their attendance 

affected their market purchases. The 

Vendor Satisfaction Survey is used to 

determine the success of the market 

from the participating vendors for each 

season. 

Estimate of Burden: The public 

reporting burden for this collection is 

estimated to be 7 minutes per response. 

Respondents: Farmers and/or small 

business owners. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

68. 

Estimated Total Annual Responses: 

1,764. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 25.98. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 201.12 hours. 

Comments: Comments are invited on: 

(1) 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) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the proposed collection 

of information including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (4) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on those who are to respond, including 

the use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

The information collected is used 

only by authorized employees of the 

USDA, AMS. All responses to this 

notice will be summarized and included 

in the request for OMB approval. 

All comments will become a matter of 

public record. 

Melissa Bailey, 

Associate Administrator, Agricultural 

Marketing Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Office of Inspector General 

Succession, Delegations of Authority, 

and Signature Authorities 

AGENCY: Office of Inspector General 

(OIG), Department of Agriculture 

(USDA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: On August 1, 2024, pursuant 

to the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 

1998 and the Inspector General (IG) Act 

of 1978, as amended, USDAIG Phyllis K. 

Fong issued IG–1313, Change 9, 

Succession, Delegations of Authority, 

and Signature Authorities. This 

directive supersedes IG–1313, Change 8, 

dated November 8, 2016, as amended by 

Assistant Inspector General (AIG) 

Bulletin C–20–001–1313, dated June 24, 

2020; and all previous delegations to the 

extent that they are inconsistent with 

this publication. This publication 

supersedes the USDA OIG’s prior notice 

of succession order. 

DATES: The revised directive referenced 

in this notice was issued on August 1, 

2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christy A. Slamowitz, Counsel to the IG, 

USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, 

Room 441–E, Washington, DC 20250– 

2308, Telephone: (202) 720–9110. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: USDA 

OIG is issuing this notice to publish an 

updated line of succession and 

delegations of authority within USDA 

OIG. This publication supersedes the 

prior notice of succession order for 

USDA OIG published at 85 FR 58331 

(September 18, 2020). Accordingly, 

pursuant to the Federal Vacancies 

Reform Act of 1998 (5 U.S.C. 3345– 

3349d) and 5 U.S.C. 401–424, the IG has 

designated the detailed sequence of 

succession as follows: 

I. During any period in which the 

USDA IG, dies, resigns, or is otherwise 

unable to perform the functions and 

duties of the office (‘‘incapacity’’), and 

unless the President shall designate 

another officer to perform the functions 

and duties of the position, the Deputy 

IG, as the designated first assistant to 

the IG, shall temporarily perform the 

IG’s functions and duties in an acting 

capacity, pursuant to and subject to the 

Federal Vacancies Reform Act (5 U.S.C. 

3345–3349d) and 5 U.S.C. 403(h). 

However, per 5 U.S.C. 3345(b)(1), the 

Deputy IG does not become the acting 

IG if, during the 365-day period 

preceding the IG’s incapacity, the 

Deputy IG served as Deputy IG for less 

than 90 days and the President has 

nominated that Deputy IG as the new 

IG. In the absence of the IG and Deputy 

IG, the officials designated below, in the 

order listed, shall become the acting 

Deputy IG and so shall temporarily 

perform the functions and duties of the 

IG. This order may be changed by a 

delegation in writing by the IG, or by the 

Deputy IG while acting in the absence 

of the IG: 

1. Assistant IG for Audit (AIG/A); 

2. Assistant IG for Investigations 

(AIG/I); 

3. Assistant IG for Analytics and 

Innovation (AIG/AI); 

4. Assistant IG for Management (AIG/ 

M); 

5. Counsel to the IG; 

6. Deputy Assistant IG for Audit 

(DAIG/A), by seniority; 

7. Deputy Assistant IG for 

Investigations (DAIG/I); 

8. Deputy Assistant IG for Analytics 

and Innovation (DAIG/AI); and 

9. Audit Directors and SACs, 

alternating, by seniority (i.e., most 

senior Audit Director, then most senior 

SAC, then second most senior Audit 

Director, then second most senior SAC, 

and so on). For purposes of this 

paragraph only, the Division Director, 

Investigations Forensics and 

Technologies Division, will be counted 

as a SAC in the order of succession. 

Notwithstanding the preceding 

paragraph, the President also may direct 

an officer or employee (‘‘employee’’) of 

any OIG (including but not limited to 

USDA’s OIG) to perform the functions 

and duties of USDA’s IG temporarily in 

an acting capacity pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 

403(h)(2)(C). However, such officer or 

employee must have served in a 

position in an OIG for not less than 90 

days during the 365-day period 

preceding the date of the IG’s 

incapacity, unless the employee is 

serving as an Inspector General (but not 

solely as an acting Inspector General). 

The employee must also have a rate of 

pay equal to or greater than the GS–15 

level prior to their appointment, and 

have demonstrated ability in 

accounting, auditing, financial analysis, 

law, management analysis, public 

administration, or investigations. 

Finally, in the 30 days prior to the 

appointment, the president must have 

given appropriate notice to both Houses 


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of Congress regarding the substantive 

rationale for such direction. 

If the IG has been placed on non-duty 

status by the President, the Deputy IG 

will perform the functions and duties of 

USDA’s IG temporarily in an acting 

capacity, subject to relevant limitations 

for acting officers described above 

related to time serving in an OIG 

position. If the Deputy IG is unable to 

perform those functions or if the office 

is vacant, the President may direct a 

USDA OIG employee to assume those 

duties, provided that the employee also 

meets the requirements described above 

regarding pay rates and demonstrated 

ability in relevant areas of expertise, and 

provided that the employee also meets 

the requirements above regarding time 

served in an OIG position, and that they 

must meet those requirements through 

service with USDA OIG. 

II. For purposes of this order of 

succession, the designated official is the 

person holding a permanent 

appointment to the position. Persons 

filling positions in an acting capacity do 

not substitute for officials holding a 

permanent appointment to a position. If 

a position is vacant or an official 

occupying the position on a permanent 

basis is absent or unavailable, authority 

passes to the next available official 

occupying a position in the order of 

succession. 

III. This delegation is not in 

derogation of any authority residing in 

the above officials relating to the 

operation of their respective programs, 

nor does it affect the validity of any 

delegations currently in force and effect 

and not specifically cited as revoked or 

revised herein. 

IV. The authorities delegated herein 

may not be re-delegated. 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 3345–3349d; 5 

U.S.C. 401–424. 

Dated: September 26, 2024. 

Phyllis K. Fong, 

Inspector General. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Census Bureau 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Redistricting Data Program 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit the following information 

collection request to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and clearance in accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995, on or after the date of publication 

of this notice. We invite the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

comment on proposed, and continuing 

information collections, which helps us 

assess the impact of our information 

collection requirements and minimize 

the public’s reporting burden. Public 

comments were previously requested 

via the Federal Register on May 6, 2024, 

during a 60-day comment period. This 

notice allows for an additional 30 days 

for public comments. 

Agency: U.S. Census Bureau, 

Commerce. 

Title: Redistricting Data Program. 

OMB Control Number: 0607–0988. 

Form Number(s): Certification Forms 

(4), Verification Forms (2) and Feedback 

Form. 

• Phase 4 Certification Form (States 

with Multiple Congressional Districts). 

• Phase 4 Certification Form (States 

with a Single Congressional District). 

• Phase 4 Certification Form (District 

of Columbia). 

• Phase 4 Certification Form 

(Commonwealth of Puerto Rico). 

• Phase 4 Verification Form 

(Congressional Districts). 

• Phase 4 Verification Form (State 

Legislative Districts). 

• RDP Feedback Form 

Type of Request: Regular submission, 

request for a revision of a currently 

approved collection. 

Number of Respondents: 

• Solicitation of Non-Partisan 

Liaisons: 52. 

• Collection of Post-2020 Census 

Congressional and State Legislative 

District Plans: 52. 

• Block Boundary Suggestion Project 

(BBSP) Delineation Phase: 52. 

• BBSP Verification Phase: 52. 

• Feedback: 52. 

Average Hours per Response: 

• Solicitation of Non-Partisan 

Liaisons: 6 hours. 

• Collection of Post-2020 Census 

Congressional and State Legislative 

District Plans: 8 hours. 

• BBSP Delineation Phase: 124 hours. 

• BBSP Verification Phase: 62 hours. 

• Feedback: 1 hour. 

Burden Hours: 10,452. 

• Solicitation of Non-Partisan 

Liaisons: 312 hours. 

• Collection of Post-2020 Census 

Congressional and State Legislative 

District Plans: 416 hours. 

• BBSP Delineation Phase: 6,448 

hours. 

• BBSP Verification Phase: 3,224 

hours. 

• Feedback: 52 hours. 

Needs and Uses: The Redistricting 

Data Program (RDP) is executed under 

the provisions of title 13, section 141(c) 

of the United States Code (U.S.C.). 

Under the provisions of Public Law 94– 

171, as amended (title 13, United States 

Code (U.S.C.), section 141(c)), the 

Secretary of Commerce, who designates 

this responsibility to the Director of the 

Census Bureau, is required to provide 

the ‘‘officers or public bodies having 

initial responsibility for the legislative 

apportionment or districting of each 

state’’ with the opportunity to ‘‘identify 

the geographic areas’’ (e.g., Voting 

Districts (wards and election precincts), 

congressional and state legislative 

districts, census blocks) ‘‘for which 

specific tabulations of population are 

desired’’ and to deliver those counts in 

a timely manner. 

The Solicitation of Non-Partisan 

Liaisons occurs by mail (U.S. Postal 

Service) beginning in January 2025 and 

includes follow up emails to the 

governors and the majority and minority 

legislative leadership in the 50 states, 

the District of Columbia (DC), and the 

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (PR). 

Non-partisan liaisons are appointed 

through a response to that solicitation 

letter mailed or emailed to the Census 

Bureau and signed by the legislative 

leadership. Once appointed, the liaisons 

serve as the primary point of contact for 

the Census Bureau to execute the 

Collection of Post-2020 Census 

Congressional and State Legislative 

District Plans and the BBSP. 

Additionally, once the liaisons have 

been appointed, they serve as liaisons 

through the entire RDP, ending in 2035. 

Liaisons are emailed an invitation to 

submit any updates to their Post-2020 

Census Congressional and State 

Legislative Districts in 2025. This 

collection is performed every two years. 

Changes are submitted to the Census 

Bureau electronically using email to 

confirm changes or no changes and the 

Census Bureau’s secure online data 

sharing portal to submit their boundary 

and data updates when necessary. This 

process is the same as that used for the 

prior collection in 2024. 

Liaisons are emailed an invitation to 

participate in the delineation cycle of 

the BBSP in 2026 and the verification 

cycle of the BBSP in 2027. Changes are 

submitted to the Census Bureau 

electronically using email to report no 

changes (during the verification cycle) 

and the Census Bureau’s secure online 

data sharing portal to submit their BBSP 

updates. The BBSP has not appreciably 

changed since it last occurred from 

2016–2017 as a part of the 2020 RDP. 

These activities directly support the 

Census Bureau’s efforts to comply with 

Public Law 94–171 by providing states, 

DC, and PR the opportunity to identify 


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