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Animal & Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

Title: National Poultry Improvement 

Plan (NPIP). 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0007. 

Summary of Collection: Under the 

Animal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 

8301 et.seq.), the Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is 

authorized to among other things, 

administer the National Poultry 

Improvement Plan (NPIP or the Plan), 

the primary purpose of which is to 

protect the health of the U.S. poultry 

population. NPIP is a voluntary FederalState-industry cooperative program for 

the improvement of poultry flocks and 

products through disease control 

techniques. The NPIP regulations are 

contained in 9 CFR parts 56, 145, 146 

and 147. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

APHIS will collect information using 

several forms to continually improve the 

health of the U.S. poultry population 

and the quality of U.S. poultry products. 

If the information were collected less 

frequently or not collected, APHIS 

could not affectively monitor the health 

of the nation’s poultry population. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit; State, Local or Tribal 

Government. 

Number of Respondents: 18,097. 

Frequency of Responses: 

Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 104,311. 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

Title: Control of Chronic Wasting 

Disease. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0189. 

Summary of Collection: The Animal 

Health Protection Act (AHPA) of 2002 is 

the primary Federal law governing the 

protection of animal health. The law 

gives the Secretary of Agriculture broad 

authority to detect, control, and 

eradicate pests or diseases of livestock 

or poultry, and to pay claims arising 

from destruction of animals. Disease 

prevention is the most effective method 

for maintaining a healthy animal 

population and enhancing the Animal 

and Plant Health Inspection Service 

(APHIS) ability to complete in exporting 

animals and animal products. Chronic 

wasting disease (CWD) is a 

transmissible spongiform 

encephalopathy (TSE) of elk, deer and 

moose typified by chronic weight loss 

leading to death. The presence of CWD 

disease in cervids causes significant 

economic and market losses to U.S. 

producers. In an effort to accelerate the 

control and limit the spread of this 

disease in the United States, APHIS 

created a cooperative, voluntary 

Federal-State-private sector CWD Herd 

Certification Program designed to 

identify farmed or captive herds 

infected with CWD and provided for the 

management of these herds in a way 

that reduces the risk of spreading CWD. 

APHIS is combining 0579–0237 into 

this information collection (0579–0189) 

and will retire 0579–0237 upon the 

approval of this renewal of 0579–0189. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

APHIS will collect information from 

owners of elk, deer, and moose herds 

who choose to participate in the CWD 

Herd Certification program. They would 

need to follow program requirements for 

animal identification, testing, herd 

management, and movement of animals 

into and from herds. APHIS also 

established requirements for the 

interstate movement of cervids to 

prevent movement of elk, deer, and 

moose that pose a risk of spreading 

CWD. Carrying out this program will 

entail the use of several information 

collection activities: Memoranda of 

understandings; participation requests/

applications; sample collections and lab 

submissions; herd records; cervid 

identification; reports of cervid 

disappearances, escapes, and deaths; 

herd plans; annual reports; consistent 

State reviews; epidemiological 

investigations; appraisal, destruction, 

and payment of indemnity; letter to 

appeal suspension; Interstate 

Certificates of Veterinary Inspection 

(ICVI); and wild cervid ICVI, and 

surveillance data. Failure to collect this 

information would cripple APHIS’ 

ability to effectively sustain its CWD 

control program. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit; State, Local or Tribal 

Government. 

Number of Respondents: 5,735. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting 

and Recordkeeping: On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 383,383. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food and Nutrition Service 

Request for Information: Software 

Vendors of State and Local 

Management Information Systems 

(MIS) and Other Technology Solutions 

for the National School Lunch and 

School Breakfast Programs 

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service 

(FNS), USDA. 

ACTION: Notice; request for information. 

SUMMARY: This is a request for 

information from Management 

Information Systems (MIS) software and 

hardware vendors and developers 

(‘‘vendors’’) to learn about the 

functionality of State and School Food 

Authority National School Lunch and 

School Breakfast Program (NSLP/SBP) 

data management information systems. 

It is not a request for proposal and does 

not commit the Government to issue a 

solicitation, make an award, or pay any 

costs associated with responding to this 

announcement. All submitted 

information shall remain with the 

Government and will not be returned. 

All responses will become part of the 

public record and will not be held 

confidential. 

The United States Department of 

Agriculture (USDA) is seeking 

information that will inform future data 

reporting requirements for the 

Department’s oversight and 

management of NSLP/SBP. The 

Department is aware that all States and 

many school districts have installed and 

implemented MIS or other technology 

solutions to improve State and local 

program management. To better 

understand the availability and 

implementation of these solutions, 

USDA is requesting information from 

vendors about NSLP/SBP data systems 

they offer and have deployed at the 

State and local levels. 

The objectives of this request for 

information (RFI) are to: 

1. Obtain background data to inform 

later research on State and School Food 

Authority (SFA) NSLP/SBP data 

management information systems. 

2. Describe the functionality and 

capabilities of systems currently in use 

by State agencies and SFAs, or available 

to States and SFA for purchase. 

3. Describe the typical costs of system 

development, installation, maintenance, 

and upgrades. 

4. Identify which States and SFAs are 

using particular systems. 

DATES: To be assured of consideration, 

written comments must be submitted or 

postmarked on or before April 27, 2015. 


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ADDRESSES: The Food and Nutrition 

Service, USDA, invites the submission 

of the requested information through 

one of the following methods: 

• Preferred Method: Submit 

information through the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submissions. 

• Mail: Submissions should be 

addressed to Dennis Ranalli, Social 

Science Policy Analyst, Office of Policy 

Support, FNS, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, 3101 Park Center Drive, 

Room 1014, Alexandria, VA 22302. 

• Comments may also be emailed to 

dennis.ranalli@fns.usda.gov. 

All information properly and timely 

submitted, using one of the three 

methods described above, in response to 

this request for information will be 

included in the record and will be made 

available to the public on the Internet at 

http://www.regulations.gov. Please be 

advised that the substance of the 

information provided and the identity of 

the individuals or entities submitting it 

will be subject to public disclosure. 

All written comments will be open for 

public inspection at the FNS office 

located at 3101 Park Center Drive, 

Alexandria, Virginia, 22302, Room 

1014, during regular business hours 

(8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through 

Friday). All responses to this notice will 

be summarized and included in the 

request for Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) approval. All comments 

will be a matter of public record. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of this request for information 

should be directed to Dennis Ranalli at 

dennis.ranalli@fns.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

current Food and Nutrition Service 

(FNS) routine data collection 

requirements for the National School 

Lunch Program and School Breakfast 

Program (NSLP/SBP) have their roots in 

the paper and early computer eras and 

reflect concerns with paperwork and 

reporting burden. Thus, data collected 

to administer and monitor these 

programs is typically reported at the 

State level, with detailed data collected 

at the service delivery point (e.g., 

individual meal transactions, school) 

often aggregated at one or more levels 

(e.g., school to SFA to State-level) before 

being submitted to FNS. Data 

aggregation results in a significant loss 

of potentially valuable information that 

could support administration, 

monitoring, and policy development. 

FNS recognizes that, in fact, managing 

a school food service program is a 

complex and data intensive operation, 

and that SFAs collect, generate, and 

maintain far more data than they report 

to their State child nutrition agencies. 

This includes data on costs, revenues, 

inventories, vendor management, and 

other business, administrative and 

regulatory activity. The same is true of 

State agencies that are responsible for 

monitoring the work of many SFAs. 

Some States and SFAs have developed 

more sophisticated data management 

systems to manage program data, 

however there is no comprehensive 

inventory of NSLP/SBP management 

information systems (MIS) in use, the 

number of States and SFAs that use 

MIS, or the data elements collected to 

support FNS reporting and general 

program management. 

The Review of Child Nutrition Data 

and Analysis for Program Management 

project will fill this knowledge gap by 

fully documenting SFA and State NSLP/ 

SBP management information systems. 

This baseline ‘‘as is’’ review will 

document overall NSLP/SBP 

information system design, capabilities, 

functions, development/replacement 

and maintenance costs, and typical 

lifespan. The ‘‘as is’’ review is focusing 

particular attention on NSLP/SBP 

program management data that are 

collected or generated at the SFA or 

State agency levels, but are not required 

to be reported to FNS on any FNS 

program report forms. Findings from the 

RFI and additional review activities will 

provide a baseline for potential 

improvements to data collection 

practices and help support future MIS 

modernization and paperwork reduction 

efforts. They will also help identify 

promising and emerging practices and 

define models for MIS at both the state 

and local SFA levels. 

FNS requests that vendors respond in 

detail to the items below. Vendors are 

encouraged to provide any material that 

addresses the information requested or 

any other information that may be 

pertinent. Additional references or links 

to materials are welcome. 

I. Vendor Information 

a. Name of Company 

b. Address and Telephone Number 

c. Vendor Representative, contact 

number and email address 

II. Vendor Overview & Experience 

Briefly describe your company, your 

products and services, history, and 

ownership; for example: 

a. Web site address 

b. Main product/services 

c. Main market/customers 

d. Company location(s) 

e. Product deployment sites/school 

systems 

1. Number of School District/schools 

currently deployed 

2. Average/typical size of the school 

system 

3. Year of first deployment 

4. Years serving schools 

III. Product Information 

a. List and describe the core modules 

provided by your product. For example: 

1. Point of Sale/Service (POS) 

2. Prepayment system(s) for parents 

3. Nutrient Analysis and Menu 

Planning 

4. Inventory Management 

5. Purchasing/Vendor Management 

6. Production Records 

7. Financial Management 

8. Free and Reduced-Price Meals 

Applications 

• Scanning paper applications 

• Processing On-line applications 

• Making eligibility determinations 

• Creating benefit issuance 

documents 

• Conducting verification 

9. Direct Certification 

• SNAP recipients 

• Extended SNAP household 

members 

• Other direct certification— 

homeless, migrant, foster 

10. Meal counting and claiming 

11. Administrative Review 

12. Reporting 

13. Any other not listed above 

b. Describe the capabilities and 

reporting functionalities of your 

product. 

c. Describe your platform—site-based, 

central office w/satellite, cloud-based, 

etc. 

d. For SFAs, are POS terminals 

proprietary or third-party? 

e. Is your system a commercial off the 

shelf (COTS) product with application 

in multiple industry segments or school 

nutrition specific? 

f. Does your firm rely on any ‘third 

party software products/systems’ for 

implementation and/or operation? 

g. Are any additional licenses 

required from ‘third party sources’ to 

utilize your product? 

h. What is your product’s ability to 

interface with other vendor systems? 

What level of customization is 

available? 

i. List the minimum and 

recommended hardware requirements to 

implement and utilize your product at 

each level of installation. 

j. Describe the interface capabilities 

between your product and various 

within-district student data base 

systems. 

k. Describe the interface capabilities 

between your product and State agency 

systems. 


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l. Does your system adhere to Schools 

Interoperability Framework (SIF) 

standards? 

m. Please provide a list of data 

elements captured/stored by your 

product. For example: 

1. Name of the data element 

2. Description of the data element 

3. Possible values 

n. Describe the processes/procedures/ 

steps associated with planning, 

installation, setup, data import and 

conversion, data migration, quality 

assurance, deployment, and roll-out for 

your product. 

IV. Customer Support, Maintenance 

and Security 

a. Describe your model for providing 

customer support, including charge/cost 

structure (e.g., hours of support, levels 

of support). 

b. Describe your incident reporting 

and tracking systems, and the ability for 

customer staff to access those systems 

directly. 

c. List the types of support access that 

are available (web, email, chat, 

telephone etc.). 

d. Describe the communication and 

escalation processes/protocols in the 

event of failure, network outages, 

degraded service, and/or exceeded 

planned utilization. 

e. Describe your replication, archival 

and retrieval processes, including your 

disaster recovery model. 

f. Describe the warranty and 

maintenance plan(s) for your product. 

Have there been recent upgrades or 

updates to your product? How often do 

you typically develop and release 

upgrades? 

g. Is your support agreement 

integrated into the license agreement? 

h. Describe your understanding and 

system approach to privacy rules, 

specifically those related to children 

and students (Children’s Online Privacy 

Protection Act, Family Educational 

Rights and Privacy Act, etc.). 

i. Describe your process for upgrading 

your product to meet federal and state 

regulations. 

j. Does your product support access 

through smartphones, tablets, laptops 

etc.? 

V. Pricing 

a. Describe your pricing models 

relevant to each component of your 

product. 

b. Is your pricing model based on 

purchasing the entire product or 

individual module(s), or is it based on 

usage/users? 

c. Describe the upgrade process and 

cost to upgrade. 

d. List any additional pricing/cost 

information that would be useful to 

evaluate the affordability of the product. 

VI. Training 

a. What type of technical training do 

you provide? 

b. Describe your product’s 

documentation and in-program help? 

Dated: February 11, 2015. 

Audrey Rowe, 

Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3410–30–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food Safety and Inspection Service 

[Docket No. FSIS–2015–0007] 

Codex Alimentarius Commission: 

Meeting of the Codex Committee on 

General Principles 

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary 

for Food Safety, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting and 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Office of the Under 

Secretary for Food Safety, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture (USDA) is 

sponsoring a public meeting on 

February 25, 2015. The objective of the 

public meeting is to provide information 

and receive public comments on agenda 

items and draft United States (U.S.) 

positions to be discussed at the 29th 

Session of the Codex Committee on 

General Principles (CCGP) of the Codex 

Alimentarius Commission (Codex), 

which will take place in Paris, France, 

March 9–13,2015. The Deputy Under 

Secretary for Food Safety recognizes the 

importance of providing interested 

parties the opportunity to obtain 

background information on the 29th 

Session of CCGP and to address items 

on the agenda. 

DATES: The public meeting is scheduled 

for Wednesday, February 25, 2014 from 

1–4 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will 

take place at the South Building, United 

States Department of Agriculture 

(USDA), 1400 Independence Ave SW., 

Room 1160, Washington, DC 20250. 

Documents related to the 29th Session 

of CCGP will be accessible on-line at the 

following address: http://

www.codexalimentarius.org/meetingsreports/en/. 

Mary Frances Lowe, U.S. Delegate to 

the 29th Session of CCGP, invites 

interested U.S. parties to submit their 

comments electronically to the 

following email address: USCODEX@

fsis.usda.gov. 

Call-In Number 

If you wish to participate in the 

public meeting for the 29th Session of 

CCGP by conference call on February 

25, 2015, please use the call-in number 

and participant code listed below: 

Call-in Number: 1 (888) 844–9904 

Participant code: 5126092 

Registration 

Attendees may register by emailing 

uscodex@fsis.usda.gov by February 24, 

2015. Early registration is encouraged 

because it will expedite entry into the 

building. The meeting will be held in a 

Federal building. Attendees should also 

bring photo identification and plan for 

adequate time to pass through security 

screening systems. Those who are not 

able to attend the meeting in-person, but 

wish to participate may do so by phone. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

For Further Information About the 

29th Session of CCGP Contact: Mary 

Frances Lowe, U.S. Codex Office, 1400 

Independence Avenue, Room 4861, 

Washington, DC 20250, Phone: (202) 

205–7760, Fax: (202) 720–3157, Email: 

USCODEX@fsis.usda.gov. 

For Further Information About the 

Public Meeting Contact: Barbara McNiff, 

U.S. Codex Office, 1400 Independence 

Avenue, Room 4861, Washington, DC 

20250. Phone: (202) 205–7760, Fax: 

(202) 720–3157, Email: USCODEX@

fsis.usda.gov . 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Codex was established in 1963 by two 

United Nations organizations, the Food 

and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and 

the World Health Organization (WHO). 

Through adoption of food standards, 

codes of practice, and other guidelines 

developed by its committees, and by 

promoting their adoption and 

implementation by governments, Codex 

seeks to protect the health of consumers 

and ensure fair practices in the food 

trade. 

The CCGP is responsible for dealing 

with procedural and general matters 

referred to it by Codex, for proposing 

amendments to the Codex Procedural 

Manual, and for reviewing and 

endorsing procedural provisions and 

texts forwarded by Codex Committees 

for inclusion in the Procedural Manual. 

The Committee is hosted by France. 

Issues To Be Discussed at the Public 

Meeting 

The following items on the agenda for 

the 29th Session of CCGP will be 

discussed during the public meeting: 

• Matters Referred to the Committee 

• Proposed amendments to the Terms 

of Reference of CCGP 


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