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number of cases but impractical for agencies 

that adjudicate a high volume of cases; 

b. Random sampling, which can be more 

efficient for agencies that decide a high 

volume of cases but may cause quality 

assurance personnel to spend too much time 

reviewing cases that are unlikely to present 

issues of concern; 

c. Stratified random sampling, a type of 

random sampling that over-samples cases 

based on chosen characteristics, which may 

help quality assurance personnel focus on 

specific legal issues or factual circumstances 

associated with known problems, but may 

systematically miss certain types of 

problems; and 

d. Targeted selection of cases, which 

allows agencies to directly select decisions 

that contain specific case characteristics and 

may help agencies study known problems 

but may miss identifying other possible 

problems. 

Data Collection and Analysis 

15. Agencies, particularly those with large 

caseloads, should consider what data would 

be useful and how data could be used for 

quality assurance purposes. Agencies should 

ensure that, for each case, an electronic case 

management or other system includes the 

following information: 

a. The identities of adjudicators and any 

personnel who assisted in evaluating 

evidence, writing decisions, or performing 

other case-processing tasks; 

b. The procedural history of the case, 

including any actions and outcomes on 

administrative or judicial review; 

c. The issues presented in the case and 

how they were resolved; and 

d. Any other data the agency determines to 

be helpful. 

16. Agencies should regularly evaluate 

their electronic case management or other 

systems to ensure they are collecting the data 

necessary to assess and improve the quality 

of decisions in their programs. 

17. Agencies, particularly those with large 

caseloads, should consider whether to use 

data analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) 

tools to help quality assurance personnel 

identify potential errors or other quality 

issues. Agencies should ensure that they 

have the technical capacity, expertise, and 

data infrastructure necessary to build and 

deploy such tools; that any data analytics or 

AI tools the agencies use support, but do not 

displace, evaluation and judgment by quality 

assurance personnel; and that such systems 

comply with legal requirements for privacy 

and security and do not create or exacerbate 

harmful biases. 

Use of Quality Assurance Data and Findings 

18. Agencies should not use information 

gathered through quality assurance systems 

in ways that could improperly influence 

decision making or personnel matters. 

19. Agencies should provide, consistent 

with Paragraph 11, individualized feedback 

for adjudicators and other personnel who 

assist in evaluating evidence, writing 

decisions, or performing other caseprocessing tasks within a reasonable amount 

of time and include any relevant positive and 

negative feedback. 

20. Agencies should establish regular 

communications mechanisms to facilitate the 

dissemination of various types of quality 

assurance information within the agency. 

Agencies should: 

a. Communicate information about 

systemic recurring or emerging problems 

identified by quality assurance systems to all 

personnel who participate in the decisionmaking process and to training personnel; 

b. Communicate, as appropriate, with 

agency rule-writers and operations support 

personnel to allow them to consider whether 

recurring problems identified by quality 

assurance systems should be addressed or 

clarified by rules, operational guidance, or 

decision support tools; and 

c. Consider whether to communicate 

information to appellate adjudicators or other 

agency officials who are authorized to 

remedy problems identified by quality 

assurance systems in issued decisions. 

Public Disclosure and Transparency 

21. Agencies should provide access on 

their websites to all rules and any associated 

explanatory materials that apply to quality 

assurance systems, including standards for 

evaluating the quality of agency decisions 

and decision-making processes. 

22. Agencies should consider whether to 

publicly disclose data in case management 

systems in a de-identified form (i.e., with all 

personally identifiable information removed) 

to enable continued research by individuals 

outside of the agency. 

Assessment and Oversight 

23. Agencies with quality assurance 

systems should assess periodically whether 

those systems achieve the goals they were 

intended to accomplish, including by 

affirmatively soliciting feedback from the 

public, adjudicators, and other agency 

personnel concerning the functioning of their 

quality assurance systems. 

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BILLING CODE 6110–01–P 

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Notice of Public Meetings of the New 

Mexico Advisory Committee to the U.S. 

Commission on Civil Rights 

AGENCY: U.S. Commission on Civil 

Rights. 

ACTION: Announcement of meetings. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, 

pursuant to the provisions of the rules 

and regulations of the U.S. Commission 

on Civil Rights (Commission) and the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act that 

the New Mexico Advisory Committee 

(Committee) will hold a meeting via 

videoconference on Tuesday, January 

25, 2022, from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. 

Mountain Time for the purpose of 

selecting the Committee’s first project 

topic. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on: 

• Tuesday, January 25, 2022, from 

12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. MT. 

Public Registration Link: https://

tinyurl.com/2p96f52c. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brooke Peery, Designated Federal 

Officer (DFO), at bpeery@usccr.gov or 

(202) 701–1376. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Members 

of the public may listen to the 

discussion. This meeting is available to 

the public through the public 

registration link listed above. An open 

comment period will be provided to 

allow members of the public to make a 

statement as time allows. The 

conference call operator will ask callers 

to identify themselves, the organization 

they are affiliated with (if any), and an 

email address prior to placing callers 

into the conference room. Callers can 

expect to incur regular charges for calls 

they initiate over wireless lines, 

according to their wireless plan. The 

Commission will not refund any 

incurred charges. Persons with hearing 

impairments may also follow the 

proceedings by first calling the Federal 

Relay Service at 1–800–877–8339 and 

providing the Service with the 

conference call number and conference 

ID number. 

Members of the public are also 

entitled to submit written comments; 

the comments must be received in the 

regional office within 30 days following 

the meeting. Written comments may be 

mailed to the Regional Programs Unit 

Office, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 

300 N Los Angeles St., Suite 2010, Los 

Angeles, CA 90012 or emailed to Brooke 

Peery at bpeery@usccr.gov. 

Records generated from this meeting 

may be inspected and reproduced at the 

Regional Programs Unit Office, as they 

become available, both before and after 

the meeting. Records of the meeting will 

be available at: https://

www.facadatabase.gov/FACA/FACA

PublicViewCommitteeDetails?id=

a10t0000001gzlGAAQ. 

Please click on the ‘‘Meeting Details’’ 

and ‘‘Documents’’ links. Persons 

interested in the work of this Committee 

are also directed to the Commission’s 

website, http://www.usccr.gov, or may 

contact the Regional Programs Unit 

office at the above email or street 

address. 

Agenda 

I. Welcome & Roll Call 

II. Approval of Minutes 

III. Discussion 

IV. Public Comment 

V. Adjournment 


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Dated: January 7, 2022. 

David Mussatt, 

Supervisory Chief, Regional Programs Unit. 

[FR Doc. 2022–00466 Filed 1–11–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of Industry and Security 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Chemical Weapons 

Convention Declaration and Report 

Handbook and Forms & Chemical 

Weapons Convention Regulations 

(CWCR) 

AGENCY: Bureau of Industry and 

Security, Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection, 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), invites 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. The purpose of this 

notice is to allow for 60 days of public 

comment preceding submission of the 

collection to OMB. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, 

comments regarding this proposed 

information collection must be received 

on or before March 14, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments by email to 

Mark Crace, IC Liaison, Bureau of 

Industry and Security, at mark.crace@

bis.doc.gov or to PRAcomments@

doc.gov). Please reference OMB Control 

Number 0694–0091 in the subject line of 

your comments. Do not submit 

Confidential Business Information or 

otherwise sensitive or protected 

information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

specific questions related to collection 

activities should be directed to Mark 

Crace, IC Liaison, Bureau of Industry 

and Security, phone 202–482–8093 or 

by email at mark.crace@bis.doc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The Chemical Weapons Convention 

((CWC or Convention) is a multilateral 

arms control and non-proliferation 

treaty that seeks to achieve an 

international ban on chemical weapons 

(CW). The CWC prohibits, inter alia, the 

use, development, production, 

acquisition, stockpiling, retention, and 

direct or indirect transfer of chemical 

weapons. Furthermore, each State Party 

to the Convention is required to make 

initial and annual declarations on 

certain facilities which produce, 

process, consume, transfer, or import/ 

export toxic chemicals and their 

precursors as specified in three lists or 

schedules of chemicals contained in the 

Convention’s Annex on Chemicals. In 

addition to traditional CW agents, the 

Schedules include chemicals that have 

both large-scale commercial uses and 

CW applications (referred to as ‘‘dualuse chemicals’’). Information is also 

required on facilities which produce a 

broad class of chemicals referred to as 

‘‘Unscheduled Discrete Organic 

Chemicals,’’ or ‘‘UDOCs.’’ Finally, 

information is also required from 

facilities subject to inspection by the 

Organization for the Prohibition of 

Chemical Weapons (OPCW). This 

information is in addition to 

information provided in initial and 

annual declarations. 

II. Method of Collection 

Electronic or paper. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0694–0091. 

Form Number(s): Form 1–1, Form, 1– 

2, Form 1–2A, Form 1–2B. 

Type of Review: Regular submission, 

extension of a current information 

collection. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

779. 

Estimated Time per Response: 10 

minutes to 12 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 14,813. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: 51,300. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

Legal Authority: Executive Order 

13128 authorizes the Department of 

Commerce (DOC) to issue regulations 

necessary to implement the Act and 

U.S. obligations under Article VI and 

related provisions of the Convention. 

IV. Request for Comments 

We are soliciting public comments to 

permit the Department/Bureau to: (a) 

Evaluate whether the proposed 

information collection is necessary for 

the proper functions of the Department, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the 

accuracy of our estimate of the time and 

cost burden for this proposed collection, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

Evaluate ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and (d) Minimize the 

reporting burden on those who are to 

respond, including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Comments that you submit in 

response to this notice are a matter of 

public record. We will include or 

summarize each comment in our request 

to OMB to approve this ICR. Before 

including your address, phone number, 

email address, or other personal 

identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you may ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

the Chief Information Officer, Commerce 

Department. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–33–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

Southeast Region Vessel Monitoring 

System (VMS) and Related 

Requirements 

AGENCY: National Oceanic & 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection, 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), invites 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. The purpose of this 

notice is to allow for 60 days of public 

comment preceding submission of the 

collection to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB). 

DATES: To ensure consideration, 

comments regarding this proposed 


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