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Vol. 79, No. 196 

Thursday, October 9, 2014 

ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE OF 

THE UNITED STATES 

[OMB Control Number: 3002–0006] 

Information Collection Request: 

Generic Clearance for the Collection of 

Qualitative Feedback on Agency 

Service Delivery (Reinstatement 

Without Change) 

AGENCY: Administrative Conference of 

the United States. 

ACTION: Sixty-day notice requesting 

comments on reinstatement without 

change of a previously approved 

information collection. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et. seq.), the Administrative 

Conference of the United States is 

requesting public comments on the 

reinstatement without change by the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) of a previously approved 

Information Collection Request (ICR), 

3002–0006, ‘‘Generic Clearance for the 

Collection of Qualitative Feedback on 

Agency Service Delivery.’’ This 

collection was developed as part of a 

Federal Government-wide effort to 

streamline the process for seeking 

feedback from the public on service 

delivery. This notice announces our 

intent to submit this collection to OMB 

for approval and solicits comments on 

specific aspects for the proposed 

information collection. 

The draft supporting statement is 

essentially unchanged from the 

supporting statement for the previously 

approved ICR, other than to note that 

the proposed ICR is a reinstatement 

without change. The supporting 

statement previously submitted is 

available by inserting the above OMB 

control number at www.reginfo.gov/

public/do/PRASearch. 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by December 8, 

2014. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons may 

submit written comments to either of 

the following: 

(1) Email: info@acus.gov, with ICR 

Comments in the subject line. 

(2) Mail: ICR Comments, 

Administrative Conference of the 

United States, 1120 20th Street NW., 

Suite 706 South, Washington, DC 20036. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Pritzker, Deputy General Counsel, 

Administrative Conference of the 

United States, Suite 706 South, 1120 

20th Street NW., Washington, DC 20036; 

Telephone 202–480–2080, Email: 

dpritzker@acus.gov. 

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 

Administration’s commitment to 

improving service delivery. By 

qualitative feedback we mean 

information that provides useful 

insights on perceptions and opinions, 

but are 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 the 

Agency 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. Responses 

will be assessed 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 Agency 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 noncontroversial 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 will be used 

only internally for general service 

improvement and program management 

purposes and is not intended for release 

outside of the agency; 

• 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 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, 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 nonresponse bias, the protocols for data 

collection, and any testing procedures 

that were or will be undertaken prior to 

fielding the study. Depending on the 

degree of influence the results are likely 

to have, such collections may still be 

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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. 

Current Actions: Reinstatement 

without change of a previously 

approved collection of information. 

Type of Review: Reinstatement 

without change. 

Affected Public: Individuals and 

households, businesses and 

organizations, State, Local or Tribal 

Government. 

Below we provide projected average 

estimates for the next three years: 

Average expected annual number of 

activities: 6. 

Average number of respondents per 

activity: 110. 

Annual responses: 660. 

Frequency of response: Once per 

request. 

Average minutes per response: 6–60. 

Burden hours: 210–285. 

Request for Comments: Comments 

submitted in response to this notice will 

be summarized and/or included in the 

request for OMB approval. Comments 

are invited on: (a) Whether the 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

collection of information; (c) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information to be collected; (d) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information 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. Burden means 

the total time, effort, or financial 

resources expended by persons to 

generate, maintain, retain, disclose or 

provide information to or for a Federal 

agency. This includes the time needed 

to review instructions; to develop, 

acquire, install and utilize technology 

and systems for the purpose of 

collecting, validating and verifying 

information, processing and 

maintaining information, and disclosing 

and providing information; to train 

personnel and to be able to respond to 

a collection of information, to search 

data sources, to complete and review 

the collection of information; and to 

transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. 

All written comments will be 

available for public inspection at the 

offices of the Administrative Conference 

of the United States, at the address 

shown above. 

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. 

Dated: October 3, 2014. 

Shawne C. McGibbon, 

General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2014–24031 Filed 10–8–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Sunshine Act Meeting 

AGENCY: United States Commission on 

Civil Rights. 

ACTION: Notice of Commission Field 

Briefing 

DATES: Date and Time: Friday, October 

17, 2014; 9:00 a.m. EDT. 

ADDRESSES: Place: Rosen Plaza Hotel, 

The Grand Ballroom, 9700 International 

Drive, Orlando, Florida 32819. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lenore Ostrowsky, Acting Chief, Public 

Affairs Unit (202) 376–8591. 

Hearing-impaired persons who will 

attend the briefing and require the 

services of a sign language interpreter 

should contact Pamela Dunston at (202) 

376–8105 or at signlanguage@usccr.gov 

at least seven business days before the 

scheduled date of the meeting. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

BRIEFING AGENDA—9:00 a.m.–3:30 

p.m. 

This briefing is open to the public. 

Topic: Stand Your Ground Laws and Its 

Impact 

I. Introductory Remarks by Chairman 

Castro 

II. Issue Panel I—9:05 a.m.–10:45 a.m.: 

SYG laws and its impact 

Speakers’ Remarks and Questions 

from Commissioners 

III. Issue Panel II—10:45 a.m.–12:25 

p.m.: Data Collection: What we 

have and what we need 

Speakers’ Remarks and Questions 

from Commissioners 

IV. LUNCH—12:30 p.m.–1:30 p.m. 

V. Issue Panel IV—1:35 p.m.–3:10 p.m.: 

SYG: Pros and Cons 

Speakers’ Remarks and Questions 

from Commissioners 

VI. Adjourn Briefing 

Dated: October 7, 2014. 

Marlene Sallo, 

Staff Director. 

[FR Doc. 2014–24210 Filed 10–7–14; 11:15 am] 

BILLING CODE 6335–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Membership of the Office of the 

Secretary Performance Review Board 

AGENCY: Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of Membership on the 

Office of the Secretary Performance 

Review Board. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 

4314(c)(4), Department of Commerce 

(DOC) announces the appointment of 

persons to serve as members of the 

Office of the Secretary (OS) Performance 

Review Board (PRB). The OS PRB is 

responsible for reviewing performance 

ratings, pay adjustments and bonuses of 

Senior Executive Service (SES) 

members. The term of the new members 

of the OS PRB will expire December 31, 

2016. 

DATES: Effective Date: The effective date 

of service of appointees to the Office of 

the Secretary Performance Review 

Board is upon publication of this notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Denise A. Yaag, Director, Office of 

Executive Resources, Office of Human 

Resources Management, Office of the 

Director, 14th and Constitution Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20230, (202) 482– 

3600. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

names, position titles, and type of 

appointment of the members of the OS/ 

PRB are set forth below by organization: 

Department of Commerce, Office of the 

Secretary, 2014–2016, Performance 

Review Board Membership. 

Office of the Secretary 

Theodore Constantine Johnston, 

Director, Office of White House 

Liaison (Noncareer) 

Office of the Chief Financial Officer and 

Assistant Secretary for Administration 

Frederick E. Stephens, Deputy Assistant 

Secretary for Administration 

(Noncareer) 

Suzan J. Aramaki, Director, Office of 

Civil Rights (Career) 

Narahari Sastry, Deputy Assistant 

Secretary for Resources Management, 

Office of Security (Career) 

Teresa S. Coppolino, Director, Financial 

Management Systems (Career) 

Gordon T. Alston, Director, Financial 

Reporting and Internal Controls 

(Career) 

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