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Interview which will collect key 

programmatic components 

hypothesized to be associated with 

program effectiveness, such as leveraged 

funding, type of prevention 

intervention, costs, etc.. The SPF PFS 

cross-site instruments have been 

informed by current and previous crosssite evaluation efforts for SAMHSA, 

drawing heavily from lessons learned 

through prior and currently OMBapproved SPF SIG evaluations (OMB 

No. 0930–0279). 

The GLI–R is a web-based instrument 

to be completed by the PFS II, 2013, and 

2014 grantee project directors (n=52), 

once at baseline and once in the final 

grant year. Baseline data for the PFS II 

and 2013 cohorts will be collected 

retrospectively. The GLI–R will provide 

categorical, qualitative, and quantitative 

data related to coordination of State 

efforts, use of strategic plans, access to 

data sources, data management, 

workforce development, cultural 

competence, sharing of evaluation data, 

and sustainability. 

The CLI–R is a web-based instrument 

designed to be completed by the PFS II, 

2013, and 2014 subrecipient community 

project directors (n=610) to assess 

subrecipients’ progress through the SPF 

steps, prevention capacity, intervention 

implementation, and related funding 

and cost measures. The instrument will 

provide process data related to 

leveraging of funding, in-kind services, 

organizational capacity, collaboration 

with community partners, data 

infrastructure, planned intervention 

targets, intervention implementation 

(categorization, costs, adaptation, 

timing, dosage, and reach), cultural 

competence, evaluation, contextual 

factors, training and technical assistance 

needs, and sustainability. The CLI–R 

will be collected semiannually; 

however, not all questions will be 

answered every time. For instance, 

subrecipients will respond to items 

related to organizational capacity only 

at baseline and final follow-up, whereas 

they will respond to intervention 

implementation items every 6 months. 

The PD Interview is a semi-structured 

telephone interview with grantee project 

directors designed to collect more indepth information on subrecipient 

selection, criteria for intervention 

selection, continuation of SPF SIG 

activities, leveraging of funds, 

collaboration, evaluation activities, 

cultural competence policies, processes 

to impact health disparities, and 

challenges faced. The PD Interview will 

be collected at the beginning of the 

grant, in the third year of the grant, and 

in the final year of the grant. Baseline 

data for the PFS II and 2013 cohorts will 

be collected retrospectively and PFS II 

grantees will only participate in the 

interview at the beginning of their final 

year and at the close of their grant. 

ANNUALIZE BURDEN HOURS

Instrument Number of 

respondents 

Responses 

per 

respondent 

Total 

number of 

responses 

Hours per 

response 

Total 

burden 

hours 

GLI–RB .................................................................................................... 17 1 17 1 17 

SLI–R ....................................................................................................... 517 2 1,034 2.6 2,688 

Grantee PD Interview .............................................................................. 30 1 30 1.4 42 

Annualized Total ............................................................................... 564 .................... 1,081 .................... 2,747 

Written comments and 

recommendations concerning the 

proposed information collection should 

be sent by January 29, 2015 to the 

SAMHSA Desk Officer at the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB). To ensure timely receipt of 

comments, and to avoid potential delays 

in OMB’s receipt and processing of mail 

sent through the U.S. Postal Service, 

commenters are encouraged to submit 

their comments to OMB via email to: 

OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov. 

Although commenters are encouraged to 

send their comments via email, 

commenters may also fax their 

comments to: 202–395–7285. 

Commenters may also mail them to: 

Office of Management and Budget, 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, New Executive Office Building, 

Room 10102, Washington, DC 20503. 

Summer King, 

Statistician. 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

[DHS Docket No. USCIS–2014–0014] 

Immigration Policy 

AGENCY: Department of State; 

Department of Homeland Security. 

ACTION: Notice of Request for 

Information. 

SUMMARY: On November 21, 2014, the 

President issued a memorandum for the 

heads of executive departments and 

agencies on the subject of modernizing 

and streamlining the U.S. immigrant 

and nonimmigrant visa system for the 

21st century. The Memorandum directs 

the Secretaries of State and Homeland 

Security, in consultation with various 

other Cabinet secretaries and the White 

House, to make recommendations to 

streamline and improve the Nation’s 

legal immigration system. Such efforts 

should focus on reducing Government 

costs, improving services for applicants, 

reducing burdens on employers, and 

combatting waste, fraud, and abuse in 

the system, while safeguarding the 

interests of American workers. This 

notice solicits public input to inform the 

development of those recommendations. 

DATES: Responses must be received by 

January 29, 2015 to be considered. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

• Email: USCISFRComment@

uscis.dhs.gov. Include Visa 

Modernization in the subject line of the 

message. 

• Online: You may access the Federal 

Register Notice and submit comments 

via the Federal eRulemaking Portal Web 

site by visiting www.regulations.gov. In 

the search box either copy and paste, or 

type in, the e-Docket ID number USCIS– 

2014–0014. Click on the link titled 

Open Docket Folder for the appropriate 

Notice and supporting documents, and 

click the Comment Now tab to submit 

a comment; 

• Mail: Attn: Laura Dawkins, Chief of 

the Regulatory Coordination Division, 

USCIS Office of Policy and Strategy, 20 

Massachusetts Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20529–2140. 

Instructions: Response to this RFI is 

voluntary. Responses exceeding 30 

pages will not be considered. 

Respondents need not reply to all 

questions listed below; however, 

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respondents should clearly indicate the 

number of each question to which they 

are responding. The Department of 

Homeland Security and the Department 

of State request that no business 

proprietary information, copyrighted 

information, or personally identifiable 

information be submitted in response to 

this RFI. Please note that the U.S. 

Government will not pay for response 

preparation, or for the use of any 

information contained in the response. 

The full text of the November 21 

Memorandum is available at: http://

www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/

2014/11/21/presidential-memorandummodernizing-and-streamlining-usimmigrant-visa-s. 

The White House Fact Sheet 

describing the President’s Immigration 

Accountability Executive Actions of 

November 20 is available at: http://

www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/

2014/11/20/fact-sheet-immigrationaccountability-executive-action. 

Note that the November 21 

Presidential Memorandum, and this 

RFI, are not focused on potential 

Federal Government actions that were 

announced as part of the President’s 

Immigration Accountability Executive 

Actions of November 20. Rather, this 

RFI seeks recommendations on 

improving and modernizing the legal 

immigration system in other ways. 

Federal agencies responsible for 

implementing the previously 

announced executive actions are 

establishing stakeholder engagement 

plans separate from this RFI. Do not 

submit responses detailing 

recommendations directly related to the 

actions announced on November 20, as 

separate processes exist to engage 

regarding those actions where 

necessary. For more information, see: 

http://www.dhs.gov/immigration-action 

http://www.uscis.gov/immigrationaction 

http://www.dol.gov/dol/fact-sheet/

immigration/perm.htm. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Laura Dawkins, Chief of the Regulatory 

Coordination Division, USCIS Office of 

Policy and Strategy, 20 Massachusetts 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20529– 

2140; Telephone number 202–272– 

8377. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

November 21, 2014, President Obama 

issued a Presidential Memorandum 

directing the Secretaries of State and 

Homeland Security to lead an 

interagency effort, in consultation with 

private and nonfederal public 

stakeholders, to develop within 120 

days recommendations on streamlining 

and reforming the Nation’s legal 

immigration system, while safeguarding 

the interests of American workers, 

including recommendations to: 

(i) Streamline and improve the legal 

immigration system—including 

immigrant and nonimmigrant visa 

processing—with a focus on reforms 

that reduce Government costs, improve 

services for applicants, reduce burdens 

on employers, and combat waste, fraud, 

and abuse in the system; 

(ii) ensure that administrative 

policies, practices, and systems use all 

of the immigrant visa numbers that 

Congress provides for and intends to be 

issued, consistent with demand; and 

(iii) modernize the information 

technology infrastructure underlying the 

visa processing system, with a goal of 

reducing redundant systems, improving 

the experience of applicants, and 

enabling better public and congressional 

oversight of the system. 

The Memorandum further directs the 

Secretaries of State and Homeland 

Security to establish metrics for 

measuring progress in implementing 

these recommendations and in 

achieving service-level improvements, 

taking into account the Federal 

Government’s responsibility to protect 

the integrity of U.S. borders and 

promote economic opportunity for all 

workers. 

Along with general comments and 

suggestions, the Departments of State 

and Homeland Security are also 

specifically seeking input on the 

following questions. To the extent 

possible and wherever appropriate, 

responses to this RFI should indicate 

the question number(s) and include, for 

each recommended action, (a) clear 

prioritization of which actions are most 

important and consequential; (b) 

estimates of the number of individuals 

affected, time saved, private and public 

costs saved, general economic benefit, 

or other impact metrics as appropriate; 

(c) legal authorities under existing 

statutes and case law; and (d) suggested 

government performance metrics as 

described above. Concrete 

recommendations are more useful than 

general observations. Such proposals 

need not be limited to the activities of 

the Department of State and the 

Department of Homeland Security, as 

the Memorandum also contemplates 

roles for the Departments of Agriculture, 

Commerce, Justice, Labor, and 

Education, and other departments and 

agencies as relevant. Note that responses 

should not include the modernization of 

the PERM labor certification program, as 

the Department of Labor has provided 

for a separate process to engage 

stakeholders on modernized recruitment 

and application requirements in this 

program, which applies to permanent 

workers; for more details, see: http://

www.dol.gov/dol/fact-sheet/

immigration/perm.htm. 

I. Streamlining the Legal Immigration 

System 

1. What are the most important policy 

and operational changes that would 

streamline and improve the processing 

of immigrant visas at U.S. Embassies 

and Consulates, for both familysponsored and employment-based 

immigrant visas? 

2. What are the most important policy 

and operational changes that would 

streamline and improve the processing 

of nonimmigrant visas at U.S. Embassies 

and Consulates, including visitor, 

student, temporary worker and other 

nonimmigrant visas? 

3. What are the most important policy 

and operational changes that would 

streamline and improve U.S. 

Citizenship and Immigration Services 

(USCIS) processing of the following 

types of immigrant and nonimmigrant 

visa petitions? 

a. Family-sponsored immigrant visa 

petitions 

b. Employment-based immigrant visa 

petitions 

c. Nonimmigrant petitions 

d. Humanitarian petitions and 

applications (such as U 

nonimmigrant status petitions, T 

nonimmigrant status applications, 

and VAWA self-petitions) 

e. H–1B temporary worker visa 

petitions, specifically, ways to 

reduce burdens on employers and 

workers engaging in the H–1B 

petition process, consistent with 

protections for U.S. and temporary 

foreign workers. (Note that 

employment authorization for 

certain H–4 dependent spouses of 

H–1 B nonimmigrants was a part of 

the President’s November 20 

announcement described above, 

and recommendations regarding 

that topic should not be submitted 

here.) 

4. What are the most important policy 

and operational changes that would 

streamline and improve the process of 

changing from one nonimmigrant status 

to another nonimmigrant status? 

5. What are the most important policy 

and operational changes that would 

streamline and improve the process of 

applying for adjustment of status to that 

of a lawful permanent resident while in 

the United States? 

6. What are the most important policy 

and operational changes that would 

streamline and improve the inspection 

of arriving immigrants and 

nonimmigrants at U.S. ports of entry? 

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7. What are the most important policy 

and operational changes that would 

attract the world’s most talented 

researchers to U.S. universities, national 

laboratories, and other research 

institutions? (Do not submit responses 

directly related to the actions 

announced on November 20, including 

the strengthening and extending of the 

Optional Practical Training program for 

foreign students. Separate processes 

exist to engage regarding those actions 

where necessary; see details above.) 

8. What are the most important policy 

and operational changes that would 

attract the world’s most talented 

entrepreneurs who want to start and 

grow their business in the United 

States? (Do not submit responses 

directly related to the actions 

announced on November 20, including 

the ‘‘national interest waiver’’ and 

‘‘significant public benefit’’ parole 

pathways for entrepreneurs. Separate 

processes exist to engage regarding 

those actions where necessary; see 

details above.) 

9. What are the policy or operational 

changes that could assist in creating 

additional immigration opportunities 

for high-demand professions, such as 

physicians? 

10. Focusing on the EB–5 immigrant 

investor visa, what policy or operational 

changes would (a) reduce existing 

burdens and uncertainties on the part of 

petitioners, Regional Centers, and other 

participants in the program; (b) ensure 

that this program is achieving the 

greatest impact in terms of U.S. job 

creation, economic growth, and 

investment in national priority projects 

that the capital markets would not 

otherwise competitively finance; and (c) 

enhance protections against fraud, 

abuse, and criminal misuse of the 

program by petitioners or Regional 

Centers? 

11. How can labor market related 

requirements for temporary workers be 

best tailored to meaningfully protect 

both U.S. and temporary foreign 

workers while achieving operational 

efficiency for both employers and 

relevant Federal agencies? 

12. How should relevant occupational 

categories, descriptors, and/or data, 

such as the Department of Labor’s 

O*NET system (http://

www.onetonline.org) be refined and 

updated to better align the prevailing 

wage determination process for visas 

with the evolving job market? 

13. Focusing on the diversity visa 

program, what are the most important 

policy and operational changes that 

would streamline and improve the 

diversity visa process, including 

enhancing protections against fraud? 

14. What other policy and operational 

changes would most effectively combat 

waste, fraud, and abuse in the legal 

immigration system? 

II. Ensuring Use of All Immigrant Visa 

Numbers 

15. What are the most important 

policy and operational changes, if any, 

available within the existing statutory 

framework to ensure that administrative 

policies, practices, and systems fully 

and fairly allocate all of the immigrant 

visa numbers that Congress provides for 

and intends to be issued each year going 

forward? 

16. What are the most important 

policy and operational changes, if any, 

available within the existing statutory 

framework to ensure that administrative 

policies, practices, and systems fully 

and fairly allocate all of the immigrant 

visa numbers that Congress provided for 

and intended to be issued, but were not 

issued in past years? 

III. Modernizing IT Infrastructure 

17. From the perspective of 

petitioners and applicants, which 

elements of the current legal 

immigration system (both immigrant 

and nonimmigrant systems) are most in 

need of modernized information 

technology (IT) solutions, and what 

changes would result in the most 

significant improvements to the user 

experience? 

18. Which existing governmentcollected data and metrics would be 

most valuable to make available to the 

public, consistent with privacy 

protections and national security, in 

order to improve oversight and 

understanding of the legal immigration 

system? 

Karin M. King, 

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Visa 

Services, Department of State. 

Esther Olavarria, 

Senior Counselor to the Secretary, 

Department of Homeland Security. 

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BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[Docket ID: FEMA–2014–0030; OMB No. 

1660–0020] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request, Write Your 

Own (WYO) Program. 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency 

Management Agency (FEMA) will 

submit the information collection 

abstracted below to the Office of 

Management and Budget for review and 

clearance in accordance with the 

requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. The submission 

will describe the nature of the 

information collection, the categories of 

respondents, the estimated burden (i.e., 

the time, effort and resources used by 

respondents to respond) and cost, and 

the actual data collection instruments 

FEMA will use. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before January 29, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments 

on the proposed information collection 

to the Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget. Comments 

should be addressed to the Desk Officer 

for the Department of Homeland 

Security, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, and sent via 

electronic mail to oira.submission@

omb.eop.gov or faxed to (202) 395–5806. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

should be made to Director, Records 

Management Division, 500 C Street SW., 

Room 7NE, Washington, DC 20472– 

3100, facsimile number (202) 212–4701, 

or email address FEMA-InformationCollections-Management@dhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Changes 

Since Publication of the 60 Day 

Federal Register Notice for the 

Federal Emergency Management Agency 

Write Your Own (WYO) Program. The 

number of respondents and the 

estimated burden hours have increased 

since FEMA published the 60 day 

Federal Register Notice on October 15, 

2014. See 79 FR 61886. This is due to 

a clerical error. The respondent burden 

increased from 88 to 90. The estimated 

responses increased from 1056 to 1080. 

The estimated time per response 

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