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POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETENTION AND

DISPOSAL OF RECORDS: 

The retention period for these records 

is currently under review. Until the 

review is completed, the records will 

not be destroyed. 

ADMINISTRATIVE, TECHNICAL, AND PHYSICAL

SAFEGUARDS: 

Access to records is limited to those 

whose official duties require it. Paper 

records are secured by lock and key. 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: 

The Privacy Act allows individuals 

the right to access records maintained 

about them in a Board system of 

records. Your request for access must: 

(1) Contain a statement that the request 

is made pursuant to the Privacy Act of 

1974; (2) provide either the name of the 

Board system of records expected to 

contain the record requested or a 

concise description of the system of 

records; (3) provide the information 

necessary to verify your identity; and (4) 

provide any other information that may 

assist in the rapid identification of the 

record you seek. 

Current or former Board employees 

may make a request for access by 

contacting the Board office that 

maintains the record. The Board 

handles all Privacy Act requests as both 

a Privacy Act request and as a Freedom 

of Information Act request. The Board 

does not charge fees to a requestor 

seeking to access or amend his/her 

Privacy Act records. 

You may submit your Privacy Act 

request to the— 

Secretary of the Board, Board of 

Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, 20th Street and Constitution 

Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20551. 

You may also submit your Privacy Act 

request electronically through the 

Board’s FOIA ‘‘Electronic Request 

Form’’ located here: https://

www.federalreserve.gov/secure/forms/ 

efoiaform.aspx. 

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: 

The Privacy Act allows individuals to 

seek amendment of information that is 

erroneous, irrelevant, untimely, or 

incomplete and is maintained in a 

system of records that pertains to them. 

To request an amendment to your 

record, you should clearly mark the 

request as a ‘‘Privacy Act Amendment 

Request.’’ You have the burden of proof 

for demonstrating the appropriateness of 

the requested amendment and you must 

provide relevant and convincing 

evidence in support of your request. 

Your request for amendment must: (1) 

Provide the name of the specific Board 

system of records containing the record 

you seek to amend; (2) identify the 

specific portion of the record you seek 

to amend; (3) describe the nature of and 

reasons for each requested amendment; 

(4) explain why you believe the record 

is not accurate, relevant, timely, or 

complete; and (5) unless you have 

already done so in a related Privacy Act 

request for access or amendment, 

provide the necessary information to 

verify your identity. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES: 

Same as ‘‘Access procedures’’ above. 

You may also follow this procedure in 

order to request an accounting of 

previous disclosures of records 

pertaining to you as provided for by 5 

U.S.C. 552a(c). 

EXEMPTIONS PROMULGATED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

No exemptions are claimed for this 

system. 

HISTORY: 

This system was previously published 

in the Federal Register at 73 FR 24984 

at 24999 (May 6, 2008). 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System. 

Ann Misback, 

Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. 2021–16287 Filed 7–29–21; 8:45 am] 

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OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Information Collection 

Renewal; Comment Request; Fast 

Track Generic Clearance for the 

Collection of Qualitative Feedback on 

Agency Service Delivery 

AGENCY: Office of Government Ethics 

(OGE). 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: After publication of this 

second round notice, the Office of 

Government Ethics (OGE) intends to 

submit a renewed Generic Information 

Collection Request for the collection of 

qualitative feedback on agency service 

delivery for review and approval of a 

three-year extension under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act. 

Comments: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Grant Anderson at the U.S. Office of 

Government Ethics; telephone: 202– 

482–9318; TTY: 800–877–8339; Email: 

Grant.Anderson@oge.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Fast Track Generic Clearance for 

the Collection of Qualitative Feedback 

on Agency Service Delivery. 

Abstract: The proposed information 

collection provides a means to garner 

qualitative customer and stakeholder 

feedback in an efficient, timely manner, 

in accordance with the agency’s 

commitment to improving service 

delivery. Qualitative feedback means 

information that provides useful 

insights on perceptions and opinions, 

but is not a statistical survey that yields 

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. 

OGE expects to use various methods 

(e.g., focus groups, customer satisfaction 

surveys, comment cards) to solicit 

feedback. Responses will be assessed to 

plan and inform efforts to improve or 

maintain the quality of service offered to 

the public and other agency 

stakeholders. 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; 

• The collections are focused on the 

awareness, understanding, attitudes, 

preferences, or experiences of the public 

or other stakeholders in order to 

improve existing or future services, 

products, or communication materials; 

• Personally identifiable information 

(PII) is collected only to the extent 

necessary; 


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• Information gathered will be used 

only internally for general service 

improvement and program management 

purposes and is not intended for release 

to the public; 

• 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 

eligible for submission for other generic 

mechanisms that are designed to yield 

quantitative results. 

As a general matter, information 

collections submitted under this generic 

clearance 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. 

A Federal Register Notice with a 60- 

day comment period soliciting 

comments on this information 

collection was published on May 19, 

2021 (86 FR 27088). OGE did not 

receive any comments in response. 

OMB Number: 3209–0010. 

Type of Request: Extension. 

Affected Public: Individuals; Business 

or Other For-Profit Institutions; Not-ForProfit Institutions; State, Local, or Tribal 

Government. 

Projected average burden estimates 

for the next three years: 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Respondents: 91,425. 

Average Expected Annual Number of 

Activities: 39. 

Average Number of Respondents per 

Activity: 2,344. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Annual Responses: 91,425. 

Average Minutes per Response: 3 

minutes. 

Annual Burden Hours: 3,900 hours. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Request for Comments: Agency and 

public comment is invited specifically 

on the need for and practical utility of 

this information collection, the accuracy 

of OGE’s burden estimate, the 

enhancement of quality, utility and 

clarity of the information collected, and 

the minimization of burden (including 

the use of information technology). 

Comments will become a matter of 

public record. 

Approved: July 26, 2021. 

Emory Rounds, 

Director, U.S. Office of Government Ethics. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research 

and Quality (AHRQ), Health and Human 

Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

intention of the Agency for Healthcare 

Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request 

that the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) reapprove the proposed 

information collection project ‘‘Patient 

Safety Organization Certification for 

Initial Listing and Related Forms, 

Patient Safety Confidentiality 

Complaint Form, and Common 

Formats.’’ This proposed information 

collection was previously published in 

the Federal Register on May 12, 2021 

and allowed 60 days for public 

comment. AHRQ did not receive 

substantive comments from members of 

the public. The purpose of this notice is 

to allow an additional 30 days for public 

comment. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by August 30, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ Reports 

Clearance Officer, (301) 427–1477, or by 

email at doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Proposed Project 

‘‘Patient Safety Organization 

Certification for Initial Listing and 

Related Forms, Patient Safety 

Confidentiality Complaint Form, and 

Common Formats’’ 

AHRQ invites the public to comment 

on this proposed information collection. 

The Patient Safety and Quality 

Improvement Act of 2005 (Patient Safety 

Act), signed into law on July 29, 2005, 

was enacted in response to growing 

concern about patient safety in the 

United States and the Institute of 

Medicine’s 1999 report, To Err is 

Human: Building a Safer Health System. 

The goal of the statute is to create a 

national learning system. By providing 

incentives of nation-wide 

confidentiality and legal privilege, the 

Patient Safety Act learning system 

improves patient safety and quality by 

providing an incentive for health care 

providers to work voluntarily with 

experts in patient safety to reduce risks 

and hazards to the safety and quality of 

patient care. The Patient Safety Act 

signifies the Federal Government’s 

commitment to fostering a culture of 

patient safety among health care 

providers; it offers a mechanism for 

creating an environment in which the 

causes of risks and hazards to patient 

safety can be thoroughly and honestly 

examined and discussed without fear of 

penalties and liabilities. It provides for 

the voluntary formation of Patient 

Safety Organizations (PSOs) that can 

collect, aggregate, and analyze 

confidential information reported 

voluntarily by health care providers. By 

analyzing substantial amounts of patient 

safety event information across multiple 

institutions, PSOs are able to identify 

patterns of failures and propose 

measures to eliminate or reduce risks 

and hazards. 

In order to implement the Patient 

Safety Act, the Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS) issued the 

Patient Safety and Quality Improvement 

Final Rule (Patient Safety Rule) which 

became effective on January 19, 2009. 

The Patient Safety Rule outlines the 

requirements that entities must meet to 

become and remain listed as PSOs, the 


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