Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 6 / Friday, January 9, 2015 / Notices 1421 

BURDEN ESTIMATES

Instrument Total number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average burden 

hours per 

response 

Total burden 

hours 

Semi-Structured Discussion and Information-Gathering Protocols 1,600 1 1 1,600 

Additional Information: Copies of the 

proposed collection may be obtained by 

writing to the Administration for 

Children and Families, Office of 

Planning, Research and Evaluation, 370 

L’Enfant Promenade SW., Washington, 

DC 20447, Attn: OPRE Reports 

Clearance Officer. All requests should 

be identified by the title of the 

information collection. Email address: 

OPREinfocollection@acf.hhs.gov. 

OMB Comment: OMB is required to 

make a decision concerning the 

collection of information between 30 

and 60 days after publication of this 

document in the Federal Register. 

Therefore, a comment is best assured of 

having its full effect if OMB receives it 

within 30 days of publication. Written 

comments and recommendations for the 

proposed information collection should 

be sent directly to the following: Office 

of Management and Budget, Paperwork 

Reduction Project, Email: OIRA_

SUBMISSION@OMB.EOP.GOV, Attn: 

Desk Officer for the Administration for 

Children and Families. 

Karl Koerper, 

OPRE Reports Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2015–00179 Filed 1–8–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

Title: Pre-testing of Evaluation 

Surveys. 

OMB No.: 0970–0355. 

Description: The Office of Planning, 

Research and Evaluation (OPRE), in the 

Administration for Children and 

Families (ACF) at the U.S. Department 

of Health and Human Services (HHS) 

intends to request approval from the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for renewal of a generic 

clearance to allow OPRE to pre-test data 

collection instruments with more than 

nine participants to identify and resolve 

any question or procedural problems in 

survey administration. 

OPRE studies ACF programs, and the 

populations they serve, through rigorous 

research and evaluation projects. These 

include evaluations of existing 

programs, evaluations of innovative 

approaches to helping low-income 

children and families, research 

syntheses and descriptive and 

exploratory studies. To improve the 

development of its research and 

evaluation surveys, OPRE uses the pretesting of evaluation surveys generic 

clearance to employ a variety of 

techniques including cognitive and 

usability laboratory and field 

techniques, behavior coding, 

exploratory interviews, respondent 

debriefing questionnaires, split sample 

experiments, focus groups, and pilot 

studies/pre-tests. These activities allow 

OPRE to identify if and when a survey 

may be simplified for respondents, 

respondent burden may be reduced, and 

other possible improvements. 

Following standard OMB 

requirements, OPRE will submit a 

change request for each individual data 

collection activity under this generic 

clearance. Each request will include the 

individual instrument(s), a justification 

specific to the individual information 

collection, and any supplementary 

documents. OPRE requests OMB review 

within 10 days of receiving each change 

request. 

Respondents: Participants in ACF 

programs being evaluated; participants 

in ACF demonstrations; comparison 

group members; and other relevant 

populations, such as individuals at risk 

of needing ACF services. 

BURDEN ESTIMATES

Instrument Total number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average burden 

hours per 

response 

Total burden 

hours 

Survey development field tests, respondent debriefing questionnaires, cognitive interviews, split sample experiments, focus 

groups .......................................................................................... 5,100 1 .75 3,825 

Additional Information: Copies of the 

proposed collection may be obtained by 

writing to the Administration for 

Children and Families, Office of 

Planning, Research and Evaluation, 370 

L’Enfant Promenade SW., Washington, 

DC 20447, Attn: OPRE Reports 

Clearance Officer. All requests should 

be identified by the title of the 

information collection. Email address: 

OPREinfocollection@acf.hhs.gov. 

OMB Comment: OMB is required to 

make a decision concerning the 

collection of information between 30 

and 60 days after publication of this 

document in the Federal Register. 

Therefore, a comment is best assured of 

having its full effect if OMB receives it 

within 30 days of publication. Written 

comments and recommendations for the 

proposed information collection should 

be sent directly to the following: 

Office of Management and Budget, 

Paperwork Reduction Project, Email: 

OIRA_SUBMISSION@OMB.EOP.GOV, 

Attn: Desk Officer for the 

Administration for Children and 

Families. 

Karl Koerper, 

OPRE Reports Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2015–00180 Filed 1–8–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4184–79–P 


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