[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 43 (Friday, March 5, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 10617]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-5473]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

March 2, 1999.
    The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following 
information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance 
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. Comments 
regarding (a) whether the collection of information is necessary for 
the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including 
whether the information will have practical utility; (b) the accuracy 
of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used; (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 those who are 
to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology should be addressed to: Desk 
Officer for Agriculture, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Washington, D.C. 20502 and to 
Departmental clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail Stop 7602, Washington, 
D.C. 20250-7602. Comments regarding these information collections are 
best assured of having their full effect if received within 30 days of 
this notification. Copies of the submission(s) may be obtained by 
calling (202) 720-6746.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information 
unless the collection of information displays a currently valid OMB 
control number and the agency informs potential persons who are to 
respond to the collection of information that such persons are not 
required to respond to the collection of information unless it displays 
a currently valid OMB control number.

Economic Research Service

    Title: Food Security Supplement to the Current Population Survey.
    OMB Control Number: 0536-0043.
    Summary of Collection: The Food Security Supplement is sponsored by 
the Economic Research Service (ERS) as a research and evaluation 
activity authorized under Section 17 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977. ERS 
is collaborating with the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) and the 
Bureau of Census to continue this program of research and development. 
The Food Stamp Program (FSP) is currently the primary source of 
nutrition assistance for low-income Americans enabling households to 
improve their diet by increasing their food purchasing power. As the 
nation's primary public program for ensuring food security and 
alleviating hunger, USDA needs to regularly monitor these conditions 
among its target population. The Food Security Supplement will be 
administered as a set of questions appended to the ongoing Current 
Population Survey (CPS) managed by the Bureau of Census. The 
information collected associated with this request is in support of the 
April 1999 CPS.
    Need and Use of the Information: ERS will collect information from 
the Current Population Survey Food Security Supplement to routinely 
obtain reliable data from a large, representative national sample in 
order to develop a measure that can be used to track the prevalence of 
food insecurity and hunger within the U.S. population, as a whole, and 
by important population subgroups. The data collection will partially 
fulfill the requirements of the Congressionally mandated 10-Year Plan 
for the National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Program 
(NNMRRP). It will also contribute to provisions of the Government 
Performance Review Act (GPRA) by allowing FNS to quantify the effects 
and accomplishments of the Food Stamp Program.
    Description of Respondents: Individuals or households.
    Number of Respondents: 50,000.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 6,882.

Forest Service

    Title: ``Your Comments'' Customer Service Comment Card.
    OMB Control Number: 0596--New.
    Summary of Collection: Executive Order 12862, issued September 11, 
1993, directed Federal agencies to change the way they do business, to 
reform their management practices, to provide service to the public 
that matches or exceeds the best service available in the private 
sector, and to establish and implement customer service standards to 
carry out the principles of the National Performance Review. In 
response to this order, the Forest Service (FS) established and 
implemented customer service standards and posted these standards in 
all FS offices, work sites and visitor centers. ``Your Comments'' 
Customer Service Comment Cards are voluntary customer surveys, which 
will be used to monitor customer perceptions of how well the FS meets 
its posted customer service standards, as well as how FS customers view 
the agency's business practices, operations, and facilities. FS will 
collect information in person, by mail and on the Internet, using the 
Customer Service Survey Cards.
    Need and Use of the Information: FS will collect information on 
whether customers received prompt courteous service; were the 
information or service requested provided; were procedures clear and 
efficient; and how satisfied were they with the facilities used. The 
information from the survey will provide FS with a means to learn about 
and address customer complaints.
    Descriptionof Respondents: Individual or households; Business or 
other for-profit; Not for-profit institutions; Federal Government; 
State, Local, or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 20,500.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 1,708.
Nancy B. Sternberg,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-5473 Filed 3-4-99; 8:45 am]
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