[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 57 (Monday, March 25, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17931-17932]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-06732]


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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 3090-0288; Docket 2013-0001, Sequence 2]


Information Collection; Open Government Citizen Engagement 
Ratings, Rankings, and Flagging

AGENCY: Office of Citizen Services, General Services Administration 
(GSA).

ACTION: Notice of request for comments regarding an extension of an 
existing OMB information collection.

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the 
Regulatory Secretariat will be submitting to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve a previously approved 
information collection requirement regarding open government citizen 
engagement ratings, rankings, and flagging.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before May 24, 2013.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments identified by Information Collection 3090-
0288, Open Government Citizen Engagement Ratings, Rankings, and 
Flagging, by any of the following methods:
     Regulations.gov: http://www.regulations.gov. Submit 
comments via the Federal eRulemaking portal by searching for the OMB 
control number. Select the link ``Submit a Comment'' that corresponds 
with ``Information Collection 3090-0288, Open Government Citizen 
Engagement Ratings, Rankings, and Flagging''. Follow the instructions 
provided at the ``Submit a Comment'' screen. Please include your name, 
company name (if any), and ``Information Collection 3090-0288, Open 
Government Citizen Engagement Ratings, Rankings, and Flagging'' on your 
attached document.
     Mail: General Services Administration, Regulatory 
Secretariat (MVCB), 1275 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20417. ATTN: 
Hada Flowers/IC 3090-0288, Open Government Citizen Engagement Ratings, 
Rankings, and Flagging.
    Instructions: Please submit comments only and cite Information 
Collection 3090-0288, Open Government Citizen Engagement Ratings, 
Rankings, and Flagging, in all correspondence related to this 
collection. All comments received will be posted without change to 
http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal and/or business 
confidential information provided.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Jonathan Rubin, General Services 
Administration, Office of Citizen Services, 1275 First Street NE., 
Washington, DC 20417; telephone number: 202-501-0855; email address: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

    The ``Open Government Citizen Engagement'' is a response to the 
Open Government Directive, which was issued on December 8, 2009 by the 
Director of OMB. This directive asked that executive departments and 
agencies take specific actions to implement the principles of 
transparency, participation and collaboration, as set forth in the 
President's January 21, 2009 Memorandum on Transparency and Open 
Government. GSA is creating an Open Government Citizen Engagement tool, 
an online collaboration tool powered by IdeaScale, as one example of 
methods for agencies to use in extensively engaging the public. The 
Open Government Citizen Engagement will allow the public to weigh in on 
their support for agency and public ideas, comments, suggestions, data 
sets, and the like, and allow agencies to engage with the public via 
Ratings, Rankings and Flaggings. The goal is to allow the public to 
rate and rank open-ended, general questions, comments and suggestions. 
Tools that allow rating, ranking and flagging (for example, many blogs, 
ideation, challenge grant platforms, and other social media tools) can 
be used across government. This information collection request for an 
emergency clearance is being submitted in order to fulfill the public 
engagement aspects of the Open Government initiative, and to allow all 
agencies to use this and similar rating, ranking, voting and flagging 
tools in this exercise and other exercises and meet the goals of Open 
Government.

B. Public Comments Are Particularly Invited On

    Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, GSA specifically 
solicits comments and information to enable it to:
    (i) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
    (ii) Evaluate the accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the burden 
of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of 
the methodology and assumptions used;
    (iii) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
to be collected; and

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    (iv) 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, e.g., permitting electronic 
submission of responses.

C. Annual Reporting Burden

    The annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this 
collection of information is estimated to average up to 1,666 hours per 
year. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial resources 
expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or 
provide information to or for a Federal agency. This includes the time 
needed to review instructions; develop, acquire, install, and utilize 
technology and systems for the purposes of collecting, validating, and 
verifying information, processing and maintaining information, and 
disclosing and providing information; adjust the existing ways to 
comply with any previously applicable instructions and requirements 
which have subsequently changed; train personnel to be able to respond 
to a collection of information; search data sources; complete and 
review the collection of information; and transmit or otherwise 
disclose the information.
    The estimated annual burden:
    Respondents: 1,200,000.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Total number of responses: 1,200,000.
    Hours per Response: .0013886.
    Total hours per response: 1,200,000.
    Total Burden Hours: 1,666.
    Obtaining Copies Of Proposals: Requesters may obtain a copy of the 
information collection documents from the General Services 
Administration, Regulatory Secretariat (MVCB), 1275 First Street NE., 
Washington, DC 20417, telephone 202-501-4755. Please cite 3090-0288, 
Open Government Citizen Engagement Ratings, Rankings, and Flagging, in 
all correspondence.

    Dated: March 19, 2013.
Casey Coleman,
Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-06732 Filed 3-22-13; 8:45 am]
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