[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 177 (Thursday, September 12, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48213-48214]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-19759]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Bureau of the Fiscal Service
Proposed Collection of Information: Electronic Funds Transfer
(EFT) Market Research Study
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment
on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. Currently the Bureau of the Fiscal
Service within the Department of the Treasury is soliciting comments
concerning the Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) Market Research Study.
DATES: Written comments should be received on or before November 12,
2019 to be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments and requests for additional
information to Bureau of the Fiscal Service, Bruce A. Sharp, Room
#4006-A, P.O. Box 1328, Parkersburg, WV 26106-1328, or
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) Market Research Study.
OMB Number: 1530-0022.
Form Number: None.
Abstract: This is a generic clearance to conduct customer
satisfaction surveys, focus groups, and interviews among recipients of
federal benefit and vendor payments through EFT. The need for this
market research continues to arise from a Congressional directive that
accompanied legislation enacted in 1996, as part of the Debt Collection
Improvement Act (Pub. L. 104-134), expanding the scope of check
recipients required to use direct deposit to receive Federal benefit
payments (see 31 U.S.C. 3332). Congress directed Treasury to ``study
the socioeconomic and
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demographic characteristics of those who currently do not have Direct
Deposit and determine how best to increase usage among all groups.''
142 Cong. Rec. H4090 (daily ed. April 25, 1996).
Current Actions: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Type of Review: Regular.
Affected Public: Individuals or households, Federal Government.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 19,500.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 16 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 5,200.
Request for Comments: Comments submitted in response to this notice
will be summarized and/or included in the request for OMB approval. All
comments will become a matter of public record. Comments are invited
on: 1. Whether the collection of information is necessary for the
proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether
the information shall have practical utility; 2. the accuracy of the
agency's estimate of the burden of the collection of information; 3.
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; 4. ways to minimize the burden of the collection of
information on respondents, including through the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology; and 5.
estimates of capital or start-up costs and costs of operation,
maintenance, and purchase of services to provide information.
Dated: September 9, 2019.
Bruce A. Sharp,
Bureau Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019-19759 Filed 9-11-19; 8:45 am]
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