[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 45 (Friday, March 6, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13129-13130]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-04581]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Office of Partnerships and Public Engagement


Notice of Request for Approval of a New Information Collection

AGENCY: Office of Partnerships and Public Engagement (OPPE), Department 
of Agriculture.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 
U.S.C. Chapter 35), this notice announces the intention of the Office 
of Partnerships and Public Engagement to request review and approval 
for a new information collection for the Community of Faith and 
Opportunity initiative.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by no later than May 2, 
2020, to be assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: The U.S. Department of Agriculture invites interested 
persons to submit comments on this notice. Comments may be submitted by 
one of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: This website provides the 
ability to type short comments directly into the comment field on this 
web page or attach a file for lengthier comments. Go to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line instructions at that site for 
submitting comments.
     Mail, including CD-ROMs, etc.: Send to U.S. Department of 
Agriculture, Office of Partnerships and Public Engagement, Docket 
Clerk, 1400 Independence Ave. SW, Mailstop 0601, Room 517A, Washington, 
DC 20250-3700.
     Hand- or courier-delivered submittals: Deliver to 1400 
Independence Ave. SW, Room 517A, Washington, DC 20250-3700. You may 
also send comments to the Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of

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Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503.
    Instructions: All items submitted by mail or electronic mail must 
include the Agency name (Office of Partnerships and Public Engagement). 
Comments received in response to this notice will be made available for 
public inspection and posted without change, including any personal 
information, to http://www.regulations.gov.
    For access to background documents or comments received, go to the 
Office of Partnerships and Public Engagement at 1400 Independence Ave. 
SW, Room 517-A, Washington, DC 20250-3700 between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 
p.m., Monday through Friday.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Alex Cordova, Office of 
Partnerships and Public Engagement, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 
1400 Independence Ave. SW, Washington, DC 20250 Telephone Number 202-
802-0476 and Fax number 202-720-7704.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Community of Faith and Opportunity initiative.
    OMB Number: New.
    Expiration Date of Approval: Three years from approval date.
    Type of Request: New information collection.
    Abstract: Communities of Faith and Opportunity brings together 
local and community leadership to establish local prosperity councils. 
These councils are a bottom up, locally driven, partnership structure 
that assists in strengthening local capacity so that communities can 
develop investable projects to address their respective challenges and 
needs. Local prosperity councils provide additional information on 
their challenges, members of their council, as well as on going efforts 
on project implementation, to inform recommendations provided by USDA 
personnel. These recommendations are put together by USDA subject 
matter experts at headquarters and distributed to communities and USDA 
state office staff for implementation in the field. This combination of 
customer service, program delivery, and capacity building and technical 
assistance will ensure that a sustainable, bottom up, locally driven 
process is achieved that will move communities towards prosperity.
    The Communities of Faith and Opportunity initiative seeks to better 
understand the challenges facing rural and underserved communities 
across the country, while also assisting them in building the local 
capacity needed to address the community challenges and needs. In order 
to accomplish this, communities are invited to participate in outreach 
summits, capacity building workshops, and if interested, to submit 
additional information to become a Community of Faith and Opportunity. 
The form captures information that will assist the USDA in providing 
robust, timely responses, customer service and program recommendations 
ensuring local needs are taken into account and setting up a community 
for long term success. The ``Communities of Faith and Opportunity--Next 
Steps'' form can be found at the following link: https://msudafvm.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3CPN4ZzqzEGCHoF.
    The information being collected requires the respondents to:
    (1) Identify themselves, names, physical address, telephone number, 
email address.
    (2) If applying as an entity, respondents are required to provide 
their company legal operating name, names and contact information of 
person(s) that will be the lead or key contact.
    (3) Identify name and email addresses of local partners and 
collaborators to create a Local Prosperity Council.
    (4) Determine 3-5 local challenges or projects that you would like 
to see addressed by USDA
    (5) Describe local assets by identifying and describing community 
resources that are being leveraged to accomplish community goals.
    (6) Describe on going implementation efforts in the community; 
including specific activities that community stakeholders have 
undertaken to address the challenges independently.
    Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of 
information is estimated to average .75 hours per response.
    Type of Respondents: Respondents on this form will potentially 
include--individuals, businesses, Not-for Profit organizations, Higher 
Education Institutions, Healthcare institutions State, Local, and 
Tribal governments; Community-based Organizations, etc.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 200.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 200.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: .75.
    Comments are invited on: (1) 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; (2) 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; (3) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) ways 
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who 
are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated, electronic, 
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms 
of information technology. Comments may be sent to the U.S. Department 
of Agriculture, Attn: Alex Cordova, 1400 Independence Ave. SW, 
Washington, DC 20250, mail stop 0601. All comments received will be 
available for public inspection during regular business hours at the 
same address.
    All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the 
request for OMB approval. All comments will become a matter of public 
record.

Riley Pagett,
Chief of Staff.
[FR Doc. 2020-04581 Filed 3-5-20; 8:45 am]
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