[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 58 (Monday, March 29, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 16363]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-06378]


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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM


Agency Information Collection Activities: Announcement of Board 
Approval Under Delegated Authority and Submission to OMB

AGENCY: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

SUMMARY: The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) 
is adopting a proposal to extend for three years, without revision, the 
Board Public website Usability Surveys (FR 3076; OMB No. 7100-0366).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 
    Federal Reserve Board Clearance Officer--Nuha Elmaghrabi--Office of 
the Chief Data Officer, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 
System, Washington, DC 20551, (202) 452-3829.
    Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Desk Officer--Shagufta 
Ahmed--Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 
Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, 725 
17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503, or by fax to (202) 395-6974.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 15, 1984, OMB delegated to the Board 
authority under the PRA to approve and assign OMB control numbers to 
collections of information conducted or sponsored by the Board. Board-
approved collections of information are incorporated into the official 
OMB inventory of currently approved collections of information. The OMB 
inventory, as well as copies of the PRA Submission, supporting 
statements, and approved collection of information instrument(s) are 
available at https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. These documents 
are also available on the Federal Reserve Board's public website at 
https://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/reportforms/review.aspx or may be 
requested from the agency clearance officer, whose name appears above.

Final Approval Under OMB Delegated Authority of the Extension for Three 
Years, Without Revision, of the Following Information Collection

    Report title: Board Public website Usability Surveys.
    Agency form number: FR 3076.
    OMB control number: 7100-0366.
    Frequency: As needed.
    Respondents: Individual users and potential users of the Board's 
public website.
    Estimated number of respondents: Surveys: 100; focus groups: 20.
    Estimated average hours per response: Surveys: 0.25; focus groups: 
1.5.
    Estimated annual burden hours: Surveys: 300; focus groups: 120.
    General description of report: The FR 3076 is used to gather 
qualitative and quantitative information directly from users or 
potential users of the Board's website such as the Congress, other 
government agencies, the public, economic educators, economists, 
financial institutions, financial literacy groups, and community 
development groups and more. Participation is voluntary.
    The FR 3076 may seek information from users or potential users of 
various Board web pages, including press releases, data releases and 
downloads, reports, supervision manuals, brochures, new web pages, 
audio, video, and use of social media. Information gathered may also 
include general input on users' interests and needs, feedback on 
website navigation and layout, distribution channels, or other factors 
which may affect the ability of users to locate and access content 
online.
    Qualitative collections conducted using the FR 3076 include data 
gathering methods such as focus groups and individual interviews. 
Quantitative surveys conducted using the FR 3076 include surveys 
conducted online or via mobile device, telephone, mail, emails, or a 
combination of these methods. The Board may contract with an outside 
vendor to conduct focus groups, interviews, or surveys, or the Board 
may collect the data directly.
    Legal authorization and confidentiality: The Board uses its website 
and social media to communicate important information to the public 
about a variety of different issues. The Board is required to provide 
certain information on its website. For example, under section 2B of 
the Federal Reserve Act the Board is required to provide certain 
reports, audits, and other information that ``the Board reasonably 
believes is necessary or helpful to the public in understanding the 
accounting, financial reporting, and internal controls of the Board and 
the Federal reserve banks'' (12 U.S.C. 225b(c)). In addition, the Board 
uses its website to provide the public with information about a variety 
of other matters, including information about the Board, its actions, 
and the economy. The responses to the FR 3076 help the Board determine 
how to most effectively communicate this information to the public in 
order to fulfill its statutory responsibilities.
    The FR 3076 is voluntary and the information collected by the FR 
3076 is not considered to be confidential.
    Current actions: On September 17, 2020, the Board published an 
initial notice in the Federal Register (85 FR 58053) requesting public 
comment for 60 days on the extension, without revision, of the FR 3076. 
The comment period for this notice expired on November 16, 2020. The 
Board did not receive any comments.

     Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, March 23, 
2021.
Michele Taylor Fennell,
Deputy Associate Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 2021-06378 Filed 3-26-21; 8:45 am]
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