[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 148 (Thursday, August 5, 2021)]
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[FR Doc No: 2021-16646]


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AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT


USAID Information Collection on COVID-19 Global Response and 
Recovery Implementation Plan

AGENCY: United States Agency for International Development (USAID), 
COVID-19 Task Force.

ACTION: Notice of emergency OMB approval.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the emergency review procedures of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the United States Agency for 
International Development (USAID), is announcing that on July 26, 2021, 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) granted emergency approval of 
a new information collection to inform technical approaches to 
implementing USAID's COVID-19 Implementation Plan. This emergency 
approval is valid until January, 2022.

DATES: USAID plans initially to seek information between August 1 and 
August 13, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information 
should be directed to Lisa Schechtman, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.13, the Agency 
submitted a request for emergency approval of a new information 
collection on July 23, 2021, which was approved by OMB on July 26, 
2021. The collection will request input from select experts on 
implementation of the five objectives of the U.S. Global COVID-19 
Response and Recovery Framework, and USAID's lines of efforts to help 
accomplish these objectives. Information will be requested of non-
governmental organizations and private sector entities through focus-
group discussions.

Description of Proposed Use of Information

    The information will be collected via small focus groups, and will 
be used by the USAID COVID-19 Task Force and technical bureaus to 
improve the technical assistance, global leadership, and guidance USAID 
provides to implementing partners, the InterAgency, and Missions 
globally. This will enable more focused, efficient, and effective 
coordination and implementation of the USAID COVID-19 Implementation 
Plan. Examples of use of similar information from past similar 
information collections undertaken by USAID include guidance documents 
on technical issues, alignment with national plans and strategies, or 
incorporation of key issues in Country Development Cooperation 
Strategies. Some materials produced utilizing information collected 
through this request may be made available to the public.

Time Burden

    OMB's approval enables USAID to engage a total of 250 individual 
respondents. Each respondent will be requested to provide one hour of 
time. As such, the total estimated time burden of this proposed 
information collection request is 250 hours.

Ashley Boccuzzi,
Coordination Advisor, USAID COVID-19 Task Force.
[FR Doc. 2021-16646 Filed 8-4-21; 8:45 am]
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