[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 88 (Monday, May 8, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29630-29631]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-09655]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Economic Development Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Semi-Annual and Annual Data Collection 
Instruments for EDA Grant and Cooperative Agreement Award Recipients

    The Department of Commerce will submit the following information 
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, on or after the date of publication of this notice. We invite the 
general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and 
continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of 
our information collection requirements and minimize the public's 
reporting burden. Public comments were previously requested via the 
Federal Register on February 16, 2023, during a 60-day comment period. 
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
    Agency: Economic Development Administration (EDA), Department of 
Commerce.
    Title: Semi-Annual and Annual Data Collection Instruments for EDA 
Grant and Cooperative Agreement Award Recipients.
    OMB Control Number: 0610-0098.
    Form Number(s): ED-915, ED-916, ED-917, and ED-918.
    Type of Request: Extension without revision of a currently approved 
information collection (Form ED-915, ED-916, ED-917, and ED-918).
    Number of Respondents: 3,510.
    Average Hours per Response: 1-8 hours.

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    Burden Hours: 14,981 (Forms ED-916: 3,201 hours semiannually, ED-
915, ED-917 and ED-918:11,780 annually).
    Needs and Uses: EDA must comply with the Government Performance and 
Results Act of 1993 (Pub. L. 103-62) and the GPRA Modernization Act of 
2010 (Pub. L. 111-352), which require Federal agencies to develop 
performance measures and report to Congress and stakeholders the 
results of the agency's performance. The Foundations for Evidence-Based 
Policymaking Act of 2018 (Pub. L. 115-435) further emphasizes the 
importance of updating existing methodologies for performance 
measurement and program evaluation to align with evolving best 
practices. The data collected will help EDA construct more robust 
performance metrics and increase accountability and transparency of the 
agency's work by providing better insight into the efficiency and 
effectiveness of all the programs under its non-infrastructure 
portfolio.
    Affected Public: State and local governments; Development 
Organizations; Indian Tribes; Institutions of higher education; and 
Nonprofit organizations.
    Frequency: Semiannual and annual.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 
(PWEDA) (42 U.S.C. 3121 et seq.).
    This information collection request may be viewed at 
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view the Department of 
Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of 
this notice on the following website www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 
Find this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently 
under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search 
function and entering either the title of the collection or the OMB 
Control Number 0610-0098.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for 
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2023-09655 Filed 5-5-23; 8:45 am]
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