[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 93 (Monday, May 15, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 30981]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-10122]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Community Living


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Public Comment Request; of the ACL Generic Clearance for the 
Collection of Qualitative Research and Assessment OMB Control Number 
0985-NEW

AGENCY: Administration for Community Living, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Administration for Community Living is announcing that the 
proposed collection of information listed above has been submitted to 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance as 
required under section 506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995. This 30-Day notice collects comments on the information 
collection requirements related to the ACL Generic Clearance for the 
Collection of Qualitative Research and Assessment OMB Control Number 
0985-NEW.

DATES: Submit written comments on the collection of information by June 
14, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to 
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find the information collection by 
selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' 
or by using the search function. By mail to the Office of Information 
and Regulatory Affairs, OMB, New Executive Office Bldg., 725 17th St. 
NW, Rm. 10235, Washington, DC 20503, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for ACL.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Delaney Roach, Call 202-795-7316 or 
Email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In compliance with 44 U.S.C. 3507, ACL has 
submitted the following proposed collection of information to OMB for 
review and clearance.
    The Administration for Community Living (ACL) at the Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS) is requesting a generic clearance for 
purposes of conducting qualitative research to gain a better 
understanding of emerging issues related to ACL's grantees, service 
providers, and programs; develop future intramural and extramural 
research projects; and to ensure HHS and ACL leadership, programs, and 
staff can obtain timely and relevant data and information.
    ACL defines qualitative feedback as information that provides 
useful insights on perceptions and opinions but are not statistical 
surveys that yield results that can be generalized beyond the 
population of study. ACL is requesting approval for at least four types 
of qualitative research: (a) Interviews, (b) focus groups, (c) 
questionnaires, and (d) other qualitative methods.
    ACL's mission is to maximize the independence, well-being, and 
health of older adults, people with disabilities across the lifespan, 
and their families and caregivers. ACL implements critical disability 
and aging programs, serves as the advisor to the HHS Secretary on 
disability and aging programs, works with other HHS agencies, 
Departments and the White House on disability and aging policies, and 
engages a range of disability and aging constituents to inform program 
development and implementation. Integral to this role, ACL will use 
this mechanism to conduct research, evaluation, and assessment to 
understand the needs, barriers, or facilitators for ACL programs.

Comments in Response to the 60-Day Federal Register Notice

    A 60-day notice for public comment published in the Federal 
Register (Vol. 88, No. 32 pages 10121-10122) on Thursday, February 16, 
2023. No public comments were received.

Estimated Program Burden

    ACL estimates the burden of this collection of information as 
follows:
    A variety of instruments and platforms will be used to collect 
information from respondents. The annual burden hours (5,043) 
requested, and the anticipated number of respondents (10,086) are based 
on the number of qualitative information collection requests (ICRs) 
that were approved by OMB currently at ACL. Out of the total ICRs at 
ACL, we estimated that that 30% of them have a qualitative research 
component.
    ACL used this information to develop the annual burden estimate 
below. Therefore, we estimate that over the requested period for this 
clearance (3 years) and approximately 30,258 respondents and 15,129 
burden hours will be needed.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Table
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                                                                                              Average
                                                                Number of      Number of      burden      Total
      Type of respondent                     Form              respondents   responses per   hours per   burden
                                                                              respondent     response     hours
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ACL Program Recipient,          Qualitative Research.........       10,086               1          .5     5,043
 Partner, or Key Informant.
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    Dated: May 8, 2023.
Alison Barkoff,
Acting Administrator and Assistant Secretary for Aging.
[FR Doc. 2023-10122 Filed 5-12-23; 8:45 am]
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