[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 248 (Thursday, December 28, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 89727-89728]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-28599]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Renewal of Generic Clearance; Comment Request

AGENCY: International Trade Commission.

ACTION: Notice and comment request.

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SUMMARY: Consistent with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the U.S. 
International Trade Commission (Commission) has submitted a proposal 
for the collection of information to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for approval. The proposed information collection is a 
three-year extension of the current generic clearance (approved by OMB 
under Control No. 3117-0222) under which the Commission can issue 
information collections for the collection of qualitative feedback on 
agency service delivery. Any comments submitted to OMB on the proposed 
information collection should be specific, indicating which part of the 
information collection plan is objectionable, describing the issue in 
detail, and including specific revisions or language changes. The 
Commission did not receive any comments in response to the 60-day 
notice that it published in the Federal Register on October 27, 2023.

DATES: Comments solicited under this notice must be submitted on or 
before January 29, 2024.
    Comments: Comments about the proposal should be provided to the 
Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs through the Information Collection Review Dashboard at https://www.reginfo.gov. All comments should be specific, indicating which part 
of the renewal request is objectionable, describing the concern in 
detail, and including specific suggested revisions or language changes. 
Provide copies of any comments that you submit to OMB to Nancy Snyder, 
Director, Office of Analysis and Research Services, U.S. International 
Trade Commission at [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You may obtain copies of supporting 
documents from Zachary Coughlin, Statistical and Data Services 
Division, U.S. International Trade Commission, at 
[email protected], 202-205-3435. Hearing-impaired persons can 
obtain information on this matter by contacting the Commission's TDD 
terminal at 202-205-1810. You may also obtain general information 
concerning the Commission by accessing its website (http://www.usitc.gov).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

(1) Need for the Proposed Information Collections

    The proposed information collection activity provides a means to 
garner qualitative customer and stakeholder feedback in an efficient, 
timely manner. This qualitative feedback provides useful insights on 
perceptions and opinions of customers and stakeholders. The feedback 
helps the Commission gain understanding into customer or stakeholder 
experiences and expectations and provides an early warning of issues 
with service, or focuses attention on areas where communication, 
training or changes in operations might improve delivery of products or 
services. These collections allow for ongoing, collaborative and 
actionable communications between the Commission and its customers and 
stakeholders and contribute directly to the improvement of program 
management.

(2) Description of the Information To Be Collected

    The solicitation of feedback will target areas such as: timeliness, 
appropriateness, accuracy of information, courtesy, efficiency of 
service delivery, and resolution of

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issues with service delivery. Responses will be assessed to plan and 
inform efforts to improve or maintain the quality of service offered to 
the public. If this information is not collected, vital feedback from 
customers and stakeholders on the Commission's services will be 
unavailable.
    Feedback collected under this generic clearance provides useful 
information, but it does not yield data that can be generalized to the 
overall population. This type of generic clearance for qualitative 
information will not be used for quantitative information collections 
that are designed to yield reliably actionable results, such as 
monitoring trends over time or documenting program performance. Such 
data uses require more rigorous designs that address: the target 
population to which generalizations will be made, the sampling frame, 
the sample design (including stratification and clustering), the 
precision requirements or power calculations that justify the proposed 
sample size, the expected response rate, methods for assessing 
potential nonresponse bias, the protocols for data collection, and any 
testing procedures that were or will be undertaken prior to fielding 
the study. As a general matter, information collections will not result 
in any new system of records containing privacy information and will 
not ask questions of a sensitive nature.
    The Agency will only submit a collection for approval under this 
generic clearance if it meets the following conditions:
     The collections are voluntary;
     The collections are low-burden for respondents (based on 
considerations of total burden hours, total number of respondents, or 
burden-hours per respondent) and are low-cost for both the respondents 
and the Federal Government;
     The collections are noncontroversial and do not raise 
issues of concern to other Federal agencies;
     Any collection is targeted to the solicitation of opinions 
from respondents who have experience with the program or may have 
experience with the program in the near future;
     Personally identifiable information (PII) is collected 
only to the extent necessary and is not retained;
     Information gathered will be used only internally for 
general service improvement and program management purposes and is not 
intended for release outside of the agency;
     Information gathered will yield qualitative information; 
the collections will not be designed or expected to yield statistically 
reliable results or used as though the results are generalizable to the 
population of study.

(3) Estimated Burden of the Proposed Information Collection

    The Commission estimates that information collections issued under 
the requested generic clearance will impose an average annual burden of 
350 hours on 1,000 respondents.
    No record-keeping burden is known to result from the proposed 
collection of information.

    By order of the Commission.

    Issued: December 21, 2023.
Lisa Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2023-28599 Filed 12-27-23; 8:45 am]
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