79 FR 177 pgs. 54753-54754 - Submission for Review: Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery
Type: NOTICEVolume: 79Number: 177Pages: 54753 - 54754
Pages: 54753, 54754FR document: [FR Doc. 2014-21712 Filed 9-11-14; 8:45 am]
Agency: Personnel Management Office
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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
Submission for Review: Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery
AGENCY:
U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
ACTION:
60-day notice and request for comments.
SUMMARY:
The Office of Chief Information Officer, Office of Personnel Management (OPM) offers the general public and other Federal agencies the opportunity to comment on an information collection request (ICR) 3206-0257, "Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery." As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. chapter 35) as amended by the Clinger-Cohen Act (Pub. L. 104-106), OPM is soliciting comments for this collection.
DATES:
Comments are encouraged and will be accepted until November 12, 2014. This process is conducted in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.1.
ADDRESSES:
Interested persons are invited to submit written comments on the proposed information collection to the Office of the Chief Information Officer, Records Management and Data Policy, Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E. Street NW., Washington, DC 20415, Attention: Paperwork Reduction Act Officer or sent by email to PRA@opm.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
A copy of this ICR, with applicable supporting documentation, may be obtained by contacting the Office of the Chief Information Officer, Records Management and Data Policy, Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E. Street NW., Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Paperwork Reduction Act Officer or sent by email to PRA@opm.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
[top] The proposed information collection activity provides a means to garner qualitative customer and stakeholder feedback in
The solicitation of feedback will target areas such as: Timeliness, appropriateness, accuracy of information, courtesy, efficiency of service delivery, and resolution of 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 Office of Personnel Management's services will be unavailable.
The Office of Personnel Management 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 non-controversial 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 not be used for the purpose of substantially informing influential policy decisions; and
• 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.
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 non-response bias, the protocols for data collection, and any testing procedures that were or will be undertaken prior to fielding the study. Depending on the degree of influence the results are likely to have, such collections may still be eligible for submission for other generic mechanisms that are designed to yield quantitative results.
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, such as sexual behavior and attitudes, religious beliefs, and other matters that are commonly considered private.
The Office of Management and Budget is particularly interested in comments that:
1. Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information will have practical utility;
2. Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
3. Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and
4. Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submissions of responses.
Analysis
Agency: Officer of the Chief Information Officer, Records Management and Data Policy, Office of Personnel Management.
Title: Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery.
OMB Number: 3206-0257.
Frequency: On Occasion.
Affected Public: General Public.
Number of Respondents: 691,631.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 10 minutes.
Total Burden Hours: 119,394 hours.
U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
Katherine Archuleta,
Director.
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