[Federal Register: April 17, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 73)]
[Notices]
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COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Information
Collection; Comment Request
ACTION: Submission for OMB review; comment request.
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AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely
Disabled.
SUMMARY: The Committee is submitting to the Office of Management and
Budget for their review the following collection as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
Committee Form 403--Annual Certification--Qualified Nonprofit
Agency Serving People Who Are Blind.
Committee Form 404--Annual Certification--Qualified Nonprofit
Agency Serving People Who Are Severely Disabled.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments about the
collection on or before May 13, 2009. The agency's 60-day notice
informing the public of the intent to renew this form with no changes
was published in the Federal Register on February 3, 2009 on page 5913-
5914. A subsequent correction notice was published on February 13, 2009
on page 7216.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted, identified by the title of the
information collection activity, to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Attn: Ms. Jasmeet K. Seehra, OMB Desk Officer, by
any of the following two methods within 30 days from the date of
publication in the Federal Register: (1) By fax to: (202) 395-6974,
Attention: Ms. Jasmeet K. Seehra, OMB Desk Office; and (2)
Electronically by e-mail to: Jasmeet_K._Seehra@omb.eop.gov.
Requests for copies of documents pertaining to the collection
should be addressed to Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind
or Severely Disabled, Attention: Edward Yang, Information Technology
Specialist, Jefferson Plaza 2, Suite 10800, 1421 Jefferson Davis
Highway, Arlington, VA
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22202-3259 or e-mailed to eyang@abilityone.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Committee has two annual certification
forms, one for nonprofit agencies serving people who are blind
(Committee Form 403, OMB Control Number 3037-0001) and one for
nonprofit agencies primarily serving people who have other severe
disabilities (Committee Form 404, OMB Control Number 3037-0002). The
information included on the forms is required to ensure that nonprofit
agencies that participate in the Committee's program meet the
requirements of the Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act (JWOD), 41 U.S.C. 46-48c.
One comment was received in response to the agency's 60-day notice
informing the public of the intent to renew this form with no changes,
which was published in the Federal Register on February 3, 2009 on page
5913-5914. A subsequent correction notice was published on February 13,
2009 on page 7216.
Title: Annual Certification--Qualified Nonprofit Agency Serving
People Who Are Blind, Committee Form 403.
OMB Number: 3037-0001.
Agency Number: 3037.
Frequency: Annually.
Affected Public: Nonprofit agencies serving people who are blind
that participate in the AbilityOne Program.
Number of Respondents: 70.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 6 hours.
Total Burden Hours: 420.
Total Annual Costs: $12,600.
Title: Annual Certification--Qualified Nonprofit Agency Serving
People Who Are Severely Disabled, Committee Form 404.
OMB Number: 3037-0002.
Agency Number: 3037.
Frequency: Annually.
Affected Public: Nonprofit agencies serving people with severe
disabilities that participate in the AbilityOne Program.
Number of Respondents: 555.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 6 hours.
Total Burden Hours: 3,330.
Total Annual costs: $99,900.
On February 3, 2009, the Committee published a notice in the
Federal Register (Volume 74, Number 21, pages 5913-5914). A subsequent
correction notice was published in the Federal Register on February 13,
2009 (Volume 74, Number 29, page 7216). These notices requested public
comment on the renewal of annual certification requirements for
nonprofit agencies participating in the AbilityOne Program. The comment
period lasted 60 days, ending April 8, 2009. By that date, the
Committee received comments from one respondent containing four
comments.
The respondent concurred that the Committee has the authority to
enforce conditions for participation in the program pursuant to the
JWOD Act. However, the respondent inferred that there is sub-regulatory
guidance issued by the Committee that should instead be issued through
regulation. This information collection request is limited to annual
reports from participating nonprofit agencies in the AbilityOne Program
which are not affected by any sub-regulatory guidance.
The respondent's next comment questioned the burden estimate by
indicating there was no justification, rationale or dollar burden
estimate provided. Much of the respondent's comment does not deal with
the reporting of data for the annual certification under this specific
collection notice, but for the recordkeeping requirement tracked under
a separate OMB Paperwork Reduction Act tracking number. Specific
justification for the annual certification, including burden and cost
estimate, was included in the supporting documentation provided to OMB
with the renewal request. The burden estimate used was based on
questions asked during actual compliance visits to participating
nonprofit agencies and included the time for entering data into the
web-based quarterly system and reviewing the draft annual certification
by the central nonprofit agencies. As a result of the Committee's
review of the process, the previous estimate that had been used since
at least 1992 was doubled. The Committee has used a cost estimate of
$30 per hour, therefore the estimated cost to each participating
nonprofit would be $180 or a total burden of $112,500.
The respondent's next two comments included recommendations for
improving the quality, utility and clarity of reporting by
participating nonprofit agencies and ways to minimize the burden. While
not specifically related to this information collection renewal
request, the Committee appreciates all recommendations for improvement
in our information collection and overall AbilityOne Program efforts.
Kimberly Zeich,
Deputy Executive Director & COO.
[FR Doc. E9-8792 Filed 4-16-09; 8:45 am]
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