[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 148 (Tuesday, August 3, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45600-45601]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-19047]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Farm Service Agency


Information Collection; Customer Data Worksheet Request for 
Service Center Information Management System (SCIMS) Record Changes

AGENCY: Farm Service Agency, USDA.

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ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Farm Service Agency (FSA) is requesting comments from all interested 
individuals and organizations on an extension of a currently approved 
information collection to support Customer Data Worksheet Request for 
Service Center Information Management System (SCIMS) that contains the 
producer's personal information. Specifically, FSA is requesting 
comment on the form AD-2047, ``Customer Data Worksheet Request for 
SCIMS Record Change.'' FSA is using the collected information in 
support of documenting critical producer data changes (customer name, 
current mailing address and tax identification number) in SCIMS made at 
the request of the producer to correct or update their information. The 
collection of critical producer data are being used to update existing 
producer record data and document when and who initiates and changes 
the record in SCIMS.

DATES: We will consider comments that we receive by October 4, 2010.

ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit comments on this notice. In your 
comments, include date, volume, and page number of this issue of the 
Federal Register. You may submit comments by any of the following 
methods:
     Mail: Mike Sienkiewicz, Agricultural Program Specialist, 
USDA, FSA, STOP 0517, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 
20250-0517.
     E-mail: [email protected].
     Fax: 202-720-0051.
    You may also send comments to the Desk Officer for Agriculture, 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget, Washington, DC 20503.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Customer Data Worksheet Request for SCIMS Record Changes.
    OMB Control Number: 0560-0265.
    Type of Request: Extension of currently approved information 
collection.
    Abstract: The information collection is necessary to effectively 
monitor critical producer data changes made in the SCIMS at the request 
of the producer to correct or update their information. The form of AD-
2047, ``Customer Data Worksheet Request for SCIMS Record Change'', is 
used to collect the information from the producers to make changes to 
the information in SCIMS. The necessity to monitor critical producer 
data changes in the SCIMS database is a direct result of the OMB 
Circular A-123 Remediation/Corrective Action Plan for County Office 
Operations which requires effective internal controls to be in place 
for Federal programs. The FSA team was established and reviewed and 
documented key controls related to all material producer accounts. FSA 
also included the analysis on a review of the SCIMS.
    Estimated Average Time to Respond: Public reporting burden for 
collection of this information is estimated to average .17 hours per 
response. The average travel time, which is included in the total 
annual burden, is estimated to be 1 hour per respondent.
    Type of Respondents: FSA, NRCS, and RD customers currently residing 
in SCIMS.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 45,000.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.15.
    Estimated Annual Number of Responses: 45,000.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 8,798.
    We are requesting comments on all aspects of this information 
collection and to help us to:
    (1) Evaluate whether the 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 burden, 
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.
    All comments received in response to this notice, including names 
and addresses when provided, will be a matter of public record. 
Comments will be summarized and included in the submission for Office 
of Management and Budget approval.

    Signed at Washington, DC, on July 27, 2010.
Jonathan W. Coppess,
Administrator, Farm Service Agency.
[FR Doc. 2010-19047 Filed 8-2-10; 8:45 am]
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