[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 32 (Wednesday, February 16, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 8996]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-3443]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
February 10, 2011.
The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following
information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. Comments
regarding (a) 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; (b) the accuracy
of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; (d) ways to
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 should be addressed to: Desk
Officer for Agriculture, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), [email protected] or
fax (202) 395-5806 and to Departmental Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO,
Mail Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250-7602. Comments regarding these
information collections are best assured of having their full effect if
received within 30 days of this notification. Copies of the
submission(s) may be obtained by calling (202) 720-8958.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information
unless the collection of information displays a currently valid OMB
control number and the agency informs potential persons who are to
respond to the collection of information that such persons are not
required to respond to the collection of information unless it displays
a currently valid OMB control number.
Food and Nutrition Service
Title: Evaluation of the Impact of the Summer Electronic Benefits
for Children Household-Based Demonstration on Food Insecurity.
OMB Control Number: 0584-NEW.
Summary of Collection: In the 2010 Agriculture Appropriations Act
(Pub. L. 111-80), Section 749(g), Congress authorized demonstration
projects to develop and test methods of providing access to food for
low-income children in urban and rural areas during the summer months
when schools are not in regular session, as well as a rigorous
independent evaluation of the projects regarding their effectiveness.
The data being collected under this submission are necessary to meet
the Congressionally-mandated requirement for an independent evaluation
of the Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer (SEBT) for Children
Demonstration being conducted by the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS)
under this authorizing legislation. The evaluation of these projects is
intended to provide policymakers with clear, rigorous and timely
findings to make decisions about potential changes to federal summer
feeding programs during the next Child Nutrition reauthorization cycle.
Need and Use of the Information: The information gathered in the
data collection activities will be used by FNS to determine if SEBT for
children reduces the acute prevalence of very low food security among
children during the summer months when most children are not in school;
and to determine the feasibility and cost of implementing SEBT for
children on a national scale. Without the information FNS will not have
the data necessary to estimate program impacts on participating
children, or to examine how the demonstration sites implemented SEBT
for children, which will be used to produce the required report to
Congress and inform future program decisions.
Description of Respondents: Individuals or household; State, Local
or Tribal Government; Not-for-profit institutions.
Number of Respondents: 15,382.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Quarterly; Annually; Biennially.
Total Burden Hours: 15,974.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-3443 Filed 2-15-11; 8:45 am]
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