60-Day Notice

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 6 (Tuesday, January 10, 2017)]

[Notices]

[Page 3018]

From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

[FR Doc No: 2017-00230]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

[OMB Control Number 1615-NEW]

Agency Information Collection Activities: Citizenship and

Integration Direct Services Grant Program, Form G-1482; Existing

Collection in Use Without an OMB Control Number

AGENCY: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of

Homeland Security.

ACTION: 60-day notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship

and Immigration (USCIS) invites the general public and other Federal

agencies to comment upon this proposed new collection of information.

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the

information collection notice is published in the Federal Register to

obtain comments regarding the nature of the information collection, the

categories of respondents, the estimated burden (i.e. the time, effort,

and resources used by the respondents to respond), the estimated cost

to the respondent, and the actual information collection instruments.

DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for 60 days until

March 13, 2017.

ADDRESSES: All submissions received must include the OMB Control Number

1615-NEW in the subject box, the agency name and Docket ID USCIS-2016-

0002. To avoid duplicate submissions, please use only one of the

following methods to submit comments:

(1) Online. Submit comments via the Federal eRulemaking Portal Web

site at http://www.regulations.gov under e-Docket ID number USCIS-2016-

0002;

(2) Mail. Submit written comments to DHS, USCIS, Office of Policy

and Strategy, Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division, 20 Massachusetts

Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20529-2140.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: USCIS, Office of Policy and Strategy,

Regulatory Coordination Division, Samantha Deshommes, Chief, 20

Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20529-2140, telephone number

202-272-8377 (This is not a toll-free number. Comments are not accepted

via telephone message). Please note contact information provided here

is solely for questions regarding this notice. It is not for individual

case status inquiries. Applicants seeking information about the status

of their individual cases can check Case Status Online, available at

the USCIS Web site at http://www.uscis.gov, or call the USCIS National

Customer Service Center at 800-375-5283 (TTY 800-767-1833).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Comments

You may access the information collection instrument with

instructions, or additional information by visiting the Federal

eRulemaking Portal site at: http://www.regulations.gov and enter USCIS-

2016-0002 in the search box. Regardless of the method used for

submitting comments or material, all submissions will be posted,

without change, to the Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov, and will include any personal information you

provide. Therefore, submitting this information makes it public. You

may wish to consider limiting the amount of personal information that

you provide in any voluntary submission you make to DHS. DHS may

withhold information provided in comments from public viewing that it

determines may impact the privacy of an individual or is offensive. For

additional information, please read the Privacy Act notice that is

available via the link in the footer of http://www.regulations.gov.

Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected

agencies should address one or more of the following four points:

(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

submission of responses.

Overview of This Information Collection

(1) Type of Information Collection: Existing Collection in Use

without an OMB Control Number.

(2) Title of the Form/Collection: Citizenship and Integration

Direct Services Grant Program.

(3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the

DHS sponsoring the collection: G-1482; USCIS.

(4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as

well as a brief abstract: Primary: Not-for-profit institutions. The

USCIS Office of Citizenship (OoC) will use the information collected

during the grant application period to determine the number of, and

amounts for, approved grant applications. In recent years USCIS has

been authorized to expend funds that are collected for adjudication and

naturalization services and deposited into the Immigration Examination

Fee Account for the Citizenship and Integration Grant Program (CIGP).

The USCIS Office of Citizenship will use the data being collected from

grant recipients after funding awards have been made to conduct an

ongoing evaluation of citizenship education and naturalization outcomes

for program participants.

(5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount

of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: The estimated

total number of respondents for the information collection G-1482 is

300 and the estimated hour burden per response is 40 hours. The

estimated total number of respondents for the post award evaluation is

85 and the estimated hour burden per response is 28 hours.

(6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated

with the collection: The total estimated annual hour burden associated

with this collection is 42,940 hours.

(7) An estimate of the total public burden (in cost) associated

with the collection: The estimated total annual cost burden associated

with this collection of information is 2,524,872.

Dated: January 4, 2017.

Samantha Deshommes,

Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division, Office of Policy and Strategy,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland

Security.

[FR Doc. 2017-00230 Filed 1-9-17; 8:45 am]

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