30-Day Notice

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 75 (Thursday, April 20, 2017)]

[Notices]

[Pages 18663-18664]

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

[FR Doc No: 2017-07955]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

[OMB Control Number 1615--NEW]

Agency Information Collection Activities; New Collection:

Citizenship and Integration Direct Services Grant Program

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

Homeland Security.

ACTION: 30-Day notice.

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

and Immigration Services (USCIS) will be submitting the following

information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995. The purpose of this notice is to allow an

additional 30 days for public comments.

DATES: The purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for

public comments. Comments are encouraged and will be accepted until May

22, 2017. This process is conducted in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and/or suggestions regarding the item(s)

contained in this notice, especially regarding the estimated public

burden and associated response time, must be directed to the OMB USCIS

Desk Officer via email at [email protected]. Comments may

also be submitted via fax at (202) 395-5806. (This is not a toll-free

number.) All submissions received must include the agency name and the

OMB Control Number 1615--NEW.

You may wish to consider limiting the amount of personal

information that you provide in any voluntary submission you make. For

additional information please read the Privacy Act notice that is

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

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

The information collection notice was previously published in the

Federal Register on January 10, 2017, at 82 FR 3018, allowing for a 60-

day public comment period. USCIS received three comments in connection

with the 60-day notice.

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. 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

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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 Request: New Collection.

(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: Form 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: April 11, 2017.

Samantha Deshommes,

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

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

Security.

[FR Doc. 2017-07955 Filed 4-19-17; 8:45 am]

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