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provisions set forth in sections
552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C.,
as amended. The grant applications and
the discussions could disclose
confidential trade secrets or commercial
property such as patentable material,
and personal information concerning
individuals associated with the grant
applications, the disclosure of which
would constitute a clearly unwarranted
invasion of personal privacy.
Name of Committee: National Institute of
Allergy and Infectious Diseases Special
Emphasis Panel NIAID Clinical Trial
Implementation Cooperative Agreement
(U01) and NIAID Clinical Trail
Implementation Grant (R01).
Date: January 9, 2015.
Time: 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Agenda: To review and evaluate grant
applications.
Place: National Institutes of Health, 5601
Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20852
(Telephone Conference Call).
Contact Person: Jane K. Battles, Ph.D.,
Scientific Review Officer, Scientific Review
Program, DEA/NIAID/NIH/DHHS, 5601
Fishers lane Room F30B, Rockville, MD
20852, 240–669–5029, battlesja@
mail.nih.gov.
(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance
Program Nos. 93.855, Allergy, Immunology,
and Transplantation Research; 93.856,
Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Research, National Institutes of Health, HHS)
Dated: December 10, 2014.
David Clary,
Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory
Committee Policy.
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Dated: December 10, 2014.
Melanie J. Gray,
Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory
Committee Policy.
[FR Doc. 2014–29320 Filed 12–15–14; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES

Agency Information Collection
Activities: Generic Clearance for the
Collection of Qualitative Feedback on
Agency Service Delivery

National Institutes of Health

Pursuant to section 10(d) of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, as
amended (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is
hereby given of the following meeting.
The meeting will be closed to the
public in accordance with the
provisions set forth in sections
552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C.,
as amended. The grant applications and
the discussions could disclose
confidential trade secrets or commercial
property such as patentable material,
and personal information concerning
individuals associated with the grant
applications, the disclosure of which
would constitute a clearly unwarranted
invasion of personal privacy.
Name of Committee: National Cancer
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Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: 30-Day Notice and request for
comments; Extension without change of
a currently approved collection, 1601–
0014.
AGENCY:

National Cancer Institute; Notice of
Closed Meeting

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and Career Development Application
Review.
Date: March 11, 2015.
Time: 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Agenda: To review and evaluate grant
applications.
Place: National Cancer Institute Shady
Grove, 9609 Medical Center Drive, Room
7W110, Rockville, MD 20850 (Telephone
Conference Call).
Contact Person: Robert E. Bird, Ph.D.,
Chief, Resources and Training Review
Branch, Division of Extramural Activities,
National Cancer Institute 9609 Medical
Center Drive, Room 7W110, Bethesda, MD
20892–9750, 240–276–6344, birdr@
mail.nih.gov.
Information is also available on the
Institute’s/Center’s home page: http://
deainfo.nci.nih.gov/advisory/sep/sep.htm,
where an agenda and any additional
information for the meeting will be posted
when available.
(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance
Program Nos. 93.392, Cancer Construction;
93.393, Cancer Cause and Prevention
Research; 93.394, Cancer Detection and
Diagnosis Research; 93.395, Cancer
Treatment Research; 93.396, Cancer Biology
Research; 93.397, Cancer Centers Support;
93.398, Cancer Research Manpower; 93.399,
Cancer Control, National Institutes of Health,
HHS)

The Department of Homeland
Security will submit the following
Information Collection Request (ICR) to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and clearance in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13,
44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). DHS previously
published this information collection
request (ICR) in the Federal Register on
Tuesday, September 9, 2014 at 79 FR
53435 for a 60-day public comment
period. No comments were received by
DHS. The purpose of this notice is to
allow additional 30-days for public
comments

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Comments are encouraged and
will be accepted until January 15, 2015.
This process is conducted in accordance
with 5 CFR 1320.1.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments on
the proposed information collection to
the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget. Comments should be addressed
to OMB Desk Officer, Department of
Homeland Security and sent via
electronic mail to oira_submission@
omb.eop.gov or faxed to (202) 395–5806.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
information collection activity will
garner qualitative customer and
stakeholder feedback in an efficient,
timely manner, in accordance with the
Administration’s commitment to
improving service delivery. By
qualitative feedback we mean
information that provides useful
insights on perceptions and opinions,
but are not statistical surveys that yield
quantitative results that can be
generalized to the population of study.
This feedback will provide insights into
customer or stakeholder perceptions,
experiences and expectations, provide
an early warning of issues with service,
or focus attention on areas where
communication, training or changes in
operations might improve delivery of
products or services. These collections
will allow for ongoing, collaborative and
actionable communications between the
Agency and its customers and
stakeholders. It will also allow feedback
to contribute directly to the
improvement of program management.
Feedback collected under this generic
clearance will provide useful
information, but it will not yield data
that can be generalized to the overall
population. This type of generic
clearance for qualitative information
will not be used for quantitative
information collections that are
designed to yield reliably actionable
results, such as monitoring trends over
time or documenting program
performance. Such data uses require
more rigorous designs that address: the
target population to which
generalizations will be made, the
sampling frame, the sample design
(including stratification and clustering),
the precision requirements or power
calculations that justify the proposed
sample size, the expected response rate,
methods for assessing potential
nonresponse bias, the protocols for data
collection, and any testing procedures
that were or will be undertaken prior
fielding the study. Depending on the
degree of influence the results are likely
to have, such collections may still be
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eligible for submission for other generic
mechanisms that are designed to yield
quantitative results.
The Office of Management and Budget
is particularly interested in comments
which:
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 submissions
of responses.
Analysis
Agency: The Department of Homeland
Security.
Title: Generic Clearance for the
Collection of Qualitative Feedback on
Agency Service Delivery.
OMB Number: 1601–0014.
Frequency: One per Request.
Affected Public: Individuals and
households, businesses and
organizations, State, Local or Tribal
Government.
Number of Respondents: 500,000.
Estimated Time Per Respondent: 10
minutes.
Total Burden Hours: 83,350 Hours.
Dated: December 9, 2014.
Carlene C. Ileto,
Executive Director, Enterprise Business
Management Office.
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Identification of Foreign Countries
Whose Nationals Are Eligible To
Participate in the H–2A and H–2B
Nonimmigrant Worker Programs
Office of the Secretary, DHS.
Notice.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

Under Department of
Homeland Security (DHS) regulations,

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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services (USCIS) may approve petitions
for H–2A and H–2B nonimmigrant
status only for nationals of countries
that the Secretary of Homeland Security,
with the concurrence of the Secretary of
State, has designated by notice
published in the Federal Register. That
notice must be renewed each year. This
notice announces that the Secretary of
Homeland Security, in consultation
with the Secretary of State, is
identifying 68 countries whose
nationals are eligible to participate in
the H–2A and H–2B programs for the
coming year.
DATES: Effective Date: This notice is
effective January 18, 2015, and shall be
without effect at the end of one year
after January 18, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Francis Cissna, Office of Policy,
Department of Homeland Security,
Washington, DC 20528, (202) 447–3835.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Generally, USCIS may approve H–2A
and H–2B petitions for nationals of only
those countries that the Secretary of
Homeland Security, with the
concurrence of the Secretary of State,
has designated as participating
countries. Such designation must be
published as a notice in the Federal
Register and expires after one year.
USCIS, however, may allow a national
from a country not on the list to be
named as a beneficiary of an H–2A or
H–2B petition based on a determination
that such participation is in the U.S.
interest. See 8 CFR 214.2(h)(5)(i)(F) and
8 CFR 214.2(h)(6)(i)(E).
In designating countries to include on
the list, the Secretary of Homeland
Security, with the concurrence of the
Secretary of State, will take into account
factors including, but not limited to: (1)
The country’s cooperation with respect
to issuance of travel documents for
citizens, subjects, nationals, and
residents of that country who are subject
to a final order of removal; (2) the
number of final and unexecuted orders
of removal against citizens, subjects,
nationals, and residents of that country;
(3) the number of orders of removal
executed against citizens, subjects,
nationals, and residents of that country;
and (4) such other factors as may serve
the U.S. interest. See 8 CFR
214.2(h)(5)(i)(F)(1)(i) and 8 CFR
214.2(h)(6)(i)(E)(1). Examples of factors
serving the U.S. interest that could
result in the non-inclusion of a country
or the removal of a country from the list
include, but are not limited to, fraud,
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terms and conditions of the H–2
programs by nationals of that country.
In December 2008, DHS published in
the Federal Register two notices,
‘‘Identification of Foreign Countries
Whose Nationals Are Eligible to
Participate in the H–2A Visa Program,’’
and ‘‘Identification of Foreign Countries
Whose Nationals Are Eligible to
Participate in the H–2B Visa Program,’’
which designated 28 countries whose
nationals are eligible to participate in
the H–2A and H–2B programs. See 73
FR 77,043 (Dec. 18, 2008); 73 FR 77,729
(Dec. 19, 2008). The notices ceased to
have effect on January 17, 2010 and
January 18, 2010, respectively. See 8
CFR 214.2(h)(5)(i)(F)(2) and 8 CFR
214.2(h)(6)(i)(E)(3). In implementing
these regulatory provisions, the
Secretary of Homeland Security, with
the concurrence of the Secretary of
State, has published a series of notices
on a regular basis. See 75 FR 2,879 (Jan.
19, 2010) (adding 11 countries); 76 FR
2,915 (Jan. 18, 2011) (removing
Indonesia and adding 15 countries); 77
FR 2,558 (Jan. 18, 2012) (adding 5
countries); 78 FR 4,154 (Jan. 18, 2013)
(adding 1 country); FR 79 3,214 (Jan.17,
2014) (adding 4 countries).
The Secretary of Homeland Security
has determined, with the concurrence of
the Secretary of State, that 63 countries
previously designated in the January 17,
2014 notice continue to meet the
standards identified in that notice for
eligible countries and therefore should
remain designated as countries whose
nationals are eligible to participate in
the H–2A and H–2B programs. Further,
the Secretary of Homeland Security,
with the concurrence of the Secretary of
State, has determined that it is now
appropriate to add 5 countries whose
nationals are eligible to participate in
the H–2A and H–2B programs. This
determination is made taking into
account the four regulatory factors
identified above. The Secretary of
Homeland Security also considered
other pertinent factors including, but
not limited to, evidence of past usage of
the H–2A and H–2B programs by
nationals of the country to be added, as
well as evidence relating to the
economic impact on particular U.S.
industries or regions resulting from the
addition or continued non-inclusion of
specific countries. In consideration of
all of the above, this notice designates
for the first time the Czech Republic,
Denmark, Madagascar, Portugal, and
Sweden as countries whose nationals
are eligible to participate in the H–2A
and H–2B programs.

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