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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
[Docket Number DHS–2023–0012]

National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Allergy and
Infectious Diseases; Notice of Closed
Meeting
Pursuant to section 1009 of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, as
amended, 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 Institute of
Allergy and Infectious Diseases Special
Emphasis Panel; NIAID Resource Related
Research Projects (R24 Clinical Trial Not
Allowed).
Date: July 7, 2023.
Time: 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Agenda: To review and evaluate grant
applications.
Place: National Institute of Allergy and
Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of
Health, 5601 Fishers Lane, Room 3G33,
Rockville, MD 20892 (Virtual Meeting).
Contact Person: Poonam Pegu, Ph.D.,
Scientific Review Officer, Scientific Review
Program, Division of Extramural Activities,
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious
Diseases, National Institutes of Health, 5601
Fishers Lane, Room 3G33, Rockville, MD
20852, 240–292–0719, poonam.pegu@
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: June 9, 2023.
Tyeshia M. Roberson-Curtis,
Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory
Committee Policy.

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Agency Information Collection
Activities: Generic Clearance for
Pretesting Instruments and
Procedures for Evaluation, Research,
and Evidence Building
Department of Homeland
Security (DHS).
ACTION: 30-Day notice and request for
comments; generic clearance for
formative data collections for
evaluations, research, and evidence
building.
AGENCY:

The Department of Homeland
Security, DHS 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. DHS previously
published this information collection
request (ICR) in the Federal Register on
03/14/2023, 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.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and
will be accepted until July 14, 2023.
This process is conducted in accordance
with 5 CFR 1320.10.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S.
Department of Homeland Security
(DHS) intends to request approval from
OMB for a generic clearance to pretest
data collection instruments and
procedures with more than nine
participants to identify and resolve any
question or procedural problems in
DHS’s survey administration. The
Generic Clearance for Pretesting
Instruments and Procedures for
Evaluation, Research, and EvidenceBuilding is a new information collection
request.
The DHS studies its programs, and the
populations they serve, through rigorous
evaluation, research, and evidencebuilding activities. These include
evaluations of existing programs,
evaluations of innovative approaches to
allow the Agency to respond to its
evolving threat environment with
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effective strategies and operations that
ensure a safe, secure, and prosperous
Homeland, research syntheses, and
descriptive and exploratory studies. To
improve the development of its surveys
used in evaluation, research, and
evidence-building activities, the DHS
intends to pretest data collection
instruments and procedures through a
variety of techniques including
cognitive and usability laboratory and
field techniques, behavior coding,
exploratory interviews, respondent
debriefing questionnaires, split sample
experiments, focus groups, and pilot
studies/pretests. These activities will
allow the DHS to identify if and when
a survey may be simplified for
respondents, respondent burden may be
reduced, and other possible
improvements.
The DHS will use the results of
information collections internally to
inform subsequent information
collection requests. The information
collected is not intended to be used as
the principal basis for a decision by a
Federal decision-maker and is not
expected to meet the threshold of
influential or highly influential
scientific information.
The DHS will test a variety of
instruments and procedures under this
clearance. The exact nature of the
instruments and the samples is
dependent on each individual project
and details will be provided for each
individual information collection
requests submitted. The particular
samples included in future generic
information collection requests will
vary based on the content of the
instrument being tested. The DHS and
its contractors will collect information
electronically and/or use online
collaboration tools, as appropriate, to
reduce the burden. Specific information
regarding the use of technology will be
submitted with each individual
information collection request.
Following standard OMB requirements,
the DHS will submit a change request
for each individual data collection
activity under this generic clearance.
Each request will include the individual
instrument(s), a justification specific to
the individual information collection,
and any supplementary documents.
OMB should review within 10 days of
receiving each change request.
Respondents include participants in
DHS programs being evaluated;
participants in DHS pilots and
demonstrations; recipients of DHS
grants and individuals served by DHS
grantees; comparison group members;
and other relevant populations, such as
individuals eligible for DHS services.
Small business or other small entities

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may be involved in these efforts, but the
DHS will minimize the burden on them
of information collections approved
under this clearance by sampling,
asking for readily available information,
and using short, easy-to-complete
information collection instruments.
This may include one-time collections
or iterative testing, based on the specific
situation. In all cases, without the
proposed information collection
activities, the quality of the data
collected for DHS studies would suffer.
Pretesting of the scale envisioned here
would not be done under other
circumstances due to the time
constraints of seeking clearance for each
individual survey’s pretesting plan. The
efficient and timely pretesting and
piloting efforts allow feedback to
contribute directly to more targeted and
improved study designs. Conversely, the
failure to engage in pretesting and pilot
data collection limits the DHS’s ability
to improve the quality of evidence about
programs, pilots, initiatives, and
services while reducing administrative
burden to the public.
If the Privacy Act does apply to a
collection, the DHS will provide a
Privacy Act statement, System of Record
Notices (SORN), or other associated
documentation, as appropriate.
Participation in any formative data
collection effort will be voluntary, and
personally identifiable information will
only be collected to the extent
necessary. Respondents will be
informed of all planned data uses, that
their participation is voluntary, and that
their information will be kept private to
the extent permitted by law. All data
collection shall protect respondent
privacy to the extent permitted by law
and will comply with all Federal and
Agency regulations for private
information. If a confidentiality pledge
is deemed necessary, the Agency will
only include a pledge of confidentiality
supported by authority established in
statute or regulation, supported by
disclosure and data security policies
that are consistent with the pledge.
The primary purpose of data collected
under this generic clearance is not for
publication. However, because the
pretesting and piloting data collection
efforts are intended to inform the DHS’s
decision-making related to evidencebuilding and programmatic activities,
results of these methodological studies
may be made public through
methodological appendices or footnotes,
reports on instrument development,
instrument user guides, descriptions of
respondent behavior, and other
publications or presentations describing
findings of methodological interest. The
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be prepared for presentation at
professional meetings or publication in
professional journals. Although not
anticipated, the DHS may receive
requests to release the information (e.g.,
congressional inquiry, Freedom of
Information Act requests) and will
disseminate the findings when
appropriate, following the Agency’s
guidelines. Results will be labeled as
exploratory in nature and any
limitations will be described.
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.
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.
There is no change or adjustment to
the burden associated with the
collection of information associated
with the DHS complaint form. DHS is
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the DHS compliant form. This request is
a renewal of the current ICR collection
expiring in 60 days.
Analysis
Agency: Department of Homeland
Security (DHS).
Title: Generic Clearance for Formative
Data Collection for Evaluation,
Research, and Evidence Building.
OMB Number: 1601–New.
Frequency: One-time collection.
Affected Public: Individuals and
households.
Number of Respondents: 3,590.
Estimated Time Per Respondent: 64
minutes.
Total Burden Hours: 3,825.
Robert Dorr,
Executive Director, Business Management
Directorate.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
[Docket Number DHS–2023–0011]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: Generic Clearance for
Formative Data Collections for
Evaluations, Research, and Evidence
Building
Department of Homeland
Security (DHS).
ACTION: 30-Day notice and request for
comments; generic clearance for
formative data collections for
evaluations, research, and evidence
building.
AGENCY:

The Department of Homeland
Security, DHS 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. DHS previously
published this information collection
request (ICR) in the Federal Register on
03/14/2023, for a 60-day public
comment period. No comments
submitted.

SUMMARY:

Comments are encouraged and
will be accepted until July 14, 2023.
This process is conducted in accordance
with 5 CFR 1320.10.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
DATES:

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