Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Asian American Pacific Islander Commission Survey
| Citation | 85 FR 84304 |
| Record Number | 2020-28546 |
| Published date | 28 December 2020 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Minority Business Development Agency |
84304
Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 248 / Monday, December 28, 2020 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Minority Business Development
Agency
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Asian American Pacific
Islander Commission Survey
AGENCY
: Minority Business
Development Agency (MBDA),
Commerce.
ACTION
: Notice and request for comment.
SUMMARY
: The Department of
Commerce, in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), invites the general public and
other Federal agencies to comment on
proposed, and continuing information
collections, which helps us assess the
impact of our information collection
requirements and minimize the public’s
reporting burden. The Asian American
Pacific Islander (AAPI) Commission
(Commission) will conduct a survey of
AAPI business owners to determine the
impact of the COVID–19 pandemic on
business operations and the AAPI
community. The purpose of this notice
is to allow for 60 days of public
comment preceding submission of the
collection to OMB.
DATES
: To ensure consideration,
comments regarding this proposed
information collection must be received
on or before February 26, 2021.
ADDRESSES
: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments to
the MBDA PRA Clearance Liaison at
PRAcomments@doc.gov. Please
reference OMB Control Number 0648-
0618 in the subject line of your
comments. Do not submit Confidential
Business Information or otherwise
sensitive or protected information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
:
Requests for additional information or
specific questions related to collection
activities should be directed to Tina Wei
Smith, Executive Director, White House
Initiative on Asian American and
Pacific Islanders (WHIAAPI), 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230, (202) 482–1375, or whiaapi@
doc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
:
I. Abstract
The President, through Executive
Order 13872 (May 13, 2019), re-
established the President’s Advisory
Commission on Asian Americans and
Pacific Islanders (AAPI Advisory
Commission or Commission) to advise
the President, through the Secretary of
Commerce and the Secretary of
Transportation, as Co-Chairs of the
Initiative. The AAPI Advisory
Commission provides advice to the
President on executive branch efforts to
broaden access of AAPI communities,
families, and businesses to economic
resources and opportunities that
empower AAPIs to improve the quality
of their lives, raise the standard of living
of their communities and families, and
more fully participate in the U.S.
economy. Additionally, the Commission
works to advance relevant evidence-
based research, data collection, and
analysis for AAPI populations,
subpopulations, and businesses.
As part of the research agenda to
advise the President, a contractor hired
by the Commission intends to conduct
telephone interviews with an estimated
10,000 persons to obtain a sample size
of 1000 AAPI business owners regarding
the economic impact of the COVID–19
pandemic on AAPI businesses and
determine the economic and social
impact of COVID–19 on AAPI business
owners as individuals, members of
families, and of the AAPI community.
Methodology: On behalf of the AAPI
Commission, a contractor will select a
random sample of registered voters,
modeled as potential Business Owners
and Asians, from the National voter file
using Registration Based Sampling
(RBS), targeting the age group aligned
with the most recent Census American
Community Survey data and 50 percent
women. This methodology will avoid
extreme usage of post-survey
‘‘weighting’’ to ensure the reliability of
survey results.
II. Method of Collection
Information will be collected via
telephone interviews.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: New
collection.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; Business or other for-profit
organizations; Not-for-profit
institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
10,000.
Estimated Time Per Response: 1
minute to 15 minutes, depending upon
respondent.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 250.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: 0.
IV. Request for Comments
We are soliciting public comments to
permit the Department/Bureau to: (a)
Evaluate whether the proposed
information collection is necessary for
the proper functions of the Department,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the
accuracy of our estimate of the time and
cost burden for this proposed collection,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
Evaluate ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (d) Minimize the
reporting burden on those who are to
respond, including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include or
summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this ICR. Before
including your address, phone number,
email address, or other personal
identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
personal identifying information—may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you may ask us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.
[FR Doc. 2020–28546 Filed 12–23–20; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[RTID 0648–XA710]
Fisheries of the Northeastern United
States; Northeast Skate Complex
Fishery; Supplemental Notice of Intent
To Prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement and Scoping Process
AGENCY
: National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION
: Supplemental notice of intent to
prepare an environmental impact
statement; public scoping meetings;
request for comments.
SUMMARY
: The New England Fishery
Management Council is preparing an
environmental impact statement for
Amendment 5 to the Northeast Skate
Complex Fishery Management Plan.
Amendment 5 considers implementing
a limited access program in the skate
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