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Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS’) Health Resources Services Administration’s (HRSA) National Center for Health Workforce Analysis (NCHWA), the National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses (NSSRN) is conducted to assist in fulfilling the Congressional mandates of the Public Health Service Act 42 U.S.C. Section 294n(b)(2)(A), the development of information describing and analyzing the health care workforce and workforce related issues and provide necessary information for decision-making regarding future directions in health professions and nursing programs in response to societal and professional needs. In addition, Public Health Service Act 42 U.S.C. Section 295k(a)-(b), the Secretary shall establish a program, including a uniform health professions data reporting system, to collect, compile, and analyze data on health professions personnel …. The Secretary is authorized to expand the program to include, whenever he determines it necessary, the collection, compilation, and analysis of data … health care administration personnel, nurses, allied health personnel…in States designated by the Secretary to be included in the program. The NSSRN is designed to obtain the necessary data to determine the characteristics and distribution of Registered Nurses (RNs) throughout the United States, as well as emerging patterns in their employment characteristics. These data will provide the means for the evaluation and assessment of the evolving demographics, educational qualifications, and career employment patterns of RNs, consistent with the goals of congressional mandates of the Public Health Service Act 42 U.S.C. Section 294n(b)(2)(A) and Section 295k(a)-(b). Such data have become particularly important for the need to better understand workforce issues given the recent dynamic change in the RN population and, the transformation of the healthcare system.

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The FR 1583 is used to collect information on the proposed declaration of any dividend by a subsidiary savings association of a savings and loan holding company (SLHC).

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These VRRAP Surveys submitted for OMB’s approval through regular ICR 3-year collection for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery” is being submitting based on the recently enacted “Training in High-demand Roles to Improve Veteran Employment Act” (THRIVE ACT) legislation. This new Pub. L 117-16 amended the Veteran Rapid Retraining Assistance Program (VRRAP), Pub. L. 117-2 Section 8006 by requiring VA, in coordination with Department of Labor (DOL), to contact each Veteran who completes a covered program of education under the retraining assistance program 30, 60, 90, and 180 days after the Veteran completes the program of education to ask about their experience in the retraining assistance program and their employment status. The Thrive Act legislation also specifies that a Veteran participating in a covered program of education solely through distance learning on a half-time basis or less would not receive a housing stipend, and it clarifies the housing stipend amount provided to a Veteran when participating in a program on a half-time basis or less. The Thrive Act also requires VA, in consultation with the DOL to contact each participating Veteran no later than 30 days after the date the Veteran begins the program of education, to notify them of employment placement services available upon completion of the program; and to, no later than 14 days after the date the Veteran completes, or terminates participation in the program, to facilitate the provision of employment placement services to the Veteran. The Thrive Act also requires VA to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with one or more qualified nonprofit organizations to facilitate the employment of Veterans who participate in the retraining assistance program. A qualified non-profit organization is an organization that is an association of businesses and has at least two years of experience providing job placement services for Veterans. And finally, the legislation requires DOL, no later than one year after the date of the Thrive Act enactment, to submit a report to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives. The report must contain the percentage of Veterans who found employment before the end of the second calendar quarter after exiting the program; the percentage of Veterans who found employment before the end of the fourth calendar quarter after exiting the program; the median earnings of Veterans for the second quarter after exiting the program; and the percentage of Veterans who attain a recognized postsecondary credential during the 12-month period after exiting the program, and would require the Comptroller General of the United States to submit a report to Congress on the outcomes and effectiveness of the retraining program not later than 180 days after the termination of the retraining assistance program, December 11, 2022. Feedback from the Surveys will be used for that purpose. The feedback will also provide insights into the eligible beneficiaries’ 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. This collection will allow for ongoing, collaborative and actionable communications between VA and Veteran Rapid Retraining Assistance Program (VRRAP) participants regarding their needs for employment assistance. It will also allow feedback to contribute directly to the improvement of the VRRAP program management. Improving agency programs requires ongoing assessment of service delivery, by which we mean systematic review of the operation of a program compared to a set of explicit or implicit standards, as a means of contributing to the continuous improvement of the program.

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The VA will send this brief survey to Veterans and eligible beneficiaries who recently graduated from college. The sampled customers will be contacted through an invitation email. A link will be enclosed so the survey may be completed using an online interface, with customized customer information. The survey itself consists of a handful of questions revolving around a human-centered design, focusing on such elements as trust, emotion, effective, and ease with the services and educational care they received. The information provided will be used by VA to measure how recent graduates who used the GI Bill feel about the institution they attended, and the education they received. This includes quality of classes, in person versus online learning, GI Bill support (or supportiveness of school certifying officials), degree of support for the Veteran community at the institution, and overall experience.

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The National Directory of New Hires (NDNH) is a federally mandated national repository of employment, unemployment insurance, and quarterly wage information submitted by state directories of new hires (SDNH), state workforce agencies (SWA), and federal employers. Collecting NDNH information is necessary to fulfill the federal child support enforcement requirements and to assist congressionally authorized state and federal agencies administer certain benefit programs. OMB approved the National Directory of New Hires (NDNH) for an additional three years on July 1, 2022. One NDNH collection instrument is the Multistate Employer Registration (MSER) form, which is a fillable PDF that allows employers who have employees working in two or more states to register to submit their new hire reports to one state or make changes to a previous registration. After receiving OMB approval, OCSE discovered minor edits to be made for the fillable PDF to function.

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The NCPDP Standardized Pharmacy Billing Data Requirements are the electronic billing format used by pharmacies throughout the country to request payment for prescription drugs through data clearinghouses. They identify the provider, claimant, prescribing physician, drug by National Drug Code (NDC) number, prescription volume and charge. Similar data elements are required to process paper-based pharmacy bills.

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Small business concerns (SBCs) that are awarded set -aside or sole source contracts are limited in their ability to subcontract to other than small business concerns by the limitation on subcontracting (LOS) clauses set forth in their contracts. To help determine whether theses SBCs are in compliance with any LOS clauses, Contracting Officers may require the SBCs to submit information evidencing their compliance.

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This collection of information is necessary to enable the Agency to garner customer and stakeholder feedback in an efficient, timely manner, in accordance with our commitment to improving service delivery. The information collected from our customers and stakeholders will help ensure that users have an effective, efficient, and satisfying experience with the Agency's programs.

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This ICR, which seeks to reinstate a previously approved ICR, covers the information collection activities associated with the Agency's evaluation of private sector standards and ecolabels per EPAs Framework for the Assessment of Environmental Performance Standards and Ecolabels for Federal Purchasing (Framework), formerly referred to as the Guidelines. EPAs goal in developing this Framework is to create a transparent, fair, and consistent approach to selecting product environmental performance standards and ecolabels to support the Agency's mission and federal sustainable acquisition goals and mandates. The fundamental aim of this Framework is to establish a cross-sector approach to be used in recognizing private sector environmental performance standards (and consequently, environmentally preferable products and services meeting these standards) for use in federal purchasing. The Framework includes scoping questions and four sections: 1.Criteria for the Process for Developing Standards refers to the procedures used to develop, maintain, and update an environmental standard. 2.Criteria for the Environmental Effectiveness of the Standards refers to the criteria in the environmental standard or ecolabel that support the claim of environmental preferability. 3.Criteria for Conformity Assessment refers to the procedures and practices by which products are assessed for conformity to the requirements specified by standards and ecolabeling programs. 4. Criteria for Management of Ecolabeling Programs refers to the organizational and management practices of an ecolabeling program. In 2016, EPA conducted a pilot to test the original set of criteria within the Framework against standards and ecolabels in the flooring, furniture, and paints/coatings categories. EPA has made several edits to the Framework based on lessons learned from the pilot and the desire to address a broader range of sectors with a more streamlined set of criteria. In this next phase of work, EPA intends to expand its recommendations by assessing standards and ecolabels in purchase categories that support Executive Order 14008 Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad and Executive Order 14057 on Catalyzing American Clean Energy Industries and Jobs through Federal Sustainability.

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The Commission requires Tier 1 LECs to provide expanded opportunities for third-party interconnection with their interstate special access facilities. The LECs are permitted to establish a number of rate zones withtin study areas in which expanded interconnection is operational. In the Fifth Report and Order in CC Docket No. 96-262, the Commission allows price cap LECs to define the scope and number of zones within a study area. These LECs must file and obtain approval of their pricing plans which will be used by FCC staff to ensure that the rates are just, reasonable and nondiscriminatory.

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To refer delinquent debtors for SNAP over-issuance to the Treasury Department for collections.

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Assets blocked pursuant to sanctions administered by Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) may be released only through a specific license issued by OFAC. Since February 2000, use of this form to apply for the unblocking of funds transfers has been mandatory pursuant to 31 C.F.R. 501.801(b)(2). Use of this form greatly facilitates and speeds applicants' submissions and OFAC's processing.

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This collection entails an electronic, web-based survey that will allow states to self-report their progress in implementing electronic visit verification (EVV) for personal care services (PCS) and home health care services (HHCS), as required by section 1903(l) of the Social Security Act. The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will use the survey data to assess states’ compliance with section 1903(l) of the Act and levy FMAP reductions where necessary as required by 1903(l) of the Act. Data collection will begin in November 2019 and will end when all states have fully implemented EVV systems according to the requirements specified at section 1903(l) of the Act.

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This application is submitted to renew the information collection authority pertaining to the Cuban Assets Control Regulations set forth in 31 CFR part 515 (the “Regulations”). The Regulations are implemented pursuant to the Trading with the Enemy Act (50 U.S.C. 4301-4341) and other applicable authorities. OFAC has amended the Regulations on numerous occasions, most recently in June 2022. Currently, persons subject to U.S. jurisdiction are authorized by general license to engage in travel-related transactions involving Cuba within the 12 existing travel categories in the Regulations. OFAC may authorize by specific license travel-related transactions that do not fall within the scope of an existing general license. In addition, persons subject to U.S. jurisdiction, including travel agents, airlines, and vessel operators, are generally authorized to provide travel and carrier services in connection with travel-related transactions authorized by the Regulations. See 31 CFR § 515.572(a)(1) and (2).

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These collection instruments serve as application for enrollment, disenrollment, and Primary Care Manager (PCM) Change for the Department of Defense's TRICARE Prime program. The information collected provides the necessary data to determine beneficiary eligibility, complete enrollment, change beneficiary's enrollment (new Primary Care Manager, enrolled region, add a dependent, etc.), or dis-enroll the beneficiary.

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Community based organizations, that desire to obtain and maintain a designation for an FAA-recognized identification area are required to report information to this collection. Applications would permit community based organizations recognized by the Administrator to apply for FAA-recognized identification area status. The FAA is proposing to collect the information to provide an opportunity for operators of UAS without remote identification equipment (such as vintage, homebuilt, or other legacy aircraft manufactured before the effective date of the Remote Identification rule) to comply with the intent of the proposed rule. Supplying the necessary information to the FAA would enable the agency to determine whether certain flying sites qualify under relevant safety, security, and eligibility criteria for establishment as FAA-recognized identification areas where UAS could operate without remote identification. The FAA will use the information to consider initial requests for FAA establishment of a flying site, requests for renewal of FAA-recognized identification areas, and amendments to requests for establishment. If the information collection was not conducted, the FAA would not have the necessary data to make a safety determination whether to establish certain flying sites as areas where UAS without remote identification can operate. This would result in all UAS having to equip with remote identification capabilities.

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The form asks for basic information from vendors interested in doing business with the agency. This information allows NCUA to provide Congress with required reports on contracts with minority-owned and women-owned firms.

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Commerce/BIS, in coordination with other government agencies and private entities, conducts assessments of U.S. industries deemed critical to our national security. The information gathered is needed to assess the health and competitiveness as well as the needs of the targeted industry sector in order to maintain a strong U.S. industrial base.

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This information collection supports FDA implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). . NEPA requires the preparation of an environmental impact statement (EIS) for every major Federal action that will significantly affect the quality of the human environment or, in the alternative, the assertion of a categorical exclusion. Agency regulations governing NEPA compliance are found in 21 CFR part 25.

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The Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (BHC Act) and the Board’s Regulation Y - Bank Holding Companies and Change in Bank Control (12 CFR Part 225) require a bank holding company (BHC) that, either through foreclosure or otherwise in the ordinary course of collecting a debt previously contracted (DPC), acquired voting securities of a bank or BHC or the securities or assets of a company engaged in a nonbanking activity to seek prior Board approval in order to retain ownership of those shares or assets for more than two years.