An Information Collection Request (ICR) is a federal agency's request for approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to collect information from the public.
Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), agencies must justify why the information is needed and how it will be used.
Federal agencies are required to submit an ICR whenever they create, renew, modify, or discontinue an information collection. Each ICR includes a description of the collection,
supporting materials and documentation (such as forms, surveys, or scripts), and proof that the agency has met the requirements of the PRA.
The ICR is submitted to the The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) within OMB for review and approval. OIRA grants approval for a maximum of three years, after
which the collection must be renewed through a new ICR submission.
ICRs are publicly available on RegInfo.gov, and additional guidance can be found in the FAQs.
Note: Presidential Action influences are notated for ICRs received between January 20, 2025 and July 19, 2025.
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| 202502-0970-016 | Office of Community Services Affordable Housing and Supportive Services Demonstration Data Collection | HHS/ACF | 2025-02-15 | Active | No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
Office of Community Services Affordable Housing and Supportive Services Demonstration Data Collection
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The Affordable Housing and Supportive Services Demonstration (AHSSD) Data Collection (OMB #0970-0628) was originally approved in March 2024 and then revised in September 2024. The information collection includes individual-level survey instruments and on-site focus groups to collect information from program participants, onsite and virtual interviews to collect information from program staff, and report forms to capture service delivery and outcomes. ACF has implemented changes to remove language related to DEI and update gender collected data to denote sex as a biological variable in current approved information collection requests to comply with the recent presidential directives. |
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| 202502-0970-001 | Administration for Children and Families Generic for Engagement Efforts | HHS/ACF | 2025-02-15 | Active | No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
Administration for Children and Families Generic for Engagement Efforts
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This umbrella generic was established for use by the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) when efforts to engage individuals and groups who could provide valuable information to inform ACF programs and work are subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). This includes but is not limited to those who are served, or have been served by ACF, those with expertise in ACF program areas, and individuals invested in the outcomes of ACF research and evaluation. Groups and individuals to actively engage may include but are not limited to service providers; developers of interventions, innovations, or practices; program participants; subject matter experts; federal, grant program, or other program staff; federal, state, or local leadership; groups and individuals in programs’ communities; individuals with experience with or expertise in ACF services; and those in broader fields of study related to human services. |
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| 202502-0970-017 | State Court Improvement Program | HHS/ACF | 2025-02-15 | Active | No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
State Court Improvement Program
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Authorizing legislation makes clear that an application is required in order for State courts to receive CIP funding. A copy of the statute is attached with this submission for review (Attachment A - SSA Section 438). There are two parts of the application, which are necessary to properly administer the State Court Improvement Program (CIP): an annual year-end self-assessment report with an updated strategic plan. A complete application is required from state courts every five years which includes the self-assessment and new strategic plan. Annually, the self-assessment should thoroughly be updated to reflect progress and challenges over the prior year. The strategic plan is to be written as a five-year plan which looks forward and is updated as needed annually. Because it is a high-level summary, and the two documents work in tandem, the primary burden annually is completing the more detailed self-assessment and updates to strategic plans are often minor notes that flow out of that review. These documents are required to monitor progress of the program according to statute. Both the self-assessment and strategic plan template were developed with in-depth grantee input and feedback. The goal has been to design a process and tools that meet reporting requirements but also serve as helpful documents to grantees in conducting their work. The Self-Assessment had one optional Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility question and one bulleted item in another question that we request be removed to comply with the above Executive Orders. The Strategic Plan template did not have any items relevant to the following Executive Orders: Ending Radical and Wasteful Government Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Programs and Preferencing and Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government |
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| 202502-0970-018 | National Human Trafficking Hotline (NHTH) Performance Indicators | HHS/ACF | 2025-02-15 | Active | No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
National Human Trafficking Hotline (NHTH) Performance Indicators
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Section 107(b)(1)(B)(ii) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (TVPA), as amended at 22 U.S.C. § 7105(b)(1)(B)(ii), authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make a grant for a national communication system—the National Human Trafficking Hotline (NHTH)—to assist victims of severe forms of trafficking in persons in seeking help, receiving referrals, and reporting potential trafficking situations. The Office on Trafficking in Persons (OTIP) made an award in the form of a Cooperative Agreement to a single, competitively selected grant recipient to maintain and support operation of the NHTH throughout the United States and U.S. territories. The NHTH is a toll-free hotline, that operates 24 hours a day, every day of the year. National Human Trafficking Hotline Performance Indicators (OMB #0970-0598) is an active and approved collection of aggregate information about signalers (individuals who contact the NHTH) and from signalers regarding potential victims of a severe form of trafficking in persons and potential human trafficking situations. The information collected is reported on a monthly, semi-annual, and annual basis, and is necessary to support the monitoring of work done through the cooperative agreement, to ensure signalers receive the information and support requested, and to provide appropriate technical assistance (TA) to the grant recipient. To address performance issues and streamline internal signal processing procedures, the NHTH has audited its data collection practices and has identified indicators that are no longer in use, relevant, or otherwise necessary that can be removed to reduce the data collection and reporting burden on Hotline Advocates, the individuals employed by the grant recipient organization to operate the NHTH. This process included efforts to collapse, condense, or otherwise simplify lists of data elements for clarity. Per the Supporting Statement, this information collection does not seek to collect any information from signalers (respondents) that they would not otherwise provide to Hotline Advocates in order to seek help, receive referrals, or report potential trafficking cases. None of the proposed changes impact front-end data collection, or the questions that Hotline Advocates ask to ascertain the purpose of a signal and the signaler’s desired response (i.e. to issue a referral or make a tip). By contrast, each of the proposed changes impact only the solely-awarded grant recipient and the changes are being informed by efforts by the recipient described above. This request aims to bring the collection into alignment with the grant recipient’s back-end data collection practices (i.e. what Hotline Advocates record in their case management database to summarize the signal and actions taken in response). Each of the changes proposed seek to improve data capture and data quality. |
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| 202502-1405-001 | Application for a U.S. Passport | STATE/AFA | 2025-02-14 | Active | Revision of a currently approved collection
Application for a U.S. Passport
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The Application for a U.S. Passport (Form DS-11) is used by citizens and non-citizen nationals (hereinafter, collectively referred to as "nationals") of the United States who are applying for a U.S. passport (a travel document attesting to one's identity and U.S. nationality), and who must apply in person. |
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| 202502-3135-001 | Panelist Profile Data Collection | NEA | 2025-02-14 | Active | No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
Panelist Profile Data Collection
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Data collection requests information on individual's arts experience and expertise, as well as contact information. Information collected is necessary to fulfill the National Endowment for the Arts' Congressionally-mandated obligation to ensure that panels have diverse geographic, ethnic, and artistic representation and that panelists serve no more than three consecutive years. |
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| 202502-0970-024 | U.S. Repatriation Program Forms | HHS/ACF | 2025-02-13 | Active | No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
U.S. Repatriation Program Forms
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The U.S. Repatriation Program (Program) is authorized by Section 1113 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. § 1313) and the assistance provided to mentally ill repatriates found under 24 U.S.C. §§ 321 - 329. This Program also provides services for emergency repatriations which are authorized under Section 1113 and by the extension of the Executive Order (E.O.) precedent, E.O. 12656 (53 CFR 47491). Program regulations are in 45 CFR 211 & 212. The current collection includes eight forms with translations in six languages. The information collected through these forms allows the Office of Human Services Emergency Preparedness and Response (OHSEPR) to fulfill its statutory responsibilities to provide temporary assistance to repatriates. The Program also provides training and technical assistance to states and territories for routine and emergency repatriation. Additionally, OHSEPR provides funding to states for emergency repatriation planning, training, and exercises. The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) has updated two of the fourteen forms (RR-01 Emergency Repatriation Eligibility Application and RR-05 – Repatriation Repayment and Privacy Agreement) to comply with Executive Order 14168, Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government (Defending Women). The remaining twelve forms are already in compliance and do not require changes. |
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| 202502-1290-004 | Formative Data Collections for DOL Research | DOL/OS | 2025-02-13 | Active | No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
Formative Data Collections for DOL Research
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The Chief Evaluation Office (CEO) of DOL seeks approval of this generic clearance to allow DOL to conduct a variety of formative data collections. Under this generic clearance, DOL would engage in a variety of formative data collections with researchers, practitioners, technical assistance providers, service providers and potential participants throughout the field to fulfill the following goals: (1) inform the development of DOL research, (2) maintain a research agenda that is rigorous and relevant, (3) ensure that research products are as current as possible and (4) inform the provision of technical assistance. DOL envisions using a variety of techniques including semi-structured discussions, focus groups, surveys, and telephone or in-person interviews in order to reach these goals. The findings from this data collection can inform and support future and current research but that are not highly systematic or intended to be statistically representative or otherwise generalizable. |
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| 202502-1290-003 | Pathway Home Grant Program Evaluation | DOL/OS | 2025-02-13 | Active | No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
Pathway Home Grant Program Evaluation
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The Chief Evaluation Office (CEO) in the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is undertaking the Pathway Home Grant Program Evaluation. The overall aim of the evaluation is to determine whether the Pathway Home grant programs improve employment and justice outcomes and workforce readiness for adults by expanding the availability of services to individuals in the justice system, both before and after release. The Evaluation of the Pathway Home Grant Program (Pathway Home Evaluation) offers a unique opportunity to build knowledge about the implementation and effectiveness of these programs. CEO contracted with Mathematica and its subcontractor, Social Policy Research Associates, to conduct an implementation and impact study. This information collection request seeks Office of Management and Budget (OMB) clearance for two new data collection instruments. |
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| 202502-0970-022 | Trafficking Victim Assistance Program (TVAP) Data | HHS/ACF | 2025-02-13 | Active | No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
Trafficking Victim Assistance Program (TVAP) Data
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The Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (TVPA), as amended, authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to expand benefits and services to foreign nationals in the United States who are victims of severe forms of trafficking in persons. Section 107(b)(1)(B)(i) of the TVPA of 2000, as amended, (22 U.S.C. § 7105(b)(1)(B)(i)) authorizes the Secretary of HHS to expand non-entitlement benefits and services to victims of severe forms of trafficking in persons in the United States and their family members with derivative T visas. It further states that such benefits and services “may include services to assist potential victims of trafficking in achieving certification and to assist minor dependent children of victims of severe forms of trafficking in persons or potential victims of trafficking.” Acting under a delegation of authority from the Secretary of HHS, the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office on Trafficking in Persons (OTIP) funds time-limited comprehensive case management services to foreign national adult confirmed and potential victims of a severe form of human trafficking, as defined by the TVPA of 2000, as amended, who are seeking or have received HHS certification. The Trafficking Victim Assistance Program (TVAP) must also establish local regional presence to coordinate project activities and direct services. Case management services must be provided to qualified persons directly by full-time case managers that are staffed by the prime recipient and may also be provided through a network of per capita service providers, which provide direct services and community referrals. TVAP is currently inclusive of three distinct award programs: the Trafficking Victim Assistance Program , Aspire: Child Trafficking Victim Assistance Demonstration Program, and Lighthouse: Services, Outreach, and Awareness for Labor Trafficking (Lighthouse) Demonstration Program. The performance indicators and data collection instruments under OMB #0970-0467 apply to all three TVAP programs. The primary objective of OTIP’s victim assistance programs, including TVAP, is to provide comprehensive, culturally and linguistically responsive case management to individuals who have experienced a severe form of trafficking in persons. Current TVAP recipients have reported concerns over competing requirements and priorities under their awards, which made it difficult to balance direct service provision against training activities for community-based providers and members of the general public. Grant recipients have also cited concerns over the lack of foundational knowledge within their communities as to what constitutes human trafficking victimization, which has impacted their ability to identify potential victims and connect those individuals with services. Beginning in FY 2024, so as to reduce reporting burden on recipients and strengthen public awareness within the geographic service areas where recipients implement their programs, training is no longer required or an allowable activity under TVAP. These updated requirements pertaining to allowable and required programmatic activities were made public through the most recent NOFOs and grant award processes and are already in effect. As such, we are requesting to remove the training indicators from OMB #0970-0467 and to make a minor update to the Outreach form for recipients to report on their public awareness activities. Additionally, based on information about clients served during FY 2022, we are requesting an update to the Client Case Closure form. ACF has implemented changes to update gender collected data to denote sex as a biological variable in current approved information collection requests to comply with recent presidential directives. |
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| 202502-1230-002 | Workforce Recruitment Program (WRP) | DOL/ODEP | 2025-02-13 | Active | No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
Workforce Recruitment Program (WRP)
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Managed by the U.S. Department of Labor in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Defense, the Workforce Recruitment Program is the premier resource of qualified college students and recent graduates with disabilities, from a large selection of colleges and universities nationwide. Candidates represent a wide variety of academic majors and career interests including business, law, and Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. In addition, 10% of the database is comprised of veterans with disabilities. |
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| 202502-1290-001 | Evaluating Registered Apprenticeship Initiative Study | DOL/OS | 2025-02-13 | Historical Active | No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
Evaluating Registered Apprenticeship Initiative Study
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DOL requests clearance from OMB for a new collection associated with the Evaluating Registered Apprenticeship Initiative. The Chief Evaluation Office of the U.S. DOL commissioned the Evaluating Registered Apprenticeship Initiative study to design and conduct analyses that add to the evidence base on apprenticeship strategies and models through an evaluation of the Apprenticeship Building America (ABA) grants. ABA awarded grants in four categories: state apprenticeship building and modernization (category 1), youth apprenticeships (category 2), pre-apprenticeships (category 3), and registered apprenticeship hubs (category 4). |
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| 202502-1290-002 | The Evaluation of the Pathway Home Grant Program (Pathway Home Evaluation) | DOL/OS | 2025-02-13 | Historical Active | No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
The Evaluation of the Pathway Home Grant Program (Pathway Home Evaluation)
Key Information
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The Chief Evaluation Office (CEO) in the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has commissioned an evaluation of the Pathway Home grant program. The Evaluation of the Pathway Home Grant Program (Pathway Home Evaluation) offers a unique opportunity to build knowledge about the implementation and effectiveness of these programs. |
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| 202502-1905-001 | 2024 Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS) | DOE/EIA | 2025-02-12 | Historical Active | No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
2024 Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS)
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The Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS) is a quadrennial survey that collects information on energy consumption and household characteristics that relate to energy consumption. Energy suppliers report energy consumption for households in the sample. The information obtained by RECS is used to produce estimates of energy characteristics, consumption, and expenditures in U.S. households. |
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| 202303-3035-001 | Supporting Statement to USCCR’s PRA Information Clearance Request | CCR | 2025-02-11 | Historical Inactive | New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)
Supporting Statement to USCCR’s PRA Information Clearance Request
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Please find our attached Supporting Statement to USCCR’s PRA Information Clearance Request. Please let me know if you need us to clarify, supplement, or otherwise modify our responses. We received no public comments. Our 30-day Notice was submitted today. Our related SORN was published in the FR here: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/03/21/2023-05709/privacy-act-of-1974-system-of-records. I attached the 30-day Notice as a Supplemental document within this system. |
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| 202502-1293-002 | Veterans’ Employment and Training Service Competitive Grant Programs Reporting | DOL/ASVET | 2025-02-10 | Active | No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
Veterans’ Employment and Training Service Competitive Grant Programs Reporting
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This request pertains the collection of performance data for the discretionary grants authorized under chapter 20 of title 38 of the United States Code. The collection of information is necessary for the proper oversight of discretionary grant funds administered by the Department of Labor’s Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (VETS) as required by law and regulation. These discretionary grants fund over 160 homeless veterans’ reintegration projects that serve over 17,000 veterans experiencing homelessness, veterans at-risk of homelessness, and incarcerated veterans annually. The discretionary grant funds are also used to fund over 30 Stand Down events annually. |
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| 202502-1293-001 | Eligibility Data Form: Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act and Veterans' Preference | DOL/ASVET | 2025-02-10 | Active | No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
Eligibility Data Form: Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act and Veterans' Preference
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Abstract
Title 38 U.S.C. Section 4322 of USERRA authorizes the Secretary of Labor (through the Veterans' Employment and Training Service) to investigate claims by individuals who believe their USERRA rights have been violated. The information is used to determine eligibility of veterans complaints to reemployment rights they are seeking as well as to state alleged violations by employers of the pertinent statutes and request assistance in obtaining appropriate reemployment benefits. The Veterans Employment Opportunities Act (VEOA) of 1998, P.L. 105-339, 112 Stat. 3182, contained in Title 5 U.S.C. § 3330a-3330(b), provides assistance to preference eligible individuals who believe their rights under the veterans' preference (VP) laws and the Veterans Benefit Improvement Act of 2008 (Public Law No: 110-389) have been violated. Section 3 of the VEOA provides the Secretary of Labor similar authority to investigate complaints brought by preference eligibles. The collection instrument completed by claimants contains the information required and needed for the Department to determine initial eligibility of the claimant. |
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| 202502-1220-003 | Consumer Expenditure Surveys: Quarterly Interview and Diary | DOL/BLS | 2025-02-03 | Active | No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
Consumer Expenditure Surveys: Quarterly Interview and Diary
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The Consumer Expenditure Surveys are used to gather information on expenditures, income, and other related subjects. These data are used to periodically update the national Consumer Price Index. In addition, the data are used by a variety of researchers in academia, government agencies, and the private sector. The data are collected from a national probability sample of households designed to represent the total civilian non-institutional population. |
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| 202502-1220-001 | Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses | DOL/BLS | 2025-02-03 | Active | No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses
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The Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses is the primary indicator of the Nation's progress in providing every working man and woman safe and healthful working conditions. The survey measures the overall rate of work injuries and illnesses by industry. Survey data are also used to evaluate the effectiveness of Federal and State programs and to prioritize scarce resources. Respondents include employers who maintain Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) records in accordance with the Occupational Safety and Health Act and employers who are normally exempt from OSHA recordkeeping. Each year a sample of exempt employers is required to keep records and participate in the survey. |
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| 202502-1220-005 | Cognitive and Psychological Research | DOL/BLS | 2025-02-03 | Active | No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
Cognitive and Psychological Research
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics' Behavioral Science Research Center (BSRC) conducts psychological research focusing on the design and execution of the data collection process in order to improve the quality of data collected by the Bureau. The BSRC conducts research aimed at improving data collection quality by assessing questionnaire/form management and administration, as well as issues which relate to interviewer training and interaction with respondents in the interview process. BSRC staff work closely with economists and/or program specialists responsible for defining the concepts to be measured by the Bureau of Labor Statistics' collection programs. The proposed laboratory research will be conducted from Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 through FY 2027 to enhance data quality in the Bureau of Labor Statistics' surveys. Improvements will be made by examining psychological and cognitive aspects of BLS's data collection procedures, including questionnaire design, interviewing procedures, collection modalities, and administrative technology. |