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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| 202506-0915-001 | Black Lung Clinics Program Measures | HHS/HSA | 2025-06-16 | Active | No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
Black Lung Clinics Program Measures
Key Information
Abstract
The Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), conducts an annual data collection of user information for the Black Lung Program, which has been ongoing with OMB approval since 2004. The purpose of the Black Lung Clinics Program is to improve the health status of coal workers by providing services to minimize the effects of respiratory and pulmonary impairments of coal miners, including treatment required in the management of problems associated with black lung disease, which improves the miner’s quality of life and reduces economic costs associated with morbidity and mortality arising from pulmonary diseases. Collecting this data will provide HRSA information on how well each grantee is meeting the needs of active and retired miners in their communities. |
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| 202505-0702-001 | Exchange Security Verification for Contractors/Vendors | DOD/DOA | 2025-06-16 | Active | No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
Exchange Security Verification for Contractors/Vendors
Key Information
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The information collection is required to obtain verification of identity of contractors and/or vendors who have contractual obligations with the Exchange. |
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| 202506-3145-004 | National Science Foundation Research Infrastructure Guide | NSF | 2025-06-16 | Received in OIRA | Revision of a currently approved collection
National Science Foundation Research Infrastructure Guide
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This manual provides guidance, policies, requirements, and recommended procedures and best practices to NSF staff and award recipients on effective project planning, management, and oversight of large facilities. |
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| 202506-0970-007 | Regional Partnership Grants (RPG) National Cross-Site Evaluation and Evaluation Technical Assistance | HHS/ACF | 2025-06-13 | Active | Reinstatement with change of a previously approved collection
Regional Partnership Grants (RPG) National Cross-Site Evaluation and Evaluation Technical Assistance
Key Information
Abstract
The Children’s Bureau (CB), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Administration for Children, Youth and Families (ACYF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is requesting revisions to the approved information collection: Regional Partnership Grants (RPG) National Cross-Site Evaluation and Evaluation Technical Assistance (OMB #0970-0527). The proposed information collection will be used in a national cross-site evaluation of the seventh cohort of Children’s Bureau’s Regional Partnership Grants (RPG7). Specifically, this request is to extend approval of the majority of the currently approved instruments, remove two information collections, and add two information collections. This will allow CB to continue to conduct site visits, administer a web-based sustainability survey, and collect data on participants’ enrollment, service use, and outcomes. The addition of individual interviews and focus groups with adult participants enrolled in RPG services will allow for the first time the cross-site evaluation to include participants’ own voices to describe their experiences receiving RPG services. CB is removing the partnership survey, which will no longer be administered to grantees and the semiannual progress reports (SAPRs) which are now approved under a separate OMB number (0970-0490). |
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| 202506-1205-003 | O*Net Data Collection Program | DOL/ETA | 2025-06-13 | Received in OIRA | No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
O*Net Data Collection Program
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Authorizing Statutes
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The O*NET Data Collection Program is an ongoing effort to collect and maintain current information on the detailed characteristics of occupations and skills for more than 900 occupations. The resulting database provides the most comprehensive standardized source of occupational and skills information in the nation. O*NET information is used by a wide range of audiences, including individuals making career decisions, public agencies and schools providing career exploration services or education and training programs, and businesses making staffing and training decisions. The O*NET system provides a common language, framework and database to meet the administrative needs of various federal programs, including workforce investment and training programs supported by funding from the Departments of Labor, Education, and Health and Human Services. |
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| 202506-1205-004 | Fidelity Bonding Issuance | DOL/ETA | 2025-06-13 | Received in OIRA | No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
Fidelity Bonding Issuance
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The Department’s Federal Bonding Program (FBP) provides fidelity bonds that protect employers hiring at-risk job applicants from theft, forgery, or embezzlement by the employee. Although the bonds have primarily served offenders, any at-risk job applicant is eligible for bonding services, including: recovering substance abusers (alcohol or drugs), welfare recipients and other persons having poor financial credit, economically disadvantaged youth and adults who lack a work history, individuals dishonorably discharged from the military, and others. |
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| 202506-0607-001 | Generic Clearance for Internet Panel Pretesting and Qualitative Survey Methods Testing | DOC/CENSUS | 2025-06-11 | Received in OIRA | No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
Generic Clearance for Internet Panel Pretesting and Qualitative Survey Methods Testing
Key Information
Abstract
The information collected in this program of developing and testing questionnaires and advertising that will be used by the Census Bureau to evaluate and improve the quality of the data in the surveys and censuses that are ultimately conducted. Because the questionnaires being tested under this clearance are still in the process of development, the data that result from these collections are not considered official statistics of the Census Bureau or other Federal agencies. Data will be included in research reports prepared for sponsors inside and outside of the Census Bureau. The results may also be prepared for presentations related to survey methodology at professional meetings or publications in professional journals. |
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| 202506-0584-001 | SNAP Forms: Applications, Periodic Reporting, Notices | USDA/FNS | 2025-06-11 | Active | No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
SNAP Forms: Applications, Periodic Reporting, Notices
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Abstract
Information collected is used to determine eligibility and participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Certifications and periodic reporting are to verify current eligibility. |
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| 202505-0648-002 | Assessing Public Preferences and Values to Support Coastal and Marine Management | DOC/NOAA | 2025-06-11 | Received in OIRA | Revision of a currently approved collection
Assessing Public Preferences and Values to Support Coastal and Marine Management
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The National Ocean Service (NOS) proposes a revision to an approved information collection to collect data on the opinions, values, attitudes, and behaviors of visitors and residents local to National Estuarine Research Reserves (NERRs). The revisions to the collection were informed by the pre-tests and also include updates to ensure compliance with current Administration directives. No substantive changes have been made. Up-to-date socio-economic data is needed to support the individual NERR sites’ conservation and management goals. The initial surveys will be conducted for the Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Virginia (CBNERR-VA), Weeks Bay NERR (WBNERR), and Grand Bay NERR (GNDNERR), and the survey will be repeated regularly in other NERRs based on information needs and budget. This information will be used by NOAA and others to: ● understand who visits the NERRs, ● identify impacts of management decisions, ● inform management decisions, and ● extend education and outreach efforts. NOAA has a vested interest in this research as it supports comprehensive ocean and coastal planning and management. The data collected and resulting products are beneficial for NOAA, resource managers, and policy-makers. |
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| 202506-0970-008 | Generic Performance Progress Reports | HHS/ACF | 2025-06-11 | Active | No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
Generic Performance Progress Reports
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This information collection request (ICR) is for data collection under the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Generic Program-Specific Performance Progress Report (PPR) (0970-0490). This overarching generic has allowed ACF program offices to collect performance and progress data from recipients who receive funding from ACF under a discretionary award. This information is required under 45 CFR 75.342, monitoring and reporting program performance; 45 CFR 75.301, performance measurement; and the GPRA Modernization Act of 2010 (Pub.L. 111-352, Sec 12). In January 2025, the current Administration released multiple Executive Orders (EO) and memoranda requiring updates to information collections that request gender and/or gender identity, to only request “Sex” with the options Male/Female. Additionally, presidential actions focused on the removal of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI)-specific activities. To be responsive to the new administration, ACF is submitting change requests for a number of implicated information collections. This request is specific to updates related to a recent presidential action, as detailed in the accompanying Justification for a NonSubstantive Change Memo. |
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| 202506-0648-001 | Analysis of and Participation in Ocean Exploration Video Products | DOC/NOAA | 2025-06-10 | Active | No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
Analysis of and Participation in Ocean Exploration Video Products
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The NOAA Office of Atmospheric Research (OAR) is submitting this non-substantive change request in order to bring the collection into compliance with current Administrative directives. The following changes are being made: • The Science Lead Interest Form has been updated to remove a single question regarding diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility; and • The Sailing Contact Form was updated to remove a reference to non-binary in question 65 – Room Assignment. These changes do not affect the number of respondents or anticipated burden response time. |
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| 202506-0970-006 | ACF’s Generic Clearance for Reviewer Recruitment Forms | HHS/ACF | 2025-06-09 | Active | No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
ACF’s Generic Clearance for Reviewer Recruitment Forms
Key Information
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This request by the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is to extend approval of the generic clearance for Reviewer Recruitment Forms with no changes (note that burden estimates have been updated to reflect ongoing collections and estimated future burden, but the purpose and use of this generic have not changed). ACF may recruit reviewers for a variety of different activities and each program office within ACF has a slightly different needs for information about reviewer applicants for different activities. This overarching generic clearance allows ACF to request slightly different information from potential reviewers, yet the individual forms serve the same general function. The abbreviated clearance process of the generic clearance allows program offices to gather a suitable pool of candidates within the varied time periods available for reviewer recruitment. The forms submitted under this umbrella generic are and will be voluntary, low-burden and uncontroversial. Information will be collected electronically unless specified otherwise in an individual generic information collection (GenIC) request. |
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| 202505-0648-015 | Tornado Watch/Warning Post-Event Evaluation | DOC/NOAA | 2025-06-05 | Active | No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
Tornado Watch/Warning Post-Event Evaluation
Key Information
Abstract
The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration is submitting this non-substantive change request in order to bring the demographic questions in line with the OPM issued memorandum titled, "Initial Guidance Regarding President Trump’s Executive Order Defending Women. The only changes were to the questions regarding an individual’s sex to remove two response options on the Post-Tornado Interview Questions and the Tornado Survey instrument. These changes do not affect the burden of the public. |
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| 202505-0648-012 | Generic Clearance For Socioeconomics of Coral Reef Conservation | DOC/NOAA | 2025-06-05 | Active | No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
Generic Clearance For Socioeconomics of Coral Reef Conservation
Key Information
Abstract
The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration is submitting this non-substantive change request in order to bring the demographic questions in line with the OPM issued memorandum titled, "Initial Guidance Regarding President Trump’s Executive Order Defending Women. The only changes were to the questions in the Coral Reef Conservation Question Bank regarding an individual’s sex. This question was updated by changing ‘gender’ to ‘sex’ and removing two noncompliant responses. There are no other changes to this collection and these changes do not affect the burden to the public. |
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| 202505-0970-011 | Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) Services for Survivors of Torture (SOT) Program Data Points (PDP) and Performance Progress Reports (PPR) | HHS/ACF | 2025-06-04 | Active | No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) Services for Survivors of Torture (SOT) Program Data Points (PDP) and Performance Progress Reports (PPR)
Key Information
Abstract
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) intends to collect demographic, programmatic, and outcome data on Services for Survivors of Torture (SOT) grant recipients and the clients they serve. This collection of information is necessary for grant monitoring and is authorized under Section 5(a) of the "Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998," Pub. L. 105-320 (22 U.S.C. § 2152 note) Assistance for Treatment of Torture Victims. ORR will collect these data on the new cohort of Services for SOT grant recipients. Grant recipients submit aggregated data on new and continuing clients annually, including demographic information, characteristics related to experiences of torture, services received, and well-being across six outcome domains. Grant recipients will also provide information about community attendance at trainings and pro-bono services donated to the program. This data collection will allow ORR to learn more about the populations served by SOT grant recipients; the types and effectiveness of services provided; methods, challenges, and facilitators of implementing services; and grant recipients’ progress towards programmatic goals. The data collected will also be used for collaborative research projects to provide technical assistance to grant recipients. A summary of the information collected will be used by ORR in reports to stakeholders, including a required report to Congress, and in responses to funding requests. In January 2025, the current Administration released multiple Executive Orders (EO) and memoranda requiring updates to information collections that request gender and/or gender identity, to only request “Sex” with the options Male/Female. Additionally, presidential actions focused on the removal of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI)-specific activities. To be responsive to the new administration, ACF is submitting change requests for a number of implicated information collections. This request is specific to updates related to a recent presidential action, as detailed in the accompanying Justification for a NonSubstantive Change Memo. |
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| 202505-0648-017 | Understanding the Human Response to Water Hazards: A Social Network Analysis | DOC/NOAA | 2025-06-03 | Active | No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
Understanding the Human Response to Water Hazards: A Social Network Analysis
Key Information
Abstract
The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration is submitting this non-substantive change request in order to bring the demographic questions in line with the OPM issued memorandum titled, "Initial Guidance Regarding President Trump’s Executive Order Defending Women. The only changes were to the questions regarding an individual’s sex to remove to response options and to update the race/ethnicity question for compliance with SPD-15. In considering the expanded format for collecting race and ethnicity information, which includes minimum categories, multiple detailed checkboxes, and write-in response areas with example group categories, we determined that such specificity is not required for our purposes. The primary goal of this information collection is to obtain feedback to learn more about how people hear about and respond to flooding in their community. By simplifying the Race and Ethnicity Question with Minimum Categories (that is format 3, Race and Ethnicity Question with Minimum Categories Only) we can streamline the data collection process and focus on obtaining valuable insights from individuals who have experienced a severe water hazard. This approach allows us to prioritize the feedback and opinions that will directly contribute to improving public outreach and communication. |
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| 202505-1004-002 | Management and Protection of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska - Recommendations for Special Reserve Areas (43 CFR 2361.2-2) | DOI/BLM | 2025-06-03 | Received in OIRA | Revision of a currently approved collection
Management and Protection of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska - Recommendations for Special Reserve Areas (43 CFR 2361.2-2)
Key Information
Abstract
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is proposing to rescind the current regulations for Management and Protection of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska in 43 CFR Part 2360 and return to the status quo under the rule promulgated in 1977 in 43 CFR Part 2360. The proposed rule would revised information collection requirements pertaining to Special Areas (SAs) in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (Reserve). The proposed rule would involve one (1) information collection at 43 CFR 2361.1(d) regarding recommendations for the designation of land as a SA in the Reserve. This information collection requirement slightly revises the existing requirement for SA recommendations. The RIN for this proposed rule is 1004-AF02. |
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| 202505-0648-011 | Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Rationalization Social Study | DOC/NOAA | 2025-06-03 | Active | No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Rationalization Social Study
Key Information
Abstract
The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration is submitting this non-substantive change request in order to bring the demographic questions in line with the OPM issued memorandum titled, "Initial Guidance Regarding President Trump’s Executive Order Defending Women. The only changes were to the questions on the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Rationalization Social Study survey regarding an individual’s sex (A1) and updating the race/ethnicity (now A4) to ensure compliance with SPD-15. There are no other changes to this collection and these changes do not affect the burden to the public. |
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| 202505-0648-013 | Resident Perceptions of Offshore Wind Energy Development | DOC/NOAA | 2025-06-03 | Active | No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
Resident Perceptions of Offshore Wind Energy Development
Key Information
Abstract
The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration is submitting this non-substantive change request in order to bring the demographic questions in line with the OPM issued memorandum titled, "Initial Guidance Regarding President Trump’s Executive Order Defending Women. The only changes were to the question regarding an individual’s sex (#21) to remove two options and multiple changes were made to update ‘Gulf of Mexico’ to ‘Gulf of America’. These changes do not affect the burden to the public. |
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| 202505-0925-001 | National Eye Institute’s Intramural Research ProgramApplication Form for electronic Individual Development Plan (eIDP) | HHS/NIH | 2025-06-03 | Active | No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
National Eye Institute’s Intramural Research ProgramApplication Form for electronic Individual Development Plan (eIDP)
Key Information
Abstract
This is to request approval for the continued use of an electronic Individual Development Plan (eIDP), with an exit survey. Completing an eIDP is a crucial step in a trainees’ professional development and is a standard in graduate and postdoctoral education. An IDP is an effective tool for trainees to think about their career goals and skills needed to achieve them during their time at the NEI. Trainees work together with their research mentor to organize and describe their research projects, consider career paths, and set training goals and expectations. The information provided by the trainee on their proposed project, for example, helps their mentor judge the merits and feasibility of said project, helping identify problems early on and prevent possible delays. As research training at the NIH is time-limited (for example, postdoctoral fellows can only stay five years without special permission) and the types of research emphasized at the NIH and NEI are high-risk/high-reward projects that typically span much of the trainee’s tenure, the use of the project section in the eIDP assists mentors and mentees in aligning their goals and has ensured that projects are well thought out and planned to avoid delays. Additionally, in case of a dispute on the direction of a project, the mentor and mentee can refer back to what’s proposed within the eIDP. |