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View ICR - OIRA Conclusion

OMB Control No: 0518-0028	ICR Reference No: 201906-0518-002
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201601-0518-001
Agency/Subagency: USDA/ARS	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Peer Review-Related Forms for the Office of Scientific Quality Review
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 10/22/2019
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 07/23/2019
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	10/31/2022	36 Months From Approved	10/31/2019
Responses	952	0	427,800
Time Burden (Hours)	2,460	0	2,708
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	952	427,800	-426,848
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	2,460	2,708	-248
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Changing Forms

Short Statement: The number of responses decreased from 1,860 to 952, and the burden hours decreased from 2,708 to 2,460, resulting in a program change: All panel meetings are held online therefore, no expenses are for travel of reviewers. Some formerly needed forms, as noted, are only rarely needed. Budgets have been aligned with newer automation systems utilized to decrease human error and increase flexibility and feasibility of panel reviewers to complete requested forms. There are no substantial changes reported in items 13 and 14 for this activity. No new forms were added to the collection but three have been removed. all panel meetings are now held online therefore, no expenses are needed for travel of the reviewers.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $540

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. Yes

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

Agency Contact: Yvette Anderson 202-720-4030 yanderson@ars.usda.gov