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The SCC4 evaluation will shed light on the impact on participants of receiving comprehensive support through the evaluation, which services are effective for which types of students, why they are effective, and the core components of the SCC4 programs that support success. In addition, SCC4 will build on existing evidence regarding successful programs in community college settings and advance the understanding of how career pathways programs promote economic mobility.

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Previous ICR	202301-1205-001

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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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Previous ICR	202412-1545-014

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Form 709 is used by individuals to report transfers subject to the gift and generation-skipping transfer taxes and to compute these taxes. The IRS uses the information to collect and enforce these taxes, to verify that the taxes are properly computed, and to compute the tax base for the estate tax. Form 709-NA is used to report certain transfers by a nonresident not a citizen of the United States that are subject to the federal gift tax and certain generation-skipping transfer (GST) taxes and to figure the tax due, if any, on those transfers. The Form 709-NA is also used to allocate the lifetime GST exemption to property transferred during a transferor’s lifetime.

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Infrastructure Visualization Platform (IVP) integrates high-resolution, interactive visual data as well as additional assessment information. For a PSA to conduct an assessment, each stakeholder must complete an IVP Pre-Collection Questionnaire. The questionnaire requests information such as the purpose of the IVP assessment being requested, the security point of contact the team will be meeting with when they arrive at the facility, who will be escorting the team as they tour the facility, special considerations the collection team need to plan for prior to arriving at the facility, and priority areas know as Areas of Emphasis that the team should be focused on while conducting the IVP assessment collection. When the form is completed and submitted, the IVP team can better plan for the assessment by reviewing locations designated as Areas of Emphasis (AOEs) to ensure those areas receive an assessment, to know who appropriate points of contact are (stakeholder requesting and escort who will be with the team during the collect), and to address special considerations prior to showing up for the collect.

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CISA is responsible for performing coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure, which may originate outside the United States Government (USG) network/community and affect users within it or originate within the USG community and affect users outside of it. Often, therefore, the effective handling of security incidents relies on information sharing among individual users, industry, and the USG, which may be facilitated by and through CISA. A dedicated form on the CISA website will allow for external reporting of vulnerabilities that the reporting entity believes to be Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) eligible. Upon submission, CISA will evaluate the information provided, and then will add to the KEV Catalog, if all KEV requirements are met.

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Previous ICR	202105-1670-001

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The SAFECOM Membership Questionnaire is an internal SAFECOM document disseminated only to active SAFECOM Members. SAFECOM uses the Questionnaire to identify membership gaps, obtain updated information on SAFECOM’s membership body (e.g., public safety communications experience, accolades, acquired skills/certifications, etc.), update SAFECOM marketing materials, and to assist SAFECOM when responding General Accounting Office (GAO) inquiries. The Questionnaire will encompass eight interdependent sections of questions. The SAFECOM Internal Membership section requests each Member to provide their name, state of residence, and the number of hours per month he/she contributes SAFECOM led initiatives (e.g., conference calls and deliverable development). SAFECOM consists of public safety association representatives and at-large members. The Association Representative Information section pertains to public safety associations represented in SAFECOM. Association Representatives serving in SAFECOM are asked to provide the name of their Association, approximate Association size, Association contact, and addition Association point-of-contact (POC) information. At-large members are instructed to skip to the next section. Public Safety Service section will focus on questions related to each Member’s public safety and first responder career. Members are asked to designate their current public safety status (i.e., active, retired, other), to identify their public safety discipline(s), to provide level of government for current employment (e.g., state, local, tribal, territorial, federal), to provide years of service, to list current agency and agency’s contact information, to provide a brief description on their current role and responsibilities, to select the population range that best describes the population of your current organization’s jurisdiction serviced, to indicate the number of public safety personnel employed at your current organization, to indicate the number of responses your current organization responds to each year, and if current position entails collaborating with Tribal Nations. The Volunteer Experience section asks Members to provide details on their volunteer experience. The Public Safety Experience section asks Members to identify the public safety events he/she responded to throughout their career, and to identify the communications technology he/she has used. The Education section focuses on the education (e.g., which is an optional question), proficiencies, and professional certifications. External Conference Attendance section focuses on Member’s experience at public safety conferences as well as their interest in representing SAFECOM in the future at a conference. The final section focuses on Members public safety usage.

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Previous ICR	202203-1405-002

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Form DS-260 and DS-230 will be used to elicit information to determine the eligibility of aliens applying for immigrant visas.

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Previous ICR	202404-1212-001

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Under PBGC regulations implementing 29 CFR Part 4043 of ERISA, plan administrators and contributing sponsors must notify PBGC of certain reportable events. The reporting requirements give PBGC timely notice of events that indicate plan or contributing sponsor financial problems. PBGC uses the information provided in determining what, if any, action it needs to take.

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Previous ICR	202407-0505-001

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The information from the form is used to determine qualification, suitability and availability for service on advisory committees and commodity research and promotion boards. The information will be used to conduct background clearances and compile annual reports. This revision is the next step in the digitization of this form to a digital version that can be used by the committee.

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Previous ICR	202511-1212-003

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Administrators of PBGC-insured pension plans file with PBGC premium information and premium payments required under 29 USC 1307 and 29 CFR Part 4007, which also requires retention and production of records necessary to support premium filings. The information identifies payers and lets PBGC verify premium computations and perform premium audits. It also helps PBGC project premium income, improve financial projections, estimate its exposure if plans terminate, track movement of participants and assets, determine whether new plans are being created, and update its insured-plan inventory. The retained records facilitate audits.

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Previous ICR	202303-1405-010

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Implements the HAVANA Act of 2021, in which Congress authorized federal agencies to make payments to affected current employees, former employees, and their dependents (hereinafter, “claimants” or “patients”) for qualifying injuries to the brain.

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Previous ICR	202306-0503-001CF

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Previous ICR	202206-0694-002

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Foreign governments sometimes require U.S. importers of strategic commodities to furnish their supplier with a U.S. Delivery Verification Certificate validating that the commodities shipped to the U.S. were in fact received. This procedure increases the effectiveness of controls over exports of strategic commodities.

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Previous ICR	201906-1651-002

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This collection of information is required to ensure compliance with 19 USC 1484b. This section provides that an otherwise dutiable large yacht (defined in the section as a vessel that exceeds 79 feet in length, is used primarily for recreation or pleasure, and has been previously sold by a manufacturer or dealer to a retail consumer) may be imported without the payment of duty if the yacht is imported with the intention to offer for sale at a boat show in the United States.

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Previous ICR	202404-0648-006

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The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) recently reviewed the application form and annual reporting form for the Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Exempted Fishing Permit Program. As part of that review, NMFS identified several areas that could be revised to improve clarity, reduce redundancies, and remove outdated information. These revisions will streamline the application and reporting form, and will not impact the number of individuals who are required to complete and submit these forms nor the burden on the individuals to do so. A description of the non-substantive changes to the application and annual report form are described below.

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Previous ICR	202304-1110-001CF

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Previous ICR	202102-0648-002

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The National Marine Fisheries Service Alaska Region requests extension of this currently approved information collection that contains requirements for obtaining a Federal Fisheries Permit (FFP), a Federal Processing Permit (FPP), and an Exempted Fishing Permit (EFP). An FFP is required for U.S. vessels used to fish for groundfish in the Gulf of Alaska or Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands. An FFP is also required for vessels used to fish for any non-groundfish species and are required to retain any bycatch of groundfish. An FPP is required for stationary floating processors and for shoreside processors that receive and/or process groundfish harvested from Federal waters (or from any federally permitted vessels). An EFP is issued for limited experimental purposes to support a project that could benefit fisheries and the environment. Information collected as part of an EFP is used to inform future fishery management decisions and guide future EFPs. Permit issuance is essential in fishery resources management for identification of the participants and expected activity levels and for regulatory compliance. This collection allows for continued efficient, science based, and minimal impact harvesting of Alaska fishery resources. Based on a comment received, the response to question #13 has been revised to include additional costs that may be incurred for the EFP application.

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Previous ICR	202112-1018-001

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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) enters into agreements and partnerships with nonprofit Friends groups to facilitate and formalize collaboration between the parties in support of mutual goals and objectives as authorized by: • The Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742a–742j); • The National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd–ee), as amended; • The Refuge Recreation Act of 1962 (16 U.S.C. 460k et seq.), as amended; • The Anadromous Fish Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 757a–757g), as amended; • The Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act of 1934 (16 U.S.C. 661–667e), as amended; • The National Wildlife Refuge System Volunteer and Community Partnership Enhancement Act of 1998 (16 U.S.C. 742f), as amended; and • The National Fish Hatchery System Volunteer Act of 2006 (16 U.S.C. 760aa), as amended.

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Previous ICR	202204-0704-002

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This information collection is necessary to support the MyCAA scholarship program, a career development and employment assistance program intended to assist military spouses pursue licenses, certificates, certifications or associate’s degrees necessary for gainful employment in high demand, high growth portable career fields and occupations.

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Previous ICR	202403-0920-016

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The [NCEZID] Rapid Message Testing & Message Development System is designed to enable programs within the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID) to test health messages and gather information to inform the development of health messages. The data collection is intended to ensure NCEZID messages are clear, salient, appealing, and persuasive to target audiences. Data collection methods proposed for this system include in-depth interviews, online or in-person focus groups, and online surveys. CDC requests OMB approval for a Total of 10,293 burden hours over the course of the three-year approval period (3,431 annually). NCEZID has submitted a Reinstatement of the 0920-1432 Generic ICR to allow message testing and development data to be collected.

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Previous ICR	202209-0704-005

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This information collection is in support of Section 326 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 which directed the Department to develop a program to provide technical assistance to community members of Restoration Advisory Boards and Technical Review Committees to enhance public participation in the Defense Environmental Restoration Program. Detailed information about this program, including its authority, requirements, and application process, can be found at 32 CFR Part 203.

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Previous ICR	202504-0938-006

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The Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS) is a continuous, multipurpose survey of a nationally representative sample of aged, disabled, and institutionalized Medicare beneficiaries. MCBS, which is sponsored by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), is the only comprehensive source of information on the health status, health care use and expenditures, health insurance coverage, and socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of the entire spectrum of Medicare beneficiaries. The purpose of this revision is to seek approval for CMS to add new items on sleep apnea, thyroid disease, and bowel disease, remove content that is no longer relevant to the goals of the survey, and update existing content to better meet the policy needs of CMS and stakeholders. To ensure the sustainability of the survey and to maintain a reasonable level of respondent burden, it is necessary to routinely review MCBS survey content and remove items that are no longer as relevant to the policy landscape or which are no longer performing well. The requested deletions are a result of a content reduction process that CMS developed in 2024 and is currently using to review MCBS survey content in the Community and Facility instruments. The goals of this process are three-fold: 1) to promote efficiency by streamlining the questionnaire and reducing respondent burden; 2) to continuously assess utility of information collected by the MCBS and remove questions that are no longer relevant, and 3) to maintain the production of high-quality data by removing content that is no longer performing well. For this full clearance revision, CMS has used the content reduction process to identify items that a) are low performing due to difficulty of administration or data quality issues, b) are no longer needed at the same frequency of administration, c) require updated question text or response options, or d) no longer match the existing healthcare landscape or require further evaluation.

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Previous ICR	202411-0938-011

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For the PY 2028 validation, CMS is continuing to use its previously finalized policy to select 300 facilities to participate in an NHSN Dialysis Event validation by submitting a total of 20 patient records across any two quarters of data reported in CY 2026.

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Previous ICR	202107-2133-003

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46 U.S.C. 53101-11 provides for the enrollment of qualified vessels into the Maritime Security Fleet. Applications and amendments are used to select vessels for the Fleet.

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Previous ICR	202204-1218-005

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The information collected is used to limit the incidence of communicable disease among temporary labor camp residents.