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, or modify 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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| 202204-1105-001 | Annuity Broker Qualification Declaration Form | DOJ/LA | 2022-04-20 | Historical Active | Extension without change of a currently approved collection
Annuity Broker Qualification Declaration Form
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This declaration is to be submitted to determine whether a broker meets the minimum qualifications to be listed as an annuity broker pursuant to Section 11015(b) of Public Law 107-273. |
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| 202204-0348-005 | Generic Clearance for the Collection of Formative Research on Agency Service Delivery | OMB | 2022-04-20 | Active | New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)
Generic Clearance for the Collection of Formative Research on Agency Service Delivery
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The mission of USDS is to deliver better government services through technology and design. In support of that mission, USDS engages directly with program applicants and beneficiaries, and other people who use or need to use the government systems and services we are helping to improve, and incorporates their feedback into our work and recommendations. By employing human-centered design practices like user research, USDS prioritizes the user’s needs and learns what works as quickly as possible, saving time and money while improving services to the public. USDS deploys small, responsive groups of designers, engineers, product managers, and other specialists to work with and empower civil servants, working with many agencies simultaneously. Under this generic clearance, USDS would engage in a variety of formative data collections with people who use or need to use government systems and services, such as program participants, practitioners, and service providers. The data collections would occur primarily through Discovery Sprints, which are short research projects designed to quickly understand complexities of systems or services in order to identify issues with service delivery, their root causes, and opportunities for improvement. Data collections would also occur during longer projects, as needed. USDS’s research serves to provide further understanding of whether people engaging directly with government services are having an effective, efficient, and satisfying experience. USDS anticipates undertaking a variety of new research projects related to social safety net and general welfare programs, economic recovery efforts, healthcare, and more. Many Federal agencies and field offices find a need to learn more about the public’s perceptions, experiences and expectations; early warnings of issues with service delivery; or areas where communication, training or changes in operations might improve delivery of products or services. USDS envisions using a variety of techniques, including: • Pre-study self-identification questionnaires • Unmoderated comment cards/complaint forms • Unmoderated qualitative user experience surveys (e.g., post-transaction surveys; opt-out web surveys) • Unmoderated information architecture evaluative methods (e.g., card sorts; tree tests) • Unmoderated content evaluative methods • Long-term behavior and experience studies (e.g., diary study) • Focus groups • User research studies (e.g., user interviews; usability tests) • Program assessment questionnaires. Overall, this research will be designed to fulfill the following goals: (1) discover barriers to access that create inequities for users of government systems and services; (2) inform the development of USDS and agency research, (3) discover early warnings of issues with service delivery; and (4) focus attention on areas where communication, training or changes in operations might improve delivery of products or services. These collections will allow for ongoing, collaborative, and actionable communications between Federal agencies and the public. It will also allow feedback to contribute directly to the improvement of program management. |
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| 202204-0570-003CF | Request for Advance or Reimbursement, SF 270 | USDA/RBS | 2022-04-20 | Active | RCF New
Request for Advance or Reimbursement, SF 270
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| 202203-2133-001 | Maritime Administration (MARAD) Exercise Breakout Survey | DOT/MARAD | 2022-04-20 | Active | Extension without change of a currently approved collection
Maritime Administration (MARAD) Exercise Breakout Survey
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This is a survey that will be conducted on a voluntary basis that provides vital information to the Ready Reserve Force Program. This exercise is designed to test MARAD’s internal administrative procedures, as well as the coordination necessary for a complete activation of MARAD's Ready Reserve Force (RRF) and the Military Sealift Command (MSC) Surge Sealift Fleet to meet strategic sealift requirements. Periodic testing is necessary in view of the dynamics that affect the RRF program, which include changes in RRF fleet composition, readiness status, ship location as well as changes to the seafaring manpower base. |
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| 202204-0348-009 | Improving Customer Experience (OMB Circular A-11, Section 280 Implementation) | OMB | 2022-04-20 | Active | New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)
Improving Customer Experience (OMB Circular A-11, Section 280 Implementation)
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The President’s Management Agenda (PMA) prioritizes efforts to improve the experience of those the Government serves—all of the people, families, businesses, organizations, and communities across America, especially those communities that are underserved by Government, when they use Government services. This focus on customer experience will not only improve the delivery, efficiency, security, and effectiveness of our government programs, it will advance equity and enhance everyday interactions with public services and uplift the lives of those who need them the most. To support this, OMB Circular A-11 Section 280 establishes Government-wide standards for mature customer experience organizations in government. In order for Federal programs to design and deliver the experience taxpayers deserve, they must often undertake three general categories of activities: conduct ongoing customer research, gather and share customer feedback, and test services and digital products. Both the PMA and Section 280 charge the President’s Management Council—the primary Government-wide body that advises the President and OMB on management issues that span agencies—with the routine designation of cross-agency “life experiences” for improvement (such as turning 65, surviving a natural disaster, or having a child) that do not fit neatly within one agency’s mission area. This new request will enable the Office of Management and Budget to act in accordance with OMB Circular A-11 Section 280 to ultimately transform the experience of its customers to improve both efficiency and mission delivery, and increase accountability by communicating about these efforts with the public. |
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| 202204-1652-002 | TSA End of Course Level 1 Evaluation – Instructor-Led Classroom Training | DHS/TSA | 2022-04-20 | Active | Extension without change of a currently approved collection
TSA End of Course Level 1 Evaluation – Instructor-Led Classroom Training
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Consistent with requirements in the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (GPRA) (Pub. L. 103-62; 107 Stat. 285, Aug. 3, 1993), the TSA Canine Training Center (CTC) evaluates the instruction it delivers, through a range of courses, to train canines and their handlers. These handlers are primarily TSA personnel and State and local civilian personnel working for law enforcement agencies that are responsible for the security at airports throughout the United States. These agencies participate in this classroom training under agency-specific cooperative agreements with TSA’s National Explosives Detection Canine Team Program. The courses include the CTC Explosives Detection Canine Handler Course, Passenger Screening Canine Handler Course, Bridge Course, Canine Training Instructor Course, and the Security Operations Canine Management Course. The information obtained from TSA Form 1904A, End of Course Level 1 Evaluation – Instructor-Led Classroom Training, which is provided to students following course completion, provides valuable feedback about the extent to which TSA personnel and State and local civilian personnel (“TSA students”) are satisfied with their learning experience, and is used to improve the course curriculum and course of instruction. Evaluating and improving the effectiveness and efficiency of instructional programs supports agency requirements, as dictated by GPRA, to improve government performance management. |
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| 202204-3265-005CF | Request to use SF424 forms for EAC Grant Compliance | EAC | 2022-04-20 | Active | RCF New
Request to use SF424 forms for EAC Grant Compliance
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| 202204-1122-003 | Semi-annual Progress Report for Children and Youth Exposed to Violence Program | DOJ/OVW | 2022-04-20 | Historical Active | Extension without change of a currently approved collection
Semi-annual Progress Report for Children and Youth Exposed to Violence Program
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The Consolidated Grant Program to Address Children and Youth Experiencing Domestic and Sexual Assault and Engage Men and Boys as Allies (hereinafter referred to as the Consolidated Youth Program) was enacted in the FY 2012- 2022 appropriation acts and consolidates four previously authorized and appropriated programs into one comprehensive program. The four programs included in theses consolidations were Services to Advocate for and Respond to Youth (Youth Services), Assist Children and Youth Exposed to Violence (CEV), Engaging Men and Youth in Preventing Domestic Violence (EMY), and Supporting Teens through Education and Prevention (STEP). While OVW develops a new form for this consolidated grant program, certain Consolidated Youth Program grantees will be using the semi-annual progress reporting form previously developed for CEV grantees. |
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| 202204-3265-007CF | Request to use SFLLL for EAC Grant Compliance | EAC | 2022-04-20 | Active | RCF New
Request to use SFLLL for EAC Grant Compliance
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| 202204-3265-006CF | Request to use SF424A for EAC Grant Compliance | EAC | 2022-04-20 | Active | RCF New
Request to use SF424A for EAC Grant Compliance
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| 202204-3265-008CF | Request to use SF428,A,B,C for EAC Grant Compliance | EAC | 2022-04-20 | Active | RCF New
Request to use SF428,A,B,C for EAC Grant Compliance
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| 202112-1105-002 | Special Deputation Forms | DOJ/LA | 2022-04-20 | Historical Active | Revision of a currently approved collection
Special Deputation Forms
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28 USC 564 (View Law) 28 USC 565 (View Law) 28 USC 566 (View Law) 28 USC 567 (View Law) 28 USC 568 (View Law) 28 USC 569 (View Law) 28 USC 561 (View Law) 28 USC 562 (View Law) 28 USC 563 (View Law) Abstract
The USMS is authorized to deputize selected persons to perform the functions of a Special Deputy U.S. Marshal whenever the law enforcement needs of the USMS so require and as designated by the Associate Attorney General pursuant to 28 CFR 0.19(a)(3). USMS Special Deputation files serve as a centralized record of the special deputations granted by the USMS to assist in tracking, controlling and monitoring the Special Deputation Program. |
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| 202204-1190-001 | Procedures for the Administration of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 | DOJ/CRT | 2022-04-20 | Active | Extension without change of a currently approved collection
Procedures for the Administration of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
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Jurisdictions specially covered under the Voting Rights Act are required to obtain preclearance from the Attorney General (AG) before instituting changes. They must convince the Attorney General that voting changes are not racially discriminatory. |
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| 202112-3170-004 | Generic Information Collection Plan for Consumer Complaint and Information Collection System (Testing and Feedback) | CFPB | 2022-04-20 | Active | Extension without change of a currently approved collection
Generic Information Collection Plan for Consumer Complaint and Information Collection System (Testing and Feedback)
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The CFPB has undertaken a variety of service delivery-focused activities contemplated by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Public Law No. 111-2013 (Dodd-Frank Act). These activities, which include consumer complaint and inquiry processing, referral, and monitoring, involve several interrelated systems. The streamlined process of the generic clearance will continue to allow the Bureau to implement these systems efficiently in line with the Bureau’s commitment to continuous improvement of its delivery of services through iterative testing and feedback collection. |
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| 202204-0920-001 | Annual Submission of the Ingredients Added to, and the Quantity of Nicotine Contained in, Smokeless Manufactured, Imported, or Packaged in the U.S. | HHS/CDC | 2022-04-19 | Active | Extension without change of a currently approved collection
Annual Submission of the Ingredients Added to, and the Quantity of Nicotine Contained in, Smokeless Manufactured, Imported, or Packaged in the U.S.
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This Information Collection Request (ICR) supports the Extension of a Congressionally mandated information collection. The Comprehensive Smokeless Tobacco Health Education Act of 1986 (15 U.S.C. 4401 et seq. or Pub.L. 99-252) requires each person who manufactures, packages, or imports smokeless tobacco products to provide the Secretary of HHS with an annual list of ingredients added to tobacco in the manufacture of smokeless tobacco products, as well as a specification of quantity of nicotine contained in each product. Responsibility for collecting the information has been delegated to CDC's Office on Smoking and Health. |
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| 202204-2060-001 | NSPS for New Residential Hydronic Heaters and Forced-Air Furnaces (40 CFR part 60, subpart QQQQ) (Renewal) | EPA/OAR | 2022-04-19 | Active | Extension without change of a currently approved collection
NSPS for New Residential Hydronic Heaters and Forced-Air Furnaces (40 CFR part 60, subpart QQQQ) (Renewal)
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The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for New Residential Hydronic Heaters and Forced-Air Furnaces (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart QQQQ) to new residential hydronic heaters, forced-air furnaces, or other central heaters manufactured either on or after May 15, 2015 and sold or distributed in the United States. The residential hydronic heater and forced-air furnace NSPS establishes a certification program, instead of the usual NSPS requirement that each affected facility demonstrate compliance with emission limits through performance testing. Under this certification program, a single heating appliance is tested to demonstrate compliance with particulate matter (PM) emission limits for an entire model line which could consist of thousands of stoves. The use of a certification approach significantly reduces the compliance burden, including information collection, for the manufacturers of hydronic heaters and forced-air furnaces. Each manufacturer subject to Subpart QQQQ is required to keep records of all documentation pertaining to the certification testing for each model line, the results of the quality assurance program inspections, and a sealed sample of each heater or furnace upon which certification tests were performed and certification granted. Each approved test laboratory and third-party certifier must maintain records consisting of all documentation pertaining to each certification test, quality assurance program inspection and audit test. Manufacturers must also submit the test reports and other documentation to EPA when they apply for a certificate of compliance for each model line. These reports, and records are essential in determining compliance, and are required of all affected facilities subject to NSPS. This information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart QQQQ. |
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| 202203-0584-005 | Annual State Report on Verification of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Participation (Renewal) | USDA/FNS | 2022-04-19 | Active | Extension without change of a currently approved collection
Annual State Report on Verification of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Participation (Renewal)
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This collection requiring State agencies to verify that systems are in place to comply with associated regulations governing SNAP. FNS require that State agencies disqualify an individual who has committed an intentional program violation (IPV). Additionally, it requires that these individuals “be disqualified in accordance with the disqualification periods and procedures and requires State agencies to report information concerning each individual disqualified for an IPV to the disqualified recipient database, the electronic Disqualified Recipient System (eDRS), and to use eDRS data to determine the eligibility of individual applicants prior to certification. FNS also require that each State agency establish a system to verify and ensure that benefits are not issued to individuals who are deceased, and that data source is the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) Death Master File. |
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| 202203-0648-004 | NOAA Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) Program National Evaluation System | DOC/NOAA | 2022-04-19 | Active | Extension without change of a currently approved collection
NOAA Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) Program National Evaluation System
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This is a request for an extension of an existing information collection. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Office of Education is sponsoring data collection efforts on its Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) program. B-WET advances NOAA’s mission by awarding education grants that foster an environmentally literate citizenry who have the knowledge, attitudes, and skills needed to protect watersheds and related ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes ecosystems. B-WET currently funds projects in seven regions (California, Chesapeake Bay, Great Lakes, Gulf of Mexico, Hawaii, New England, and the Pacific Northwest). To ensure high-quality educational activities funded by B-WET, we created a cross-region, internal evaluation system that collects information from B-WET awardees and their teacher participants to provide ongoing monitoring of program implementation and to identify opportunities for improved program outcomes. B-WET awardees and teacher participants complete online survey forms to provide data for the evaluation system. Awardees are surveyed once per year of the project and teachers are surveyed twice, once after completing professional development programs and once after teaching their students about watershed. Information collected from awardees includes program elements such as program duration, format, audience, location, support and/or materials offered, and topics covered. Information collected from teacher professional development participants includes teaching methodologies, program satisfaction, program coverage, suggestions for improvement, and teaching confidence. This data collection effort benefits those who receive B-WET grants and project participants of those grants by providing regular program improvements that they can leverage to implement successful projects. The B-WET evaluation system is designed to collect data on a continuous basis (annually for grantees and as described above for teachers). However data collection is currently paused due to the fact that the national evaluation instruments are not designed to assess project implementation during the ongoing impacts of the pandemic. |
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| 202204-0938-007 | Initial Plan Data Collection to Support QHP Certification and other Financial Management and Exchange Operations (CMS-10433) | HHS/CMS | 2022-04-19 | Historical Active | Revision of a currently approved collection
Initial Plan Data Collection to Support QHP Certification and other Financial Management and Exchange Operations (CMS-10433)
Key Information
Authorizing Statutes
Pub.L. 111 - 148 1411-1412 (View Law) Pub.L. 111 - 148 1301-1304, 1311-1312 (View Law) Pub.L. 111 - 148 1321-1322 (View Law) Pub.L. 111 - 148 1343, 1401-1402 (View Law) Pub.L. 111 - 148 1324, 1341 (View Law) Abstract
As required by the CMS-9989-F: Establishment of Exchanges and Qualified Health Plans; Exchange Standards for Employers ("Exchange rule"), each Exchange must assume responsibilities related to the certification and offering of Qualified Health Plans ("QHP"). To offer insurance through an Exchange, a health insurance issuer must have its health plans certified as QHPs by the Exchange. A QHP must meet certain minimum certification standards, such as network adequacy, actuarial value standards, and the offering of the essential health benefits (EHB). The Exchange is responsible for ensuring that QHPs meet these minimum certification standards as described in the Exchange rule under 45 CFR 155 and 156, based on the Affordable Care Act, as well as other requirements determined by the Exchange. |
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| 202204-0551-001 | Agriculture Wool Apparel Manufacturers Trust Fund | USDA/FAS | 2022-04-18 | Active | Reinstatement without change of a previously approved collection
Agriculture Wool Apparel Manufacturers Trust Fund
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Section 12315 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 established the "Agriculture Wool Apparel Manufacturers Trust Fund" to be used for the purpose of reducing the injury to domestic manufacturers resulting from tariffs on wool fabric that are higher than tariffs on certain apparel articles made of wool fabric. Claimants must submit an affidavit certifying that they meet the eligibility requirements for each program they wish to apply for an annual payment. |
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