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• Working with State and local
agencies to implement holistic
technology solutions and process
changes. This might include helping
them prototype, test, and iterate on
potential solutions; and evaluating
existing products or developing new
ones for adoption by agencies. The
Center might assist State and local
agencies in procuring or implementing
these solutions and measuring their
impact on enrollment and retention.
Examples of solutions aimed at
improving the applicant and participant
experience may include:
• Participant-facing technology tools
such as online schedulers, document
uploaders, and participant portals;
• Data matching, interoperability,
and/or cross-enrollment projects to
reduce the documentation burden on
participants;
• Technology platforms, which allow
applicants to choose video, phone, text,
or other voice applications to connect
with WIC clinics;
• Content updates, such as content
strategy or plain language updates to
websites, forms, or notices;
• Data analytics tools; and
• Process improvements.
In addition to providing direct
support to State and local agencies, FNS
expects the Center to identify, evaluate,
develop, and disseminate effective
solutions and technical standards across
States, and help WIC State agencies
leverage their data to improve the WIC
customer experience. It will also
facilitate collaboration between WIC
State agencies to address common
operational issues.
FNS anticipates that the Center will
support multiple WIC State agencies at
once. The Center should have quick
access to talent covering a spectrum of
potential needs, and must be agile and
capable of meeting shifting goals and
objectives as they learn more about the
problem space.

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II. Responses
FNS is seeking information from
stakeholders on the following questions.
Responses should be limited to 10
single-spaced pages that follow the
formatting guidelines above.
Respondents should not include
proprietary information or concepts in
their responses.
FNS requests the following
information:
(1) What capabilities should the
Center have to effectively support State
and local WIC agencies in implementing
new technology solutions and process
changes?

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(2) How should the Center evaluate
WIC State agency needs and prioritize
projects?
(3) How should the Center work with
State and local WIC agencies to help
them modernize their WIC programs
and improve the participant journey
through WIC?
(4) How should the Center share and
promote the reuse of best practices,
solutions, code, reference
implementations, and other resources
among WIC State agencies to help them
address common operational issues that
impact the customer experience?
(5) How would you define and
measure success for the Center?
(6) What risks do you foresee in
establishing a Center to support WIC
State agencies? How would you mitigate
those risks?
(7) Do you have any other feedback or
suggestions on this Center-based
approach? Please describe in detail.
Cynthia Long,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
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COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS
Notice of Public Meeting of the
Connecticut Advisory Committee
U.S. Commission on Civil
Rights.
ACTION: Announcement of meeting.
AGENCY:

Notice is hereby given,
pursuant to the provisions of the rules
and regulations of the U.S. Commission
on Civil Rights (Commission), and the
Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA), that the Connecticut Advisory
Committee to the U.S. Commission on
Civil Rights will hold a meeting via web
conference or phone call on Monday,
December 6, 2021, at 12:00 p.m. The
purpose of the web conference is to hear
from experts on zoning issues in
Connecticut.

SUMMARY:

December 6, 2021, Monday, at
12:00 p.m. (ET):
• To join by web conference, use
WebEx link: https://bit.ly/3pY6ROg;
password, if needed: USCCR–CT
• To join by phone only, dial 1–800–
360–9505; Access Code: 2764 522
8107#

DATES:

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Barbara Delaviez at ero@usccr.gov or by
phone at 202–539–8246.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
meeting is available to the public
through the WebEx link above. If joining
only via phone, callers can expect to

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incur charges for calls they initiate over
wireless lines, and the Commission will
not refund any incurred charges.
Individuals who are deaf, deafblind and
hard of hearing. may also follow the
proceedings by first calling the Federal
Relay Service at 1–800–877–8339 and
providing the Service with the call-in
number found through registering at the
web link provided for this meeting.
Members of the public are entitled to
make comments during the open period
at the end of the meeting. Members of
the public may also submit written
comments; the comments must be
received in the Regional Programs Unit
within 30 days following the meeting.
Written comments may be emailed to
Barbara de La Viez at ero@usccr.gov.
Persons who desire additional
information may contact the Regional
Programs Unit at (202) 539–8246.
Records and documents discussed
during the meeting will be available for
public viewing as they become available
at www.facadatabase.gov. Persons
interested in the work of this advisory
committee are advised to go to the
Commission’s website, www.usccr.gov,
or to contact the Regional Programs Unit
at the above phone number or email
address.
Agenda: Monday, December 6, 2021, at
12:00 p.m. (ET)
I. Welcome and Roll Call
II. Web Conference on Zoning
III. Public Comment
IV. Next Steps
V. Adjournment
Dated: November 3, 2021.
David Mussatt,
Supervisory Chief, Regional Programs Unit.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Census Bureau
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Survey of Income and
Program Participation
The Department of Commerce will
submit the following information
collection request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, on or after the date of publication
of this notice. We invite the general
public and other Federal agencies to
comment on proposed, and continuing
information collections, which helps us

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assess the impact of our information
collection requirements and minimize
the public’s reporting burden. Public
comments were previously requested
via the Federal Register on May 19,
2020 during a 60-day comment period.
This notice allows for an additional 30
days for public comments.
Agency: U.S. Census Bureau,
Department of Commerce.
Title: Survey of Income and Program
Participation.
OMB Control Number: 0607–1000.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission,
Request for a Revision of a Currently
Approved Collection.
Number of Respondents: 70,560.
Average Hours Per Response: 63
minutes.
Burden Hours: 74,088.
Needs and Uses: The SIPP collects
information about a variety of topics
including demographics, household
composition, education, nativity and
citizenship, health insurance coverage,
Medicaid, Medicare, employment and
earnings, unemployment insurance,
assets, child support, disability, housing
subsidies, migration, Old-Age Survivors
and Disability Insurance (OASDI),
poverty, and participation in various
government programs like
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program (SNAP), Supplemental Security
Income (SSI), and Temporary Assistance
for Needy Families (TANF). In the
spring of 2021, as part of the American
Rescue Plan, the child tax credit was
expanded, and the Internal Revenue
Service (IRS) was instructed to pay out
monthly benefits. The 2022 SIPP
instrument will collect receipt of the
child tax credit payments.
The SIPP sample is nationally
representative, with an oversample of
low-income areas, in order to increase
the ability to measure participation in
government programs.
The SIPP program provides critical
information necessary to understand
patterns and relationships in income
and program participation. It will fulfill
its objectives to keep respondent burden
and costs low, maintain high data
quality and timeliness, and use a refined
and vetted instrument and processing
system. The SIPP data collection
instrument maintains the improved data
collection experience for respondents
and interviewers and focuses on
improvements in data quality and better
topic integration.
Starting in 2019, the Census Bureau
and the Social Security Administration
(SSA) entered into a joint agreement
where both agencies support the SIPP
program by contributing resources to
add, process, review, and maintain

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additional content on marital history,
parental mortality, retirement and
pension, and disability. This joint
agreement started in September 2019
and goes until September 30, 2023.
The SIPP instrument is currently
written in Blaise and C#. It incorporates
an Event History Calendar (EHC) design
to help ensure that the SIPP will collect
intra-year dynamics of income, program
participation, and other activities with
at least the same data quality as earlier
panels. The EHC is intended to help
respondents recall information in a
more natural ‘‘autobiographical’’
manner by using life events as triggers
to recall other economic events. For
example, a residence change may often
occur contemporaneously with a change
in employment. The entire process of
compiling the calendar focuses, by its
nature, on consistency and sequential
order of events, and attempts to correct
for otherwise missing data.
Since the SIPP EHC collects
information using this
‘‘autobiographical’’ manner for the prior
year, due to the coronavirus pandemic,
select questions were modified to
include answer options related to the
pandemic as well as adding new
questions pertaining to the pandemic.
For instance, we adjusted the question
regarding being away from work parttime to include being possibly
furloughed due to coronavirus
pandemic business closures. We also
added new questions to collect
information on whether the respondent
received any stimulus payments.
Affected Public: Individual or
households.
Frequency: Annually.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Title 13, United
States Code, Sections 141, 182.
This information collection request
may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov.
Follow the instructions to view the
Department of Commerce collections
currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be
submitted within 30 days of the
publication of this notice on the
following website www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain. Find this
particular information collection by
selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day
Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or
by using the search function and

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entering either the title of the collection
or the OMB Control Number 0607–1000.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Census Bureau
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Current Population Survey,
Annual Social and Economic
Supplement
The Department of Commerce will
submit the following information
collection request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, on or after the date of publication
of this notice. We invite the general
public and other Federal agencies to
comment on proposed, and continuing
information collections, which helps us
assess the impact of our information
collection requirements and minimize
the public’s reporting burden. Public
comments were previously requested
via the Federal Register on April 1,
2021, and on September 3, 2021, during
a 60-day comment period. This notice
allows for an additional 30 days for
public comments.
Agency: U.S. Census Bureau,
Department of Commerce.
Title: Current Population Survey,
Annual Social and Economic
Supplement.
OMB Control Number: 0607–0354.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission,
Revision of a Currently Approved
Collection.
Number of Respondents: 78,000.
Average Hours per Response: 0.41667.
Burden Hours: 32,500.
Needs and Uses: Information on work
experience, personal income, noncash
benefits, current and previous year
health insurance coverage, employersponsored insurance take-up, and
migration is collected through the
ASEC. The work experience items in the
ASEC provide a unique measure of the
dynamic nature of the labor force as
viewed over a one-year period. These
items produce statistics that show
movements in and out of the labor force
by measuring the number of periods of
unemployment experienced by people,

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