The Department of Agriculture has submitted a request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review of an information collection requirement under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. They are asking for public comments by March 29, 2021, on whether the information is necessary and if the burden of collecting it can be minimized. This requirement involves the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, used by individuals who believe they have faced discrimination in a USDA program. The collected information helps the USDA Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights address such complaints, and respondents are typically USDA customers who report annually.
Simple Explanation
The Department of Agriculture wants to know if a form people use to say they've been treated unfairly is really needed and if filling it out takes too much time. They are asking people to share their thoughts about this by March 29, 2021.