# Agency Information Collection Activities; Announcement of Office of Management and Budget Approval; Shortages Data Collection
**AGENCY:**
Food and Drug Administration, HHS.
**ACTION:**
Notice.
**SUMMARY:**
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing that a collection of information entitled “Shortages Data Collection” has been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA).
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Amber Sanford, Office of Operations, Food and Drug Administration, Three White Flint North, 10 a.m.-12 p.m., 11601 Landsdown St., North Bethesda, MD 20852, 301-796-8867, *[email protected].*
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
On May 20, 2024, the Agency submitted a proposed collection of information entitled “Shortages Data Collection” to OMB for review and clearance under 44 U.S.C. 3507. An Agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. OMB has now approved the information collection and has assigned OMB control number 0910-0491. The approval expires on October 31, 2027. A copy of the supporting statement for this information collection is available on the internet at *https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.*
Dated: December 13, 2024.
P. Ritu Nalubola,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.