[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 243 (Monday, December 19, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78662-78663]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-32349]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Agency Recordkeeping/Reporting Requirements Under Emergency
Review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Title: State Court Improvement Program.
OMB No.: New Collection.
Description: The Court Improvement Program (CIP) is composed of
three grants, the basic, data, and training grants, governed by two
separate Program Instructions (PIs). The training and data grants are
governed by the ``new grant'' PI and the basic grant is governed by the
``basic grant'' PI. Current PIs require separate applications and
program assessment reports for each grant. Every State applies for at
least two of the grants annually and most States apply for all three.
As many of the application requirements are the same for all three
grants, this results in duplicative work and high degrees of repetition
for State courts applying for more than one CIP grant.
The purpose of this Program Instruction is to streamline and
simplify the application and reporting processes by consolidating the
PIs into one single PI and requiring one single, consolidated
application (App) package and program assessment report (PAR) per State
court annually. These revisions will satisfy statutory programmatic
requirements and reduce both the number of required responses and
associated total burden hours for State courts.
This new PI also describes programmatic and fiscal provisions and
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reporting requirements for the grants, specifies the application
submittal and approval procedures for the grants for fiscal years 2012
through 2015, and identifies technical resources for use by State
courts during the course of the grants. The agency uses the information
received to ensure compliance with the statute and provide training and
technical assistance to the grantees.
Respondents: Highest State Courts of Appeal.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of Average
Instrument Number of responses per burden hours Total burden
respondents respondent per response hours
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Application..................................... 52 1 92 4784
Program Assessment Report....................... 52 1 86 4472
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 9256.
Additional Information: ACF is requesting that OMB grant a 180 day
approval for this information collection under procedures for emergency
processing by December 20, 2011. A copy of this information collection,
with applicable supporting documentation, may be obtained by calling
the Administration for Children and Families, Reports Clearance
Officer, Robert Sargis at (202) 690-7275.
Comments and questions about the information collection described
above should be directed to the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for ACF, Office of Management and
Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, 725 17th Street NW., Washington,
DC 20503; FAX: (202) 395-7285; email: [email protected].
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-32349 Filed 12-16-11; 8:45 am]
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