[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 210 (Tuesday, October 30, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65692-65693]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-26575]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects
Title: Tribal TANF Financial Report (ACF-196T).
OMB No.: 0970-0345.
Description: Tribes use Form ACF-196T to report expenditures for
the Tribal TANF grant. Authority to collect and report this information
is found in the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity
Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA), Public Law 104-193. Tribal
entities with approved Tribal plans for implementation of the TANF
program are required by Section 412(h) of the Social Security Act to
report financial data. Form ACF-196T provides for the collection of
data regarding Federal expenditures. Failure to collect this data would
seriously compromise the Administration for Children and Families'
(ACF) ability to monitor expenditures. This information is also used to
estimate outlays and may be used to prepare ACF budget submissions to
Congress. Financial management of the program would be seriously
compromised if the expenditure data were not collected.
45 CFR part 286 Subpart E requires the strictest controls on
funding requirements, which necessities review of documentation in
support of Tribal expenditures for reimbursement. Comments received
from previous efforts to implement a similar Tribal TANF report Form
ACF-196T were used to guide ACF in the development of the product
presented with this submittal
Respondents: All Tribal TANF Agencies.
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Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of Average burden
Instrument Number of responses per hours per Total burden
respondents respondent response hours
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ACF-196T........................................ 56 4 1.00 224
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 224.
In compliance with the requirements of Section 506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Administration for Children and
Families is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the
information collection described above. Copies of the proposed
collection of information can be obtained and comments may be forwarded
by writing to the Administration for Children and Families, Office of
Planning, Research and Evaluation, 370 L'Enfant Promenade SW.,
Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. Email
address: [email protected]. All requests should be identified
by the title of the information collection.
The Department specifically requests comments on: (a) Whether the
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the
information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
information; (c) the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection
of information on respondents, including through the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
Consideration will be given to comments and suggestions submitted
within 60 days of this publication.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-26575 Filed 10-29-12; 8:45 am]
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