[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 18 (Monday, January 28, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5812-5813]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-01618]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects
Title: Federal Tax Offset, Administrative Offset, and Passport
Denial.
OMB No.: 0970-0161.
The Federal Tax Offset, Administrative Offset, and Passport Denial
programs collect past-due child
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support by intercepting certain federal payments, including federal tax
refunds, of parents who have been ordered to pay child support and who
are behind in paying the debt. The program is a cooperative effort
among the Department of the Treasury's Financial Management Service,
the federal Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE), and state child
support enforcement (CSE) agencies. The Passport Denial program reports
noncustodial parents who owe child support above a threshold to the
Department of State, which will then deny passports to these
individuals. On an ongoing basis, CSE agencies submit to OCSE the
names, Social Security numbers, and the amount(s) of past-due child
support of people who are delinquent in making child support payments.
Respondents: State IV-D Agencies.
Annual Burden Estimates
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No. of Average burden
Instrument No. of responses per hours per Total burden
respondents respondent response hours
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Input Record.................................... 54 52 .3 842.4
Output Record................................... 54 52 .46 1291.7
Payment File.................................... 54 52 .135 379.1
Certification Letter............................ 54 1 .4 21.6
SSP FCE Processing screens--State and Federal 146 337 .008 393.2
Workers........................................
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Total....................................... .............. .............. .............. 2,928
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,928 hours.
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. 2013-01618 Filed 1-25-13; 8:45 am]
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