[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 135 (Monday, July 15, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 42082]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-16874]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects:
Title: Renewal of Office of Community Services (OCS) Community
Economic Development (CED) Standard Reporting Format
OMB No.: 0970-0386
Description: The Office of Community Services (OCS) will continue
collecting key information about projects funded through the Community
Economic Development (CED) program. The legislative requirement for
this program is in Title IV of the Community Opportunities,
Accountability and Training and Educational Services Act (COATS Human
Services Reauthorization Act) of October 27, 1998, Public Law 105-285,
section 680(b) as amended. The reporting format, Performance Progress
Report (PPR), collects information concerning the outcomes and
management of CED projects. OCS will use the data to critically review
the overall design and effectiveness of the program.
The PPR will continue to be administered to all active grantees of
the CED program. Grantees will be required to use this reporting tool
for their semi-annual reports to be submitted twice a year. The current
PPR replaced both the annual questionnaire and other semi-annual
reporting formats, which resulted in an overall reduction in burden for
the grantees while significantly improving the quality of the data
collected by OCS. OCS seeks to renew this PPR to continue to collect
quality data from grantees. To ensure the burden on grantees is not
increased, all questions on the current PPR will remain the same--we
propose adding only one question to the PPR regarding the total number
of jobs grantees are creating with grant funds. Many grantees have
asked about this element on the current PPR and currently do not have a
place to report that information. This is information that most
grantees are already collecting. Adding this field will allow grantees
to provide this information in a consistent format and allow OCS to
more accurately reflect the total number of jobs created through the
CED program. Since grantees are already familiar with the current
format and elements, and all questions on the PPR will remain the same
(with one added question based on grantee feedback), there will be no
additional burden on grantees.
Respondents: Current CED grantees.
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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Questionnaire for current OCS-CED grantees...... 170 2 1.50 510
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 510
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. 2013-16874 Filed 7-12-13; 8:45 am]
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