[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 17 (Monday, January 27, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 4346]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-01453]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects:
Title: ACF Grantee Survey of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance
Program (LIHEAP).
OMB No.: 0970-0076.
Description: The LIHEAP Grantee Survey is an annual data collection
activity, which is sent to grantees of the 50 states and the District
of Columbia administering the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
(LIHEAP). The survey is mandatory in order that national estimates of
the sources and uses of LIHEAP funds can be calculated in a timely
manner; a range can be calculated of State average LIHEAP benefits; and
maximum income cutoffs for four-person households can be obtained for
estimating the number of low-income households that are income eligible
for LIHEAP under the State income standards. The need for the above
information is to provide the Administration and Congress with fiscal
estimates in time for hearings about LIHEAP appropriations and program
performance. The information also is included in the Departments annual
LIHEAP Report to Congress. The survey, along with all other forms
required of LIHEAP grantees, will be available electronically through
the web-based Online Data Collection (OLDC) system to which all LIHEAP
grantees currently have access. By making the survey available through
OLDC, it will improve the accuracy and efficiency of grantee
submissions by performing certain data validation checks before
grantees complete their submission. It will also allow grantees to
track the progress of ACF's review of the survey, as well as permit
grantees to access archived surveys in the future.
Respondents: 50 States and the District of Columbia.
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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LIHEAP Grantee Survey....................... 51 1 3.50 178.50
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 178.50.
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. 2014-01453 Filed 1-24-14; 8:45 am]
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