[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 131 (Wednesday, July 9, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38904-38905]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-15927]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects:
Title: Objective Progress Report (OPR) and Objective Work Plan
(OWP).
OMB No.: 0970-0429.
Description: Content and formatting changes are being made to the
OPR and OWP. The information in the OPR is currently collected on a
quarterly basis to monitor the performance of grantees and better gauge
grantee progress. The OWP is utilized by applications when they submit
their proposals and then by grantees to monitor their projects once
awarded. ANA has determined that the requirement for ANA Grantees to
submit information about the project activities on quarterly basis
creates undue burden for Grantees. Therefore, ANA has reformatted the
OPR to require Grantees submit semi-annually reports instead of
quarterly report. This will reduce the administrative burden on
Grantees especially the smaller organizations. The majority of content
being requested from the grantees essentially remain same except for
the frequency of reporting.
OPR: The following are proposed content changes to the document:
Grantee Information: Report Frequency--This section of OPR will be
reformatted to request semi-annual or final project data instead of
quarterly information. The other sections of the document with
reference to ``quarterly'' information will be changed to reflect the
shift from four times a year reporting requirement to twice per year.
Objective Work Plan Update: Content is the same. No changes are
proposed for this section of the OPR.
Impact indicator: Current Status of Expected Results and Current
Status of Expected Benefits which are reported separately on the OPR
will be combined to read ``Current Status of Expected Results and
Benefits.'' The content requested in this section is similar to the
previous OPR without the added burden of having the reporting
organizations provide the analysis that distinguish between ``results
and benefits''. Every section of the document will be rewritten to
reflect this change.
OWP: ANA proposes to reformat the OWP (content is same) by swapping
the Objective field with Problem Statement. In other words, this
section will require respondents to begin with a concise statement
about the problem the project is designed to address and will be
followed by more details about the objectives of the project.
The two fields ``Results Expected and Benefits Expected'' will be
combined into one field to read ``Results and Benefits Expected''. This
will reduce redundancy and help reduce the burden on Grantees.
Respondents: Tribal Government, Native non-profit organizations,
Tribal Colleges & Universities.
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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OWP............................................. 500 1 3 1,500
OPR............................................. 275 2 1 550
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,050.
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
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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. 2014-15927 Filed 7-8-14; 8:45 am]
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