[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 219 (Thursday, November 13, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67437-67438]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-26785]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Title: Objective Work Plan (OWP) and Objective Progress Report
(OPR).
OMB No.: 0970-0429.
Description: Content and formatting changes are being made to the
OPR and OWP. The information in OPR is currently collected on quarterly
basis to monitor the performance of grantees and better gauge grantee
progress. The OWP is used by applicants when they submit their
proposals and then by grantees to monitor their projects once the award
is made by ANA. 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-annual 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 remains 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
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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.
Additional Information: Copies of the proposed collection may be
obtained 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. All
requests should be identified by the title of the information
collection. Email address: [email protected].
OMB Comment: OMB is required to make a decision concerning the
collection of information between 30 and 60 days after publication of
this document in the Federal Register. Therefore, a comment is best
assured of having its full effect if OMB receives it within 30 days of
publication. Written comments and recommendation for the proposed
information collection should be sent directly to the following: Office
of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, Fax: 202-395-
7285, Email: [email protected], Attn: Desk Officer for the
Administration for Children and families.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-26785 Filed 11-12-14; 8:45 am]
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