[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 241 (Tuesday, December 16, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74726-74727]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-29421]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Title: State High Performance Bonus System (HPBS) Transmission File
Layouts for HPBS Work Measures.
OMB No.: 0970-0230.
Description: There is no longer a High Performance Bonus associated
with this information collection. The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005
(Pub. L. 109-171) eliminated the funding for the High Performance Bonus
(HPB), but we are still requesting that States continue to submit data
necessary to calculate the work measures previously reported under the
HPB.
Specifically, The TANF program was reauthorized under the Deficit
Reduction Act of 2005. The statute eliminated the funding for the HPB
under section 403(a)(4). Nevertheless the Department is required under
section 413(d) to annually rank State performance in moving TANF
recipients into private sector employment. We are, therefore,
requesting that States continue to transmit monthly files of adult TANF
recipients necessary to calculate the work measures performance data.
To the extent States do not provide the requested information, we will
extract the matching information from the TANF Data Report. This may
result in calculation of the work performance measures based on sample
data, which would provide us less precise information on States'
performance.
The Transmission File Layouts form provides the format that States
will continue to use for the quarterly electronic transmission of
monthly data on TANF adult recipients. States that have separate TANF-
MOE files on these programs are also requested to transmit similar
files. We are not requesting any changes to the Transmission File
Layouts form.
Respondents: Respondents may include any of the 50 States, the
District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.
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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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State High Performance Bonus System (HPBS) 25 2 12 600
Transmission File Layouts for HPBS Work
Measures...................................
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 600.
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 recommendations 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. 2014-29421 Filed 12-15-14; 8:45 am]
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