[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 144 (Tuesday, July 28, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 44970]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-18440]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects
Title: Disaster Information Collection Plans.
OMB No.: NEW.
Description: This request is for approval of a plan for conducting
more than one information collection that is very similar, voluntary,
low-burden and uncontroversial. The Information collections under this
generic clearance will be activated during a disaster. These forms will
be used after a disaster to develop a technical assistance plan for
affected ACF programs.
Presidential Policy Directive-8 (PPD-8), which was signed into law
in 2011, provides federal guidance and planning procedures under
established phases--protection, preparedness, response, recovery, and
mitigation. The data collection addresses response, and recovery for
ACF programs with a statutory preparedness planning requirement and
other programs without that requirement.
ACF/Office of Human Services Emergency Preparedness and Response
(OHSEPR) has a requirement under PPD-8, the National Response
Framework, and the National Disaster Recovery Framework to report
impacts of disasters to ACF-supported human services programs to the
HHS Secretary's Operation Center (SOC). ACF/OHSEPR works in conjunction
with the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR), and
the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to ensure that impacted
ACF programs are returned to their normal or close to normal
operations.
The primary purpose of the information collection pertains to ACF's
initiative to provide real time updates during the response and
recovery phases of a disaster; the information will be used to respond
to inquiries about human services response and recovery efforts,
specifically for individuals, children, and families that need support
from ACF programs. Further, the information collection will be used to
support ACF/OHSEPR's goal to quickly identify critical gaps, resources,
needs, and services to support State, local and non-profit capacity for
disaster case management and to augment and build capacity where none
exists.
Respondents: Varies, depending on programmatic impact (could be
state administrators, or grantees).
Annual Burden Estimates
The estimate is based on a single disaster per year. The estimate
is for one state administrator to go through all the applicable
questions with the Regional and Central Office staff, if applicable.
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Number of
Instrument Number of responses per Burden hours per Total burden hours
respondents respondent response
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Program Specific Disaster 50 15 0.5 25
Information Collection.........
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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. 2015-18440 Filed 7-27-15; 8:45 am]
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