[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 204 (Thursday, October 22, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64004-64005]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-26843]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects
Title: National Directory of New Hires.
OMB No.: 0970-0166.
Description: The National Directory of New Hires (NDNH) is a
centralized directory maintained by the Federal Office of Child Support
Enforcement. The information maintained in the NDNH is collected
electronically and used to help child support agencies in locating
parents and enforcing child support orders. Also, Congress authorized
specific State and Federal agencies to receive NDNH information for
authorized purposes to assist in administering certain programs. The
NDNH is authorized under 42 U.S.C. 653(i)(1).
The information collection activities pertaining to the NDNH are
authorized by:
(1) 42 U.S.C. 653A(b)(1)(A) and (B), requiring employers to report
all newly-hired employees to the State Directory of New Hires (SDNH);
(2) 42 U.S.C. 653A(g)(2)(A), requiring every SDNH to transmit the
new hire information to the NDNH within three business days of the data
being entered in the SDNH;
(3) 26 U.S.C. 3304(a)(16)(B), requiring the reporting of wage and
unemployment compensation information contained in the records of
agencies administering the State program under part A of Title IV of
the Social Security Act; and
(4) Requiring the quarterly reporting of wages and other
compensation under--
42 U.S.C. 653A(g)(2)(B), by every SDNH; and
42 U.S.C. 503(h)(1)(A), by State agencies administering
the State's unemployment laws.
Respondents: Employers, State IV-A Agencies, State Child Support
Agencies, and State Workforce Agencies.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Rounded number
Instrument Number of of responses Average burden hours per Total
respondents per respondent response
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New Hire: Employers Reporting Manually 5,130,348 1.40 .025 hours (1.5 minute). 179,562.18
New Hire: Employers Reporting 595,812 88.62 .00028 hours (1 second). 14,784.24
Electronically.
New Hire: States...................... 54 133,333.33 .016667 hours (1 minute) 120,002.40
QW & UI: States....................... 53 27.00 .00028 hours (1 second). 0.40
Multistate Employer Form.............. 4,632 1.00 .050 hours (3 minutes).. 231.60
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Estimate Total Annual Burden Hours .............. .............. ........................ 314,581
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 314,581 hours.
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. 2015-26843 Filed 10-21-15; 8:45 am]
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