[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 1 (Monday, January 4, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 93-94]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-32969]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
AGENCY: Administration for Children and Families; HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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Proposed Projects
Title: ACF Performance Progress Reports--Program Indicators.
OMB No.: 0970-0406.
Description: The Office of Grants Management (OGM), in the
Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is proposing the
continued collection of program performance data for ACF's
discretionary grantees. The form developed by OGM was created from the
basic template of the OMB-approved reporting format of the Program
Performance Report. OGM uses this data to ensure grantees are
proceeding in a satisfactory manner in meeting the approved goals and
objectives of the project, and if funding should be continued for
another budget period.
The requirement for grantees to report on performance is OMB grants
policy. Specific citations are contained in 45 CFR part 75 Uniform
Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements
for HHS Awards.
Respondents: All ACF Discretionary Grantees. State governments,
Native American Tribal governments, Native American Tribal
Organizations, Local Governments, and Nonprofits with or without
501(c)(3) status with the IRS.
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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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ACF-OGM-SF-PPR-B................ 6000 1 1 6000
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 6000.
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 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. 2015-32969 Filed 12-31-15; 8:45 am]
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