[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 201 (Tuesday, October 18, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71736-71737]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-25120]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects:
Title: Renewal of Office of Community Services (OCS) Community
Economic Development (CED) Standard Reporting Format.
OMB No.: 0970-0386.
Description: The Office of Community Services (OCS) will continue
collecting key information about projects funded through the Community
Economic Development (CED) program. The legislative requirement for
this program is in Title IV of the Community Opportunities,
Accountability and Training and Educational Services Act (COATS Human
Services Reauthorization Act) of October 27, 1998, Public Law 105-285,
section 680(b) as amended. The reporting format, Performance Progress
Report (PPR), collects information concerning the outcomes and
management of CED projects. OCS will use the data to critically review
the overall design and effectiveness of the program.
The PPR will continue to be administered to all active grantees of
the CED program. Grantees will be required to use this reporting tool
for their semi-annual reports to be submitted twice a year. The current
PPR replaced both the annual questionnaire and other semi-annual
reporting formats, which resulted in an overall reduction in burden for
the grantees while significantly improving the quality of the data
collected by OCS. OCS seeks to renew this PPR to continue to collect
quality data from grantees. To ensure the burden on grantees is not
increased, but that the information collected demonstrates the full
impact of the program, OCS has conducted an in-depth review to remove
indicators that are not being used; add indicators that will allow OCS
to better demonstrate the impact of the program; and clarify language
of some indicators to reduce grantee confusion. Based on this review,
proposed changes to the CED PPR are minimal and focused on clarifying
language, removing outdated indicators, and gathering minimal
additional data that will not increase the burden on grantees. These
measures will result in a stronger and streamlined CED PPR that will
allow for the following:
--More clarity for grantees and ability to avoid confusion around what
data should be provided.
--Increased consistency across data.
--Ability for OCS and grantees to better demonstrate the impact of
these projects.
A summary of all proposed changes can be provided upon request.
Respondents: Active CED Grantees
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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PPR for Current OCS-CED Grantees............ 170 2 1.5 510
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours:
In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chap 35), 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, 330 C Street SW.,
Washington DC 20201. Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. Email
address: [email protected]. All requests should be identified
by the title of the information collection.
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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. 2016-25120 Filed 10-17-16; 8:45 am]
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