[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 95 (Monday, May 18, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27298-27299]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-13112]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects
Title: Voluntary Surveys of Program Partners to Implement Executive
Order
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12862 in the Administration for Children and Families.
OMB No. 0980-0266.
Description: Under the provisions of the Federal Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13), the Administration for Children
and Families (ACF) is requesting clearance for instruments to implement
Executive Order 12862 within the ACF. The purpose of the data
collection is to obtain customer satisfaction information from those
entities who are funded to be our partners in the delivery of services
to the American public. ACF partners are those entities that receive
funding to deliver services or assistance from ACF programs. Examples
of partners are States and local governments, territories, service
providers, Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations, grantees,
researchers, or other intermediaries serving target populations
identified by and funded directly or indirectly by ACF. The surveys
will obtain information about how well ACF is meeting the needs or our
partners in operating the ACF programs.
Respondents: State, Local, Tribal Govt. or Not-for-Profit
Institutions
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 Governments............................... 51 10 1 510
Head Start grantees & Delegates................. 200 1 .5 100
Other Discretionary Grant Programs.............. 200 10 .5 1,000
Indian Tribes & tribal Organizations............ 25 10 .5 50
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 1,660
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In compliance with the requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Administration for Children and
Families is soliciting public comment in 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
Information Services, Division of Information Resource Management
Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade S.W., Washington, D.C. 20447, Attn:
ACF Reports Clearance Officer. 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 qualify, utility, and clarify of the information
to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection
on information on respondents, including through the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms on information technology.
Consideration will be given to comments and suggestions submitted
within 60 days of this publication.
Dated: May 13, 1998.
Bob Sargis,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-13112 Filed 5-15-98; 8:45 am]
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