[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 160 (Tuesday, August 19, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 44132]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-21909]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; comment request

    Title: Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Uniform 
Project Description (UPD).
    OMB No.: 0970-0139.
    Description: ACF has more than forty discretionary grant programs. 
The proposed information collection narratives would comprise a set of 
descriptive language provisions usable for all of these grant programs 
to collect the information from grant applicants needed to evaluate and 
rank applications and protect the integrity of the grantee selection 
process. All ACF discretionary grant programs would be eligible but not 
required to use this project description.
    The ACF uniform project description consists of a menu of 
narratives that can be selected as required to configure a project 
description appropriate for individual program announcements. 
Narratives selected for use in a given program announcement would 
define the required program description portion for the grant 
applicant. The ability to pick and choose appropriate language for any 
given program announcement simplifies application preparation by 
eliminating irrelevant portions of the application format for a given 
program announcement.
    Respondents: State, Local or Tribal Governments; and Not-for-profit 
institutions.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates                                            
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                                                                            Number of     Average               
                                                               Number of    responses      burden       Total   
                         Instrument                           respondents      per       hours per      burden  
                                                                            respondent    response      hours   
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Uniform Project Description.................................        4,418            1            4       17,672
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 17,672.
    Additional Information: Copies of the proposed collection may be 
obtained 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.
    OMB Comment: OMB is required to make a decision concerning the 
collection of information between 30 and 60 days after publication of 
this document in the Federal Register. Therefore, a comment is best 
assured of having its full effect if OMB receives it within 30 days of 
publication. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent directly to the following: Office 
of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, 725 17th Street, 
N.W., Washington, D.C. 20503, Attn: Ms. Wendy Taylor.

    Dated: August 13, 1997.
Robert Driscoll,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 97-21909 Filed 8-18-97; 8:45 am]
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