[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 173 (Monday, September 8, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47216-47217]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: X97-10908]


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AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT


Proposed Collection: Comment Request

SUMMARY: U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is making 
efforts to reduce the paperwork burden. USAID invites the general 
public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment 
on the following proposed and/or continuing information collections, as 
required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. Comments are requested 
concerning: (a) Whether the proposed or continuing collections of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether information shall have practical utility; 
(b) the accuracy of the burden estimates; (c) ways to enhance the 
quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; and (d) 
ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on the 
respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology.

DATES: Send comments on or before September 30, 1997.

ADDRESS INFORMATION TO: Mary Ann Ball, Bureau of Management, Office of 
Administrative Services, Information and Records Division, U.S. Agency 
for International Development, RRB Room 2.07C, Washington, D.C. (202) 
712-1765 or via e-mail [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

    OMB Number: OMB 0412-0510.

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    Form Number: N/A.
    Title: Administrative of Assistance Awards to U.S. Non-Governmental 
Organizations, 22 CFR 226, and USAID's Automated Directive System, 
Chapter 303.
    Type of Submission: Renewal.
    Purpose: Section 635(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act (FAA) 
authorizes USAID to make grants and cooperative agreements with any 
organization and within limits of the FAA. Most of the information that 
USAID requests of its recipients is necessary to fulfill the 
requirement that USAID, as Federal agency, ensure prudent management of 
public funds under all of its assistance instruments. The pre-award 
information is necessary to assure that funds are provided for programs 
that further the purposes of the FAA and that the recipients have the 
capability to manage the program administratively and financially. The 
administration (post-award) requirements are based on the need to 
assure that the program is functioning adequately, that the funds are 
managed properly and that statutory and regulatory requirement are 
complied with.
    Annual Report Burden:
      Respondents: 400.
      Total annual hours requested: 37,400.
      Total annual responses: 1,100.

    Dated: August 27, 1997.
Willette Smith,
Acting Chief, Information and Records Division, Office of 
Administrative Services, Bureau of Management.
[FR Dos. 97-23671 Filed 9-5-97; 8:45 am]
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