[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 155 (Wednesday, August 12, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 43186]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-21568]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

Proposed Project

    Title: Developmental Disabilities Protection & Advocacy Program 
Performance Report.
    OMB No.: 0980-0160.
    Description: This information collection is a reporting by 
Protection & Advisory (P&A) systems in each State. Using this reporting 
format, the P&A systems describe their program performance during the 
previous fiscal year in the pursuit of their effort under Part C of the 
Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act (42 
U.S.C., 6000 et seq.) to protect the civil and human rights of persons 
with developmental disabilities. This program performance report (PPR) 
is required by Section 107(b) of the Developmental Disabilities 
Assistance and Bill of Rights Act (42 U.S.C., 6000 et seq.).
    The PPR is submitted by each P&A system to the Department of Health 
and Human Services, which will use the data in the PPR to develop an 
annual report to the President, the Congress, and the National Council 
on Disability, as required by Section 107(c) of the Developmental 
Disabilities Assistance and Bill off Rights Act (42 U.S.C., 6000 et 
seq.). Additionally, the data in the reports will provide the 
Department with an overview for good management of the program, and 
will enable the Department to respond to Congressional requests.
    Respondents: State, Local, or Tribal Government.

                                                                                                                
                                             Annual Burden Estimates                                            
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                          Number of                             
                                                            Number of     responses      Average    Total burden
                       Instrument                          respondents       per      burden hours      hours   
                                                                         respondent   per response              
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Annual Program Performance Report.......................           56             1            44         2,464 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,464.
    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 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 
Information Services, Division of Information Resource Management 
Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW, Washington, DC 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 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.

    Dated: August 6, 1998.
Bob Sargis,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-21568 Filed 8-11-98; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4184-01-M