[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 8 (Wednesday, January 12, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1907-1908]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-723]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    Title: Objective Evaluation Report (OER)
    OMB No.: 0980-0144
    Description: OER information is collected to provide the 
Administration for Native Americans with a final report on each 
discretionary grant project to meet ANA's legislatively required 
evaluation of grantees locally-determined grant objectives. This 
collection also complies with Department of Health and Human Services 
regulations and policies requiring grantees to submit progress reports 
and agencies to perform grant oversight.
    The information is collected in a narrative format without the use 
of a government form. Grantees provide self-evaluation information to 
explain the final status and accomplishments related to each funded, 
grantee-identified project objective(s). Project objectives are listed 
on an Objective Work Plan (OWP) which is approved and funded for each 
grant. An enclosure with every grant award provides instructions on 
completing and submitting the OER.
    Native American Program Specialists use the OER information to 
perform legislatively required Federal program oversight such as 
evaluate project and grantee performance, identify project outcomes 
suitable for use in program evaluation and Government Performance and 
Results Act (GPRA) analysis, and to identify grantees and projects that 
require more detailed Federal training and/or technical assistance. 
OERs are used in ANA competitive grant programs such as Social and 
Economic Development Strategies (SEDS), Native American Languages 
Preservation, Environmental Regulatory Enhancement, etc.
    The Administration for Native Americans simplified the way OER 
information is collected. Until June 1999, OERs were transcribed onto a 
government designed form where every project objective was listed; 
grantees often worked to fill in space under each objective to 
accommodate the volume of information they believed was required. 
Grantees now use their letterhead and present the level of detail they 
deem appropriate.
    Respondents: State, Local or Tribal Government.

                                             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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Objective Evaluation Report (OER)...........             250                1                2              500
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 500.

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 Resources 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 to 60 days after publication of this document in 
the Federal Register. Therefore, a comment is best

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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: ACF Desk Officer.

    Dated: January 6, 2000.
Bob Sargis,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-723 Filed 1-11-00; 8:45 am]
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