[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 10 (Friday, January 14, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2414-2415]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-879]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Title: Objective Progress Report (OPR).
OMB No.: 0980-0155.
Description: OPR information is collected to provide the
Administration for Native Americans with programmatic progress reports
on discretionary grant projects to meet ANA's legislatively required
evaluation of grantee 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 compose a narrative explaining the
status of the funded, grantee-identified project objective(s). Project
objectives are listed on an Objective Work Plan (OWP) which is approved
and funded for each
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grant. An enclosure with every grant award provides instructions on
completing and submitting the OPR.
Native American Program Specialists use the OPR 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.
OPRs 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 OPR
information is collected. Until June 1999, OPRs 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
Number of responses Average Total
Instrument respondents per burden hours burden hours
respondent per response
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Objective Progress Report (OPR)......................... 300 2 1.5 900
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 900.
Additional Information: Copies of the proposes 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 made 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
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 10, 2000.
Bob Sargis,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-879 Filed 1-13-00; 8:45 am]
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