[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 43 (Friday, March 3, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 11545]
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[FR Doc No: 00-5109]


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AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT


Notice of Public Information Collections Being Reviewed by the 
Agency for International Development; Comments Requested

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 for 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 the 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 this information collection on or before March 
31, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Beverly Johnson, Bureau for 
Management, Office of Administrative Services, Information and Records 
Division, U.S. Agency for International Development, Room 2.07-106, 
RRB, Washington, DC 20523, (202) 712-1365 or via e-mail 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:   
    OMB No: OMB 0412-0552.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Title: Financial Status Report.
    Type of Review: Renewal of Information Collection.
    Purpose: USAID wants to require grant and cooperative agreement 
recipients who work in multiple countries to provide expenditure 
reports by country. USAID has stated in the ``remarks'' section of SF-
269 and SF-269A, or other applicable approved financial report form 
that ``For assistance programs which cover programs in more than one 
country, recipients shall specify by country the amount of the total 
Federal share which was expended for each country * * *'' The USAID has 
sought a class deviation to the statute from the Office of Management 
and Budget in accordance with the 22 CFR 226.4. The information is 
being collected so that USAID may report to Congress, the Office of 
Management and Budget and other requesters per the requirements of the 
Government Performance and Results Act and the Government Management 
Reporting Act. Also, the reporting requirements are necessary to assure 
that USAID funds are expended in accordance with Statutory requirements 
and USAID policies.
    Annual Reporting Burden:
    Respondents: 80.
    Total annual responses: 320.
    Total annual hours requested: 800 hours.

    Dated: February 22, 2000.
Joanne Paskar,
Acting Chief, Information and Records Division, Office of 
Administrative Services, Bureau for Management.
[FR Doc. 00-5109 Filed 3-2-00; 8:45 am]
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