[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 86 (Wednesday, May 3, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25734-25735]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-11017]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

Proposed Projects

    Title: Information Collection Items in the Head Start Performance 
Standards (current rule).
    OMB No.: 0970-0148.
    Description: The Head Start Performance Standards are regulations 
which establish standards for Head Start grantee and delegate agencies 
to follow to administer quality programs as required by law. Local 
programs are monitored for compliance with these standards. The 
information collection aspects of the Performance Standards are one 
part of the many actions that local agencies must take to ensure they 
administer quality programs. Almost all these information collections 
items are recordkeeping requirements such as recording: Nutrition 
assessment data, family partnership development, and regular volunteer 
screening for tuberculosis. These records are intended

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to act as a management tool for grantees to use in their daily 
operations. Such records are maintained by the grantees and are not 
information items which must be collected and then forwarded to the 
Federal government.
    Respondents: Head Start grantee and delegate agencies.
    Annual Burden Estimates:

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                                                                                  Average burden
            Instrument                Number of       Number of  responses per       hours per     Total burden
                                     respondents             respondent              response          hours
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Performance Standards............           2,472  Once a year..................             594       1,468,626
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,468,626.
    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, 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: April 26, 2000.
Bob Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-11017 Filed 5-2-00; 8:45 am]
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