[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 178 (Wednesday, September 13, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55253-55254]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-23409]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

Proposed Projects

    Title: National Directory of New Hires.
    OMB No. 0970-0166.
    Description: Public Law 104-193, the ``Personal Responsibility and 
Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996,'' requires the Office of 
Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) to operate a National Directory of New 
Hires (NDNH) to improve the ability of State child support agencies to 
locate noncustodial parents and collect child support across State 
lines. The law requires States to periodically transmit new hire data 
received from employers to the NDNH, and to transit quarterly wage and 
unemployment compensation claims data to the NDNH on a quarterly basis. 
States transmit all data to the NDNH electronically.
    Respondents: Employers, State child support agencies, State 
Employment Security agencies.

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                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                        Number of
             Instrument                 Number of     responses per    Average burden hours per    Total burden
                                       respondents     respondent             responses                hours
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New Hire: Employers Reporting             5,166,000           3.484  .0417 hours (2.5 minutes)..         750,531
 Manually.
New Hire: Employers Reporting             1,134,000          37.037  .00028 hours (1 second)....          11,760
 Electronically.
New Hire: States...................              54          83.333  266.668 hours..............       1,200,001
Quarterly Wage & Unemployment                    54               4  .033 hours (2 minutes).....            7.13
 Compensation.
Multistate Employers' Notification             2052               1  .050 hours (3 minutes).....           102.6
 Form.
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,962,402.
    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: September 6, 2000.
Bob Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-23409 Filed 9-12-00; 8:45 am]
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