[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 232 (Monday, December 3, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 60214]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-29818]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration on Aging


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Submission to 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Clearance; Comment 
Request; New Information Collection

AGENCY: Administration on Aging, HHS.
    The Administration on Aging (AoA), Department of Health and Human 
Services, provides an opportunity for comment on the following proposal 
for the collection of information in compliance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act (PRA; Pub. L. 96-511): National Outcome Measures Surveys 
of Older Americans Act (OAA) Clients.
    Type of Request: New information collection.
    Use: Consumer assessment data will be collected in this initial set 
of surveys to initiate national program outcome assessment consistent 
with the requirements of the Government Performance and Results Act and 
the Older Americans Act.
    Frequency: One-time.
    Respondents: Elderly individuals who have received selected 
services under Title 3 of the Older Americans Act.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 3,500.
    Total Estimated Burden Hours: 2,000.
    Additional Information or Comments:
    The Administration on Aging plans to submit to the Office of 
Management and Budget for approval the National Outcome Measures 
Surveys of Older Americans Act (OAA) Clients, pursuant to requirements 
set forth by congressional statute. Through a contract with WESTAT, 
Inc., AoA will draw samples of individuals served through Area Agencies 
on Aging across the country for the purpose of obtaining OAA program 
service assessments from these individuals. The surveys will utilize 
information collection instruments and methods developed and tested by 
experts in the field of gerontology and by State and local entities 
that administer OAA programs. The surveys will include assessments from 
among the following service categories: nutrition, transportation, 
caregiver support, home-care, and information and assistance.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 60 days of the publication of this 
notice directly to the following address: Office of Planning and 
Evaluation, Administration on Aging, Attention: David Bunoski, 330 
Independence Avenue, SW., Rm. 4755, Washington, DC 20201.

    Dated: November 27, 2001.
Josefina G. Carbonell,
Assistant Secretary for Aging.
[FR Doc. 01-29818 Filed 11-30-01; 8:45 am]
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