[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 246 (Friday, December 21, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 65972]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-31501]


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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; Revision and Reinstatement of 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):
    Title of Information Collection: State Program Report (SPR): 
Reporting Requirements for Titles III and VII of the Older Americans 
Act (OAA).
    Type of Request: Reinstatement with modifications.
    Use: The SPR is the source of program data for State programs on 
behalf of elderly individuals across the nation, administered under the 
OAA. The data are used by AoA to fulfill reporting requirements 
mandated under the OAA, the Government Performance and Results Act, and 
other Federal management statutes. AoA uses the data for program 
planning, management, assessment, accountability and development. Data 
for all States are published each year on the AoA website for use by 
the States, area agencies, providers and research entities for program 
analysis and other statistical purposes.
    Frequency: Annual.
    Respondents: State agencies on aging, including comparable agencies 
in U.S. territories and the District of Columbia, which administer OAA 
programs.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 56.
    Total Estimated Burden Hours: 140,000.
    Additional Information or Comments: The Administration on Aging 
(AoA) has initiated a cooperative effort with State agencies on aging, 
area agencies on aging, and aging service providers to modify the SPR. 
Multiple factors influence AoA's plans to modify this fundamental 
information collection requirement at this time, particularly the 
following: (1) Need to incorporate into the SPR information 
requirements for the National Family Caregiver Support Program 
authorized by the 2000 Amendments to the OAA; (2) need to revise 
information requirements to comply with Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) standards for gathering information on race and ethnicity; (3) 
the need to streamline and reduce the current information requirements 
of the SPR; and (4) the expiration of OMB approval of the SPR under the 
Paperwork Reduction Act in August 2002. Written comments and 
recommendations for the modification of this 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: Frank Burns, 330 
Independence Avenue, SW., Rm. 4741, Washington, DC 20201.

    Dated: December 17, 2001.
Josefina G. Carbonell,
Assistant Secretary for Aging.
[FR Doc. 01-31501 Filed 12-20-01; 8:45 am]
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