[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 50 (Thursday, March 14, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11485-11486]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-6120]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

Proposed Projects

    Title: State High Performance Bonus System (HPBS) Transmission File 
Layouts for HPBS Work Measure.
    OMB No.: 0970-0230.
    Description: This is a proposed extension of a current information 
collection. The purpose of this collection is to obtain data upon which 
to base the computation for measuring State performance in meeting the 
legislative goals of TANF as specified in section 403(a)(4) of the 
Social Security Act and 45 CFR part 270. Specifically, DHHS will use 
the data to award the portion of the bonus that rewards States for 
their success in moving TANF recipients from welfare to work. States 
will not be required to submit this information unless they elect to 
compete on a work measure for the TANF High Performance Bonus awards.
    Respondents: Respondents may include any of the 50 States, Guam, 
Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                          Number of
                                                            Number of     responses      Average    Total burden
                       Instrument                          respondents       per      burden hours      hours
                                                                         respondent   per response
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State High Performance Bonus System (HPBS) Transmission            54             2            16         1,728
 File Layouts for HPBS Work Measures....................
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,720.
    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

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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: March 6, 2002.
Bob Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-6120 Filed 3-13-02; 8:45 am]
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