[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 161 (Tuesday, August 20, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53953-53954]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-21042]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

Proposed Projects

    Title: Court Improvement Program.
    OMB No.: New.
    Description: The Court Improvement Program provides grants to State 
court systems to conduct assessments of their foster care and adoption 
laws and judicial processes, and to develop and implement a plan for 
system improvement. This Program Instruction (1) describes the 
requirements for States under the reauthorization of the Court 
Improvement Program; (2) outlines the programmatic and fiscal 
provisions and reporting requirements of the program; (3) specifies the 
application submittal and approval procedures for the program for 
Fiscal Years 2003 through 2006; and (4) identifies technical resources 
for use by State courts during the course of the program. This Program 
Instruction contains information collection requirements that are found 
in Pub. L. 103-66, as amended by Pub. L. 105-89 and Pub. L. 107-133; 
and pursuant to receiving a grant award. The information received will 
be used by the agency to ensure compliance with the statute and provide 
training and technical assistance to the grantees.
    Respondents: State courts.

                                             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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Application.............................................            52             1            40          2080
Annual Program Report...................................            52             1            24          1247
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours.................  ............  ............  ............          3328
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    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 
Administration, 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

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comments and suggestions submitted within 60 days of this publication.

    Dated: August 13, 2002.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-21042 Filed 8-19-02; 8:45 am]
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