[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 246 (Monday, December 23, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78233-78234]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-32183]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

    Proposed Projects:
    Title: Federal Parent Locator Service.
    OMB No. 0970-0142.
    Description: State and local child support enforcement agencies may 
request the Federal Parent Locator Service (FPLS) to assist in locating 
parents in order to establish or enforce child support. The FPLS serves 
as a conduit between child support enforcement offices and Federal and 
state agencies by conducting weekly, biweekly, or monthly matches of 
the collected information with various agencies and distributing the 
information back to the requesting state or local child support office.
    Respondents: State and local IV-D child support offices.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                  Number of      Average burden
                 Instrument                      Number of      responses per      hours per       Total burden
                                                respondents       respondent        response          hours
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FPLS submissions............................               5               24                1              120
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours.....  ...............  ...............  ...............             120
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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)

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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: December 16, 2002.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-32183 Filed 12-20-02; 8:45 am]
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