[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 195 (Wednesday, October 8, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58112-58113]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-25441]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

Proposed Projects

    Title: Child Care and Development Fund Quarterly Financial Report 
(ACF-696).
    OMB No.: 0970-0163.
    Description: States and territories use this form to facilitate the 
reporting of expenditures for the Child Care and Development Fund 
(CCDF) on a quarterly basis. The form provides specific data regarding 
expenditures, obligations, and estimates. It provides states and 
territories with a mechanism to request grant awards and certify the 
availability of State matching funds. Failure to collect this data 
would seriously compromise the Administration for Children and 
Families' (ACF) ability to monitor expenditures. This form may also be 
used to prepare ACF budget submissions to Congress. This information 
collection currently uses form ACF-696, for which Office of Management 
and Budget approval expires on December 31, 2003, updated for 
electronic submission.
    Respondents: States and Territories that are CCDF grantees.

                                             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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ACF-696.....................................              56                4                5            1,120
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      Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours...  ...............  ...............  ...............           1,120
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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

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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. E-mail 
address: [email protected]. 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 comments and suggestions submitted 
within 60 days of this publication.

    Dated: October 1, 2003.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-25441 Filed 10-7-03; 8:45 am]
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