[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 195 (Wednesday, October 8, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 58113]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-25442]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

Proposed Projects

    Title: Quarterly Performance Report (ORR-6).
    OMB No.: 0970-0036.
    Description: We ask for the information on this form in order to 
determine the effectiveness of the state cash and medical assistance, 
social services, and targeted assistance programs as required by 
section 412(e) of the Immigration and Naturalization Act. We also 
calculate state-by-state Refugee Cash Assistance and Refugee Medical 
Assistance utilization rates for use in formulating program 
initiatives, priorities, standards, budget requests, and assistance 
policies. The Office of Refugee Resettlement regulations require that 
this form be completed in order to participate in the program.

                                             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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OOR-6.......................................              48                4            3.875              744
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      Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours...  ...............  ...............  ...............             744
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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, 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. 03-25442 Filed 10-7-03; 8:45 am]
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