[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 237 (Wednesday, December 10, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 68926]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-30551]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

[Document Identifier: OS-0990-0221]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.
    In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), 
Department of Health and Human Services, is publishing the following 
summary of proposed collections for public comment. Interested persons 
are invited to send comments regarding this burden estimate or any 
other aspect of this collection of information, including any of the 
following subjects: (1) The necessity and utility of the proposed 
information collection for the proper performance of the agency's 
functions; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (3) ways to 
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be 
collected; and (4) the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology to minimize the information collection 
burden.
    #1 Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of currently 
approved collection;
    Title of Information Collection: Family Planning Annual Report: 
Forms and Instructions and Supporting Regulations 42 CFR Part 50 and 
59;
    Form/OMB No.: OS-0990-0221;
    Use: This annual reporting requirement is for family planning 
service delivery projects authorized and funded under the Population 
Research and Voluntary Family Planning Programs (Section 1001 Title X 
of the Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. 300). The Family Planning 
Annual Report (FPAR) is the only source of annual, uniform reporting by 
all Title X family planning service grantees. Office of Population 
Affairs uses FPAR data to monitor compliance with statutory 
requirements, to comply with accountability and performance 
requirements of Government Performance and Results Act and HHS plans, 
and to guide program planning and evaluation.
    Frequency: Annually;
    Affected Public: State, local, or tribal government;
    Annual Number of Respondents: 89;
    Total Annual Responses: 89;
    Average Burden Per Response: 30 hours;
    Total Annual Hours: 2,937.
    To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms 
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, access the HHS 
Web site address at http://www.hhs.gov/oirm/infocollect/pending/ or e-
mail your request, including your address, phone number, OMB number, 
and OS document identifier, to [email protected]. or call the Reports 
Clearance Office on (202) 690-5522. Written comments and 
recommendations for the proposed information collections must be mailed 
within 30 days of this notice directly to the OS Paperwork Clearance 
Officer designated at the following address: Department of Health and 
Human Services, Office of the Secretary, Assistant Secretary for 
Budget, Technology, and Finance, Office of Information and Resource 
Management, Attention: Naomi Cook (0990-0221), Room 531-H, 200 
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington DC 20201.

    Dated: December 1, 2003.
John P. Burke III,
Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction Act Reports Clearance 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-30551 Filed 12-9-03; 8:45 am]
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