[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 244 (Friday, December 19, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 70811]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-31379]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

    Proposed Projects:
    Title: National Directory of New Hires.
    OMB No.: 0970-0166.
    Description: Public Law 104-193, the ``Personal Responsibility and 
Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996,'' requires the Office of 
Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) to operate a National Directory of New 
Hires (NDNH) to improve the ability of state child support enforcement 
agencies to locate noncustodial parents and collect child support 
across state lines. The law requires employers to report newly hired 
employees to states. States are then required to periodically transmit 
new hire data received from employers to the NDNH, and to transmit wage 
and unemployment compensation claims data to the NDNH on a quarterly 
basis. Federal agencies are required to report new hires and quarterly 
wage data directly to the NDNH. All data is transmitted to the NDNH 
electronically.
    Respondents: Employers, State Child Support Enforcement Agencies, 
State Employment Security Agencies, Federal Agencies.
    Annual Burden Estimates:

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                                                          Number of
              Instrument                  Number of     responses per   Average burden hours per   Total burden
                                         respondents     respondent             response               hours
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New Hire: Employers Reporting               5,166,000           3.484  .0417 hours                       750,531
 Manually.                                                             (2.5 minutes)
New Hire: Employers Reporting               1,134,000          37.037  .00028 hours                       11,760
 Electronically.                                                       (1 second)
New Hire: States.....................              54          83.333  266.668 hours                   1,200,001
Quarterly Wage and Unemployment                    54               8  .033 hours                             14
 Compensation.                                                         (2 minutes)
Multistate Employers' Notification               2508               1  .050 hours                            125
 Form.                                                                 (3 minutes)
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,962,431 hours.
    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: December 10, 2003.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-31379 Filed 12-18-03; 8:45 am]
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