[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 244 (Friday, December 19, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70812-70813]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-31381]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

    Proposed Projects:
    Title: Administration for Native Americans Consultant and Evaluator 
Qualifications Form.
    OMB No. New Collection.
    Description: The Administration for Native Americans (ANA) 
Consultant and Evaluator Qualifications Form is used to collect 
information from prospective panel reviewers in compliance with 42 USC 
Section 2991d-1. The form will allow the Commissioner of ANA to select 
qualified people to review grant applications for: Social and Economic 
Development Strategies (SEDS), Language Preservation and Environmental 
Mitigation. The panel review process is a legislative mandate in the 
ANA grant funding process.
    Respondents are drawn from the public with a legislatively required 
preference being given to those who are Native American, Native 
Alaskan, Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islanders. These project 
evaluation panels review and rank applications.
    Respondents: Tribal members, the public.
    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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Consultant and Evaluator Qualifications Form             300                1               28            8,400
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 8,400
    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

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other forms of information technology. Consideration will be given to 
comments and suggestions submitted within 60 days of this publication.

    Dated: December 15, 2003.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-31381 Filed 12-18-03; 8:45 am]
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