[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 36 (Tuesday, February 24, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8446-8447]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-3948]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    Title: National Directory of New Hires.
    OMB No.: 0970-0166.
    Description: Public Law 10-193, 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                                   Total
               Instrument                   Number of     responses per   Average burden hours  per     burden
                                           respondents     respondent             response              hours
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New Hire: Employers Reporting Manually.       5,166,000           3.484  0.417 hours (2.5 minutes).      750,531
New Hire: Employers Reporting                 1,134,000          37.037  0.0028 hours (1 second)...       11,760
 Electronically.
New Hire: States.......................              54          83.333  266.668 hours.............    1,200,001

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Quarterly Wage and Unemployment                      54               8  0.033 hours (2 minutes)...           14
 Compensation.
Multistate Employers' Notification Form           2,508               1  0.050 hours (3 minutes)...          125
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      Estimated total annual burden      ..............  ..............  ..........................    1,962,431
       hours.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Copies of the proposed collection may be 
obtained 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. All requests should be identified by the title of the 
information collection. E-mail address: [email protected].
    OMB Comment: OMB is required to make a decision concerning the 
collection of information between 30 and 60 days after publication of 
this document in the Federal Register. Therefore, a comment is best 
assured of having its full effect if OMB receives it within 30 days of 
publication. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent directly to the following:

Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, Attn: 
Desk Officer for ACF, E-mail address: [email protected].

    Dated: February 19, 2004.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Office.
[FR Doc. 04-3948 Filed 2-23-04; 8:45 am]
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