[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 59 (Friday, March 26, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 15885]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-6736]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    Title: Uniform Project Description (UPD) for Discretionary Grant 
Application Form.
    OMB No.: 0970-0139.
    Description: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) has 
more than 40 discretionary grant programs. The proposed information 
collection form would be a uniform discretionary application form 
usable for all of these grant programs to collect the information from 
grant applicants needed to evaluate and rank applicants and protect the 
integrity of the grantee selection process. All ACF discretionary grant 
programs would be eligible but not required to use this project 
description portion of the application form. When using the UPD, the 
project description portion of a program announcement consists of a 
series of text options which can be selected for individual projects. 
The combination of selected text options solicits information necessary 
to evaluate applications solicited for the particular program 
announcement. Guidance for the content of information requested in the 
project description is found in OMB Circulars A-102 and A-110.
    Respondents: Applicants for ACF Discretionary Grant Programs

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                             Number of
             Instrument                   Number of        responses per      Average burden      Total burden
                                         respondents         respondent     hour per response        hours
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UPD.................................            11,050                  1                 40            442,000
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 442,000

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: March 22, 2004.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-6736 Filed 3-25-04; 8:45 am]
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