[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 162 (Monday, August 23, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51851-51852]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-19256]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

    Proposed Projects:
    Title: Computerized Support Enforcement Systems.
    OMB No: 0980-0271.
    Description: The information being collected is mandated by Section 
454(16) of the Social Security Act (the Act) which provides for the 
establishment and operation by the state agency, in accordance with an 
initial and annually updated advance planning document (APD) approved 
under section 452(d) of the Act, of a statewide system meeting the 
requirements of Section 454A. In addition, 454A(e)(1) requires that 
states create a State Case Registry (SCR) within their statewide 
automated child support systems to include information on IV-D cases 
and non-IV-D orders established or modified in the state on or after 
October 1, 1998. Section 454A(e)(5) of the Act requires states to 
regularly update their cases in the SCR.
    The data being collected for the APD are a combination of 
narratives, budgets and schedules which are used to provide funding 
approvals on an annual basis and to monitor and oversee system 
development. Child support has separate regulations under 45 CFR 307.15 
related to submittal of APDs because the program had supplemental 
authority for enhanced funding for systems development, and has 
substantial penalties for non-compliance with the statutory deadline of 
October 1, 2000. This information collection reflects the fact that 49 
states and territories are now certified under the Personal 
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA) 
leaving only five states that are not yet PRWORA systems certified, 
including one state that has not submitted an implementation APD for 
compliance with PRWORA automation. States and territories that opted to 
keep their Annual Planning Documents for child support systems are 
covered under a separate information collection, OMB No. 0992-0005, for 
45 CFR Part 95 Subpart F.
    The data being collected for the State Case Registry is used to 
transmit mandatory data elements to the Federal Case Registry (FCR) 
where it is used for matching against other data bases for the purposes 
of location of individuals, assets, employment and other child support 
related activities.
    Respondents: The respondents are 54 state and territorial child 
support agencies.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                 Number of
                 Instrument                      Number of    responses  per    Average burden     Total burden
                                                respondents     respondent    hours per response       hours
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307.15 (APD)................................               1               1             240                 240
307.15 (APD Update).........................               5               1              60                 300
307.11(e)(1)(ii) Collection of non-IV-D data              54          25,200                .046          62,597
 for SCR states.............................
307.11(e)(1)(ii) Collection of non-IV-D data           3,045             447                .029          39,472
 for SCR courts.............................
307.11(e)(3)(v) Collection of child data for           3,045             213                .083          53,833
 IV-D cases for SCR courts..................
307.11(f)(1) Case data transmitted from SCR               54              52               2.82            7,918
 to FCR new cases and case updates..........
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours:....  ..............  ..............  ..................         164,360
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    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

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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: August 17, 2004.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-19256 Filed 8-20-04; 8:45 am]
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