[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 186 (Monday, September 27, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57707-57708]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-21610]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Acitivity; Comment Request]

    Proposed Projects:
    Title: Tribal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Financial 
Report, ACF-196TT.
    OMB No.: New collection.
    Description: Authority to collect and report this information is 
found in the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA), Pub. L. 104-193.
    Tribal entities with approved tribal plans for implementation of 
the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program are required 
by statute to report financial data on a quarterly basis. This form 
provides specific data regarding Federal expenditures. Failure to 
collect this data would seriously compromise the Administration for 
Children and Families' (ACF) ability to monitor expenditures. This 
information is also used to estimate outlays and may be used to prepare 
ACF budget submissions to Congress. Financial management of the program 
would be seriously compromised if the expenditure data were collected 
on a less than quarterly basis. Federal policy requires the strictest 
controls on funding requirements, which necessitates quarterly review 
of documentation in support of Tribal expenditures for reimbursement.
    In an effort to obtain comments on the content and use of this 
form, the form was distributed to ACF's Regional Offices and at various 
tribal conferences. Comments received were then used to guide us in the 
development of the product presented with this submittal.
    Respondents: Tribal TANF Agencies.

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                                             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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ACF-196TT.......................................              32               4               8           1,024
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours.........  ..............  ..............  ..............           1,024
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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 
Information Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW., Washington, DC 
20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. E-mail: 
[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: September 22, 2004.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance, Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-21610 Filed 9-24-04; 8:45 am]
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