[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 1 (Monday, January 3, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 89-90]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-28647]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

[Document Identifier: OS-4040-XXXX-]


Emergency Clearance: Public Information Collection Requirements; 
Notice of Proposed Requirement to Establish Government-Wide Standard 
Data Elements for Use by All Federal Grant Making Agencies--Mandatory 
Grant Applications

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Grants.gov Program Management Office.
    In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), 
Department of Health and Human Services, is publishing the following 
summary of proposed collections for public comment. Interested persons 
are invited to send comments regarding this burden estimate or any 
other aspect of this collection of information, including any of the 
following subjects: (1) The necessity and utility of the proposed 
information collection for the proper performance of the agency's 
functions; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (3) ways to 
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be 
collected; and (4) the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology to minimize the information collection 
burden.
    1. Type of Information Collection Request: Emergency Clearance;
    Title of Information Collection: SF-424 Mandatory (M);
    Form/OMB No.: OS-4040-XXXX-;
    Use: The SF-424(M) will become the government-wide data set for 
applications, plans, and related submissions under mandatory grant 
programs. Federal agencies and applicants/recipients under mandatory 
grant programs will use the standard data set and definitions for paper 
and electronic applications/plans/related submissions. At this time, 
the Federal agencies are proposing a set of data elements to be used as 
cover information. Additional standard data elements for other 
components of an application/plan, e.g., a standard budget, may be 
proposed at a later date.
    The proposed standard data set will replace numerous agency data 
sets and reduce the administrative burden placed on the grants 
community. Federal agencies will not be required to collect all of the 
information included in the proposed data set. The agency will identify 
the data that must be provided by applicants through instructions that 
will accompany the application package.
    Frequency: Recordkeeping, application, and on occasion;
    Affected Public: Federal, State, local, or tribal governments, 
farms, and not for profit institutions;
    Annual Number of Respondents: 1,161;
    Total Annual Responses: 21,900;
    Average Burden Per Response: 1 hour;
    Total Annual Hours: 21,900;
    To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms 
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, access the HHS 
Web site address at http://www.hhs.gov/oirm/infocollect/pending/ or e-
mail your request, including your address, phone number, OMB number, 
and OS document identifier, to [email protected], or call the Reports 
Clearance Office on (202) 690-6162. Written comments and 
recommendations for the proposed information collections must be mailed 
by January 21, 2004, directly to the OS Paperwork Clearance Officer 
designated at the following address: Department of Health and Human 
Services, Office of the Secretary, Assistant Secretary for Budget, 
Technology, and Finance, Office of Information and Resource Management, 
Attention: Naomi Cook (4040-XXXX), Fax Number (202) 690-8715, Room 531-
H, 200 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20201.


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    Dated: December 22, 2004.
Robert E. Polson,
Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction Act Reports Clearance 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-28647 Filed 12-30-04; 8:45 am]
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