[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 242 (Monday, December 19, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 75180]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-24174]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

Proposed Projects

    Title: Sanction Policies Task Order.
    OMB No.: New Collection.
    Description: This study is designed to determine how local welfare 
offices implement sanction policies in the Temporary Assistance for 
Needy Families program. This study will survey local welfare staff to 
gather in-depth qualitative information on how workers interpret the 
policies and apply them in specific instances. The results of this 
study should give the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) a 
better understanding of possible outcomes of various sanction policies, 
which in turn will help ACF design a research program to study the 
effect of sanctions.
    Respondents: A maximum of 324 welfare staff in local welfare 
offices.

                                             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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In-person Survey and Telephone Interviews...             324                1              .85              275
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 275.
    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 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: December 12, 2005.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-24174 Filed 12-16-05; 8:45 am]
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