[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 67 (Friday, April 7, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17891-17892]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-3349]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families

[OMB No. 0970-0174]


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

Proposed Projects

    Title: Native Employment Works (NEW) Program Plan Guidance and 
Program Report
    Description: The Native Employment Works (NEW) program plan is the 
application for NEW program funding. As approved by the Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS), it documents how the grantee will 
carry out its NEW program. The NEW program plan guidance specifies the 
information needed to complete a NEW program plan and explains the 
process for plan submission every third year. The NEW program report 
provides information on the activities and accomplishments of grantees' 
NEW programs. The NEW program report and instructions specify the 
program data that NEW grantees report annually.
    Respondents: Federally recognized Indian Tribes and Tribal 
organizations that are NEW program grantees.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                                      Average
              Instrument                   Number of      Number of  responses     burden hours    Total burden
                                          respondents        per respondent        per response        hours
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NEW program plan guidance.............              26  1 every 3 years.........              29             754
NEW program report....................              48  1 annually..............              15             720
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,474
    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

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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: March 31, 2006.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 06-3349 Filed 4-6-06; 8:45 am]
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