[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 80 (Wednesday, April 26, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24723-24724]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-3911]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request 
Proposed Projects

    Title: Developmental Disabilities Protection and Advocacy Statement 
of Goals and Priorities.
    OMB No.: 0980-0270.
    Description: As required by Federal statute and regulation, each 
State Protection and Advocacy (P&A) System must prepare and submit to 
public comment a Statement of Goals and Priorities (SGP) for the P&A 
for Developmental Disabilities (PADD) program for each coming fiscal 
year. The P&A is mandated to protect and advocate under a range of 
different Federally authorized disabilities programs, but only the PADD 
program requires an SGP. The final version of this SGP, following the 
required public input for the coming fiscal year, is submitted to the 
Administration on Developmental Disabilities (ADD). The information in 
the SGP will be aggregated into a national profile of programmatic 
emphasis for P&A Systems in the coming year. It will provide ADD with a 
tool for monitoring of the public input requirement. Furthermore, it 
will provide an overview of program direction, and permit ADD to track 
accomplishments against goals/targets, permitting the formulation of 
technical assistance and compliance with the Government Performance and 
Results Act of 1993.
    Respondents: State and Tribal Governments.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                     Number of        Average
                   Instrument                        Number of     responses per   burden hours    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent     per response        hours
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P&A SGP.........................................              57               1              44           2,508
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,508.
    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

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comments and suggestions submitted within 60 days of this publication.

    Dated: April 19, 2006.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 06-3911 Filed 4-25-06; 8:45 am]
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