[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 145 (Friday, July 28, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 42849]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-12065]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

[Document Identifier: OS-0990-0304]


60-Day Notice; Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed 
Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.
    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 a proposed collection 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.
    Type of Information Collection Request: Extension, of a currently 
approved collection;
    Title of Information Collection: National Outcomes Performance 
Assessment of the Collaborative Initiative to Help End Chronic 
Homelessness.
    Form/OMB No.: OS-0990-0304;
    Use: To help determine whether the goals of the initiative are 
being met, and to help ensure accountability in local spending of the 
total $35-million of federal funds invested into the initiative, the 
three sponsoring federal agencies (HUD, HHS, and VA) are funding an 
independent performance outcomes evaluation coordinated by the VA 
Northeast Program Evaluation Center (NEPEC).
    Frequency: Reporting, on occasion & quarterly.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Annual Number of Respondents: 787.
    Total Annual Responses: 1587.
    Average Burden Per Response: 90%.
    Total Annual Hours: 1,903.
    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 
received with 60-days, and directed to the OS Paperwork Clearance 
Officer 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: Sherrette Funn-Coleman (0937-0166), Room 531-H, 200 
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20201.

    Dated: July 19, 2006.
Robert E. Polson,
Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction Act Reports Clearance 
Officer.
[FR Doc. E6-12065 Filed 7-27-06; 8:45 am]
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