[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 166 (Monday, August 28, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 50921]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-14200]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

[Document Identifier: OS-0990-New; 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: New collection.
    Title of Information Collection: Oklahoma Marriage Initiative 
Process Evaluation.
    Form/OMB No.: OS-0990-New.
    Use: The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and 
Evaluation (ASPE) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 
is requesting clearance for data collection instruments to be used in 
conducting a process evaluation of the Oklahoma Marriage Initiative 
(OMI); which will be used to examine how Oklahoma developed, revised, 
and refined its approaches and strategies to serve this population this 
will inform the next stage of marriage education services for this 
population. Including the focus on services for prisoners, the overall 
purpose of the OMI process evaluation is to document and analyze the 
context from which the initiative developed; its overall goals and 
objectives; and its evolution, organizational structure, partnerships, 
and service delivery system.
    Frequency: Reporting, single time.
    Affected Public: Regulatory or compliance, Application of benefits.
    Annual Number of Respondents: 260.
    Total Annual Responses: 260.
    Average Burden Hours per Response: 1\1/2\ hours.
    Total Annual Hours: 390.
    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 within 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: Sherette Funn-Coleman (0990-New), Room 531-H, 200 
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington DC 20201.

    Dated: August 16, 2006.
Alice Bettencourt,
Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction Act Reports Clearance 
Officer.
 [FR Doc. E6-14200 Filed 8-25-06; 8:45 am]
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