[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 232 (Monday, December 4, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70407-70408]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-9503]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

    Proposed Projects:
    Title: Form OCSE-396A: Financial Report;
     Form OCSE-34A: Quarterly Report of Collections.
    OMB No.: 0970-0181.
    Description: State agencies administering the Child Support 
Enforcement Program under title IV-D of the Social Security Act are 
required to provide information each fiscal quarter to the Office of 
Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) concerning administrative expenditures 
and the receipt and disposition of child support payments from non-
custodial parents. Together with a third quarterly report, ``Itemized 
Undistributed Collections'' (Schedule UDC--OMB No. 0970-0268), these 
forms provide information from each State that is used to compute the 
quarterly grant awards, the annual incentive payments and provide 
valuable information on program

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finances. This information is also included in a published annual 
statistical and financial report, available to the general public.
    Pub. L. 109-171, the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, contains a 
number of provisions that will impact the States' completion and 
submission of these quarterly financial reports. These changes become 
effective in fiscal years 2006, 2007 and 2008. These changes require 
revisions to some of the data entry lines and reporting instructions 
currently contained on these forms. In addition, a periodic review of 
the data currently requested on these forms will assure that OCSE 
collections the information needed in the most efficient format 
feasible.
    Respondents: State agencies administering the Child Support 
Enforcement Program.

                                             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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OCSE-396A.......................................              54               4               8           1,728
OCSE-34A........................................              54               4               8           1,728
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    Estimate Total Annual Burden Hours:.........  ..............  ..............  ..............           3,456
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    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 
Information Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW., Washington, DC 
20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. All requests should be 
identified by the title of the information collection. E-mail address: 
[email protected].
    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: November 28, 2006.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 06-9503 Filed 12-1-06; 8:45 am]
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