[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 234 (Wednesday, December 6, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70778-70779]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-9539]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

    Proposed Projects:
    Title: National Directory of New Hires.
    OMB No.: 0970-0166.
    Description: Public Law 104-193, the ``Personal Responsibility and 
Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996,'' requires the Office of 
Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) to operate a National Directory of New 
Hires (NDNH) to improve the ability of State child support enforcement 
agencies to locate noncustodial parents and collect child support 
across State lines. The law requires employers to report newly hired 
employees to States. States are then required to periodically transmit 
new hire data received from employers to the NDNH, and to transmit wage 
and

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unemployment compensation claims data to the NDNH on a quarterly basis. 
Federal agencies are required to report new hires and quarterly wage 
data directly to the NDNH. All data is transmitted to the NDNH 
electronically.
    Respondents: Employers, State Child Support Enforcement Agencies, 
State Workforce Agencies, Federal Agencies.

                                             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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New Hire: Employers Reporting Manually..........       5,166,000           3.484          .025           449,959
New Hire: Employers Reporting Electronically....       1,134,000          33.272          .00028          10,565
New Hire: States................................              54          83.333        66.7             300,150
Quarterly Wage & Unemployment Compensation......              54           8              .033                14
Multistate Employers' Notification Form.........           2,808           1              .050               140
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours:........  ..............  ..............  ..............         760,828
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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 
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 comments and suggestions submitted 
within 60 days of this publication.

    Dated: November 30, 2006.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 06-9539 Filed 12-5-06; 8:45 am]
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