[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 17 (Friday, January 26, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 3850]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-1187]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

[Document Identifier: OS-04040-0005; 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 Grants.gov Program Management 
Office, one of the 26 E-Government initiatives, managed by the 
Department of Health and Human Services is publishing the following 
summary of proposed collection for public comment. Interested 
individuals are invited to send comments regarding any aspect of this 
collection of information 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.
    Title of Information Collection: SF-424 Individual.
    Form/OMB No.: 4040-0005.
    Use: The discretionary SF-424 was established as the government-
wide standard data set and form for Discretionary grant applications on 
July 31, 2003 [Federal Register Notice 68 FR 44974]. The SF-424 
consolidates grant application related data and forms currently used by 
Federal grant-making agencies and organizations for their discretionary 
grant programs and replaces numerous agency-specific forms. The effect 
has been to reduce the administrative burden to the Federal grants 
community, which includes applicants/grantees and Federal staff 
involved in grants-related activities. Use of the standard data 
elements was implemented through the electronic grants application 
process of Grants.gov, which was deployed in October 2003 and is part 
of the implementation of the Federal Financial Assistance Management 
Improvement Act of 1999 (Pub. L. 106-107). Federal agencies and 
applicants under discretionary grant programs now use the standard SF-
424 discretionary data set and definitions for paper and electronic 
applications. Federal agencies will not be required to use the SF-424 
(I) nor be required to collect all of the information included in the 
proposed data set. The agency will identify the data that must be 
provided by applicants through instructions that will accompany the 
application package.
    Frequency: Recordkeeping, Reporting, on occasion.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Annual Number of Respondents: 5,827.
    Total Annual Responses: 6,949.
    Average Burden per Response: 24.72 min.
    Total Annual Hours: 2,863.
    To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms 
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, 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 Resources 
and Technology, Office of Resources Management, Attention: Sherrette 
Funn-Coleman (4040-0005), Room 537-H, 200 Independence Avenue, SW., 
Washington, DC 20201.

    Dated: January 19, 2007.
Charles Havekost,
Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction Act Reports Clearance 
Officer.
 [FR Doc. E7-1187 Filed 1-25-07; 8:45 am]
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