[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 65 (Thursday, April 5, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16796-16797]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-1676]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request 
Proposed Projects

    Title: Performance Progress Report (PPR).
    OMB No.: New Collection.
    Description: This report will be used to establish a uniform format 
for reporting performance on grants and cooperative agreements issued 
by the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) and its partners. 
In addition to allowing for uniformity of information collection, this 
report will support systematic electronic collection and submission of 
information. This report will provide interim and final performance 
progress information as required by OMB Circulars A-102 and A-110. 
Also, the PPR will allow for the measurement of performance, implement 
Public Law 106-107, and the President's Management Agenda.
    The PPR consists of a cover page and six optional forms. The cover 
page contains identifying data elements and a section for a performance 
narrative. Use of the cover page is mandatory, and programs may simply 
require their respondents to submit this page and attach a performance 
narrative, or, programs may require the cover page and one or more of 
the six optional forms.
    Respondents: ACF and ACF Partner Grantees.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                     Number of        Average
                   Instrument                        Number of     responses per   burden hours    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent     per response        hours
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Performance Progress Report (SF-PPR)............          16,864               1         .416666           7,027
Performance Measures (SF-PPR-A).................             755               1         .75                 566
Program Indicators (SF-PPR-B)...................           3,075               1         .166666             512
Benchmark Evaluations (SF-PPR-C)................             249               1        1.50                 374
Table of Activity Results (SF-PPR-D)............           3,019               1         .75               2,264
Activity Based Expenditures (SF-PPR-E)..........           2,779               1         .333333             926

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Program/Project Management (SF-PPR-F)...........              37               1         .50                  19
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 11,688.
    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: April 2, 2007.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 07-1676 Filed 4-4-07; 8:45 am]
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