[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 96 (Friday, May 18, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28057-28058]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-2479]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    Title: Income Withholding for Support (IWO) (Formerly: Order to 
Withhold Income for Child Support and Notice of an Order to Withhold 
Income for Child Support).
    OMB No.: 0970-0154.
    Description: Pub. L. 104-193, The Personal Responsibility and Work 
Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) of 1996, Section 324, requires 
the Federal Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) to develop a 
standardized form to collect child support payments from an obligor's 
employer. The form, which promotes standardization and is used for 
title IV-D and non-IV-D cases that require income withholding, expires 
5/31/2007, and the Administration for Children and Families is taking 
this opportunity to revise the form and its instructions.
    Overall, the language and format of the form have been edited, 
modified, and made easier to read and comprehend. The two-page form 
provides a detailed legal description of the established order, support 
amounts, and remittance information an employer

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needs to withhold payments from an obligor who owes child support. One 
of the new fields on the form is for the attachment of lump sum 
payments by employers. This addition allows the issuing entity to 
instruct the employer with respect to the attachment and remittance of 
lump sum payments. Fields for child's name and date of birth have been 
moved to the front of the form, allowing the employer community to 
easily identify who the form is for and to avoid implementation of 
duplicate orders. Other changes that have enhanced the form include: A 
simplified title, clear identification of who is sending the form, and 
modifications to allow the employer to easily report employee 
terminations.
    The electronic IWO (e-IWO) allows States to transmit IWOs 
electronically and employers to notify States electronically regarding 
the status of IWOs.
    Respondents: States, Territories, Tribes, and Courts.

                                             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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Income Withholding for Support (IWO)............              58         206,897           .0017          20,400
ELECTRONIC Income Withholding for Support.......              20          60,000           .0008             960
IWO--Submitted Manually.........................           1,800           1,321           .0840         199,735
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 221,095.
    Additional Information: Copies of the proposed collection may be 
obtained 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. All requests should be identified by the title of the 
information collection. E-mail address: [email protected].
    OMB Comment: OMB is required to make a decision concerning the 
collection of information between 30 and 60 days after publication of 
this document in the Federal Register. Therefore, a comment is best 
assured of having its full effect if OMB receives it within 30 days of 
publication. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent directly to the following:
    Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, Fax: 
202-395-6974, Attn: Desk Officer for the Administration for Children 
and Families.

    Dated: May 15, 2007.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 07-2479 Filed 5-17-07; 8:45 am]
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