[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 141 (Tuesday, July 24, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40308-40309]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-3581]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

Proposed Projects

    Title: Computerized Support Enforcement Systems--NPRM.
    OMB No.: 0980-0271.
    Description: The information being collected is mandated by section 
454(16) of the Social Security Act (the Act), which provides for the 
establishment and operation by State agencies, in accordance with an 
initial and annually updated Advance Planning Document (APD) approved 
under section 452(d) of the Act, of a statewide system meeting the 
requirements of section 454A of the Act. In addition, section 
454A(e)(1) of the Act requires that States create a State Case Registry 
(SCR) within their statewide automated child support systems to include 
information on IV-D cases and non-IV-D orders established or modified 
in the State on or after October 1, 1998. Section 454A(e)(5) of the Act 
requires States to regularly update their cases in the SCR.
    This notice reflects the new transactions set for SCR to Federal 
Case Registry (FCR) transactions where States are encouraged, but not 
required, to submit data from their SCR to the FCR.
    The data being collected for the APD are a combination of 
narratives, budgets and schedules, which are used to provide funding 
approvals on an annual basis and to monitor and oversee systems 
development. Child support has separate regulations under 45 CFR 307.15 
related to submitted of APDs because the program had supplemental 
authority for enhanced funding for systems development, and has 
substantial penalties for noncompliance with the statutory deadline of 
October 1, 2000. This information collection reflects the fact that 52 
states and Territories are now certified as meeting the automation 
requirements of the Family Support Act of 1988 (FSA) and the Personal 
Responsibilities and Work Opportunity Act of 1996 (PRWORA), leaving 
only two States that are not yet PRWORA systems certified and only one 
state that has not submitted an Implementation APD for compliance with 
PRWORA automation. States and Territories that opted to keep their APD 
for child support systems are covered under separate Information 
Collection, OMB No. 0992-0005, for 45 CFR part 95 subpart F.
    The data being collected for the SCR is used to transmit mandatory 
data elements to the FCR where it is used for matching against other 
databases for the purposes of location of individuals, assets, 
employment and other child support related activities.
    Respondents: State and Territorial Child Support Agencies.

                                             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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307.15 Implementation APD.......................               1               1             240             240
307.15 (APD) Update.............................               2               1              60             120
307.11(e)(1)(ii) Collection of non-IV-D data for              54          25,200            .046          62,597
 SCR: States....................................
Collection of Child Data for IV-D cases for the               54          12,000            .083          53,784
 SCR: States....................................
307.11(e)(1)(ii) Collection of non-IV-D data for           3,045             447            .029          39,472
 SCR: Courts....................................
307.11(e)(3)(v) Collection of Child Data for IV-           3,045             213            .083          53,833
 D cases for SCR: Courts........................
307.11(f)(1) Case Data Transmitted from SCR to                54              52            2.82           7,919
 FCR: New cases and case updates................
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 217,965.
    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: July 18, 2007.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 07-3581 Filed 7-23-07; 8:45 am]
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