[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 221 (Friday, November 16, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64654-64655]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-5652]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    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 transaction set for SCR to Federal 
Case Registry (FCR) transactions where States are encouraged, but not 
required, to submit child 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 submittal of APDs because the program had supplemental 
authority for enhanced funding for systems development, a requirement 
for Independent Validation and Verification (IV&V) reviews for high 
risk projects, waiver authority, and has substantial penalties for non-
compliance 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 Responsibility and Work 
Opportunity Reconciliation 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. The two States not yet certified have a requirement for 
ongoing IV&V, i.e., that up to five States will require semiannual IV&V 
services related to their plans to develop entirely new CSE systems to 
replace their legacy systems and that one State is operating under a 
waiver for an Alternative Systems Configuration which requires 
additional information to be provided on an annual basis. States and 
Territories that opted to keep their APD for child support systems are 
covered under a 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 burden
                   Instrument                        Number of     responses per     hours per     Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent       response          hours
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307.15(b)(1)(IV&V), Ongoing.....................               2              12              16             384
307.15(b)(1) (IV&V), Semiannual.................               5               2              16             160
307.5(b), Waiver Option.........................               1               1              80              80

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307.5(a) System, Certification..................               2               1             240             480
307.11(e)(1)(ii), Collection of Non-IV-D Data                 54          25,200            .046          62,597
 for SCR--States................................
Collection of Child Data for IV-D Cases for SCR--             54          12,000            .083          53,784
 States.........................................
307.11(e)(1)(ii), Collection of Non-IV-D Data              3,045             447            .029          39,472
 for 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: 218,709.
    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.

    November 7, 2007.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 07-5652 Filed 11-15-07; 8:45 am]
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