[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 124 (Thursday, June 26, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36326-36327]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-14425]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Agency Information Collection Request. 60-Day Public 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 Office of the Secretary (OS), 
Department of Health and Human Services, is publishing the following 
summary of a proposed information collection request for public 
comment. Interested persons are invited to send comments regarding this 
burden estimate 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.
    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 with 60-days, and directed to the OS Paperwork.
    Proposed Project: SF-424 Short Organizational--Revision--OMB No. 
4040-0003--Grants.gov.
    Abstract: This is a request for a revision of a previously approved 
collection. The SF-424 Short organizational form is used by the 26 
Federal grant-making agencies as a simplified alternative to the SF-424 
standard form. Agencies may use the SF-424 Short Organizational form 
for grant programs not required to collect all the data that is 
required on the SF-424 standard form.
    The form is being revised with changes to the data field that 
collects the Social Security Number (SSN). The SSN field is an optional 
field. The current collection pre-fills the first five

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digits with ``xxx-xx'' and only collects the last four digits of the 
SSN. At OMB's request, we reviewed the usefulness of collection of a 
portion of the SSN, by polling the Agencies that used the SF-424 Short 
Organizational form; however, it was determined that the partial SSN is 
not useful for processing the SF-424 Short Organizational form by the 
Agencies. Therefore, no portion of the SSN will be collected as part of 
the electronic grant application process. Frequency of data collection 
varies by Federal agency.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Table
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                                                                                      Average
                                                     Number of       Number of      burden per     Total burden
                     Agency                         respondents    responses per   response  (in       hours
                                                                    respondent        hours)
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NEA.............................................            4130            1              20/60            1377
NEH.............................................            2328            1              30/60           1,164
DOI.............................................             148            2.81           18/60             125
HHS.............................................            3903            1              30/60            1952
DOS.............................................             800            1              20/60             267
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    Total.......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............           4,885
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Terry Nicolosi,
Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction Act Reports Clearance 
Officer.
 [FR Doc. E8-14425 Filed 6-25-08; 8:45 am]
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