[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 147 (Wednesday, July 30, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44271-44272]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-17352]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

Proposed Projects

    Title: Generic Clearance to conduct pre-testing of surveys.
    OMB No.: New Collection.
    Description: The Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation 
(OPRE), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department 
of Health and Human Services (HHS), intends to request approval from 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for a generic clearance that 
will allow OPRE to conduct a variety of data gathering activities aimed 
at identifying questionnaire and procedural problems in survey 
administration. Over the next three years, OPRE anticipates undertaking 
a variety of new surveys as part of research projects in the fields of 
cash welfare, employment and self-sufficiency, Head Start, child care, 
healthy marriage and responsible fatherhood, and child welfare, among 
others. In order to improve the development of its research and 
evaluation surveys, OPRE envisions using a variety of techniques 
including field tests, respondent debriefing questionnaires, cognitive 
interviews and focus groups in order to identify questionnaire and 
procedural problems, suggest solutions, and measure the relative 
effectiveness of alternative survey solutions.
    Following standard OMB requirements, OPRE will submit a change 
request to OMB individually for every data collection activity 
undertaken under this generic clearance. OPRE will provide OMB with a 
copy of the individual instrument or questionnaire, as well as other 
materials describing the project and specific survey pre test.
    Respondents: The respondents will be identified at the time that 
each change request is submitted to OMB. Generally, they will be 
individuals who are representative of the target groups for the public 
assistance research or evaluation project in question.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                     Number of        Average
                   Instrument                        Number of     responses per   burden hours    Total annual
                                                    respondents     respondent     per response    burden hours
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Survey development field tests, respondent                 1,000               1               1           1,000
 debriefing questionnaires, cognitive interviews
 and focus groups...............................
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1000.
    Additional Information:
    Copies of the proposed collection may be obtained by writing to the 
Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research 
and Evaluation, 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.
    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 ACF.


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    Dated: July 16, 2008.
Brendan C. Kelly,
OPRE Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E8-17352 Filed 7-29-08; 8:45 am]
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