[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 190 (Tuesday, September 30, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56827-56828]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-22975]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Agency Information Collection Request; 30-Day Public Comment 
Request, Grants.Gov; 30-day Notice

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 collection 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) 690-5683. Send written comments and 
recommendations for the proposed information collections within 30 days 
of this notice directly to the OS OMB Desk Officer; faxed to OMB at 
202-395-6974.
    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.

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    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 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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                                                                Number of      Average burden
                 Agency                       Number of       responses per   per response (in    Total burden
                                             respondents       respondent          hours)             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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Seleda Perryman,
Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction Act Reports Clearance 
Officer.
[FR Doc. E8-22975 Filed 9-29-08; 8:45 am]
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