[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 222 (Monday, November 17, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67872-67873]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-27234]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

    Proposed Projects:
    Title: Court Improvement Program.
    OMB No.: 0970-0245.
    Description: The Court Improvement Program provides grants to State 
court systems to conduct assessments of their foster care and adoption 
laws and judicial processes and to develop and implement a plan for 
system improvement. ACF proposes to collect information from the States 
about this program (applications, program reports) by way of a Program 
Instruction, which (1) describes the requirements for States under the 
reauthorization of the Court Improvement Program; (2) outlines the 
programmatic and fiscal provisions and reporting requirements of the 
program; (3) specifies the application submittal and approval 
procedures for the program for Fiscal Years 2007 through

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2011; and (4) identifies technical resources for use by State courts 
during the course of the program. This Program Instruction contains 
information collection requirements pursuant to receiving a grant award 
that are found in Public Law 103-66, as amended by Public Law 105-89, 
Public Law 107-133, Public Law 109-239, and Public Law 109-288. The 
agency will use the information received to ensure compliance with the 
statute and provide training and technical assistance to the grantees.
    Respondents: State Courts.
    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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Application.....................................              52               1              40           2,080
Annual program report...........................              52               1              36           1,872
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 3,952.
    In compliance with the requirements of Section 506(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: November 12, 2008.
Janean Chambers,
Reports Clearance Officer.
 [FR Doc. E8-27234 Filed 11-14-08; 8:45 am]
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