[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 247 (Tuesday, December 23, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 78802]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-30456]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

Proposed Projects

    Title: Developmental Disabilities Protection & Advocacy Program 
Statement of Goals and Priorities.
    OMB No.: 0980-0270.
    Description: Federal statute and regulation require each State 
Protection and Advocacy (P&A) System to prepare and submit to public 
comment a Statement of Goals and Priorities (SGP) for the P&A for 
Developmental Disabilities (PADD) program for each coming fiscal year. 
While the P&A is mandated to protect and advocate under a range of 
different Federally authorized disabilities programs, only the PADD 
program requires an SGP. Following the required public input for the 
coming fiscal year, the P&As submit the final version of this SGP to 
the Administration on Developmental Disabilities (ADD). ADD will 
aggregate the information in the SGPs into a national profile of 
programmatic emphasis for P&A Systems in the coming year. This 
aggregation will provide ADD with a tool for monitoring of the public 
input requirement. Furthermore, it will provide an overview of program 
direction, and permit ADD to track accomplishments against goals/
targets, permitting the formulation of technical assistance and 
compliance with the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993.
    Respondents: State and Tribal Governments.

                                             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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P&A SGP.........................................              57               1              44           2,508
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours:........  ..............  ..............  ..............           2,508
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    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: December 18, 2008.
Janean Chambers,
Reports Clearance Officer.
 [FR Doc. E8-30456 Filed 12-22-08; 8:45 am]
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