[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 16 (Tuesday, January 27, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4747-4748]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-1650]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Agency Information Collection Request; 30-Day Public Comment 
Request, Grants

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.
    Agency Information Collection Request; 30-Day Public Comment 
Request, Grants.
    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

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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 within 30 days of this notice directly to the OS OMB Desk 
Officer all comments must be faxed to OMB at 202-395-6974.
    Proposed Project: SF-424 Grants Application Form--OMB No. 4040-
0004--Revision--Grants.gov.
    The SF-424 form is an OMB approved collection (4040-0004). Proposed 
revisions of the SF-424 include global changes created by the Federal 
Funding Accountability and Transparency Act (Transparency Act). The 
Transparency Act was signed into law on September 26, 2006 (Pub. L. 
109-282). The legislation requires the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) to establish a publicly available, online database containing 
information about entities that are awarded federal grants, loans, and 
contracts. The revised form will assist agencies in collecting some of 
the required data elements for the database through the SF-424 grant 
applications. This form will be utilized by up to 26 federal grant 
making agencies.
    The SF-424 form revisions incorporate standard data elements 
required by the Transparency Act such as a nine-digit zip code, the 
addition of ``Parish'' to the ``County'' field, and common language in 
the form instructions to ``Areas Affected by Project'' and the 
``Congressional District of.'' We are requesting a three year clearance 
of this form. The affected public may include: Federal, State, local, 
or tribal governments, business or other for profit, and not for profit 
institutions.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Table
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                                                                     Number of        Average
                     Agency                          Number of     responses per   burden hours    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent     per response        hours
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DOC.............................................          16,460               1           30/60           8,230
DOE.............................................           2,700               1           60/60           2,700
ED..............................................          10,235               1           60/60          10,235
EPA.............................................           3,816               1          240/60          15,264
HHS.............................................           5,800          1.1551          270/60          30,148
SSA.............................................           1,000               2           20/60             667
USAID...........................................             200               2           15/60             100
USDA............................................         229,946               1           60/60         229,946
DOI.............................................          11,604          1.8156           26/60           9,130
DOD.............................................             172             1.2           60/60             206
DOL.............................................           1,000               1           30/60             500
    TOTAL.......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............         307,126
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Seleda Perryman,
Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction Act Reports Clearance 
Officer.
 [FR Doc. E9-1650 Filed 1-26-09; 8:45 am]
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