[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 59 (Monday, March 30, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14134-14135]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-7021]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

Proposed Projects

    Title: Performance Progress Report.
    OMB No.: 0970-0334.
    Description: The Performance Progress Report (SF-PPR) is a set of 
uniform reporting formats used for standard reporting on performance

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under grants and cooperative agreements.
    In addition to allowing for uniformity of information collection, 
these formats will support systematic electronic collection and 
submission of information. These formats will provide interim and final 
performance progress information as required by OMB Circulars A-102 and 
2 CFR 215.
    The SF-PPR consists of a cover page and six optional formats. The 
Cover Page contains identifying data elements and a section for a 
performance narrative. Use of the cover page is required, and programs 
may require their respondents to submit only this page and/or attach a 
performance narrative. Alternatively, programs may opt to require the 
cover page and one or more of the six optional formats: Performance 
Measures, Program Indicators, Benchmark Evaluations, Table of Activity 
Results, Activity-Based Expenditures, and Program/Project Management.
    The SF-PPR has been successfully piloted at the Administration for 
Children and Families (ACF). All discretionary programs (starting with 
FY09 awards) are to submit the SF-PPR to the ACF Office of Grants 
Management. Program offices with expiring data collections are required 
to migrate to the SF-PPR format. Additionally, a number of program 
offices have voluntarily migrated their collections to the SF-PPR 
format in anticipation of government-wide standardization. ACF, with 
its Online Data Collection tool (OLDC), has provided program offices 
with the capability to collect SF-PPR data electronically.
    ACF and the Grants Center of Excellence (CoE) is sponsoring this 
collection on behalf of the Grants Policy Committee, other Federal 
grant-making agencies, and the CoE partners.
CoE Partners are Defined as:
Corporation for National and Community Service.
Denali Commission.
Department of State.
DHHS/Administration on Aging.
DHHS/Centers for Medicare Services.
DHHS/Health Research and Services Administration.
DHHS/Indian Health Services.
DHHS/Office of Public Health Services.
DOT/Federal Air Administration.
DOT/Federal Highway Administration.
DOT/Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
DOT/Federal Railroad Administration.
DOT/Federal Transport Administration.
DOT/Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.
Environmental Protection Agency.
Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Social Security Administration.
Department of the Treasury.
USDA/Food Safety and Inspection Service.
Veterans Administration.
    The revised burden estimates are based on grant projects and awards 
for ACF and its CoE partners for FY2008 as reported by internal ACF 
reporting systems and USASpending.gov.
    Respondents: Federal government grantees.

                                             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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Performance progress report (SF-PPR)............         131,281               1            0.42       55,138.02
Cover Page Continuation (SF-PPR-2)..............              86               1            0.33           28.38
Performance Measures (SF-PPR-A).................             430               1            0.75          322.50
Program Indicators (SF-PPR-B)...................           8,961               1               3          26,883
Benchmark Evaluations (SF-PPR-C)................             248               1            1.50             372
Table of Activity Results (SF-PPR-D)............           4,238               1            0.75        3,178.50
Activity Based Expenditures (SF-PPR-E)..........           2,616               1            0.33          863.28
Program/Project Management (SF-PPR-F)...........              45               1            0.50          22.50
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 86,808.18

    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 will 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: March 25, 2009.
Janean Chambers,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-7021 Filed 3-27-09; 8:45 am]
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