[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 87 (Thursday, May 7, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21370-21371]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-10622]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

Proposed Projects

    Title: Head Start Program Administrative Practice and Procedure; 
Appeal Procedures, 45 CFR 1303.
    OMB No.: 0980-0242.
    Description: Section 646 of the Head Start Act requires the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services to prescribe a timeline for 
conducting administrative hearings when adverse actions are taken or 
proposed against Head Start and Early Head Start grantees and delegate 
agencies. The Office of Head Start is proposing to renew, without 
changes, this rule, which implements these requirements and which 
prescribes when a grantee must submit certain information and what that 
information shall include.
    Respondents: Head Start and Early Head Start grantees and Delegate 
Agencies.

                                             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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Rule........................................              20                1               26              520
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 520.
    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.

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    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: May 4, 2009.
Janean Chambers,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-10622 Filed 5-6-09; 8:45 am]
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