[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 111 (Thursday, June 11, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27802-27803]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-13728]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    Title: Performance Progress Report.
    OMB No.: 0970-0334.

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    Description: The Performance Progress Report (SF-PPR) is a set of 
uniform reporting formats used for standard reporting on performance 
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 part 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 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
    Additional Information:
    Copies of the proposed collection may be obtained 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. All requests 
should be identified by the title of the information collection. E-mail 
address: [email protected].
    OMB Comment:
    OMB is required to make a decision concerning the collection of 
information between 30 and 60 days after publication of this document 
in the Federal Register. Therefore, a comment is best assured of having 
its full effect if OMB receives it within 30 days of publication. 
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent directly to the following: Office of 
Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, Fax: 202-395-7245, 
Attn: Desk Officer for the Administration for Children and Families.

    Dated: June 8, 2009.
Janean Chambers,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-13728 Filed 6-10-09; 8:45 am]
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