[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 34 (Friday, February 18, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9582-9583]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-3664]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    Title: Income Withholding for Support (IWO).
    OMB No.: 0970-0154.

Description

    Use of the OMB-approved Income Withholding for Support form falls 
under the authority of section 466 of the Act, 42 U.S.C. 666. Section 
466(b)(6)(A)(ii) of the Act requires that the notice given to the 
employer for income withholding in IV-D cases shall be in a standard 
format prescribed by the Secretary, and contain only such information 
as may be necessary for the employer to comply with the withholding 
order for all IV-D cases. Section 466(a)(8)(B)(iii) of the Act requires 
that section 466(b)(6)(A)(ii) of the Act be applicable also to non-IV-D 
income withholding orders. These provisions clearly require all 
individuals and entities to use a form developed by the Secretary of 
HHS to notify employers of the income withholding order for child 
support in all IV-D and non-IV-D cases.
    OCSE requires States' automated systems to be able to automatically 
generate and download data to the OMB approved income withholding form. 
If child support orders are established by the child support agency, 
necessary information is already contained within the automated system 
for downloading into income withholding orders. If a court or other 
tribunal has issued a child support order, then agency staff enter the 
terms of the order into the automated system for use in issuing income 
withholding orders. Copies of the income withholding order are made for 
all necessary parties, and copies are transmitted to the employer/
income withholder by mail or through the OCSE electronic income 
withholding order (e-IWO) portal.
    The Income Withholding for Support form and instructions were 
updated for consistency and clarity in light of numerous comments 
suggesting changes, based on comments received during the 60-day 
comment period of the 1st Federal Register Notice publication.
    Respondents: Non-IV-D Custodial Parties and Employers.
    Previous iterations of the IWO omitted employers and non-IV-D CPs 
or their representatives, including attorneys or other entities issuing 
IWOs on behalf of CPs, as respondents; however, upon further review it 
has been determined that the impact on employers and non-IV-D CPs 
should be included in this information collection. This is based on the 
requirement that employers complete the ``Notification of Termination/
Income Status'' section of the IWO and that non-IV-D CPs or their 
representative issuing IWOs do not have the information required to 
complete the IWO contained in an automated system and therefore are 
required to manually issue IWOs to employers/income withholders. The 
annual burden estimates for employers and CPs is captured in number 12.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                                      Average
                                                     Number of       Number of     burden hours    Total burden
               Type of respondent                   respondents   responses  per   per response        hours
                                                                     respondent        (min)
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Employers.......................................       1,232,622               8               2         312,264
Non-IV-D CPs....................................       1,969,044               1               5         164,087
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 476,351.

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-
395-7285, E-mail: [email protected], Attn: Desk Officer for 
the Administration for Children and Families.

Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-3664 Filed 2-17-11; 8:45 am]
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