[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 213 (Thursday, November 3, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68194-68195]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-28510]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    Title: State High Performance Bonus System (HPBS) Transmission File 
Layouts for HPBS Work Measures.
    OMB No.: 0970-0230.
    Description: There is no longer a High Performance Bonus associated 
with this information collection. The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 
(Pub. L. 109-171) eliminated the funding for the High Performance Bonus 
(HPB), but we are still requesting that States continue to submit data 
necessary to calculate the work measures previously reported under the 
HPB.
    Specifically, The TANF program was reauthorized under the Deficit 
Reduction Act of 2005. The statute eliminated the funding for the HPB 
under section 403(a)(4). Nevertheless the Department is required under 
section 413(d) to annually rank State performance in moving TANF 
recipients into private sector employment. We are, therefore, 
requesting that States continue to transmit monthly files of adult TANF 
recipients necessary to calculate the work measures performance data. 
To the extent States do not provide the requested information, we will 
extract the matching information from the TANF Data Report. This may 
result in calculation of the work performance measures based on sample 
data, which would provide us less precise information on States' 
performance.
    The Transmission File Layouts form provides the format that States 
will continue to use for the quarterly electronic transmission of 
monthly data on TANF adult recipients. States that have separate TANF-
MOE files on these programs are also requested to transmit similar 
files. We are not requesting any changes to the Transmission File 
Layouts form.
    Respondents: Respondents may include any of the 50 States, the 
District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.

                                             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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State High Performance Bonus System (HPBS)                42                2               12            1,008
 Transmission File Layouts for HPBS Work
 Measures...................................
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,008
    Additional Information: Copies of the proposed collection may be 
obtained by writing to the Administration for Children and Families, 
Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, 370 L'Enfant Promenade 
SW., Washington,

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DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. All requests should be 
identified by the title of the information collection. Email 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, Email: [email protected], Attn: Desk Officer 
for the Administration for Children and Families.

Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-28510 Filed 11-2-11; 8:45 am]
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