[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 54 (Wednesday, March 20, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17213-17214]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-06326]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    Title: National Directory of New Hires.
    OMB No.: 0970-0166.
    Description: The National Directory of New Hires (NDNH), an 
automated directory maintained by the Federal

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Office of Child Support Enforcement, was established pursuant to the 
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 
1996. 42 U.S.C. 653(i)(1). In accordance with section 453A(g)(2) of the 
Social Security Act, employers are required to report information 
pertaining to newly hired employees to their state directory of new 
hires (SDNH) and, within three days of receiving employer information, 
states are required to transmit SDNH information to the NDNH. States 
are also required to transmit wage and unemployment compensation claims 
information to the NDNH on a quarterly basis. Federal agencies are 
required to report new hires and quarterly wage information directly to 
the NDNH.
    The information maintained in the NDNH is collected electronically 
and assists states administering child support programs locate parents 
and enforce child support orders. Additionally, Congress authorized 
specific state and federal agencies to receive NDNH information for 
authorized purposes to assist in administering certain programs.
    Respondents: Employers, State Child Support Enforcement Agencies, 
and State Workforce Agencies.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                           Number of
              Instrument                   Number of     responses per    Average burden  hours    Total burden
                                          respondents     respondent          per  response            hours
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New Hire: Employers Reporting Manually   \1\ 5,294,970        \2\ 1.98  .025 hours (1.5 minutes)      262,101.02
New Hire: Employers Reporting              \3\ 635,162       \4\ 76.40  .00028 hours (1 second)        13,587.39
 Electronically.                                                         \5\.
New Hire: States......................              54  \6\ 193,947.41  .016667 hours (1 minute)      174,556.16
                                                                         \7\.
Quarterly Wage & Unemployment                       53          \8\ 27  .00028 hours (2 minutes)             .40
 Compensation.
Multistate Employers' Notification               4,632               1  .050 hours (3 minutes)..          231.60
 Form.
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    Total.............................  ..............  ..............  ........................        450,477
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\1\ Eighty-nine percent of all employers report manually (based on SSA's experience).
\2\ For the ``Employers'' tiers, ``response'' is defined as the number of new hire reports. Only 18 percent of
  all new hire reports are reported manually and 82 percent are reported electronically (based on OCSE's
  experience).
\3\ Eleven percent of all employers report electronically (based on SSA's experience).
\4\ ``Response'' is defined as the number of new hire reports. Eighty-two percent of new hire reports are
  reported electronically (based on OCSE's experience).
\5\ Based on the assumption that employers reporting new hires electronically transmit their reports in a batch
  file, thus significantly reducing the per-response burden.
\6\ Based on the average number of reports per transmission and the average burden per new hire report that are
  submitted manually. Reports submitted electronically are automated. The average number of reports per
  transmission is calculated by dividing 10,473,160 (total number of manual new hire reports) by 54 (total
  number of states).
\7\ The average burden per new hire report is estimated to be one minute.
\8\ ``Response'' is defined here as the number of transmissions to the NDNH. States are required to transmit
  quarterly wage and unemployment compensation data four times a year.

    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 450,477 hours.

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, 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. 2013-06326 Filed 3-19-13; 8:45 am]
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