[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 138 (Thursday, July 18, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42951-42952]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-17221]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

[Document Identifier: HHS-EGOV-16500-30D]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Public Comment Request

AGENCY: Electronic Government Office, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the Electronic Government Office (EGOV), 
Department of Health and Human Services, has submitted an Information 
Collection Request (ICR), described below, to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. The ICR is for reinstatement 
of a previously-approved information collection assigned OMB control 
number 4040-0004, which expired on March 31, 2013. The ICR also 
requests categorizing the

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form as a common form, meaning HHS will only request approval for its 
own use of the form rather than aggregating the burden estimate across 
all Federal Agencies as was done for previous actions on this OMB 
control number. Comments submitted during the first public review of 
this ICR will be provided to OMB. OMB will accept further comments from 
the public on this ICR during the review and approval period.

DATES: Comments on the ICR must be received on or before August 19, 
2013.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or via 
facsimile to (202) 395-5806.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Information Collection Clearance 
staff, [email protected] or (202) 690-6162.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting 
information, please include the OMB control number 4040-0004 and 
document identifier HHS-EGOV-16500-30D for reference.
    Information Collection Request Title: SF-424 Discretionary.
    OMB No.: 4040-0004.
    Abstract: The SF-424 Application for Federal Assistance is a common 
form used by all Federal grant-making agencies for applicants to apply 
for Federal financial assistance. Need and Proposed Use of the 
Information: The SF-424 Application for Federal Assistance is used by 
the public to apply for Federal financial assistance in the form of 
grants. These forms are submitted to the Federal grant-making agencies 
for evaluation and review.
    Likely Respondents: Organizations and institutions seeking grants.
    Burden Statement: Burden in this context means the time expended by 
persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose or provide the 
information requested. This includes the time needed to review 
instructions, to develop, acquire, install and utilize technology and 
systems for the purpose of collecting, validating and verifying 
information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and 
providing information, to train personnel and to be able to respond to 
a collection of information, to search data sources, to complete and 
review the collection of information, and to transmit or otherwise 
disclose the information. The total annual burden hours estimated for 
this ICR are summarized in the table below.
    HHS estimates that the SF-424 Application for Federal Assistance 
will take 1 hour to complete. We expect that 14,747 respondents will 
use this form.
    Once OMB approves the use of this common form, federal agencies may 
request OMB approval to use this common form without having to publish 
notices and request public comments for 60 and 30 days. Each agency 
must account for the burden associated with their use of the common 
form.

                                    Total Estimated Annualized Burden--Hours
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
                    Form name                        Number of     responses per   per response    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)         hours
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SF-424 Application for Federal Assistance.......          14,747               1               1          14,747
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    Total.......................................          14,747  ..............  ..............          14,747
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Keith A. Tucker,
Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-17221 Filed 7-17-13; 8:45 am]
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