[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 22 (Monday, February 3, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6198-6199]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-02175]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

Proposed Projects

    Title: ADP & Services Conditions for FFP for ACF.
    OMB No.: 0970-0417.
    Description: State child support agencies are required to establish 
and operate a federally approved statewide automated data processing 
and information retrieval system to assist in child support 
enforcement. States are required to submit an initial advance automated 
data processing planning document (APD) containing information to 
assist the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services in 
determining if the state computerized support enforcement system meets 
federal requirements and providing federal approval. States are also 
required to submit annually an updated APD for oversight purposes. 
Based on assessment of the information provided in the initial or 
updated APDs, states that do not meet federal requirement approval will 
need to complete an independent verification and validation.
    The Advance Planning Document (APD) process, established in the 
rules at 45 CFR Part 95, Subpart F, is the procedure by which States 
request and obtain approval for Federal financial participation in 
their cost of acquiring Automatic Data Processing (ADP) equipment and 
services. State agencies that submit APD requests provide the 
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) with the following 
information necessary to determine the States' needs to acquire the 
requested ADP equipment and/or services:
    (1) A statement of need;
    (2) A requirements analysis and feasibility study;
    (3) A procurement plan;
    (4) A proposed activity schedule; and,
    (5) A proposed budget.
    The proposed information collection, is authorized by (1) 42 U.S.C. 
654A, which provides a state agency to have a single statewide 
automated data processing and information retrieval system and sets 
forth the requirements of that system; (2) 42 U.S.C. 654(16), which 
provides the state must submit an initial, and annually updated, 
advance automated data processing planning document for project 
approval; (3) 45 CFR 307.15, which provides the requirements for 
approval of advance planning documents; (4) 42 U.S.C. 652(d), which 
provides the Secretary with the authority to approve an APD and to 
assess the computerized support enforcement system status; 45 CFR 
95.626, which determines when an Independent Verification and 
Validation must be completed.
    HHS' determination of a State Agency's need to acquire requested 
ADP equipment or services is authorized at sections 602(a(5)), 
652(a)(1), 1396(a)(4) and 1302 of United States Code.
    Respondents: States.

                                             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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RFP and Contract................................               4             1.5               4             324
Emergency Funding Request.......................               5              .1               2               1
Biennial Reports................................              54               1            1.50              81
Advance Planning Document.......................              34             1.2             120           4,896
Operational Advance Planning Document...........              20               1              30             600
Independent Verification and Validation                        3               4              10             120
 (ongoing)......................................
Independent Verification and Validation                        1               2              16              32
 (semiannually).................................
Independent Verification and Validation                        1               4              30             120
 (quarterly)....................................
System Certification............................               1               1             240             240
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 6,414.
    In compliance with the requirements of Section 506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Administration for Children and 
Families is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the 
information collection described above. Copies of the proposed 
collection of information can be obtained and comments may be forwarded 
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. Email 
address: [email protected]. All requests should be identified 
by the title of the information collection.
    The Department specifically requests comments on: (a) Whether the 
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper 
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the 
information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 
agency's estimate of the burden of the

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proposed collection of information; (c) the quality, utility, and 
clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize 
the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including 
through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of 
information technology. Consideration will be given to comments and 
suggestions submitted within 60 days of this publication.

Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-02175 Filed 1-31-14; 8:45 am]
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