[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 131 (Wednesday, July 9, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38904-38905]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-15927]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

    Proposed Projects:
    Title: Objective Progress Report (OPR) and Objective Work Plan 
(OWP).
    OMB No.: 0970-0429.
    Description: Content and formatting changes are being made to the 
OPR and OWP. The information in the OPR is currently collected on a 
quarterly basis to monitor the performance of grantees and better gauge 
grantee progress. The OWP is utilized by applications when they submit 
their proposals and then by grantees to monitor their projects once 
awarded. ANA has determined that the requirement for ANA Grantees to 
submit information about the project activities on quarterly basis 
creates undue burden for Grantees. Therefore, ANA has reformatted the 
OPR to require Grantees submit semi-annually reports instead of 
quarterly report. This will reduce the administrative burden on 
Grantees especially the smaller organizations. The majority of content 
being requested from the grantees essentially remain same except for 
the frequency of reporting.
    OPR: The following are proposed content changes to the document:
    Grantee Information: Report Frequency--This section of OPR will be 
reformatted to request semi-annual or final project data instead of 
quarterly information. The other sections of the document with 
reference to ``quarterly'' information will be changed to reflect the 
shift from four times a year reporting requirement to twice per year.
    Objective Work Plan Update: Content is the same. No changes are 
proposed for this section of the OPR.
    Impact indicator: Current Status of Expected Results and Current 
Status of Expected Benefits which are reported separately on the OPR 
will be combined to read ``Current Status of Expected Results and 
Benefits.'' The content requested in this section is similar to the 
previous OPR without the added burden of having the reporting 
organizations provide the analysis that distinguish between ``results 
and benefits''. Every section of the document will be rewritten to 
reflect this change.
    OWP: ANA proposes to reformat the OWP (content is same) by swapping 
the Objective field with Problem Statement. In other words, this 
section will require respondents to begin with a concise statement 
about the problem the project is designed to address and will be 
followed by more details about the objectives of the project.
    The two fields ``Results Expected and Benefits Expected'' will be 
combined into one field to read ``Results and Benefits Expected''. This 
will reduce redundancy and help reduce the burden on Grantees.
    Respondents: Tribal Government, Native non-profit organizations, 
Tribal Colleges & Universities.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                     Number of        Average
                   Instrument                        Number of     responses per   burden hours    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent     per response        hours
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OWP.............................................             500               1               3           1,500
OPR.............................................             275               2               1             550
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,050.
    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

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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 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. 2014-15927 Filed 7-8-14; 8:45 am]
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