[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 219 (Thursday, November 13, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67437-67438]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-26785]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    Title: Objective Work Plan (OWP) and Objective Progress Report 
(OPR).
    OMB No.: 0970-0429.
    Description: Content and formatting changes are being made to the 
OPR and OWP. The information in OPR is currently collected on quarterly 
basis to monitor the performance of grantees and better gauge grantee 
progress. The OWP is used by applicants when they submit their 
proposals and then by grantees to monitor their projects once the award 
is made by ANA. 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-annual 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 remains 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

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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.
    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 recommendation 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. 2014-26785 Filed 11-12-14; 8:45 am]
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