[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 31 (Tuesday, February 17, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8324-8325]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-03144]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

    Title: Uniform Project Description (UPD) Program Narrative Format 
for Discretionary Grant Application Forms.
    OMB No.: 0970-0139.
    Description: The proposed information collection would renew the 
Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Uniform Project 
Description (UPD). The UPD provides a uniform grant application format 
for applicants to submit project information in response to ACF 
discretionary funding opportunity announcements. ACF uses this 
information, along with other OMB-approved information collections 
(Standard Forms), to evaluate and rank applications. Use of the UPD 
helps to protect the integrity of ACF's award selection process. All 
ACF discretionary grant programs are required to use this application 
format. An ACF application consists of general information and 
instructions; the Standard Form 424 series, which requests basic 
information, budget information, and assurances; the Project 
Description that requests the applicant to describe how program 
objectives will be achieved; a rationale for the project's budgeted 
costs; and other assurances and certifications. Guidance for the 
content of information requested in the Project Description is based in 
OMB Circular 45 CFR 75.203.
    Respondents: Applicants to ACF Discretionary Funding Opportunity 
Announcements.

                                             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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ACF Uniform Project Description.............           4,850                1               60          291,000
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 291,000.
    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.
    ACF 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 information to be collected; and (d) ways to 
minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including through the use

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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. 2015-03144 Filed 2-13-15; 8:45 am]
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