[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 162 (Friday, August 21, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 50855]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-20703]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

    Title: Administration for Native Americans Annual Data Collection.
    OMB No.: New.
    Description: Content and formatting changes are being made to the 
Objective Progress Report (OPR). Content changes are being made to the 
OPR, now known as the Annual Data Collection (ADC) previously approved 
under information collection OMB No. 0980-0204. 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 and annual report instead of quarterly report when reporting on 
partnerships, youth and elder engagement, impact indicators, community 
involvement etc. 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. 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 once per year and 
once at the end of the project period.
    Respondents: Tribal Government, Native non-profit organizations, 
Tribal Colleges & Universities receiving ANA funding.
    The following is the hour of burden estimate for this information 
collection:

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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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ADC.........................................             275                1                1              275
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 275.
    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) The accuracy 
of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information; (b) the quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
to be collected; and (c) 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. 2015-20703 Filed 8-20-15; 8:45 am]
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