[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 37 (Thursday, February 25, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9487-9488]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-04055]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

[Document Identifier: OS-4040-0004 60D]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Public Comment Request

AGENCY: Electronic Government Office, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the Electronic Government Office (EGOV), 
Department of Health and Human Services, has submitted an Information 
Collection Request (ICR), described below, to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. The ICR is for a 3-year 
extension for OMB Control Number 4040-0004. The ICR will expire on 
August 31, 2016. Grants.gov also requests categorizing this form as 
common forms, meaning HHS will only request approval for its own use of 
the form rather than aggregating the burden estimate across all Federal 
Agencies as was done for previous actions on this OMB control number. 
Comments submitted during the first public review of this ICR will be 
provided to OMB. OMB will accept further comments from the public on 
this ICR during the review and approval period.

DATES: Comments on the ICR must be received on or before April 25, 
2016.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or (202) 690-
7569.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Information Collection Clearance 
staff, [email protected] or (202) 690-6162.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting 
information, please include the OMB control number 4040-0004. Form is 
available at http://www.grants.gov or upon request.
    Information Collection Request Title: SF-424 Application for 
Financial Assistance.
    OMB No.: 4040-0004.
    Abstract: The SF-424 Application for Financial Assistance is used 
by Federal grant-making agencies for applicants to apply for Federal 
financial assistance.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The SF-424 Application 
for Financial Assistance is used by the public to apply for Federal 
financial assistance in the form of grants. These forms are submitted 
to the Federal grant-making agencies for evaluation and review.
    Likely Respondents: Organizations and institutions seeking grants.
    Burden Statement: Burden in this context means the time expended by 
persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose or provide the 
information requested. This includes the time needed to review 
instructions, to develop, acquire, install and utilize technology and 
systems for the purpose of collecting, validating and verifying 
information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and 
providing information, to train personnel and to be able to respond to 
a collection of information, to search data sources, to complete and 
review the collection of information, and to transmit or otherwise 
disclose the information. The total annual burden hours estimated for 
this ICR are summarized in the table below.
    HHS estimates that each of the respective forms will take 1 hour to

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complete. Once OMB approves the use of the SF-424 Application for 
Financial Assistance as a common form, federal agencies may request OMB 
approval to use this common form without having to publish notices and 
request public comments for 60 and 30 days. Each agency must account 
for the burden associated with their use of the common form. EGOV 
specifically requests comments on (1) the necessity and utility of the 
proposed information collection for the proper performance of the 
agency's functions, (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden, (3) ways 
to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be 
collected, and (4) the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology to minimize the information collection 
burden.

                                     Total Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
                    Form name                        Number of     responses per   per response    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)         hours
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SF-424 Application for Financial Assistance.....          14,883               1               1          14,883
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    Total.......................................          14,883  ..............  ..............          14,883
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Darius Taylor,
Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-04055 Filed 2-24-16; 8:45 am]
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