[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 3 (Thursday, January 4, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 531-532]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-28443]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families

[OMB No.: 0970-0209]


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

    Proposed Projects: Intergovernmental Reference Guide.
    Title: Intergovernmental Reference Guide (IRG).
    Description: The Intergovernmental Reference Guide (IRG) is a 
centralized and automated repository of state and tribal profiles, 
which contains high-level descriptions of each state and tribal child 
support enforcement (CSE) program. These profiles provide state and 
tribal CSE agencies, and foreign countries with an effective and 
efficient method for updating and accessing information needed to 
process intergovernmental child support cases.
    The IRG information collection activities are authorized by: (1) 42 
U.S.C. 652(a)(7), which requires the federal Office of Child Support 
Enforcement (OCSE) to provide technical assistance to state child 
support enforcement agencies to help them establish effective systems 
for collecting child and spousal support; (2) 42 U.S.C. 666(f), which 
requires states to enact the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act; (3) 
45 CFR 301.1, which defines an intergovernmental case to include cases 
between states and tribes; (4) 45 CFR 309.120, which requires a tribal 
child support program to include intergovernmental procedures in its 
tribal IV-D plan; and (5) 45 CFR 303.7, which requires state child 
support

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agencies to provide services in intergovernmental cases.
    Respondents: All state and tribal CSE agencies.

                                             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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Intergovernmental Reference Guide: State Profile              54              18             0.3           291.6
 Guidance--(States and Territories).............
Intergovernmental Reference Guide: Tribal                     62              18             0.3           334.8
 Profile Guidance...............................
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    Total.......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............           626.4
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 626.4 hours.
    In compliance with the requirements of Section 3506(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 Administration, Office of Planning, 
Research and Evaluation, 330 C Street SW, Washington, DC 20201, 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,
Report Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-28443 Filed 1-3-18; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4184-41-P