[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 46 (Thursday, March 8, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9855-9856]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-04675]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for Public Comment Request

    Title: Child Care Development Fund (CCDF)--Reporting Improper 
Payments--Instructions for States.
    OMB No.: 0970-0323.
    Description: Section 2 of the Improper Payments Information Act of 
2002 (IPIA) provides for estimates and reports of improper payments by 
Federal agencies. Subpart K of 45 CFR, Part 98 of the Child Care and 
Development Fund requires States to prepare and submit a report of 
errors occurring in the administration of CCDF grant funds once every 
three years.
    The Office of Child Care (OCC) is completing the fourth 3-year 
cycle of case record reviews to meet the requirements for reporting 
under IPIA. The current data collection forms and instructions expire 
August 31, 2018. As part of the renewal process, OCC has revised the 
document with minor changes that do not change the methodology, but 
which provide respondents with additional guidance, clarification, and 
support to facilitate the completeness and accuracy of the required 
data submissions. In addition, questions regarding State processes that 
previously existed in section III Creating the Sampling Decisions, 
Assurances, and Fieldwork Preparation Plan on page 5, have been 
reformatted into a template to facilitate and ease the submission of 
this information. Two questions added are a description of the process 
for determining the annual amount of payments and the projected start 
date for conducting the case record reviews.
    OCC is particularly interested in feedback regarding the ease and 
accuracy with which respondents that pool or combine funds can provide 
data regarding the pooled funds. Items addressing pooled funds are 
located primarily in Section VII Completing and Submitting the State 
Improper Payments Report on pages 43-45 and in the State Improper 
Payments Report template (Attachment 3) beginning on page 65.
    Respondents: State grantees, the District of Columbia, and Puerto 
Rico.

                                             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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Sampling Decisions, Assurances, and Fieldwork                 17               1             106           1,802
 Preparation Plan...............................
Record Review Worksheet.........................              17             276            6.33       29,700.36
State Improper Payment Report...................              17               1             639          10,863
Corrective Action Plan..........................               8               1             156           1,248
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 43,613.36.
    In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chap 35), 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, 330 C Street SW,

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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,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-04675 Filed 3-7-18; 8:45 am]
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