[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 132 (Tuesday, July 10, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31973-31974]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-14705]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families

[OMB No.: 0970-0323]


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Child Care 
Development Fund (CCDF)--Reporting Improper Payments--Instructions for 
States

    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 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            1802
 Preparation Plan...............................
Record Review Worksheet.........................              17             276            6.33       29,700.36
State Improper Payments Report..................              17               1             639          10,863
Corrective Action Plan..........................               8               1             156            1248
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 43,613.36.
    Additional Information: Copies of the proposed collection may be 
obtained by writing to the Administration for Children and Families, 
Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, 330 C Street SW, 
Washington, DC 20201. Attention Reports Clearance Officer. All requests 
should be identified by the title of the information collection. Email 
address: [email protected].
    OMB Comment: OMB is required to make a decision concerning the 
collection of information between 30 and 60 days after publication of 
this document in the Federal Register. Therefore, a comment is best 
assured of having its full effect if OMB receives it within 30 days of 
publication. Written comments and recommendations for the

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proposed information collection should be sent directly to the 
following: Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction 
Project, Email: [email protected], Attn: Desk Officer for the 
Administration for Children and Families.

Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-14705 Filed 7-9-18; 8:45 am]
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