[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 85 (Tuesday, May 3, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26203-26204]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-09461]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families

[OMB No. 0970-0166]


Submission for OMB Review; National Directory of New Hires

AGENCY: Office of Child Support Enforcement, Administration for 
Children and Families, HHS.

ACTION: Request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE), Administration 
for Children and Families (ACF), is requesting the federal Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) to approve the National Directory of New 
Hires (NDNH), with minor changes to the Multistate Employer 
Registration form, for an additional three years. The current OMB 
approval expires July 31, 2022.

DATES: Comments due within 30 days of publication. OMB must make a 
decision about 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.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function. You can 
also obtain copies of the proposed collection of information by 
emailing [email protected]. Identify all emailed requests by 
the title of the information collection.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Description: The NDNH is a federally mandated repository of 
employment and wage information. The information maintained in the NDNH 
is collected electronically and is used for authorized purposes. State 
child support agencies use the NDNH information to locate a parent 
living or working in a different state and to take appropriate 
interstate actions to establish, modify, or enforce a child support 
order. NDNH information is also used for authorized purposes by 
specific state and federal agencies to help administer certain 
programs, prevent overpayments, detect fraud, assess benefits, and 
recover funds, as provided under 42 U.S.C. 653(i)(1).
    Respondents: Employers, State Child Support Agencies, and State 
Workforce Agencies.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                   Total number   Average annual
                   Instrument                      Total number    of responses    burden hours    Total annual
                                                  of respondents  per respondent   per response    burden hours
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New Hire: Employers Reporting Manually..........       5,411,180            1.29            .025      174,510.56
New Hire: Employers Reporting Electronically....         664,757           94.77          .00028       17,639.73
New Hire: States................................              54      129,629.63            .017      119,000.00
Quarterly Wage (QW) & Unemployment Insurance                  53           28.00          .00028            0.42
 (UI)...........................................
Multistate Employer Registration Form...........           1,118            1.00             .05           55.90
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 311,207.
    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 653A(b)(1)(A) and (B); 42 U.S.C. 
653A(g)(2)(A); 26 U.S.C. 3304(a)(16)(B); 42 U.S.C.

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503(h)(1)(A); and 42 U.S.C. 653A(g)(2)(B).

Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-09461 Filed 5-2-22; 8:45 am]
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