[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 162 (Tuesday, August 23, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51676-51677]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-18136]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Administration for 
Children and Families Uniform Project Description

AGENCY: Office of Administration, Office of Grants Policy, 
Administration for Children and Families, Department of Health and 
Human Services.

ACTION: Request for public comments.

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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is 
requesting revisions to the approved ACF Uniform Project Description 
(UPD) (Office of Management and Budget (OMB) #0970-0139, expiration 
March 31, 2025).

DATES: Comments due within 60 days of publication. In compliance with 
the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ACF is 
soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the information 
collection described above.

ADDRESSES: You can obtain copies of the proposed collection of 
information and submit comments by emailing [email protected]. 
Identify all requests by the title of the information collection.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Description: The proposed information collection would revise the 
approved ACF UPD. The UPD provides a uniform format for applicants to 
submit project information in response to ACF discretionary Notices of 
Funding Opportunity. The UPD requires applicants to describe how 
program objectives will be achieved and provide a rationale for the 
project's budgeted costs. All ACF discretionary grant programs are 
required to use the UPD.
    ACF uses this information, along with other OMB-approved 
information collections (Standard Forms), to evaluate and rank 
applications. Use of the UPD protects the integrity of the ACF award 
selection process.
    The UDP has been revised as follows: (1) included a text field for 
the Geographic Location standardized text, which will allow ACF program 
offices

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to enter project-specific language; (2) under Organizational Capacity, 
inserted an option to allow submission of an Audit Summary report in 
lieu of a full audit report; (3) inserted a checkbox and standardized 
language to request current and pending funding support; (4) added a 
prior written approval requirement to Plan for Oversight of Federal 
Award Funds and Activities; (5) included Memoranda of Agreement (MOA) 
under Third Party Agreements; and (6) updated The Project Budget and 
Budget Justification standardized language related to salary 
limitation, budget preparation, fringe benefits, definition of 
supplies, contractual costs, accounting for real property, the Other 
Costs category, and Indirect Costs.
    Respondents: Applicants responding to ACF Discretionary Notices of 
Funding Opportunity.

                                                                 Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                                   Total number of   Average burden
                          Instrument                             Total number of    responses per      hours  per       Total burden      Annual burden
                                                                   respondents       respondent         response            hours             hours
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ACF Uniform Project Description...............................            3,218                 1                60           193,080            64,360
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 64,360.
    Comments: 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.
    Authority: 45 CFR 75.203-75.204, and 45 CFR part 75, appendix I.

Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-18136 Filed 8-22-22; 8:45 am]
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