[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 171 (Wednesday, September 4, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71905-71906]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-19806]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; State Self-Assessment 
Review and Report (Office of Management and Budget No.: 0970-0223)

AGENCY: Office of Child Support Services, 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), Office of 
Child Support Services (OCSS), is requesting the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) to approve the State Self-Assessment Review and Report 
(SARR) (OMB#: 0970-0223) for an additional three years with revisions 
to the instrument reflecting the name change from the Office of Child 
Support Enforcement to the Office of Child Support Services. The 
information collected in the reports helps state child support agencies 
and OCSS determine whether the agencies meet federal child support 
performance requirements. The current OMB approval expires on May 31, 
2025.

DATES: Comments due November 4, 2024. In compliance with the 
requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, ACF is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the 
information collection described above.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the proposed collection of information can be 
obtained and comments may be forwarded by emailing 
[email protected]. Identify all requests by the title of the 
information collection.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Description: State child support agencies are statutorily required 
to annually assess the performance of their child support programs and 
to provide a report of the findings to the Secretary of the U.S. 
Department of Health and Human Services. The information collected in 
the SARR is used as a management tool to determine whether states are 
complying with federal mandates and to help states evaluate their 
programs and assess performances.
    Respondents: States and territories administering a child support 
program under title IV-D of the Social Security Act.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                               Total number of
                                              Total number of       annual      Average  annual   Annual burden
           Information collection                  annual       responses per     burden hours        hours
                                                respondents       respondent      per response
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State Self-Assessment Review and Report.....              54                1                8              432
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    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

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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: 42 U.S.C. 654(15)(A); 45 CFR 308.1(e).

Mary C. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-19806 Filed 9-3-24; 8:45 am]
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