[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 85 (Monday, May 5, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18982-18983]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-07708]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Children and Families Administration

[OMB #: 0970-0166]


Proposed Information Collection Activity; National Directory of 
New Hires

AGENCY: Office of Child Support Services, Administration for Children 
and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Request for public comments.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Child Support Services (OCSS), Administration 
for Children and Families (ACF), is requesting the 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, 2025.

DATES: Comments due July 7, 2025. 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 NDNH is a federally mandated repository of 
employment and wage information. The information maintained in the NDNH 
is collected electronically and 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. Specific State and Federal agencies also use NDNH information 
for authorized purposes to help administer certain programs, prevent 
overpayments, detect fraud, assess benefits, and recover funds, as 
provided under 42 U.S.C. 653(i)(1). OCSS changed the unconventional 
date format to a standard format in the NDNH record specifications and 
changed the Multistate Employer Registration Form to revise language, 
update links, and remove the option to submit it by mail.
    Respondents: Employers, State Child Support Agencies, and State 
Workforce Agencies.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                        Annual     Annual number  Average annual
                     Instrument                       number of    of responses    burden hours    Annual burden
                                                     respondents  per respondent   per response        hours
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New Hire: Employers Reporting Manually.............    5,667,878            1.56            .025      221,047.24
New Hire: Employers Reporting Electronically.......      626,726          126.80          .00028       22,251.28
New Hire: States...................................           54      163,513.97            .017      150,105.82
Quarterly Wage and Unemployment Insurance..........           53           28.00          .00028            0.42
Multistate Employer Registration Form..............        1,555            1.00             .05           77.75
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 393,482.51.
    Comments: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 
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

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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. 653A(b)(1)(A) and (B); 42 U.S.C. 653A(g)(2)(A) 
and (B), 42 U.S.C. 503(h)(1)(A); and 26 U.S.C. 3304(a)(16)(B)

Mary C. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2025-07708 Filed 5-2-25; 8:45 am]
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