[Federal Register: November 9, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 216)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families

 
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

    Title: 45 CFR Part 95, Supart F--Automatic Data Processing 
Equipment and Services--Conditions for Federal Financial Participation 
(FFP).
    OMB No.: 0992-0005.
    Description: The advance planning document (APD) process, 
established in the rules at 45 CFR Part 95, Subpart F, is the procedure 
by which States request and obtain approval for Federal financial 
participation in their cost of acquiring automatic data processing 
equipment and services. The State Agency submitted APD, provides the 
Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) with the following 
information necessary to determine the State's need to acquire the 
requested ADP equipment and/or services:
    1. A statement of need;
    2. A requirements analysis and feasibility study;
    3. A cost benefits analysis;
    4. A proposed activity schedule; and,
    5. A proposed budget.
    DHHS' determination, of a State agency's need to acquire requested 
ADP equipment or services, is authorized at sections 402(a)(5), 
452(a)(1), 1902(a)(4) and 1102 of the Social Security Act.
    Respondents: State, Local or Tribal Governments.
    Annual Burden Estimates:

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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
                   Instrument                        Number of      respondents      hours per     Total burden
                                                    respondents   per respondent     response          hours
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Advance Planning Document.......................              50            1.84              60           5,520
RFP and Contract................................              50            1.54             1.5           115.5
Emergency Funding Request.......................              27               1               1              27
Service Agreement...............................              14               1               1              14
Biennial Reports................................              50               1             1.5              75
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 5,751.5.
    In Compliance with the requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Administration for Children and 
Families is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the 
information collection described above.
    Copies of the proposed collection of information can be obtained 
and comments may be forwarded by writing to the Administration for 
Children and Families, Office of Information Services, 370 L'Enfant 
Promenade, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance 
Officer. All requests should be identified by the title of the 
information collection.
    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 clarify 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.

    Dated: November 3, 1999.
Bob Sargis,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-29241 Filed 11-8-99; 8:45 am]
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