[Federal Register: February 13, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 29)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects
Title: Income Withholding for Support (IWO) (Formerly: Order to
Withhold Income for Child Support and Notice of an Order to Withhold
Income for Child Support)
OMB No. 0970-0154
Description: Pub. L. 104-193, The Personal Responsibility and Work
Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) of 1996, Section 324, requires
the Federal Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) to develop a
standardized form to collect child support payments from an obligor's
employer. The form, which promotes standardization and is used for
title IV-
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D and non-IV-D cases that require income withholding, expires 5/31/
2007, and the Administration for Children and Families is taking this
opportunity to revise the form and its instructions.
Overall, the language and format of the form have been edited,
modified, and made easier to read and comprehend. The two-page form
provides a detailed legal description of the established order, support
amounts, and remittance information an employer needs to withhold
payments from an obligor who owes child support. One of the new fields
on the form is for the attachment of lump sum payments by employers.
This addition allows the issuing entity to instruct the employer with
respect to the attachment and remittance of lump sum payments. Fields
for child's name and date of birth have been moved to the front of the
form, allowing the employer community to easily identify who the form
is for and to avoid implementation of duplicate orders. Other changes
that have enhanced the form include: A simplified title, clear
identification of who is sending the form, and modifications to allow
the employer to easily report employee terminations.
Respondents: States, Territories, and Tribes.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of Average burden
Instrument Number of responses per hours per Total burden
respondents respondent response hours
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IWO......................................... 54 222,222 .0017 20,400
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 20,400.
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
Administration, Office of Information Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade,
SW., Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. E-mail
address: infocollection@acf.hhs.gov. 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 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.
Dated: February 7, 2007.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 07-631 Filed 2-12-07; 8:45 am]
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