[Federal Register: July 18, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 139)]
[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: Voluntary Surveys of Program Partners to Implement Executive
Order 12862.
OMB No.: 0980-0266.
Description: Under the provisions of the Federal Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13), the Administration for Children
and Families (ACF) is requesting clearance for instruments to implement
Executive Order 12862 within ACF. The purpose of the data collection is
to obtain customer satisfaction information from those entities who are
funded to be our partners in the delivery of services to the American
public. ACF partners are those entities that receive funding to deliver
services or assistance from ACF programs. Examples of partners are
state and local governments, territories, service providers, Indian
Tribes and Tribal organizations, grantees, researchers, or other
intermediaries serving target populations identified by and funded
directly or indirectly by ACF. The surveys will obtain information
about how well ACF is meeting the needs of our partners in operating
the ACF programs.
Respondents: State, Local, & Tribal Govt. or not-for-profit
Organizations
Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of Average
Instrument Number of responses per burden hours Total burden
respondents respondent per response hours
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State Governments, Territories and District of 54 10 1 540
Columbia.......................................
Head Start Grantees and Delegates............... 200 1 0.50 100
Other Discretionary Grant Programs.............. 200 10 0.50 1,000
Indian Tribes and Tribal Organizations.......... 25 10 0.50 125
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,765.
In compliance with the requirements of Section 506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Administration for Children and
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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: July 9, 2008.
Janean Chambers,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E8-15897 Filed 7-17-08; 8:45 am]
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