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The evaluation processes of EFNEP 

are consistent with the requirements of 

Congressional legislation and OMB. The 

Government Performance and Results 

Act of 1993 (GPRA) (Pub. L. 103–62), 

the Federal Activities Inventory Reform 

Act of 1998 (FAIR Act) (Pub. L. 105–

270), and the Agricultural, Research, 

Extension and Education Reform Act of 

1998 (AREERA)(Pub. L. 105–185), 

together with OMB requirements, 

support the reporting requirements 

requested in this information collection. 

One of the five Presidential 

Management Agenda initiatives, Budget 

and Performance Integration, builds on 

GPRA and earlier efforts to identify 

program goals and performance 

measures, and link them to the budget 

process. The FAIR Act requires the 

development and implementation of a 

system to monitor and evaluate 

agricultural research and extension 

activities in order to measure the impact 

and effectiveness of research, extension, 

and education programs. AREERA 

requires a performance evaluation to be 

conducted to determine whether 

Federally funded agricultural research, 

extension, and education programs 

result in public goods that have national 

or multi-state significance. 

Since 1969, states have annually 

reported demographic and dietary 

behavior change of their EFNEP 

audience to the Federal Cooperative 

Extension Service (CES) EFNEP 

National Program Leader, at CSREES, or 

its preceding agencies, in USDA. 

Through 1992, the reports were 

submitted on OMB approved forms, 

Forms ES–255 and ES–256. The data 

gathered using these forms was of 

limited usefulness at the State and local 

level, and data quality was questionable. 

The Evaluation/Reporting System (E/

RS) is a database that was developed to 

capture the impacts of EFNEP. The 

system provides a variety of reports that 

are useful for management purposes, 

provides diagnostic assessments of 

participant needs, and exports summary 

data for State and National assessment 

of the program’s impact. The 

specifications for this system were 

developed by a committee made up of 

representatives from across the United 

States. 

E/RS stores information in the form of 

records about the program participants, 

their family structure and their dietary 

practices. The system is structured to 

collect data about adult participants, 

youth and youth group members, and 

staff assignments, and hours worked. 

The E/RS consists of separate software 

sub-systems for the county, state, and 

Federal levels. Each county-level system 

accumulates data about individuals. 

This data is exported electronically to 

the state-level system. At the state level, 

university staff imports the data and 

create state reports that are exported 

electronically to the Federal-level 

system. By the time the data gets to the 

Federal level, it is state compiled data 

excluding any personal identifying 

information of participants. National 

reports are then created at the Federal 

level. 

Estimate of Burden: Each year, the 

county offices aggregate local electronic 

data into the state report, and transmit 

it electronically to CSREES. This 

requirement constitutes the Federal 

burden CSREES imposes on the States 

and is the only burden measured and 

accounted for in this estimate. CSREES 

estimates that it takes one State or 

Territory 1,234.5 hours to aggregate the 

local level information and transmit the 

summary information to CSREES. There 

are a total of 56 responses annually, 

thus constituting a total annual 

estimated burden of 69,132 hours for 

this information collection. 

Comments: Comments are invited on: 

(a) Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the 

automated, electronic, mechanical, or 

other technological collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology.

Done in Washington, DC, this 1st day of 

September, 2004. 

Joseph J. Jen, 

Under Secretary, Research, Education, and 

Economics.

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Cooperative State Research, 

Education, and Extension Service 

Notice of Intent to Establish an 

Information Collection

AGENCY: Cooperative State Research, 

Education, and Extension Service, 

USDA.

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) 

regulations (5 CFR 1320) that implement 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), this notice 

announces the Cooperative State 

Research, Education, and Extension 

Service’s (CSREES) intention to request 

approval to establish an information 

collection for Children, Youth, and 

Families at Risk (CYFAR).

DATES: Written comments on this notice 

must be received by December 3, 2004 

to be assured of consideration. 

Comments received after that date will 

be considered to the extent practicable.

ADDRESSES: Written comments 

concerning this notice may be mailed to 

Jason Hitchcock, E-Government Program 

Leader, Information Systems and 

Technology Management, CSREES, 

USDA, STOP 2216, 1400 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250–

2216 or sent electronically to: 

jhitchcock@csrees.usda.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request a copy of the information 

collection, contact Jason Hitchcock at 

(202) 720–4343; facsimile at (202) 720–

0857; or electronically at: 

jhitchcock@csrees.usda.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Children, Youth, and Families 

at Risk (CYFAR) Year End Report. 

OMB Number: 0524–NEW. 

Expiration Date of Current Approval:

Not applicable. 

Type of Request: Intent to seek 

approval to establish an information 

collection for three years. 

Abstract: Funding for the Children, 

Youth, and Families at Risk (CYFAR) 

New Communities Project (NCP) is 

authorized under section 3(d) of the 

Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 341 et seq.), 

as amended, and other relevant 

authorizing legislation, which provides 

jurisdictional basis for the establishment 

and operation of Extension educational 

work for the benefit of youth and 

families in communities. The CYFAR 

funding program supports communitybased programs serving children, youth, 

and families in at-risk environments. 

CYFAR funds are intended to support 

the development of high quality, 

effective programs based on research 

and to document the impact of these 

programs on intended audiences. The 

CYFAR Year End Report collects 

demographic and impact data from each 

community site which is used by 

CSREES to conduct impact evaluations 

of the programs on its intended 

audience. 

The evaluation processes of CYFAR 

are consistent with the requirements of 

Congressional legislation and OMB. The 

Government Performance and Results 

Act of 1993 (GPRA) (Pub. L. 103–62), 

the Federal Activities Inventory Reform 

Act of 1998(FAIR Act) (Pub. L. 105–

270), and the Agricultural, Research, 

Extension and Education Reform Act of 

1998 (AREERA) (Pub. L. 105–185), 

together with OMB requirements, 

support the reporting requirements 

requested in this information collection. 

One of the five Presidential 

58124 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 188 / Wednesday, September 29, 2004 / Notices 

Management Agenda initiatives, Budget 

and Performance Integration, builds on 

GPRA and earlier efforts to identify 

program goals and performance 

measures, and link them to the budget 

process. The FAIR Act requires the 

development and implementation of a 

system to monitor and evaluate 

agricultural research and extension 

activities in order to measure the impact 

and effectiveness of research, extension, 

and education programs. AREERA 

requires a performance evaluation to be 

conducted to determine whether 

Federally funded agricultural research, 

extension, and education programs 

result in public goods that have national 

or multi-state significance. 

The immediate need of this 

information collection is to provide a 

means for satisfying accountability 

requirements. The long term objective is 

to provide a means to enable the 

evaluation and assessment of the 

effectiveness of programs receiving 

Federal funds and to fully satisfy 

requirements of performance and 

accountability legislation in GPRA, the 

FAIR Act, and AREERA. 

Estimate of Burden: There are 

currently CYFAR projects in 48 States of 

the United States and 2 territories. Each 

state and territory is required to 

electronically submit an annual year 

end report to CSREES. The year end 

report includes demographic and 

impact data on each of the community 

projects. CSREES estimates the burden 

of this collection to be 322 hours per 

response. There are currently 50 

respondents, thus making the total 

annual burden of this collection an 

estimated 16,100 hours. 

Comments: Comments are invited on: 

(a) Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the Agency’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection of information; (c) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility and clarity 

of the information to be collected; and 

(d) ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology.

Done in Washington, DC, this 1st day of 

September 2004. 

Joseph J. Jen, 

Under Secretary, Research, Education, and 

Economics.

[FR Doc. 04–21753 Filed 9–28–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–22–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Cooperative State Research, 

Education, and Extension Service 

Notice of Intent To Establish an 

Information Collection

AGENCY: Cooperative State Research, 

Education, and Extension Service, 

USDA.

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) 

regulations (5 CFR 1320) that implement 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), this notice 

announces the Cooperative State 

Research, Education, and Extension 

Service’s (CSREES) intention to request 

approval to establish an information 

collection for the 4–H Youth 

Development Annual Enrollment 

Report.

DATES: Written comments on this notice 

must be received by December 3, 2004 

to be assured of consideration. 

Comments received after that date will 

be considered to the extent practicable.

ADDRESSES: Written comments 

concerning this notice may be mailed to 

Jason Hitchcock, E-Government Program 

Leader, Information Systems and 

Technology Management, CSREES, 

USDA, STOP 2216, 1400 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250–

2216 or sent electronically to: 

jhitchcock@csrees.usda.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request a copy of the information 

collection, contact Jason Hitchcock at 

(202) 720–4343; facsimile at (202) 720–

0857; or electronically at: 

jhitchcock@csrees.usda.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: 4–H Youth Development 

Annual Enrollment Report. 

OMB Number: 0524–NEW. 

Expiration Date of Current Approval:

Not applicable. 

Type of Request: Intent to seek 

approval to establish an information 

collection for three years. 

Abstract: As early as 1902 USDA 

Demonstration field staff and 

progressive educators around the 

country began to work with groups of 

young rural boys and girls in practical 

applications of research knowledge 

through hands-on agricultural and home 

economics-related subjects which 

evolved into 4–H. Over time, 4–H 

became the largest non-formal youth 

development program in the country, 

and has remained so. 

4–H is a complex national 

organization, involving the National 4–

H Headquarters, CSREES, USDA, and 

hundreds of educational curricula, 

activities, and events for youth K 

through 12th grade. Programs originate 

at 105 land-grant universities, and local 

programs are conducted and managed 

by some 4,000 professional Extension 

staff in 3,050 counties, with nearly 

seven million youth enrolled each year. 

Nearly 600,000 volunteer leaders work 

directly with the 4–H youth. The 

Annual 4–H Enrollment Report is the 

principal means by which the 4–H 

movement keeps track of its progress, as 

well as emerging needs, potential 

problems and opportunities. 

The evaluation processes of 4–H are 

consistent with the requirements of 

Congressional legislation and OMB. The 

Government Performance and Results 

Act of 1993 (GPRA) (Pub. L. 103–62), 

the Federal Activities Inventory Reform 

Act of 1998 (FAIR Act) (Pub. L. 105–

270), and the Agricultural, Research, 

Extension and Education Reform Act of 

1998 (AREERA)(Pub. L. 105–185), 

together with OMB requirements, 

support the reporting requirements 

requested in this information collection. 

One of the five Presidential 

Management Agenda initiatives, Budget 

and Performance Integration, builds on 

GPRA and earlier efforts to identify 

program goals and performance 

measures, and link them to the budget 

process. The FAIR Act requires the 

development and implementation of a 

system to monitor and evaluate 

agricultural research and extension 

activities in order to measure the impact 

and effectiveness of research, extension, 

and education programs. AREERA 

requires a performance evaluation to be 

conducted to determine whether 

federally funded agricultural research, 

extension, and education programs 

result in public goods that have national 

or multi-state significance. 

All of the information necessary to 

run the county-level 4–H program is 

collected by the county from 

individuals, Clubs, and other Units. It is 

maintained electronically at the County 

4–H offices in cumulative individual 

and Club electronic records within the 

County 4–H program management 

software system. Annually each county 

sends their State 4–H office an 

electronic aggregated summary of their 

4–H enrollment. 

One professional 4–H staff member in 

each State or Territory annually uses 

their program management software to 

electronically aggregate the 4–H 

enrollment for their State or Territory 

into a standardized format in a database 

flat file. Only certain categories from the 

flat file are forwarded to CSREES. None 

of the aggregated summary information