75548 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 242 / Friday, December 17, 2004 / Notices 

Management, U.S. Office of Government 

Ethics, Suite 500, 1201 New York 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20005–

3917. Comments may also be sent 

electronically to OGE’s e-mail address at 

usoge@oge.gov (for e-mail messages, the 

subject line should include the 

following reference—‘‘Public Financial 

Disclosure Access Customer Service 

Survey’’).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Donovan at the U.S. Office of 

Government Ethics; telephone: 202–

482–9232; TDD: 202–482–9293; FAX: 

202–482–9237. A copy of the Public 

Financial Disclosure Access Customer 

Service Survey form may be obtained, 

without charge, by contacting Ms. 

Donovan.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office 

of Government Ethics uses the Public 

Financial Disclosure Access Customer 

Service Survey form (OMB control 

number 3209–0009) to assess requester 

satisfaction with the service provided by 

OGE in responding to requests by 

members of the public for access to 

copies of Standard Form (SF) 278 

Executive Branch Personnel Public 

Financial Disclosure Reports on file 

with OGE. Most of the SF 278 reports 

available at OGE are those filed by 

executive branch Presidential 

appointees subject to Senate 

confirmation. Requests for access to SF 

278 reports are made pursuant to the 

special public access provision of 

section 105 of the Ethics in Government 

Act of 1978 (the Ethics Act), as codified 

at 5 U.S.C. appendix section 105, and 

procedures in 5 CFR 2634.603 of OGE’s 

executive branchwide regulations. 

Requesters ask for copies of SF 278 

reports by completing an OGE Form 

201, ‘‘Request to Inspect or Receive 

Copies of SF 278 Executive Branch 

Personnel Public Financial Disclosure 

Reports or Other Covered Records.’’

OGE distributes the survey forms to 

requesters along with copies of 

requested SF 278 reports. OGE notes 

that the survey form is only authorized 

for its own use, not by other agencies 

throughout the executive branch. The 

instructions on the survey form ask the 

requester to complete and return the 

survey form to OGE via the selfcontained postage-paid postcards (the 

reverse side of the survey form, when 

folded, becomes a pre-addressed 

postcard). The purpose of the survey 

form is to determine through customer 

responses how well OGE is responding 

to such requests and how OGE can 

maintain its current high-level of 

customer satisfaction in this area. 

OGE is issuing this first round 

Federal Register notice to announce its 

forthcoming request to OMB for 

paperwork renewal of the survey form 

with no modifications. If OGE’s current 

stock of survey forms is depleted within 

the next three years, OGE plans to 

reprint the form with two minor 

modifications (with notice to OMB at 

that time) without further paperwork 

clearance. These modifications are: 

updating the OGE address from ‘‘Attn: 

FDD’’ to ‘‘Attn: PSD’’ and, in the public 

burden statement, change ‘‘Associate 

Director for Administration’’ to ‘‘Deputy 

Director for Administration and 

Information Management.’’

The current paperwork approval is 

scheduled to expire at the end of March 

2005. Pursuant to the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35), 

OGE is not including in its public 

burden estimate for the survey form the 

limited number of access requests filed 

by other Federal agencies or Federal 

employees. Nor is OGE including in that 

estimate, the limited number of requests 

for copies of other records covered 

under the special Ethics Act public 

access provision (such as certificates of 

divestiture) since the survey form is 

only sent to persons who request copies 

of SF 278 reports. 

As so defined, OGE’s estimate for the 

total number of survey forms to be filed 

annually at OGE over the next three 

years by members of the public 

(primarily by news media 

representatives, public interest group 

members and private citizens) is 30. 

This estimate is based on a calculation 

of the number of survey forms received 

at OGE between January 2001 and 

October 2004 (112 survey forms). This 

estimate is 20 less than that for the prior 

three-year period. The estimated average 

amount of time to read the instructions 

and complete the survey form, remains 

the same at three minutes. Thus, the 

new overall estimated annual public 

burden for the OGE Public Financial 

Disclosure Access Customer Service 

Survey form will be two hours (rounded 

up from one and a half hours (30 forms 

× 3 minutes per form)). 

Public comment is invited on all 

aspects of the survey form as proposed 

for renewal including specifically views 

on: the accuracy of OGE’s public burden 

estimate; the potential for enhancement 

of quality, utility and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and the 

minimization of burden (including the 

possibility of use of information 

technology). 

After this notice and comment period, 

OGE will submit the survey form to 

OMB for review and three-year 

extension of approval under the 

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction 

Act. At that time, OGE will also publish 

a second paperwork notice in the 

Federal Register to inform the public 

and Federal agencies. Comments 

received in response to this notice will 

be summarized for, and may be 

included with, the forthcoming OGE 

request for OMB three-year paperwork 

approval. They will also be explained in 

the second round notice. The comments 

will also become a matter of public 

record.

Approved: December 9, 2004. 

Marilyn L. Glynn, 

Acting Director, Office of Government Ethics.

[FR Doc. 04–27644 Filed 12–16–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6345–02–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Proposed Information Collection 

Activity; Comment Request 

Proposed Projects 

Title: LIHEAP Quarterly Allocation 

Estimates. 

OMB No.: 0970–0037. 

Description: The Low Income Home 

Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) 

Quarterly Allocation Estimates Form–

535 is a one-page form that is sent to 50 

State grantees and the District of 

Columbia. It is also sent to Tribal 

grantees that receive over $1 million 

annually and who directly administer 

the LIHEAP Program. Grantees are asked 

to complete and submit the form in the 

4th quarter of each fiscal year. The data 

collected on the form are the grantee’s 

estimates of obligations that they expect 

to make each quarter during the 

upcoming fiscal year. This is the only 

method used to request anticipated 

distribution of the grantee’s LIHEAP 

funds for the program year. The 

information is used to disburse LIHEAP 

funds in accordance with grantee needs 

and to develop OMB apportionment 

requests. 

Respondents: State, local or tribal 

govt.

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ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES

Instrument No. of

respondents 

No. of responses

per respondent 

Average 

burden

hours per 

response 

Total burden hours 

Form ACF–535 ........................................................................................................ 55 1 .25 13.75

Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: ............................................................ ........................ ........................ .................... 13.75

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, SW., 

Washington, DC 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 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: December 13, 2004. 

Robert Sargis, 

Reports Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 04–27582 Filed 12–16–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4184–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Proposed Information Collection 

Activity; Comment Request 

Proposed Projects 

Title: Evaluation of the Early Head 

Start Enhanced Home Visiting Pilot 

Project. 

OMB No.: New Collection. 

Description: The Head Start 

Reauthorization Act of 1994 established 

a special initiative creating funding for 

services for families with infants and 

toddlers. In response, the 

Administration on Children, Youth and 

Families (ACYF) within the 

Administration for Children and 

Families (ACF) developed the Early 

Head Start program. Since its inception, 

Early Head Start has expanded to 

include more than 700 programs and 

70,000 families enrolled nationwide. 

The program is designed to produce 

outcomes in four domains: (1) Child 

development, (2) family development, 

(3) staff development, and (4) 

community development. The Head 

Start Bureau has given programs a 

mandate to support the quality of all 

settings where children receive care by 

providing high-quality services and 

supporting parents and child care 

providers in caring for their young 

children. 

In keeping with this mandate, the 

Head Start Bureau recently funded 24 

Early Head Start programs to participate 

in the Enhanced Home Visiting Pilot 

Project. The goal of the pilot project is 

to develop program models for 

supporting relatives and neighbors who 

care for Early Head Start children in 

acquiring the knowledge, skills and 

resources they need to support 

children’s healthy development. 

The Enhanced Home Visiting Pilot 

Project evaluation will collect and 

disseminate information about the 

program models and service delivery 

strategies developed by the pilot sites, 

as well as the characteristics and needs 

of participating children, families, and 

caregivers. The evaluation will collect 

and analyze information from three 

main sources: (1) Interviews with staff 

and focus groups with parents and 

cargivers to be conducted during two 

rounds of visits to pilot programs (in 

spring 2005 and 2006), (2) a program 

recordkeeping system for tracking 

services to be maintained by the pilot 

sites, and (3) observational assessments 

of the quality of the caregiving 

environment and the interactions 

between children and caregivers to be 

conducted in spring 2006. All data 

collection instruments have been 

designed to minimize the burden on 

respondents by minimizing the time 

required to respond. Participation in the 

study is voluntary. 

The results of the research will be 

used by the Head Start Bureau and ACF 

to identify and disseminate information 

about promising program models and 

service delivery strategies and lessons 

learned from the experiences of the pilot 

programs. 

Respondents: Early Head Start 

directors, coordinators, specialists, and 

home visitors; staff from other 

community service providers; parents of 

Early Head Start children; and neighbor 

and relative caregivers of Early Head 

Start children.

Annual Burden Estimates

ESTIMATED RESPONSE BURDEN FOR RESPONDENTS FOR THE ENHANCED HOME VISITING PILOT EVALUATION

Instrument Number of

respondents 

Number of

responses per 

respondent 

Average

burden per

response

(hours) 

Annual

burden (hours) 

Site Visit Protocols (2005): 

Director Protocol ....................................................................................... 24 1 3.0 72.0

Coordinator/Specialist Protocol ................................................................ 24 1 1.5 36.0

Community Partner Protocol .................................................................... 24 1 1.5 36.0

Home Visitor Protocol ............................................................................... 48 1 1.5 72.0