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Assessment Activities, and section 12(d) 

of the National Technology Transfer and 

Advancement Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104– 

113, 15 U.S.C. 272 note), agencies must 

use voluntary consensus standards, 

when they exist, in lieu of Governmentunique standards, except where 

inconsistent with law or otherwise 

impractical. The information collected 

from offerors will be used by Federal 

agencies to determine if voluntary 

consensus standards will satisfy the 

Government’s needs for a particular 

solicitation. 

• FAR 52.211–8, Time of Delivery; 

and 52.211–9, Desired and Required 

Time of Delivery. These time of delivery 

clauses may be used by contracting 

officers to set forth a required delivery 

schedule and to allow offerors to 

propose an alternative delivery 

schedule. Contracting officers use the 

collected information to ensure supplies 

or services are obtained in a timely 

manner. 

C. Annual Burden 

Respondents: 1,377. 

Total Annual Responses: 1,377. 

Total Burden Hours: 738.5. 

D. Public Comment 

A 60-day notice was published in the 

Federal Register at 88 FR 62085, on 

September 8, 2023. No comments were 

received. 

Obtaining Copies: Requesters may 

obtain a copy of the information 

collection documents from the GSA 

Regulatory Secretariat Division, by 

calling 202–501–4755 or emailing 

GSARegSec@gsa.gov. Please cite OMB 

Control No. 9000–0153, Federal 

Acquisition Regulation Part 11 

Requirements. 

Janet Fry, 

Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division, 

Office of Governmentwide Acquisition Policy, 

Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of 

Governmentwide Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2023–25727 Filed 11–20–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Proposed Information Collection 

Activity; Healthy Marriage and 

Responsible Fatherhood Performance 

Measures and Additional Data 

Collection (Office of Management and 

Budget #0970–0566) 

AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, 

and Evaluation, Administration for 

Children and Families, Department of 

Health and Human Services. 

ACTION: Request for public comments. 

SUMMARY: The Administration for 

Children and Families (ACF), Office of 

Family Assistance (OFA), is requesting 

an extension with changes to its 

approved collection and reporting of 

performance measures about program 

operations, services, and clients served 

through the Healthy Marriage (HM) and 

Responsible Fatherhood (RF) grant 

programs. In an effort to gain a greater 

understanding of how HMRF programs 

influence program participants and staff 

at an individual level, ACF proposes to 

add one open field to the quarterly 

narrative reports to capture information 

about the experiences of HMRF 

participants and/or staff. ACF is 

requesting to extend approval, with the 

implementation of this change, for 3 

years. 

DATES: Comments due within 60 days of 

publication. In compliance with the 

requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, ACF is soliciting 

public comment on the specific aspects 

of the information collection described 

above. 

ADDRESSES: You can obtain copies of the 

proposed collection of information and 

submit comments by emailing 

OPREinfocollection@acf.hhs.gov. 

Identify all requests by the title of the 

information collection. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Description: ACF proposes to 

continue collecting a set of Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB)- 

approved performance measures from 

all HMRF award recipients. 

The HMRF performance measures 

collect standardized information in the 

following areas: 

• Applicant characteristics; 

• Program operations; 

• Service delivery; and 

• Participant outcomes: 

Æ Entrance survey, with five versions: 

(1) HM Program Entrance Survey for 

Adult-Focused Programs; (2) HM 

Program Entrance Survey for YouthFocused Programs; (3) RF Program 

Entrance Survey for Community-Based 

Fathers; (4) RF Program Entrance Survey 

for Community-Based Mothers; and (5) 

RF Program Entrance Survey for 

Reentering Fathers. 

Æ Exit survey, with five versions: (1) 

HM Program Exit Survey for AdultFocused Programs; (2) HM Program Exit 

Survey for Youth-Focused Programs; (3) 

RF Program Exit Survey for CommunityBased Fathers; (4) RF Program Exit 

Survey for Community-Based Mothers; 

and (5) RF Program Exit Survey for 

Reentering Fathers. 

The measures were developed in 2014 

after extensive review of the research 

literature and recipients’ past measures. 

They were revised in 2020 based on a 

targeted analysis of existing measures, 

feedback from key audiences, and 

discussions with ACF staff and the 2015 

cohort of recipients. OMB approved 

these revised measures in 2021 and has 

approved a handful of non-substantive 

changes since then. 

ACF also proposes to continue the 

OMB-approved quarterly reporting on 

the following measures, with minor 

changes as described: 

• Semi-annual Performance Progress 

Report (PPR), with two versions: (1) 

Performance Progress Report for HM 

Programs, and (2) Performance Progress 

Report for RF Programs; and 

• Quarterly Performance Report 

(QPR), with two versions: (1) Quarterly 

Performance Progress Report for HM 

Programs, and (2) Quarterly 

Performance Progress Report for RF 

Programs. ACF proposes to add a new 

text box to the QPRs to gather 

qualitative narratives of the experiences 

of HMRF participants and/or staff. This 

information will help build ACF’s 

understanding of how HMRF programs 

influence program participants and staff 

at an individual level. 

ACF provides recipients with a webbased performance measures data 

collection system called nFORM 2.0 

(Information, Family Outcomes, 

Reporting, and Management) to improve 

the efficiency of data collection and 

reporting and the quality of data. This 

system allows for streamlined and 

standardized submission of recipient 

performance data through regular 

progress reports and supports recipientled and federal research projects. 

ACF also proposes to continue the 

OMB-approved requirement for 

recipients to document their continuous 

quality improvement (CQI) planning 

and implementation using a CQI plan 

template that is completed outside of 

the nFORM system. 

Respondents: Respondents include 

HM and RF award recipient staff and 

program applicants and participants 

(participants are called ‘‘clients’’). 

Annual Burden Estimates: The 

estimated number of respondents for 

each instrument has been adjusted to 

reflect experiences in the field to date. 

There is no change to the average 

estimated time per response of any 

instrument. 


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Instrument Respondent 

Number of 

respondents 

(total over 

request 

period) 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

(total over 

request 

period) 

Avg. burden 

per response 

(in hours) 

Total burden 

(in hours) 

Annual burden 

(in hours) 

1: Applicant Characteristics ................. Program applicants ............................. 150,000 1 0.25 37,500 12,500 

Program staff ...................................... 330 455 0.10 15,015 5,005 

2: Program Operations ........................ Program staff ...................................... 110 12 0.32 422 141 

3: Service Delivery Data ...................... Program staff ...................................... 1,650 86 0.50 70,950 23,650 

4: Entrance and Exit Surveys .............. Program clients (entrance) ................. 141,498 1 0.42 59,429 19,810 

Program clients (exit) .......................... 94,734 1 0.42 39,788 13,263 

Program staff (entrance and exit on 

paper).

220 351 0.10 7,722 2,574 

5: Semi-annual Performance Progress 

Report (PPR).

Program staff ...................................... 110 6 3 1,980 660 

6: Quarterly Performance Report 

(QPR).

Program staff ...................................... 110 6 1 660 220 

7: CQI Plan .......................................... Program staff ...................................... 110 3 4 1,320 440 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 78,263. 

Comments: 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. 

Authority: Sec. 403. [42 U.S.C. 603]. 

Mary B. Jones, 

ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2023–25720 Filed 11–20–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Voluntary Acknowledgment of 

Paternity and Required Data Elements 

for Paternity Establishment Affidavits 

AGENCY: Office of Child Support 

Services, Administration for Children 

and Families, United States Department 

of Health and Human Services. 

ACTION: Request for public comments. 

SUMMARY: The Office of Child Support 

Services (OCSS), Administration for 

Children and Families (ACF), United 

States Department of Health and Human 

Services, is requesting a three-year 

extension of the Voluntary 

Acknowledgment of Paternity and 

Required Data Elements for Paternity 

Establishment Affidavits (OMB #0970– 

0171, expiration 1/31/2024). No changes 

are proposed. 

DATES: Comments due within 30 days of 

publication. OMB must make a decision 

about the collection of information 

between 30 and 60 days after 

publication of this document in the 

Federal Register. Therefore, a comment 

is best assured of having its full effect 

if OMB receives it within 30 days of 

publication. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. You can also obtain 

copies of the proposed collection of 

information by emailing infocollection@

acf.hhs.gov. Identify all emailed 

requests by the title of the information 

collection. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Description: Section 466(a)(5)(C) of 

the Social Security Act requires States 

to enact laws ensuring a simple civil 

process for voluntarily acknowledging 

paternity via an affidavit. The 

development and use of an affidavit for 

the voluntary acknowledgment of 

paternity would include the minimum 

requirements of the affidavit specified 

by the Secretary under section 452(a)(7) 

of the Social Security Act and give full 

faith and credit to such an affidavit 

signed in any other State according to 

its procedures. The State must provide 

that, before a mother and putative father 

can sign a voluntary acknowledgment of 

paternity, the mother and putative 

father must be given notice, orally, or 

through the use of video equipment, and 

in writing, of the alternatives to, the 

legal consequences of, and the rights 

(including any rights, if one parent is a 

minor, due to minority status) and 

responsibilities of acknowledging 

paternity. The affidavits will be used by 

hospitals, birth record agencies, and 

other entities participating in the 

voluntary paternity establishment 

program to collect information from the 

parents of nonmarital children. 

Respondents: The parents of 

nonmarital children, State and Tribal 

agencies operating child support 

programs under Title IV–D of the Social 

Security Act, hospitals, birth record 

agencies, and other entities participating 

in the voluntary paternity establishment 

program. 

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES

Instrument Total number of 

respondents 

Annual 

number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden hours 

per response 

Annual burden 

hours 

Training ................................................................................................ 130,240 1 1 130,240 

Paternity Acknowledgment Process .................................................... 1,618,412 1 0.17 275,130 

Data Elements ..................................................................................... 54 1 1 54 


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