[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 205 (Thursday, October 23, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55264-55265]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-28126]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

Proposed Projects

    Title: The Office of Child Support Enforcement OCSE-156 Child 
Support Enforcement Program Quarterly Data Report and OCSE-158 Child 
Support Enforcement Annual Data Summary Report.
    OMB No.: 0970-0057.
    Description: The information obtained from these forms will be used 
to report Child Support Enforcement activities to the Congress as 
required by law, to complete performance indicators utilized in the 
program, and to assist the Office of Child Support Enforcement in 
monitoring and evaluation State Child Support Enforcement programs. 
These two information collections will be replaced by the OCSE-157 
October 1, 1998.

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    Respondents: State, Local or Tribal Govt.

                         Annual Burden Estimates                        
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                                                        Average         
                                            Number of   burden    Total 
         Instrument            Number of    responses    hours    burden
                              respondents      per        per     hours 
                                           respondent  response         
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OCSE-156....................         54            4        3.7    799.2
OCSE-158....................         54            1        1.2     64.8
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 864.
    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, Division of Information Resource Management 
Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, S.W., Washington, D.C. 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: October 15, 1997.
Bob Sargis,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 97-28126 Filed 10-22-97; 8:45 am]
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