[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 243 (Thursday, December 18, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 66373]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-33083]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request, 
Proposed Projects

    Title: IRS Project 1099.
    OMB No.: New Collection.
    Description: A voluntary program which provides States' Child 
Support Enforcement agencies upon there request access to all of the 
earned and unearned income information reported to IRS by employers and 
financial institutions. The IRS 1099 information is used to locate 
noncustodial parents and to verify income and employment, which has 
proven essential to accurately establishing and enforcing child support 
obligations.
    Respondents: State, Local, or Tribal Govt.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates                                            
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                                                                  Number of      Average burden                 
                 Instrument                      Number of      responses per      hours per       Total burden 
                                                respondents       respondent        response          hours     
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OCSE 1099 Request Records...................              43               12                1            1,032 
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,032.
    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: December 15, 1997.
Bob Sargis,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 97-33083 Filed 12-17-97; 8:45 am]
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