[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 7, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 13610]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-5499]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

Proposed Projects

    Title: Appeal Procedures for Head Start Grantees and Current or 
Prospective Delegate Agencies.
    OMB No.: 0980-0242.
    Description: Section 646 of the Head Start Act requires the 
Secretary to prescribe a timeline for conducting administrative 
hearings when adverse actions are taken or proposed against Head Start 
or Early Head Start grantees or delegate agencies. The Office of Head 
Start is proposing to renew without changes this rule which implements 
these requirements and which prescribe when a grantee must submit 
information and what that information should include to support a 
contention that adverse action should not be taken.
    Respondents: Head Start and Early Head Start grantees and delegate 
agencies against which the Head Start Bureau has taken or proposes to 
take adverse actions.

                                             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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Adverse Action..............................              20                1               26              520
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 520.
    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.

Bob Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-5499 Filed 3-6-12; 8:45 am]
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