[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 218 (Thursday, November 9, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67374-67375]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-28802]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    Title: National Directory of New Hires.
    OMB No.: 0970-0166.
    Description: Public Law 104-193, the ``Personal Responsibility and 
Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996,'' requires the Office of 
Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) to operate a National Directory of New 
Hires (NDNH) to improve the ability of State child support agencies to 
locate noncustodial parents and collect child support across State 
lines. The law requires States to periodically transmit new hire data 
received from employers to the NDNH, and to transmit quarterly wage and 
unemployment compensation claims data to the NDNH on quarterly basis. 
States transmit all data to the NDNH electrically.
    Respondents: Employers, State child support agencies, State 
Employment Security agencies.

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                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                           Number of
                                             Number of     responses    Average  burden hours per       Total
                Instrument                  respondents       per                response           burden hours
                                                          respondent
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New Hire: Employers Reporting Manually...     5,166,000         3.484  .0417 hours                       750,531
                                                                       (2.5 minutes)
New Hire: Employers Reporting                 1,134,000        37.037  .00028 hours                       11,760
 Electronically.                                                       (1 second)
New Hire: States.........................            54        83.333  266.669 hours                   1,200,001
Quarterly Wage & Unemployment                        54             4  .033 hours                           7.13
 Compensation.                                                         (2 minutes)
Multistate Employers' Notification Form..          2052             1  .050 hours                          102.6
                                                                       (3 minutes)
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours:   ............  ............  ...........................     1,962,402
     .
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    Additional Information: Copies of the proposed collection may be 
obtained 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.
    OMB Comment: OMB is required to make a decision concerning 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. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent directly to the following: Office 
of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, 725 17th Street, 
NW., Washington, DC 20503, Attn: Desk Officer for ACF.

    Dated: November 3, 2000.
Bob Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-28802 Filed 11-8-00; 8:45 am]
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