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regarding (1) topics that the panel

should consider, and (2) names of

individuals with applicable expertise

that the panel should hear from. Those

suggestions should be sent via the CASB

Review Panel’s web page at http://

www.gao.gov or by leaving recorded

messages at 202–512–4501.

Ralph C. Dawn,

Staff Director, Cost Accounting Standards

Board Review Panel.

[FR Doc. 98–13638 Filed 5–20–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 1610–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collections;

Comment Request

The Department of Health and Human

Services, Office of the Secretary will

periodically publish summaries of

proposed information collections

projects and solicit public comments in

compliance with the requirements of

Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995. To request more

information on the project or to obtain

a copy of the information collection

plans and instruments, call the OS

Reports Clearance Officer on (202) 690–

6207.

Comments are invited 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)

ways to enhance 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.

Proposed Projects 1. Study of

Medicare Home Health Practice

Variations—NEW—The Office of the

Assistant Secretary for Planning and

Evaluation is proposing a study which

will examine how patient, provider,

agency, market and regulatory factors

affect variations in home health

practice. A sample of 48 Medicarecertified home health agencies (from

eight states) will be studied. Within

each of these agencies, 24 patients (with

congestive heart failure or diabetes) will

be sampled. The results will identify

agency characteristics and behaviors

that are related to differences in lengths

of stay for patients with similar risk

factors.— Respondents: For-profit, Nonprofit Institutions; Burden Information

for the Administrator Questionnaire—

Number of Respondents: 48; Burden per

Response: 36 minutes: Burden: 29

hours—Burden Information for the Care

Provider Questionnaire—Number of

Responses: 1152; Burden per Response:

1 hour: Burden: 1152 hours—Total

Burden: 1181 hours.

Send comments to Cynthia Agens

Bauer, OS Reports Clearance Officer,

Room 503H, Humphrey Building, 200

Independence Avenue S.W.,

Washington, DC, 20201. Written

comments should be received within 60

days of this notice.

Dated: May 11, 1998.

Dennis P. Williams,

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Budget.

[FR Doc. 98–13476 Filed 5–20–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4150–04–M

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary Assistant

Secretary for Planning and Evaluation

Notice Inviting Applications for New

Award for Fiscal Year 1998

AGENCY: The Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Planning and Evaluation

(ASPE), Office of the Secretary (OS).

ACTION: Announcement of the

availability of funds and request for

applications from states to determine

the status of Temporary Assistance to

Needy Families (TANF) recipients after

they leave the TANF caseload, eligible

families who are diverted before being

enrolled, or eligible families who fail to

enroll.

SUMMARY: The Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Planning and Evaluation

(ASPE), with support from the U.S.

Department of Labor and the Economic

Research Service of the U.S. Department

of Agriculture, announces the

availability of funds and invites

applications for research into the status

of individuals and families who leave

the TANF program, who apply for cash

welfare but are never enrolled because

of non-financial eligibility requirements

or diversion programs, and/or who

appear to be eligible but are not enrolled

(hereafter jointly referred to as welfare

leavers). Approximately eight to ten

States or counties will receive funding

that will enable them to track and

monitor how individuals and their

families do in the first year after they

leave welfare and provide a foundation

for longer follow-up. States may choose

any method for such tracking, including

the linking of administrative data,

surveys or other methods as

appropriate. We are particularly

interested in learning about individuals’

ability to obtain employment and the

support provided by their earnings,

public programs besides TANF, and

other sources. The funds could support

a newly designed project or could be

used to add new data sources and

analyses to an existing project.

In addition, ASPE announces the

availability of supplementary funding

from the Office of Policy Development

and Research (PD&R) of the U.S.

Department of Housing and Urban

Development (HUD) to track the

consequences of welfare reform for lowincome families with children who

receive housing assistance. These funds

will only be available to ASPE Grantees.

CLOSING DATE: The deadline for

submission of applications under this

announcement is July 6, 1998.

MAILING ADDRESS: Application

instructions and forms should be

requested from and submitted to: Grants

Officer, Office of the Assistant Secretary

for Planning and Evaluation,

Department of Health and Human

Services, 200 Independence Avenue,

SW., Room 405F, Hubert H. Humphrey

Building, Washington, D.C. 20201,

Telephone: (202) 690–8794. Copies of

this program announcement and many

of the required forms may also be

obtained electronically at the ASPE

World Wide Web Page: http://

aspe.os.dhhs.gov. Requests for forms

and administrative questions will be

accepted and responded to up to 10

working days prior to closing date of

receipt of applications. Application

submissions may not be faxed or

submitted electronically.

The printed Federal Register notice is

the only official program

announcement. Although reasonable

efforts are taken to assure that the files

on the ASPE World Wide Web Page

containing electronic copies of this

Program Announcement are accurate

and complete, they are provided for

information only. The applicant bears

sole responsibility to assure that the

copy downloaded and/or printed from

any other source is accurate and

complete.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Administrative questions should be

directed to the Grants Officer at the

address or phone number listed above.

Technical questions should be directed

to Christopher Snow, DHHS, ASPE,

Telephone, 202–690–6888 E-mail,

csnow@osaspe.dhhs.gov. Written

technical questions may also be faxed to

202–690–6562 or may be addressed to