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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 240 (Friday, December 13, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 101019-101020]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-29408]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families

Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; 
Intergovernmental Reference Guide (IRG) (Office of Management and 
Budget No.: 0970-0209)

AGENCY: Office of Child Support Services, Administration for Children 
and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

ACTION: Request for public comments.

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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of 
Child Support Services (OCSS), is requesting the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) to approve the Intergovernmental Reference Guide (IRG) 
for an additional three years. The IRG contains State and Tribal child 
support information that helps State and Tribal child support agencies 
(CSAs) administer their respective programs. Minor updates are 
proposed, as described below. The current OMB approval (OMB #: 0970-
0209) expires on February 28, 2025.

DATES: Comments due January 13, 2025. OMB is required to decide 
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.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review-
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function. You can 
also obtain copies of the proposed collection of information by 
emailing [email protected]. Identify all emailed requests by 
the title of the information collection.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Description: The IRG is a centralized and automated repository of 
State and Tribal profiles that contains high-level descriptions of each 
CSA program. These profiles provide State, Tribal, and foreign country 
CSAs with an effective and efficient method for updating and accessing 
information needed to process intergovernmental child support cases.
    Revisions are proposed as a result of feedback from respondents 
suggesting changes, recommendations from the program team, or from the 
program team workgroup of interested partners. The workgroup is engaged 
to evaluate the efficacy of the instruments. Specifically, the 
following changes are proposed:
     Minor edits to change Office of Child Support Enforcement 
(OCSE) to Office of Child Support Services (OCSS).
     Edits to the State profile based on recommendations that 
were received but not implemented in 2022 when the current version of 
the profile went through the OMB approval process. OCSS has an overview 
of those recommendations and OCSS responses available upon request.
     Edits to clarify the State profile questions to make it 
easier for

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respondents to understand and complete them. Some of these edits were 
based on the comments referenced in the prior bullet and others based 
on other feedback from program staff and workgroup members.
     Addition of questions in the State profile instrument that 
are designed to help States establish health care coverage and manage 
the financial aspects of child support services. The new questions 
pertain to policies and procedures associated with new hire reporting, 
income withholdings, lump sum payments, medical support, and State 
electronic funds transfers. The addition of these questions slightly 
increased the estimated time per response from .3 hours to .5 hours.
    Respondents: State and Tribal CSAs.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                     Number of        Average
                                                   Total number       annual       annual burden   Annual burden
        Information collection instrument            of annual     responses per     hour per          hours
                                                    respondents     respondent       response
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IRG: State Profile Guide (states and                          54              18             0.5             486
 territories)...................................
IRG: Tribal Profile Guide.......................              62              18             0.3             335
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 821.
    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 652(a)(7); 42 U.S.C. 666(f); 45 CFR 301.1; 45 
CFR 303.7; and 45 CFR 309.120.

Mary C. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-29408 Filed 12-12-24; 8:45 am]
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