[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 117 (Monday, June 18, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32827-32828]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-15202]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

Proposed Projects

    Title: State High Performance Bonus System (HPBS) Transmission File 
Layouts for HPBS Work Measures
    OMB No. New Collection.
    Description: The purpose of this collection is to obtain data upon 
which to base the computation for measuring State performance in 
meeting the legislative goals of TANF as specified in section 403(a)(4) 
of the Social Security Act and 45 CFR Part 270. Specifically, DHHS will 
use the data to award the portion of the bonus that rewards States for 
their success in moving TANF recipients from welfare to work. This 
information collection will replace Form ACF-200 in FY 2002 (Bonus Year 
2002). States will not be required to submit this information unless 
they elect to compete on a work measure for the TANF High Performance 
Bonus awards.
    Respondents: Respondents may include any of the 50 States, Guam, 
Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.

                                             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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State High Performance Bonus System (HPBS)                    54               2              16           1,728
 Transmission File Layouts for HPBS Work
 Measures.......................................
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours.........  ..............  ..............  ..............           1,728
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    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.

    Dated: June 12, 2001.
Bob Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 01-15202 Filed 6-15-01; 8:45 am]
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