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Vol. 73, No. 188 

Friday, September 26, 2008 

AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 

DEVELOPMENT 

Bureau for Democracy, Conflict and 

Humanitarian Assistance; Office of 

Food for Peace; Announcement of 

Draft Food for Peace Pub. L. 480 Title 

II; Program Policies and Proposal 

Guidelines (FY09); Notice 

Pursuant to the Food for Peace Act of 

2008 (Pub. L. 480, as amended), notice 

is hereby given that the Draft Food for 

Peace Pub. L. 480 Title II Program 

Policies and Proposal Guidelines (FY 

09) are being made available to 

interested parties for the required thirty 

(30) day comment period. 

The draft guidelines may be found at 

http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/ 

humanitarian_assistance/ffp/. 

Individuals who wish to receive a hard 

copy of these draft guidelines should 

contact: Office of Food for Peace, U.S. 

Agency for International Development, 

RRB 7.06–136, 1300 Pennsylvania 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20523– 

7600. Individuals who have questions or 

comments on the draft guidelines 

should contact both Juli Majernik (at the 

above address, by phone at (202) 712– 

4088, or by e-mail at 

jmajernik@usaid.gov) and copy AMEX 

International, Inc., at 

ffpdocs@amexdc.com. The thirty day 

comment period will begin on the date 

that this announcement is published in 

the Federal Register. 

Dale Skoric, 

Office of Food for Peace, Bureau for 

Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian 

Assistance. 

[FR Doc. E8–22036 Filed 9–25–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6116–01–M 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food and Nutrition Service 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request—Special 

Supplemental Nutrition Program for 

Women, Infants and Children (WIC) 

Forms: FNS–698, FNS–699, and FNS– 

700; The Integrity Profile (TIP) 

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service 

(FNS), USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice invites the general public and 

other public agencies to comment on 

this proposed information collection. 

Each year the Food and Nutrition 

Service (FNS) prepares an analysis, The 

Integrity Profile (TIP) Report, of WIC 

State agency efforts to detect potential 

fraud, waste and abuse committed by 

their authorized food vendors and the 

actions taken to remove vendors who 

commit program violations. The 

analysis presents data reported by 90 

WIC State agencies, which includes 50 

geographic State agencies, 34 Indian 

Tribal Organization State agencies, the 

District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, 

Guam, American Samoa, the 

Commonwealth of Northern Marianas, 

and the Virgin Islands. State agencies 

use a Web-based system to report this 

information. The reporting burden is 

comprised of three automated forms, the 

FNS–698, FNS–699, and FNS–700. The 

FNS–698 and FNS–699 are used to 

report State agency summary data, 

whereas the FNS–700 is used to capture 

information on each authorized vendor. 

The number of vendors authorized by 

each State agency varies from State to 

State. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before November 25, 

2008. 

ADDRESSES: 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, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions that 

were used; (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 those who 

are to respond, including use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

FNS invites interested persons to 

submit comments on this notice. 

Comments may be submitted by any of 

the following methods: 

• Mail: Send comments to Patricia 

Daniels, Director, Supplemental Food 

Programs Division, Food and Nutrition 

Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

3101 Park Center Drive, Room 520, 

Alexandria, VA 22302. 

• Facsimile: Comments may also be 

submitted via fax to the attention of 

Patricia Daniels at (703) 305–2196. 

• E-mail: Send comments to WICHQ– 

SFPD@fns.usda.gov. Include title in the 

subject line of the message. 

All written comments will be open for 

public inspection at the Food and 

Nutrition Service headquarters office 

during regular business hours (8:30 a.m. 

to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday) at 

3101 Park Center Drive, Room 520, 

Alexandria, Virginia 22302. 

All responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for Office of Management and Budget 

approval. All comments will be a matter 

of public record. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of this information collection 

should be directed to Patricia N. Daniels 

at (703) 305–2746. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: The Integrity Profile (TIP). 

OMB Number: 0584–0401. 

Form Number: FNS–698, FNS–699, 

and FNS–700. 

Expiration Date: January 31, 2009. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Abstract: State agencies administering 

the Special Supplemental Nutrition 

Program for Women, Infants and 

Children (WIC) are required by 7 CFR 

246.12(j)(5) to submit to FNS an annual 

summary of the results of their vendor 

monitoring efforts in order to provide 

Congress, senior FNS officials, as well 

as the general public, assurance that 

every reasonable effort is being made to 

ensure integrity in the WIC Program. 

Since 1989, WIC State agencies have 


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