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A new management information 

system is being developed which would 

improve efficiency and the quality of 

data, and make reporting easier. 

Standardized measures and reporting 

in these areas will enable ACF to track 

programming outputs and outcomes 

across programs, and will allow grantees 

to self-monitor progress. 

Additional data collection. As an 

additional component of the learning 

agenda, the FaMLE Cross-Site contractor 

will collect information from a sub-set 

of grantees on how they designed and 

implemented their programs 

(information on outcomes associated 

with programs will also be assessed). 

This sub-set of grantees will be required 

to participate in the additional data 

collection noted below. The following 

protocols have been developed: 

• Staff interview protocol on program 

design (will be collected from about half 

of all grantees); 

• Staff interview protocols on 

program implementation (will be 

collected from about 10 grantees); and 

• Program participant focus group 

protocol (will be conducted with about 

10 grantees). 

ACF also seeks comment on these 

draft protocols. 

Respondents 

The respondents to the data collection 

instruments include Responsible 

Fatherhood and Healthy Marriage 

Program grantees (e.g., grantee staff) and 

program participants. 

Annual Burden Estimates 

The table below is required by law for 

Federal Register notices like this one. 

The federal government’s Office of 

Management and Budget requires 

federal agencies, including ACF, to 

estimate how many hours it will take 

respondents to complete data collection, 

and to publish these estimates in the 

Federal Register. The following table 

provides our estimates. 

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES

Instrument Total number of 

respondents 

Annual number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden hours 

per response 

Annual burden 

hours 

Applicant characteristics (applicant burden) ............ 157,500 52,500 1 0.25 13,125 

Applicant characteristics (staff burden) ................... 1080 360 146 0.25 13,140 

Program operations (related to program characteristics) .................................................................... 360 120 1 0.75 90 

Program operations (related to service delivery) .... 432 144 257 0.50 18,504 

Participant outcomes (pre-test) ................................ 110,700 36,900 1 0.42 15,498 

Participant outcomes (post-test) .............................. 84,600 28,200 1 0.42 11,844 

Data entry (for grantees that do not use new management information system, includes applicant 

characteristics and participant outcomes) ............ 144 48 274 0.21 2,762 

Quarterly Performance Form (QPR) ........................ 72 24 1 1 24 

Semi-annual Performance Progress Report (PPR) 360 120 2 3.2 768 

Staff interview protocol on program design ............. 60 20 1 1 20 

Staff interview protocol on program implementation 300 100 1 1 100 

Program participant focus group protocol ............... 200 67 1 1.50 101 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 75,976. 

Note: The annual number of hours shown 

for ‘‘applicant characteristics (staff burden)’’ 

(13,140) is slightly higher than the annual 

number of hours shown for ‘‘applicant 

characteristics (applicant burden)’’ (13,125) 

due to rounding up the average number of 

responses per staff to the nearest whole 

number (146). 

How To Obtain Copies of the Data 

Collection Instruments 

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 Planning, Research 

and Evaluation, 370 L’Enfant 

Promenade SW., Washington, DC 20447, 

Attn: OPRE Reports Clearance Officer. 

Email address: RFHM.FRN.response@

acf.hhs.gov. All requests should be 

identified by the title of the information 

collection. 

Specific Areas for Comment 

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. 

Reference 

[1] http://www.ssa.gov/OP_Home/

ssact/title04/0403.htm. 

Karl Koerper, 

OPRE Reports Clearance Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

[CFDA Number: 93.612] 

Proposed Adoption of Administration 

for Native Americans Program Policies 

and Procedures 

AGENCY: Administration for Native 

Americans, ACF, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice for public comment. 

SUMMARY: The Administration for 

Native Americans (ANA) invites public 

comment pursuant to Section 814 of the 

Native American Programs Act of 1974 

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(NAPA), as amended, which requires 

ANA to provide members of the public 

with the opportunity to comment on 

proposed changes in interpretive rules, 

general statements of policy, and rules 

of agency procedure or practice that 

affect programs, projects, and activities 

authorized under the NAPA, and to give 

notice of the final adoption of such 

changes at least 30 days before the 

changes become effective. In accordance 

with notice requirements of NAPA, 

ANA herein describes its proposal to 

fund projects, beginning in Fiscal Year 

(FY) 2015, under Alaska-Specific SEDS. 

DATES: Submit written or electronic 

comments on this Notice, on or before 

December 8, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments in response 

to this notice via email to Lillian A. 

Sparks, Commissioner, Administration 

for Native Americans, at 

ANACommissioner@acf.hhs.gov. 

Comments will be available for 

inspection by members of the public at 

the Administration for Native 

Americans, 901 D Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20447. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Carmelia Strickland, Director, Division 

of Program Operations, ANA, (877) 922– 

9262. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Funding Opportunity 

Announcements 

Beginning in FY 2015, ANA proposes 

to re-establish publishing a separate 

Alaska-Specific SEDS Funding 

Opportunity Announcement (FOA) to 

target support and attention to core 

capacity building at the Alaska Native 

Village level. This Alaska-Specific SEDS 

FOA, Social and Economic 

Development Strategies for AlaskaSEDS–AK (HHS–2015–ACF–ANA–NK– 

0960) is intended to respond to the 

unique governmental structures in 

Alaska. Re-establishment of AlaskaSpecific SEDS, is designed to provide 

targeted support for Village-specific 

projects to improve and strengthen the 

administrative and management 

capacity of Alaska Native Village 

governments, governments that are 

central to social and economic selfsufficiency in Alaska. From FYs 1984 

through 2009, ANA funded AlaskaSpecific SEDS projects under 45 CFR 

1336.33 (a)(2) and (b)(4). In 2009, ANA 

stopped funding projects under AlaskaSpecific SEDS and, from FYs 2010 

through 2014, projects that had 

previously been funded under AlaskaSpecific SEDS were funded under the 

general Social and Economic 

Development Strategies (SEDS) FOAs. 

This approach precluded 

implementation of 45 CFR 1336.33 

(b)(4), a special provision applicable 

only to projects funded under AlaskaSpecific SEDS, under which funding for 

core administrative capacity building 

projects at the Village government level 

is allowable, if the village does not have 

governing systems in place. Based on 

review of historical data covering the 

period from FYs 1984 through 2014, 

ANA has decided to re-establish AlaskaSpecific SEDS in order to emphasize 

improving and strengthening the 

capacity of Alaska Native Village 

governments; focusing on the strengths 

present in Native Villages to generate 

evidence-based practices and 

sustainable approaches demonstrated to 

be effective at the Village level. 

In an effort to meaningfully create 

opportunities to build and strengthen 

core governmental capacity in the areas 

of administration and project 

management at the Alaska Native 

Village level, ANA will make up to 

$1,000,000 available for Alaska-Specific 

SEDS funding in FY 2015 for new, 

community-based Village-level projects 

that will be available through 

competition under Social and Economic 

Development Strategies for AlaskaSEDS–AK (HHS–2015–ACF–ANA–NK– 

0960). 

All language in the standing FOA, 

Social and Economic Development 

Strategies—SEDS (HHS–2014–ACF– 

ANA–NA–0776) available at http:// 

www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/foa/ 

index.cfm?switch=foa&fon=HHS-2014- 

ACF-ANA-NA-0776, will apply to the 

Alaska-Specific SEDS FOA, Social and 

Economic Development Strategies for 

Alaska-SEDS–AK (HHS–2015–ACF– 

ANA–NK–0960), except as follows: 

B. Alaska-Specific SEDS Program Areas 

of Interest 

ANA has identified the following 

program areas of interest for the AlaskaSpecific SEDS FOA, however funding is 

not restricted to those listed below: 

(a) Governance: Governance is 

defined as increasing the ability of tribal 

and Alaska Native Village governments 

to exercise local control and decisionmaking, and to develop and enforce 

laws, regulations, codes, and policies 

that reflect and promote the interests of 

community members. ANA recognizes 

the structure of governance that controls 

Native lands and communities in Alaska 

are more complex than in the lower 48 

states. With some exceptions, most 

tribes in the lower 48 states escape the 

complicated jurisdictional and 

administrative situation that prevails in 

rural Alaska, where powers over lands, 

other resources, and relevant 

governmental programs are fragmented 

and widely dispersed among tribes, 

corporations, municipalities, 

governmental agencies, and other 

bodies. Examples of Alaska-Specific 

program areas of interest are: 

• Administrative and program 

management capacity building— 

Planning and financial management 

capacity building to strengthen effective 

and accountable planning and 

management of Village-level 

government operations. 

• Governmental administration— 

Improving Village-level capacity related 

to regulatory, judicial, and 

administrative infrastructure, including 

clarifying jurisdiction, developing or 

amending codes and procedures, 

enforcing contracts and property rights, 

and addressing family and child welfare 

issues. 

• Comprehensive strategies— 

Developing Village-level strategies to 

assess and address the needs of 

children, youth, and community 

members. 

• Emergency Preparedness/Disaster 

Recovery/Disaster Preparedness— 

Planning, analysis, and mitigation 

efforts to ensure needed services to 

better communicate and coordinate 

preparedness, response, and recovery 

efforts. 

• Adaptation and mitigation of 

impacts of climate change— 

Assessment, planning, and 

implementation of efforts to adapt to 

climate change and to effectively 

respond to its impacts at the Village 

level, including efforts to address the 

effects of climate change on local 

fisheries and fresh water supplies, 

effects that increase the risk of flooding 

and wildfires, assessment and planning 

for relocation, and mitigation of impacts 

of erosion and permafrost melt. 

• Technology infrastructure— 

Establishing and implementing Villagelevel systems to address internet 

connectivity and broadband planning as 

well as technology upgrades at the 

Village level. 

(b) Economic Development: Projects 

that support the creation of sustainable 

local economies and promote selfsufficiency. Examples of Alaska-Specific 

program areas of interest are: 

• Economic stability—Conducting the 

necessary planning and/or research to 

support achievement of long-range 

economic development goals at the 

Village level. Examples may include 

performing gap or value-added analyses 

to identify strengths and weaknesses in 

the local Village economy, 

strengthening Village capacity to deliver 

programs that promote economic 

development and security. 

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• Energy-related activities—Projects 

that promote traditional energy 

activities and practices that support 

conservation and help to mitigate the 

high costs of the purchase, 

transportation, and storage of fuel in 

Alaskan Villages, especially strategic 

energy plans that have been identified 

in tribally approved strategic energy 

plans. Examples include projects to 

implement renewable energy resources 

at the Village level such as bio-energy, 

geothermal, hydropower, solar, wind, or 

other methods appropriate to the 

geographical location. 

• Infrastructure—Developing Villagelevel infrastructure (transportation 

systems, communication, distribution 

networks, financial institutions, etc.) to 

support the Village workforce and to 

make sustainable business activity 

possible. 

• Subsistence—Enhancing 

subsistence and agricultural activities to 

retain or revitalize traditional food 

sources and practices at the Villagelevel. 

(c) Social Development: Projects that 

develop and implement culturally 

appropriate strategies to meet the social 

service needs of Alaska Natives. 

Examples of Alaska-Specific program 

areas of interest are: 

• Community living—Development 

and coordination of services to assist 

people with disabilities by helping them 

reach their maximum potential through 

increased independence, productivity, 

and integration within the Village 

community. 

• Early childhood education and 

development—Supporting stable and 

high-quality, culturally responsive early 

childhood programs, creating early 

childhood education and development 

jobs, and improving Village level 

planning and coordination of early 

childhood education and development 

programs. 

• Youth development—Improving the 

well-being of youth through life skills 

training at the Village level, workforce 

development, mentoring programs, 

substance abuse programs, and 

preventing suicides and juvenile crime. 

• Community Health—Promoting 

improved access to health care and 

quality of care through coordinated 

Village and regional approaches, 

expanding access to healthy foods 

available in Native Villages, and 

supporting environmental health. 

• Arts and culture—Developing or 

enhancing activities, at the Village level 

that promote, preserve, or restore Native 

Village culture and arts. 

• Rescue archaeology—Recovery of 

cultural material due to climate change 

such as exposure of cultural artifacts 

due to permafrost melting. 

• Organizational Development— 

Increasing organizational capacity at the 

Village level to successfully implement 

mission and goals. 

• Nutrition and Fitness—Promoting 

increased knowledge and participation 

in activities that promote healthy foods, 

active lifestyles, the reduction of 

obesity, and other healthy-living habits 

• Strengthening Families— 

Incorporating culturally relevant 

strategies to strengthen families and 

promote family preservation, 

responsible parenting, and healthy 

relationship skills; and to foster the 

well-being of children residing in 

Villages 

• Responsible Fatherhood— 

Supporting responsible fatherhood 

through activities such as counseling, 

mentoring, marriage education, 

enhancing relationship skills, parenting, 

and activities to foster economic 

stability 

• Suicide Prevention—Promoting 

safety, resilience, and protective factors 

necessary to foster mental health and 

reduce incidences of suicide and 

suicidal ideation 

• Human Trafficking—Development 

of Village-level assessments and 

strategies to address human trafficking, 

including efforts to bring awareness of 

human trafficking to the public, 

development of prevention strategies to 

address the needs of victims, and 

establishment of collaborative 

partnerships including those that train 

public safety officials to recognize 

traffickers and their victims. 

C. Eligible Applicants 

Applicants eligible under the AlaskaSpecific SEDS FOA are those listed in 

45 CFR 1336.33(a)(2): that is, ‘‘(i) 

Federally recognized Indian tribes in 

Alaska; (ii) Alaska Native villages as 

defined in the Alaska Native Claims 

Settlement Act (ANSCA) and/or nonprofit village consortia; (iii) 

Incorporated nonprofit Alaska Native 

multi-purpose community-based 

organizations; (iv) Nonprofit Alaska 

Native Regional Corporations/ 

Associations in Alaska with village 

specific projects; and (v) Nonprofit 

Native organizations in Alaska with 

village specific projects.’’ As this listing 

already appears in our regulations we 

are not seeking comment on this aspect 

of the Alaska-Specific SEDS Projects. 

Statutory Authority: This notice for public 

comment is required by Section 814 of the 

Native American Programs Act of 1974 

(NAPA), as amended. 

Kimberly Romine, 

Deputy Commissioner, Administration for 

Native American. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Food and Drug Administration 

[Docket No. FDA–2011–N–0509] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Appeals of 

Science-Based Decisions Above the 

Division Level at the Center for 

Veterinary Medicine 

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, 

HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Food and Drug 

Administration (FDA) is announcing an 

opportunity for public comment on the 

proposed collection of certain 

information by the Agency. Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the 

PRA), Federal Agencies are required to 

publish notice in the Federal Register 

concerning each proposed collection of 

information, including each proposed 

extension of an existing collection of 

information, and to allow 60 days for 

public comment in response to the 

notice. This notice solicits comments on 

the information collection requirements 

for appeals of science-based decisions 

above the division level at the Center for 

Veterinary Medicine (CVM). 

DATES: Submit electronic or written 

comments on the collection of 

information by January 5, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit electronic 

comments on the collection of 

information to http://

www.regulations.gov. Submit written 

comments on the collection of 

information to the Division of Dockets 

Management (HFA–305), Food and Drug 

Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 

1061, Rockville, MD 20852. All 

comments should be identified with the 

docket number found in brackets in the 

heading of this document. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: FDA 

PRA Staff, Office of Operations, Food 

and Drug Administration, 8455 

Colesville Rd., COLE–14526, Silver 

Spring, MD 20993–0002, PRAStaff@

fda.hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), Federal 

Agencies must obtain approval from the 

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