[Federal Register: December 19, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 244)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects:
Title: National Directory of New Hires.
OMB No.: 0970-0166.
Description: Public Law 104-193, the ``Personal Responsibility and
Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996,'' requires the Office of
Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) to operate a National Directory of New
Hires (NDNH) to improve the ability of state child support enforcement
agencies to locate noncustodial parents and collect child support
across state lines. The law requires employers to report newly hired
employees to states. States are then required to periodically transmit
new hire data received from employers to the NDNH, and to transmit wage
and unemployment compensation claims data to the NDNH on a quarterly
basis. Federal agencies are required to report new hires and quarterly
wage data directly to the NDNH. All data is transmitted to the NDNH
electronically.
Respondents: Employers, State Child Support Enforcement Agencies,
State Employment Security Agencies, Federal Agencies.
Annual Burden Estimates:
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Number of
Instrument Number of responses per Average burden hours per Total burden
respondents respondent response hours
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New Hire: Employers Reporting 5,166,000 3.484 .0417 hours 750,531
Manually. (2.5 minutes)
New Hire: Employers Reporting 1,134,000 37.037 .00028 hours 11,760
Electronically. (1 second)
New Hire: States..................... 54 83.333 266.668 hours 1,200,001
Quarterly Wage and Unemployment 54 8 .033 hours 14
Compensation. (2 minutes)
Multistate Employers' Notification 2508 1 .050 hours 125
Form. (3 minutes)
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,962,431 hours.
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
Administration, Office of Information Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade,
SW., Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. E-mail
address: rsargis@acf.hhs.gov. 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: December 10, 2003.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-31379 Filed 12-18-03; 8:45 am]
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