[Federal Register: September 20, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 181)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families

 
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

Proposed Projects

    Title: Project 1099.
    OMB No. 0970-0183.
    Description: A voluntary program that provides state child support 
enforcement agencies, upon their request, access to the earned and 
unearned income information reported to the Internal Revenue Service 
(IRS) by employers and financial institutions. IRS Form 1099 
information is used to locate noncustodial parents and to verify income 
and employment.
    Respondents: State child support enforcement agencies.

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                                                                  Number of
                                                 Number of      responses  per  Average  burden    Total burden
                 Instrument                     respondents     respondent per     hours  per         hours
                                                                     year           response
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Project 1099................................              54               12                2            1,296
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,296.
    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. E-mail: 
grjohnson@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: September 15, 2004.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-21088 Filed 9-17-04; 8:45 am]

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