[Federal Register: December 19, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 243)]
[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: Federal Tax Offset, Administrative Offset, and Passport
Denial Program.
OMB No.: 0970-0161.
Description: The Tax Refund Offset and Administrative Offset
Programs collect past-due child support by intercepting certain Federal
payments, including Federal tax refunds, of parents who have been
ordered to pay child support and who are behind in paying the debt. The
program is a cooperative effort among the Department of Treasury's
Financial Management Service (FMS), the Federal Office of Child Support
Enforcement (OCSE), and State Child Support Enforcement (CSE) agencies.
The Passport Denial program reports non-custodial parents who owe
arrears above a threshold to the Department of State (DOS), which will
then deny passports to these individuals. On an ongoing basis, CSE
agencies submit to OCSE the names, Social Security numbers (SSNs), and
the amount(s) of past-due child support of people who are delinquent in
making child support payments.
Respondents: State IV-D Agencies.
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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Input Record.................................... 54 52 .3 842
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Output Record................................... 54 52 .46 1,292
Payment File.................................... 54 26 .27 379
Certification Letter............................ 54 1 .4 22
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,535.
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: infocollection@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 12, 2006.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 06-9766 Filed 12-18-06; 8:45 am]
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