[Federal Register: May 15, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 93)]
[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: Tribal TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families)
Financial Report, Form ACF-196T.
Description: Authority to collect and report this information is
found in the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity
Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA), Pub. L. 104-193. Tribal entities
with approved Tribal plans for implementation of the TANF program are
required by statute to report financial data. Form ACF-196T provides
for collection of Federal expenditures data. Failure to collect this
data would seriously compromise the Administration for Children and
Families' (ACF) ability to monitor expenditures and maintain financial
management of the Tribal TANF program. The financial data collected is
also used to estimate outlays and may be used to prepare ACF budget
submissions to Congress. Federal policy requires the strictest controls
on funding requirements, which necessitates review of documentation in
support of Tribal expenditures for reimbursement. Comments received
from a previous effort to implement a similar Tribal TANF report Form
ACR-196T were used to guide ACF in the development of the updated
report form presented with this submittal.
Respondents: All Tribal TANF 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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ACF-196T.................................... 56 1 8 448
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 448
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: May 9, 2007.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 07-2369 Filed 5-14-07; 8:45 am]
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