[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 140 (Thursday, July 22, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 42762]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-17942]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of 
Authority

    Notice is hereby given that under the authority vested in the 
Assistant Secretary for Children and Families by the memorandum dated 
November 14, 1991, from the Assistant Secretary for Management and 
Budget, I hereby delegate to the Director, Office of Planning, Research 
and Evaluation, the following authorities: \1\
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    \1\ The November 14, 1991 delegation of authority, entitled 
``Redelegation of Clearance Functions Under the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1980, Public Law 96-511, as amended,'' remains in effect. The 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13, as amended by 
Public Law 105-106, Div E, Title LI, Subtitle C, section 5125(a), 
assigned Paperwork Reduction Act responsibilities to the Chief 
Information Officer (CIO). 44 U.S.C. 3506(a)(2)(A). On March 1, 
1996, the Secretary by delegation designated the Assistant Secretary 
for Management and Budget as the CIO, and redelegated authorities 
pertaining to the Paperwork Reduction Act to the CIO. Such 
authorities remain with the CIO. Neither the Secretary nor the CIO 
has rescinded the November 14, 1991 redelegation of Paperwork 
Reduction Act authorities to the Assistant Secretary for Children 
and Families, thus the November 14, 1991 redelegation remains in 
effect.
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    (a) Authorities Delegated.
    1. Authority for the preparation and processing of clearances for 
collections of information, as well as assuring compliance with related 
policies, standards, procedures and instructions emanating from the 
OMB, and the Office of the Secretary, Assistant Secretary for 
Administration, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
    2. Authority to review and approve Class C (routine) Collections of 
Information from the public prior to the submission of these requests 
to OMB, except where expedited review by OMB is required.
    3. Authority to approve, for publication in the Federal Register, 
of notices of ACF's information collection requests submitted to OMB 
for clearance.
    4. Authority to manage ACF's burden reduction program within the 
ceiling issued by the Department.
    5. Authority to manage all other related paperwork reduction staff 
work, such as direct communication with OMB on routine reports 
clearance issues.
    (b) Limitations.
    1. National Performance Review suggestions to reduce OMB clearance 
will be taken into consideration.
    2. These authorities may be redelegated (1) to officials who are 
outside the program operation chain but are not below the grade (or 
equivalent) of deputy assistant secretary, or (2) with the prior 
approval of the Chief Information Officer to other employees.
    3. This delegation of authority shall be exercised under the 
Department's existing policies on delegations and regulations.
    (c) Effect on Existing Delegations.
    This delegation supersedes any previous delegation of authority 
pertaining to authorities delegated herein.
    (d) Effective Date.
    This delegation is effective on the date of signature.
    I hereby affirm and ratify any actions taken by the Director, 
Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, which involved the 
exercise of this authority prior to the effective date of this 
delegation.

    Dated: July 14, 2010.
Carmen R. Nazario,
Assistant Secretary for Children and Families.
[FR Doc. 2010-17942 Filed 7-21-10; 8:45 am]
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