[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 34 (Friday, February 18, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9582-9583]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-3664]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Title: Income Withholding for Support (IWO).
OMB No.: 0970-0154.
Description
Use of the OMB-approved Income Withholding for Support form falls
under the authority of section 466 of the Act, 42 U.S.C. 666. Section
466(b)(6)(A)(ii) of the Act requires that the notice given to the
employer for income withholding in IV-D cases shall be in a standard
format prescribed by the Secretary, and contain only such information
as may be necessary for the employer to comply with the withholding
order for all IV-D cases. Section 466(a)(8)(B)(iii) of the Act requires
that section 466(b)(6)(A)(ii) of the Act be applicable also to non-IV-D
income withholding orders. These provisions clearly require all
individuals and entities to use a form developed by the Secretary of
HHS to notify employers of the income withholding order for child
support in all IV-D and non-IV-D cases.
OCSE requires States' automated systems to be able to automatically
generate and download data to the OMB approved income withholding form.
If child support orders are established by the child support agency,
necessary information is already contained within the automated system
for downloading into income withholding orders. If a court or other
tribunal has issued a child support order, then agency staff enter the
terms of the order into the automated system for use in issuing income
withholding orders. Copies of the income withholding order are made for
all necessary parties, and copies are transmitted to the employer/
income withholder by mail or through the OCSE electronic income
withholding order (e-IWO) portal.
The Income Withholding for Support form and instructions were
updated for consistency and clarity in light of numerous comments
suggesting changes, based on comments received during the 60-day
comment period of the 1st Federal Register Notice publication.
Respondents: Non-IV-D Custodial Parties and Employers.
Previous iterations of the IWO omitted employers and non-IV-D CPs
or their representatives, including attorneys or other entities issuing
IWOs on behalf of CPs, as respondents; however, upon further review it
has been determined that the impact on employers and non-IV-D CPs
should be included in this information collection. This is based on the
requirement that employers complete the ``Notification of Termination/
Income Status'' section of the IWO and that non-IV-D CPs or their
representative issuing IWOs do not have the information required to
complete the IWO contained in an automated system and therefore are
required to manually issue IWOs to employers/income withholders. The
annual burden estimates for employers and CPs is captured in number 12.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Average
Number of Number of burden hours Total burden
Type of respondent respondents responses per per response hours
respondent (min)
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Employers....................................... 1,232,622 8 2 312,264
Non-IV-D CPs.................................... 1,969,044 1 5 164,087
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 476,351.
Additional Information
Copies of the proposed collection may be obtained 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. All requests
should be identified by the title of the information collection. E-mail
address: [email protected].
OMB Comment
OMB is required to make a decision concerning the collection of
information between 30 and 60 days after publication of this document
in the Federal Register. Therefore, a comment is best assured of having
its full effect if OMB receives it within 30 days of publication.
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be sent directly to the following:
Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, Fax: 202-
395-7285, E-mail: [email protected], Attn: Desk Officer for
the Administration for Children and Families.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-3664 Filed 2-17-11; 8:45 am]
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