[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 45, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 45CFR307.1]

[Page 285-286]
 
                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE
 
    CHAPTER III--OFFICE OF CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT (CHILD SUPPORT 
 
PART 307_COMPUTERIZED SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT SYSTEMS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 307.1  Definitions.

    (a) Alternative approach to APD requirements means that the State 
has developed an APD that does not meet all conditions for APD approval 
in Sec. 307.15(b) resulting in the need for a waiver under Sec. 307.5.
    (b) Business day means a day on which State offices are open for 
business.
    (c) Alternative system means the separate manual and/or automated 
processes that perform one or more of the required functions separately 
from the base system and that interfaces with the base system to ensure 
that the State can meet all requirements for purposes of the audit 
prescribed in section 403(h) of the Act. These separate processes may 
involve geographic areas, such as counties; administrative 
jurisdictions, such as courts; or separate means by which the State 
meets particular program requirements, e.g., collection of support for 
non-IV-A cases.
    (d) Alternative system configuration means an alternative to a 
comprehensive computerized support enforcement system. It includes a 
base system with electronic linkages to an alternative system(s), which 
is not part of the State's computerized support enforcement project 
(i.e., not the State's sole system effort), but which is necessary to 
meet the functional requirements of the statewide, comprehensive 
computerized support enforcement system under Sec. 307.10, or Sec. 
307.11.
    (e) Base system means the hardware, operational software, 
applications software and electronic linkages in an alternative system 
configuration which allow the State to monitor, account for and control 
all support enforcement services and activities under the State plan.
    (f) Certification means approval of an operational computerized 
support enforcement system based on a determination that the system has 
an efficient and effective design and is comprehensive, except where a 
waiver applies.
    (g) Comprehensive means that a computerized support enforcement 
system meets the requirements prescribed in Sec. 307.10, or Sec. 
307.11 of this part, as further defined in the OCSE guideline entitled 
``Automated Systems for Child Support Enforcement: A Guide for States.''
    (h) Computerized support enforcement system means a comprehensive, 
statewide system or an alternative system configuration which 
encompasses all political subdivisions within the State and which 
effectively and efficiently;
    (1) Introduces, processes, accounts for and monitors data used by 
the Child Support Enforcement program in carrying out activities under 
the State plan; and
    (2) Produces utilization and management information about support 
enforcement services as required by the State IV-D agency and Federal 
government for program administration and audit purposes.
    (i) Planning means: (1) The preliminary project activity to 
determine the requirements necessitating the project, the activities to 
be undertaken, and

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the resources required to complete the project;
    (2) The preparation of an APD;
    (3) The preparation of a detailed project plan describing when and 
how the computer system will be designed or transferred and adapted; and
    (4) The preparation of a detailed implementation plan describing 
specific training, testing, and conversion plans to install the computer 
system.
    (j) The following terms are defined at 45 CFR part 95, subpart F, in 
Sec. 95.605:

``Advance Planning Document'';
``Annually Updated APD'';
``Design'' or ``System Design'';
``Development'';
``Enhancement'';
``Implementation Advance Planning Document'';
``Initial APD'';
``Installation'';
``Operation'';
``Planning Advance Planning Document'';
``Requirements Analysis''; and
``Software''.

    (k) The definitions found in Sec. 301.1 of this chapter are also 
applicable to this part.

[57 FR 47002, Oct. 14, 1992, as amended at 63 FR 44814, Aug. 21, 1998; 
68 FR 25305, May 12, 2003]