Notice2021-26925
Request for Public Comment: 60-Day Proposed Information Collection: Addendum to Declaration for Federal Employment, Child Care and Indian Child Care Worker Positions (OMB No. 0917-0028)
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Published
December 13, 2021
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Health and Human Services DepartmentIndian Health Service
Abstract
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Indian Health Service (IHS) invites the general public to take this opportunity to comment on the information collection titled, ``Addendum to Declaration for Federal Employment, Child Care and Indian Child Care Worker Positions,'' Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Control Number 0917-0028. A copy of the supporting statement is available at www.regulations.gov (see Docket ID: IHS_FRDOC_0001).
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 236 (Monday, December 13, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70853-70854]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-26925]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Indian Health Service
Request for Public Comment: 60-Day Proposed Information
Collection: Addendum to Declaration for Federal Employment, Child Care
and Indian Child Care Worker Positions (OMB No. 0917-0028)
AGENCY: Indian Health Service, HHS.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments; request for extension of
approval.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Indian Health Service (IHS) invites the general public to take this
opportunity to comment on the information collection titled, ``Addendum
to Declaration for Federal Employment, Child Care and Indian Child Care
Worker Positions,'' Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Control
Number 0917-0028. A copy of the supporting statement is available at
<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> (see Docket ID: IHS_FRDOC_0001).
DATES: February 11, 2022. Your comments regarding this information
collection are best assured of having full effect if received within 60
days of the date of this publication.
For Comments: Submit comments to Sharon Duran by one of the
following methods:
<bullet> Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a0f3c8c1d2cfce8ee4d5d2c1cee0c9c8d38ec7cfd6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b2e1dad3c0dddc9cf6c7c0d3dcf2dbdac19cd5ddc4">[email protected]</span></a>.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be made
available to the public by publishing them in the 30-day Federal
Register notice for this information collection. For this reason,
please do not include information of a confidential nature, such as
sensitive personal information or proprietary information. If comments
are submitted via email, the email address will be automatically
captured and included as part of the comment that is placed in the
public docket and made available on the internet. Please note that
responses to this public comment request containing any routine notice
about the confidentiality of the communication will be treated as
public comments that may be made available to the public
notwithstanding the inclusion of the routine notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information,
please contact Evonne Bennett, Information Collection Clearance Officer
at: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b5f0c3dadbdbd09bf7d0dbdbd0c1c1f5dcddc69bd2dac3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5e1b283130303b701c3b30303b2a2a1e37362d70393128">[email protected]</span></a> or 301-443-4750.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This previously approved information
collection project was last published in the Federal Register on
November 27, 2018, and allowed 30 days for public comment. No public
comment was received in response to the notice. This notice announces
our intent to submit this collection, which expires February 28, 2022,
to OMB for approval of an extension, and to solicit comments on
specific aspects for the proposed information collection.
Title: Addendum to Declaration for Federal Employment, Child Care
and Indian Child Care Worker Positions (OMB No. 0917-0028). Type of
Information Collection Request: Extension, without revision, of
currently approved information collection, 0917-0028, Addendum to
Declaration for Federal Employment, Child Care and Indian Child Care
Worker Positions. There are no program changes or adjustments in burden
hours. Form(s): Addendum to Declaration for Federal Employment, Child
Care and Indian Child Care Worker Positions. Need and Use of
Information Collection: This is a request for approval of the
collection of information as required by section 408 of the Indian
Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act, Public Law 101-630
[104 stat. 4544, 25 U.S.C. 3201-3210]; 34 U.S.C. 20351; and 42 CFR part
136, subpart K.
The IHS is required to compile a list of all authorized positions
within the IHS where the duties and responsibilities involve regular
contact with, or control over, Indian children; and to conduct an
investigation of the character of each individual who is employed, or
is being considered for employment, in a position having regular
contact with, or control over, Indian children. 25 U.S.C. 3207(a)(1)
and (2). Section 3207(a)(3) of Title 25 requires regulations
prescribing the minimum standards of character for individuals
appointed to positions involving regular contact with, or control over,
Indian children, and section 3207(b) provides that such standards shall
ensure that no such individuals have been found guilty of, or entered a
plea of nolo contendere or guilty to, any felonious offense, or any two
or more misdemeanor offenses, under Federal, State, or Tribal law
involving crimes of violence; sexual assault, molestation,
exploitation,
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contact or prostitution; crimes against persons; or offenses committed
against children.
In addition, 34 U.S.C. 20351 (formerly codified at 42 U.S.C. 13041,
which was transferred to 34 U.S.C. 20351) requires each agency of the
Federal Government, and every facility operated by the Federal
Government (or operated under contract with the Federal Government),
that hires (or contracts for hire) individuals involved with the
provision of child care services to children under the age of 18 to
assure that all existing and newly hired employees undergo a criminal
history background check. The background investigation is to be
initiated through the personnel program of the applicable Federal
agency. This section requires employment applications for individuals
who are seeking work for an agency of the Federal Government, or for a
facility or program operated by (or through contract with) the Federal
Government, in positions involved with the provision of child care
services to children under the age of 18, to contain a question asking
whether the individual has ever been arrested for or charged with a
crime involving a child, and if so, requiring a description of the
disposition of the arrest or charge.
Affected Public: Individuals and households. Type of Respondents:
Individuals.
The table below provides: Types of data collection instruments,
Estimated number of respondents, Number of responses per respondent,
Average burden hour per response, and Total annual burden hour(s).
Estimated Annual Burden Hours
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Average Total annual
Number of Number of burden per burden
Data collection instrument(s) respondents responses per response (in responses (in
respondent hours) hours)
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Addendum to Declaration for Federal Employment 3000 1 12/60 600
(OMB 0917-0028)................................
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Total....................................... 3000 .............. .............. 600
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There are no Capital Costs, Operating Costs, and/or Maintenance
Costs to report.
Requests for Comments: Your written comments and/or suggestions are
invited on one or more of the following points:
(a) Whether the information collection activity is necessary to
carry out an agency function;
(b) whether the agency processes the information collected in a
useful and timely fashion;
(c) the accuracy of the public burden estimate (the estimated
amount of time needed for individual respondents to provide the
requested information);
(d) whether the methodology and assumptions used to determine the
estimates are logical;
(e) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information being collected; and
(f) ways to minimize the public burden through the use of
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information technology.
Chris Buchanan,
Acting Deputy Director, Indian Health Service.
[FR Doc. 2021-26925 Filed 12-10-21; 8:45 am]
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