Notice2022-18136
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Administration for Children and Families Uniform Project Description
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Published
August 23, 2022
Issuing agencies
Health and Human Services DepartmentChildren and Families Administration
Abstract
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is requesting revisions to the approved ACF Uniform Project Description (UPD) (Office of Management and Budget (OMB) #0970-0139, expiration March 31, 2025).
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 162 (Tuesday, August 23, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51676-51677]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-18136]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Administration for
Children and Families Uniform Project Description
AGENCY: Office of Administration, Office of Grants Policy,
Administration for Children and Families, Department of Health and
Human Services.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is
requesting revisions to the approved ACF Uniform Project Description
(UPD) (Office of Management and Budget (OMB) #0970-0139, expiration
March 31, 2025).
DATES: Comments due within 60 days of publication. In compliance with
the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ACF is
soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the information
collection described above.
ADDRESSES: You can obtain copies of the proposed collection of
information and submit comments by emailing <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#325b5c545d515d5e5e5751465b5d5c725351541c5a5a411c555d44"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2841464e474b4744444d4b5c41474668494b4e0640405b064f475e">[email protected]</span></a>.
Identify all requests by the title of the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: The proposed information collection would revise the
approved ACF UPD. The UPD provides a uniform format for applicants to
submit project information in response to ACF discretionary Notices of
Funding Opportunity. The UPD requires applicants to describe how
program objectives will be achieved and provide a rationale for the
project's budgeted costs. All ACF discretionary grant programs are
required to use the UPD.
ACF uses this information, along with other OMB-approved
information collections (Standard Forms), to evaluate and rank
applications. Use of the UPD protects the integrity of the ACF award
selection process.
The UDP has been revised as follows: (1) included a text field for
the Geographic Location standardized text, which will allow ACF program
offices
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to enter project-specific language; (2) under Organizational Capacity,
inserted an option to allow submission of an Audit Summary report in
lieu of a full audit report; (3) inserted a checkbox and standardized
language to request current and pending funding support; (4) added a
prior written approval requirement to Plan for Oversight of Federal
Award Funds and Activities; (5) included Memoranda of Agreement (MOA)
under Third Party Agreements; and (6) updated The Project Budget and
Budget Justification standardized language related to salary
limitation, budget preparation, fringe benefits, definition of
supplies, contractual costs, accounting for real property, the Other
Costs category, and Indirect Costs.
Respondents: Applicants responding to ACF Discretionary Notices of
Funding Opportunity.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Total number of Average burden
Instrument Total number of responses per hours per Total burden Annual burden
respondents respondent response hours hours
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ACF Uniform Project Description............................... 3,218 1 60 193,080 64,360
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 64,360.
Comments: 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.
Authority: 45 CFR 75.203-75.204, and 45 CFR part 75, appendix I.
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-18136 Filed 8-22-22; 8:45 am]
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