Notice2024-15277
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Intergovernmental Reference Guide (IRG) (Office of Management and Budget No.: 0970-0209)
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Published
July 11, 2024
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Health and Human Services DepartmentChildren and Families Administration
Abstract
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Child Support Services (OCSS), is requesting the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve the Intergovernmental Reference Guide (IRG), for an additional three years. The IRG contains State and Tribal child support information that helps child support agencies (CSAs) administer their respective programs. Minor updates are proposed, as described below. The current OMB approval (OMB #: 0970-0209) expires on February 28, 2025.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 133 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 56883]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-15277]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Intergovernmental
Reference Guide (IRG) (Office of Management and Budget No.: 0970-0209)
AGENCY: Office of Child Support Services, Administration for Children
and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of
Child Support Services (OCSS), is requesting the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) to approve the Intergovernmental Reference Guide
(IRG), for an additional three years. The IRG contains State and Tribal
child support information that helps child support agencies (CSAs)
administer their respective programs. Minor updates are proposed, as
described below. The current OMB approval (OMB #: 0970-0209) expires on
February 28, 2025.
DATES: Comments due September 9, 2024. In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 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#89e0e7efe6eae6e5e5eceafde0e6e7c9e8eaefa7e1e1faa7eee6ff"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e38a8d858c808c8f8f8680978a8c8da3828085cd8b8b90cd848c95">[email protected]</span></a>.
Identify all requests by the title of the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: The IRG is a centralized and automated repository of
State and Tribal profiles that contains high-level descriptions of each
CSA program. These profiles provide State, Tribal, and foreign country
CSAs with an effective and efficient method for updating and accessing
information needed to process intergovernmental child support cases.
Revisions are proposed as a result of feedback from respondents
suggesting changes, recommendations from the program team, or from the
program team workgroup of interested partners. The workgroup is engaged
to evaluate the efficacy of the instruments. Specifically, the
following changes are proposed:
<bullet> Minor edits to change Office of Child Support Enforcement
(OCSE) to Office of Child Support Services (OCSS).
<bullet> Edits to the State profile based on recommendations that
were received but not implemented in 2022 when the current version of
the profile went through the OMB approval process. OCSS has an overview
of those recommendations and OCSS responses available upon request.
<bullet> Edits to clarify the State profile questions to make it
easier for respondents to understand and complete them. Some of these
edits were based on the comments referenced in the prior bullet and
others based on other feedback from program staff and workgroup
members.
<bullet> Addition of questions in the State profile instrument that
are designed to help States establish health care coverage and manage
the financial aspects of child support services. The new questions
pertain to policies and procedures associated with new hire reporting,
income withholdings, lump sum payments, medical support, and State
electronic funds transfers. The addition of these questions slightly
increased the estimated time per response from .3 hours to .5 hours.
Respondents: State and Tribal CSAs.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of
Total number annual Average annual Annual
Information collection instrument of annual responses per burden hour burden
respondents respondent per response hours
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IRG: State Profile Guide (states and territories).. 54 18 0.5 486
IRG: Tribal Profile Guide.......................... 62 18 0.3 335
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 821.
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: 42 U.S.C. 652(a)(7); 42 U.S.C. 666(f); 45 CFR 301.1; 45
CFR 303.7, and 45 CFR 309.120.
Mary C. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-15277 Filed 7-10-24; 8:45 am]
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