Notice2024-29408
Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Intergovernmental Reference Guide (IRG) (Office of Management and Budget No.: 0970-0209)
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Published
December 13, 2024
Issuing agencies
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 State and Tribal 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 240 (Friday, December 13, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 101019-101020]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-29408]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review;
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 State and Tribal 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 January 13, 2025. OMB is required to decide
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.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review-
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function. You can
also obtain copies of the proposed collection of information by
emailing <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#432a2d252c202c2f2f2620372a2c2d032220256d2b2b306d242c35"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8ae3e4ece5e9e5e6e6efe9fee3e5e4caebe9eca4e2e2f9a4ede5fc">[email protected]</span></a>. Identify all emailed 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
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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 Average
Total number annual annual burden Annual burden
Information collection instrument of annual responses per hour per hours
respondents respondent response
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IRG: State Profile Guide (states and 54 18 0.5 486
territories)...................................
IRG: Tribal Profile Guide....................... 62 18 0.3 335
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 821.
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. 2024-29408 Filed 12-12-24; 8:45 am]
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