Notice2026-04740
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Income Withholding for Support
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Published
March 11, 2026
Issuing agencies
Health and Human Services DepartmentChildren and Families Administration
Abstract
The Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), is requesting the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to extend approval of the Income Withholding for Support (IWO), with changes, for an additional three years. The current OMB approval expires August 31, 2026.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 47 (Wednesday, March 11, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Page 11979]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-04740]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
[Office of Management and Budget #: 0970-0154]
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Income Withholding for
Support
AGENCY: Office of Child Support Enforcement, Administration for
Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE), Administration
for Children and Families (ACF), is requesting the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) to extend approval of the Income Withholding for
Support (IWO), with changes, for an additional three years. The current
OMB approval expires August 31, 2026.
DATES: Comments due May 11, 2026.
ADDRESSES: 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. You can obtain
copies of the proposed collection of information and submit comments by
emailing <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#430a2d252c002c2f2f2620372a2c2d032220256d2b2b306d242c35"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="470e29212804282b2b2224332e282907262421692f2f3469202831">[email protected]</span></a>. All requests should be identified
by the title of the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: The IWO is the required, standard form used to order,
and notify, employers and income providers to withhold child support
payments from an obligor's income. It is also used to notify employers
and other income providers where to remit the payments, as well as
other information needed to correctly withhold payments so that
children and families receive the support to which they are entitled.
OCSE revised the IWO form to add checkboxes pertaining to detail
for the respondent to check, if applicable; revised links; clarified
language and definitions; changed Office of Child Support Services
(OCSS) to OCSE; and added fields, such as a daily pay amount, to the
record specifications.
Respondents: Courts, private attorneys, custodial parties, or their
representatives, employers, and other entities that provide income to
noncustodial parents.
Annual Burden Estimates: The burden estimates were updated to
reflect current estimates for the annual number of respondents and
responses over the next three years. The burden reduction accounts for
decreases in the number of new hire reports submitted and decreases in
the number of proactive matches generated from the Federal Case
Registry for participants in child support cases. Additionally, more
employers using electronic IWO (e-IWO) has decreased the burden with
processing paper documents. Response times also reflect clearer
instructions. Estimated burden was added to account for the time states
will need to update programming as a result of proposed changes, but
overall, the ongoing total estimated annual burden associated with this
information collection has been reduced by 30 percent.
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Total number Annual
Information collection title Total number of responses Average burden hours per burden
of respondents per respondent response hours
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Income withholding for Support (Courts, 3,439,580 1 5 minutes................... 286,632
private attorneys, custodial parties or
their representatives).
Income withholding for Support of 1,214,289 5.23 2 minutes................... 211,691
employment/income status (Employers and
other income withholders).
Electronic income withholding for 48,978 41.56 30 seconds.................. 16,963
Support/termination of employment/
income status (Employers and other
income withholders).
State Programming....................... 18 1 534......................... 9,612
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours. .............. .............. ............................ 524,898
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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. 666(a)(1), (a)(8), and (b)(6).
Mary C. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2026-04740 Filed 3-10-26; 8:45 am]
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