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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the Secretary
[Document Identifier: OS–4040–0003]
Grants.gov Program Management
Office; Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
Office of the Secretary,
Grants.gov Program Management Office,
HHS.
In compliance with the requirement
of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
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Grants.gov Program Management Office,
one of the 26 E-Government initiatives,
managed by the Department of Health
and Human Services is publishing the
following summary of proposed
collection for public comment.
Interested individuals are invited to
send comments regarding any aspect of
this collection of information or any
other aspect of this collection of
information, including any of the
following subjects: (1) The necessity and
utility of the proposed information
collection for the proper performance of
the agency’s functions; (2) the accuracy
of the estimated burden; (3) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information to be collected; and
(4) the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology to minimize the information
collection burden.
Type of Information Collection
Request: Regular.
Title of Information Collection: SF–
424 Short Organizational.
Form/OMB No.: OS–4040–0003.
Use: On March 24, 2005, the
Grants.gov Program Management Office,
one of the 26 E-Government initiatives,
managed by HHS, published the
proposed the SF–424 Short
Organizational (Short) collection for
public comment in the Federal Register
(70 FR 15089).
Interested individuals were invited to
send comments regarding any aspect of
this collection of information. This
notice indicates request for extension of
OMB clearance for the SF–424 (Short),
and also responds to comments received
on the March 24, 2005, Federal Register
notice.
The SF–424 (short) is a simplified,
alternative government-wide data set
and application cover page for use by
Federal grant-making agencies. Agencies
may use the SF–424 (Short) for grant
programs not requiring all the data that
is required on the SF–424 core data set
and form. This information collection
request also includes two additional
government-wide forms, the Key
Contacts form and the Project Abstract
form, each of which can be used in
conjunction with the SF–424 to collect
supplemental applicant data. The Key
Contacts form is an optional form that
the agencies may use to collect
additional key contact or point of
contact information. The Project
Abstract form is also an optional form
that provides the mechanism for the
applicant to attach a file that contains
an abstract of the project, in a format
specified by the agency.
The SF–424 (Short) and supplemental
data set and forms are currently
available for use as part of the electronic
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application process of Grants.gov,
which was deployed in October 2003
and is part of the implementation of the
Federal Financial Assistance
Management Improvement Act of 1999
(Public Law 106–107). The standard
data set replaces numerous agency data
sets and reduces the administrative
burden placed on the grants community.
Federal agencies are not required to
collect all of the information included
in the proposed data set. The agency
will identify the data that must be
provided by applicants through
instructions that will accompany the
application package.
Comments sent to OMB by the public,
questioned the need to collect the Social
Security Number (SSN) for the Project
Director and/or the Primary Contact/
Grants Administrator. Grants.gov
responded to this comment by revising
the application cover page to indicate
that SSN is optional and adding the
following statement, ‘‘Disclosure of SSN
is voluntary. Please see the application
package instructions for the agency’s
authority and routine uses of the data’’.
In addition, OMB has also requested
that Grants.gov, in consultation with
other agencies, investigate options for a
unique identifier other than SSN.
Grants.gov plans to address this
condition through its newly formed
Agency User Group.
The estimate of the total burden of the
collection information has been updated
based on the Paperwork Reduction Act
Worksheets (OMB 83–C) received from
the agencies. Currently, six agencies
plan to use the SF–424 (Short) in lieu
of the SF–424 for eligible grant
programs. Collectively, the agencies
plan to receive 8,549 applications
annually and estimate that it takes
applicants 25 minutes on average to
complete each application.
Cumulatively, these organizations report
the total burden to applicants to be
3,652 hours.
Frequency: Recordkeeping, Reporting,
on occasion.
Affected: Federal, State, Local and
Tribal governments; farms; non-profit
institutions, and other for-profit.
Total Annual Respondents: 8,276.
Total Annual Responses: 8,549.
Average Burden Per Response: 25
minutes.
To obtain copies of the supporting
statement and any related forms for the
proposed paperwork collections
referenced above, access the HHS Web
site address at https://www.hhs.gov/
oirm/infocollect/pending/ or e-mail your
request, including your address, phone
number, OMB number, and OS
document identifier, to
naomi.cook@hhs.gov, or call the Reports
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Clearance Office on (202) 690–6162.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collections must be mailed
within 60 days of this notice directly to
the OS Paperwork Clearance Officer
designated at the following address:
Department of Health and Human
Services, Office of the Secretary,
Assistant Secretary for Budget,
Technology, and Finance, Office of
Information and Resource Management,
Attention: Naomi Cook (4040–0003),
Room 531–H, 200 Independence
Avenue, SW., Washington DC 20201.
Dated: August 18, 2005.
Robert E. Polson,
Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction
Act Reports Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the Secretary
[Document Identifier: OS–4040–0005]
Grants.gov Program Management
Office; Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
Office of the Secretary,
Grants.gov Program Management Office,
HHS.
AGENCY:
Notice of Proposed Requirement To
Establish Government-Wide Standard
Data Elements for Use by All Federal
Grant Making Agencies—SF–424
Individual
In compliance with the requirement
of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
the Grants.gov Program Management
Office, one of the 26 E-Government
initiatives, managed by the Department
of Health and Human Services is
publishing the following summary of
proposed collection for public
comment. Interested individuals are
invited to send comments regarding any
aspect of this collection of information
including any of the following subjects:
(1) The necessity and utility of the
proposed information collection for the
proper performance of the agency’s
functions; (2) the accuracy of the
estimated burden; (3) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (4) the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology to minimize the information
collection burden.
Type of Information Collection
Request: Regular.
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Title of Information Collection: SF–
424 Individual.
Form/OMB No.: OS–4040–0005.
Use: On March 24, 2005, the
Grants.gov Program Management Office,
one of the 26 E-Government initiatives,
managed by HHS, published the
proposed the SF–424 Application for
Federal Assistance, Individual (SF–424
I) collection for public comment in the
Federal Register (70 FR 15090).
Interested individuals were invited to
send comments regarding any aspect of
this collection of information. This
notice indicates request for extension of
OMB clearance for the SF–424 (I), and
also responds to comments received on
the March 24, 2005, Federal Register
notice.
The SF–424 (I) is the governmentwide data set and application cover
page for use by Federal grant-making
agencies that award grants to
individuals. The SF–424 (I) is currently
available for use as part of the electronic
application process of Grants.gov,
which was deployed in October 2003
and is part of the implementation of the
Federal Financial Assistance
Management Improvement Act of 1999
(Public Law 106–107). The standard
data set replaces numerous agency data
sets and reduces the administrative
burden placed on the grants community.
Federal agencies are not required to
collect all of the information included
in the proposed data set. The agency
will identify the data that must be
provided by applicants through
instructions that will accompany the
application package.
Comments sent to OMB by the public,
questioned the need to collect the Social
Security Number (SSN). Grants.gov
responded to this comment by revising
the application cover page to indicate
that SSN is optional and adding the
following statement, ‘‘Disclosure of SSN
is voluntary. Please see the application
package instructions for the agency’s
authority and routine uses of the data’’.
In addition, OMB has also requested
that Grants.gov, in consultation with
other agencies, investigate options for a
unique identifier other than SSN.
Grants.gov plans to address this
condition through its newly formed
Agency User Group.
The estimate of the total burden of the
collection information has been updated
based on the Paperwork Reduction Act
Worksheets (OMB 83–C) received from
the agencies. Currently, five agencies
plan to use the SF–424 (I) instead of the
SF–424 for eligible grant programs.
Collectively, the agencies plan to
receive 6,949 applications annually and
estimate that it takes applicants 25
minutes on average to complete each
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the Secretary
[Document Identifier: OS-4040-0003]
Grants.gov Program Management Office; Agency Information
Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Grants.gov Program Management Office,
HHS.
In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Grants.gov Program Management
Office, one of the 26 E-Government initiatives, managed by the
Department of Health and Human Services is publishing the following
summary of proposed collection for public comment. Interested
individuals are invited to send comments regarding any aspect of this
collection of information or any other aspect of this collection of
information, including any of the following subjects: (1) The necessity
and utility of the proposed information collection for the proper
performance of the agency's functions; (2) the accuracy of the
estimated burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information to be collected; and (4) the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology to
minimize the information collection burden.
Type of Information Collection Request: Regular.
Title of Information Collection: SF-424 Short Organizational.
Form/OMB No.: OS-4040-0003.
Use: On March 24, 2005, the Grants.gov Program Management Office,
one of the 26 E-Government initiatives, managed by HHS, published the
proposed the SF-424 Short Organizational (Short) collection for public
comment in the Federal Register (70 FR 15089).
Interested individuals were invited to send comments regarding any
aspect of this collection of information. This notice indicates request
for extension of OMB clearance for the SF-424 (Short), and also
responds to comments received on the March 24, 2005, Federal Register
notice.
The SF-424 (short) is a simplified, alternative government-wide
data set and application cover page for use by Federal grant-making
agencies. Agencies may use the SF-424 (Short) for grant programs not
requiring all the data that is required on the SF-424 core data set and
form. This information collection request also includes two additional
government-wide forms, the Key Contacts form and the Project Abstract
form, each of which can be used in conjunction with the SF-424 to
collect supplemental applicant data. The Key Contacts form is an
optional form that the agencies may use to collect additional key
contact or point of contact information. The Project Abstract form is
also an optional form that provides the mechanism for the applicant to
attach a file that contains an abstract of the project, in a format
specified by the agency.
The SF-424 (Short) and supplemental data set and forms are
currently available for use as part of the electronic
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application process of Grants.gov, which was deployed in October 2003
and is part of the implementation of the Federal Financial Assistance
Management Improvement Act of 1999 (Public Law 106-107). The standard
data set replaces numerous agency data sets and reduces the
administrative burden placed on the grants community. Federal agencies
are not required to collect all of the information included in the
proposed data set. The agency will identify the data that must be
provided by applicants through instructions that will accompany the
application package.
Comments sent to OMB by the public, questioned the need to collect
the Social Security Number (SSN) for the Project Director and/or the
Primary Contact/Grants Administrator. Grants.gov responded to this
comment by revising the application cover page to indicate that SSN is
optional and adding the following statement, ``Disclosure of SSN is
voluntary. Please see the application package instructions for the
agency's authority and routine uses of the data''. In addition, OMB has
also requested that Grants.gov, in consultation with other agencies,
investigate options for a unique identifier other than SSN. Grants.gov
plans to address this condition through its newly formed Agency User
Group.
The estimate of the total burden of the collection information has
been updated based on the Paperwork Reduction Act Worksheets (OMB 83-C)
received from the agencies. Currently, six agencies plan to use the SF-
424 (Short) in lieu of the SF-424 for eligible grant programs.
Collectively, the agencies plan to receive 8,549 applications annually
and estimate that it takes applicants 25 minutes on average to complete
each application. Cumulatively, these organizations report the total
burden to applicants to be 3,652 hours.
Frequency: Recordkeeping, Reporting, on occasion.
Affected: Federal, State, Local and Tribal governments; farms; non-
profit institutions, and other for-profit.
Total Annual Respondents: 8,276.
Total Annual Responses: 8,549.
Average Burden Per Response: 25 minutes.
To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, access the HHS
Web site address at https://www.hhs.gov/oirm/infocollect/pending/ or e-
mail your request, including your address, phone number, OMB number,
and OS document identifier, to naomi.cook@hhs.gov, or call the Reports
Clearance Office on (202) 690-6162. Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed information collections must be mailed
within 60 days of this notice directly to the OS Paperwork Clearance
Officer designated at the following address: Department of Health and
Human Services, Office of the Secretary, Assistant Secretary for
Budget, Technology, and Finance, Office of Information and Resource
Management, Attention: Naomi Cook (4040-0003), Room 531-H, 200
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington DC 20201.
Dated: August 18, 2005.
Robert E. Polson,
Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction Act Reports Clearance
Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-17386 Filed 8-31-05; 8:45 am]
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