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ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES—Continued
Number of respondents
Instrument
Number of responses per
respondent
Average burden hours per
response
54
54
54
52
26
1
.46
.27
.4
Output Record .................................................................................................
Payment File ....................................................................................................
Certification Letter ............................................................................................
Total burden
hours
1,292
379
22
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,535.
In compliance with the requirements
of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Administration for Children and
Families is soliciting public comment
on the specific aspects of the
information collection described above.
Copies of the proposed collection of
information can be obtained and
comments may be forwarded by writing
to the Administration for Children and
Families, Office of Administration,
Office of Information Services, 370
L’Enfant Promenade, SW., Washington,
DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance
Officer. E-mail address:
infocollection@acf.hhs.gov. All requests
should be identified by the title of the
information collection.
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.
Dated: December 12, 2006.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services
Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection:
Comment Request
In compliance with the requirement
for opportunity for public comment on
proposed data collection projects
(section 3506(c)(2)(A) of Title 44, United
States Code, as amended by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13), the Health
Resources and Services Administration
(HRSA) publishes periodic summaries
of proposed projects being developed
for submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) under
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
To request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of
the data collection plans and draft
instruments, call the HRSA Reports
Clearance Officer on (301) 443–1129.
Comments are invited 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 estimated of the burden of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance 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.
Proposed Project: OAT Telehealth
Outcome Measures Development and
Analysis: New
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The Office for the Advancement of
Telehealth (OAT) has created a set of
Number of
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performance measures that grantees can
use to evaluate the effectiveness of their
services programs and monitor their
progress through the use of performance
reporting data. As required by the
Government Performance and Review
Act of 1993 (GPRA), all Federal agencies
must develop strategic plans describing
their overall goal and objectives. The
Office for the Advancement of
Telehealth (OAT) has worked with its
grantees to develop performance
measures to be used to evaluate and
monitor the progress of the grantees.
Grantee goals are to: Improve access to
needed services; reduce rural
practitioner isolation; improve health
system productivity and efficiency; and
improve patient outcomes. In each of
these categories, specific indicators
were designed to be reported through a
performance monitoring Web site.
The Program Assessment Response
Tool (PART) is the newest instrument
created for use by Federal agencies. The
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) uses the PART to assess Federal
programs. The PART is a series of
diagnostic questions used to assess and
evaluate programs across a set of
performance-related criteria, including
program design and purpose, strategic
planning, program management, and
results. PART results are used to inform
the budget process and improve
program management. OAT’s Telehealth
Network Grant Program has been
undergoing a PART assessment this
year. Thus, in addition to responding to
the GPRA initiative, OAT now has the
added responsibility of responding to
the PART assessment of its Telehealth
Network Grant Program. The proposed
performance measures will provide
performance data that will address the
PART assessment, monitor progress,
and evaluate program effectiveness.
The estimates of burden are as
follows:
Total responses
Hour burden
Total burden
hours
7
9,338
1,334
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Send comments to Susan G. Queen,
Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance Officer,
Room 10–33 Parklawn Building, 5600
Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.
Written comments should be received
within 60 days of this notice.
Dated: December 12, 2006.
Caroline Lewis,
Acting Associate Administrator for
Administration and Financial Management.
[FR Doc. E6–21641 Filed 12–18–06; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
[FEMA–1669–DR]
Alaska; Major Disaster and Related
Determinations
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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SUMMARY: This is a notice of the
Presidential declaration of a major
disaster for the State of Alaska (FEMA–
1669–DR), dated December 8, 2006, and
related determinations.
DATES: Effective Date: December 8, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Magda Ruiz, Recovery Division, Federal
Emergency Management Agency,
Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–2705.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
hereby given that, in a letter dated
December 8, 2006, the President
declared a major disaster under the
authority of the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121–5206
(the Stafford Act), as follows:
I have determined that the damage in
certain areas of the State of Alaska resulting
from severe storms, flooding, landslides, and
mudslides during the period of October 8–13,
2006, is of sufficient severity and magnitude
to warrant a major disaster declaration under
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and
Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121–
5206 (the Stafford Act). Therefore, I declare
that such a major disaster exists in the State
of Alaska.
In order to provide Federal assistance, you
are hereby authorized to allocate from funds
available for these purposes such amounts as
you find necessary for Federal disaster
assistance and administrative expenses.
You are authorized to provide Public
Assistance in the designated areas, Hazard
Mitigation throughout the State, and any
other forms of assistance under the Stafford
Act you may deem appropriate. Consistent
with the requirement that Federal assistance
be supplemental, any Federal funds provided
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under the Stafford Act for Public Assistance
and Hazard Mitigation will be limited to 75
percent of the total eligible costs. If Other
Needs Assistance under Section 408 of the
Stafford Act is later warranted, Federal
funding under that program will also be
limited to 75 percent of the total eligible
costs. Further, you are authorized to make
changes to this declaration to the extent
allowable under the Stafford Act.
The Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA) hereby gives notice that
pursuant to the authority vested in the
Director, under Executive Order 12148,
as amended, William M. Lokey, of
FEMA is appointed to act as the Federal
Coordinating Officer for this declared
disaster.
I do hereby determine the following
areas of the State of Alaska to have been
affected adversely by this declared
major disaster:
Chugach Regional Educational Attendance
Area, Copper River Regional Educational
Attendance Area, and the Kenai Peninsula
Borough for Public Assistance.
All boroughs and Regional Educational
Attendance Areas in the State of Alaska are
eligible to apply for assistance under the
Hazard Mitigation Grant Program.
(The following Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance Numbers (CFDA) are to be used
for reporting and drawing funds: 97.030,
Community Disaster Loans; 97.031, Cora
Brown Fund Program; 97.032, Crisis
Counseling; 97.033, Disaster Legal Services
Program; 97.034, Disaster Unemployment
Assistance (DUA); 97.046, Fire Management
Assistance; 97.048, Individuals and
Households Housing; 97.049, Individuals and
Households Disaster Housing Operations;
97.050 Individuals and Households
Program—Other Needs, 97.036, Public
Assistance Grants; 97.039, Hazard Mitigation
Grant Program.)
R. David Paulison,
Under Secretary for Federal Emergency
Management and Director of FEMA.
[FR Doc. E6–21575 Filed 12–18–06; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
[FEMA–1668–DR]
Louisiana; Amendment No. 3 to Notice
of a Major Disaster Declaration
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice
of a major disaster declaration for the
State of Louisiana (FEMA–1668–DR),
dated November 2, 2006, and related
determinations.
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DATES:
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Effective Date: December 11,
2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Magda Ruiz, Recovery Division, Federal
Emergency Management Agency,
Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–2705.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice
of a major disaster declaration for the
State of Louisiana is hereby amended to
include the following area among those
areas determined to have been adversely
affected by the catastrophe declared a
major disaster by the President in his
declaration of November 2, 2006:
The parish of Natchitoches for Public
Assistance, including direct Federal
assistance, if warranted as determined by
FEMA (already designated for Individual
Assistance).
(The following Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance Numbers (CFDA) are to be used
for reporting and drawing funds: 97.030,
Community Disaster Loans; 97.031, Cora
Brown Fund Program; 97.032, Crisis
Counseling; 97.033, Disaster Legal Services
Program; 97.034, Disaster Unemployment
Assistance (DUA); 97.046, Fire Management
Assistance; 97.048, Individuals and
Households Housing; 97.049, Individuals and
Households Disaster Housing Operations;
97.050 Individuals and Households
Program—Other Needs, 97.036, Public
Assistance Grants; 97.039, Hazard Mitigation
Grant Program.)
R. David Paulison,
Under Secretary for Federal Emergency
Management and Director of FEMA.
[FR Doc. E6–21578 Filed 12–18–06; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Revision of an Existing
Information Collection; Comment
Request
30-Day Notice of Information
Collection Under Review: Interagency
Alien Witness and Informant Record;
Form I–854; OMB Control No. 1615–
0046.
ACTION:
The Department of Homeland
Security, U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services (USCIS) has
submitted the following information
collection request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995. The information collection was
previously published in the Federal
Register on October 13, 2006, at 71 FR
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection:
Comment Request
In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public
comment on proposed data collection projects (section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
Title 44, United States Code, as amended by the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, Public Law 104-13), the Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA) publishes periodic summaries of proposed projects
being developed for submission to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. To request more
information on the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data
collection plans and draft instruments, call the HRSA Reports Clearance
Officer on (301) 443-1129.
Comments are invited 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 estimated of the burden of
the proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance 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.
Proposed Project: OAT Telehealth Outcome Measures Development and
Analysis: New
The Office for the Advancement of Telehealth (OAT) has created a
set of performance measures that grantees can use to evaluate the
effectiveness of their services programs and monitor their progress
through the use of performance reporting data. As required by the
Government Performance and Review Act of 1993 (GPRA), all Federal
agencies must develop strategic plans describing their overall goal and
objectives. The Office for the Advancement of Telehealth (OAT) has
worked with its grantees to develop performance measures to be used to
evaluate and monitor the progress of the grantees. Grantee goals are
to: Improve access to needed services; reduce rural practitioner
isolation; improve health system productivity and efficiency; and
improve patient outcomes. In each of these categories, specific
indicators were designed to be reported through a performance
monitoring Web site.
The Program Assessment Response Tool (PART) is the newest
instrument created for use by Federal agencies. The Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) uses the PART to assess Federal programs.
The PART is a series of diagnostic questions used to assess and
evaluate programs across a set of performance-related criteria,
including program design and purpose, strategic planning, program
management, and results. PART results are used to inform the budget
process and improve program management. OAT's Telehealth Network Grant
Program has been undergoing a PART assessment this year. Thus, in
addition to responding to the GPRA initiative, OAT now has the added
responsibility of responding to the PART assessment of its Telehealth
Network Grant Program. The proposed performance measures will provide
performance data that will address the PART assessment, monitor
progress, and evaluate program effectiveness.
The estimates of burden are as follows:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Number of Responses per Total burden
Form respondents respondent Total responses Hour burden hours
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Performance Measurement Tool....................................... 667 2 1,334 7 9,338
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Send comments to Susan G. Queen, Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance
Officer, Room 10-33 Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD
20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this
notice.
Dated: December 12, 2006.
Caroline Lewis,
Acting Associate Administrator for Administration and Financial
Management.
[FR Doc. E6-21641 Filed 12-18-06; 8:45 am]
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