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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request Form FNS–798 and
FNS–798A, WIC Financial Management
and Participation Report With
Addendum
Food and Nutrition Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Research Service
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice invites the general public and
other public agencies to comment on
proposed information collections.
DATES: Written comments on this notice
must be received on or before March 21,
2011.
ADDRESSES: 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 will have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden of the proposed collection
of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(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 those who are to respond, including
through the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology. Comments may be sent to:
Debra Whitford, Director, Supplemental
Food Programs Division, Food and
Nutrition Service, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, 3101 Park Center Drive,
Room 520, Alexandria, VA 22302.
Comments may also be submitted via
fax to the attention of Joan Carroll at
703–305–2196 or via e-mail to
Joan.Carroll@fns.usda.gov.
All written comments will be open for
public inspection at the office of the
Food and Nutrition Service during
regular business hours (8:30 a.m. to 5
p.m., Monday through Friday) at 3101
Park Center Drive, Alexandria, Virginia
22302, Room 518.
All responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
for OMB approval, and will become a
matter of public record.
SUMMARY:
Renewal of the Advisory Committee on
Biotechnology and 21st Century
Agriculture
Office of the Under Secretary,
Research, Education, and Economics,
USDA.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice.
The Secretary of Agriculture
intends to renew the Advisory
Committee on Biotechnology and 21st
Century Agriculture (AC21) for a 2-year
period.
SUMMARY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Questions should be addressed to
Michael Schechtman, Designated
Federal Official, telephone (202) 720–
3817; fax (202) 690–4265; e-mail
michael.schechtman@ars.usda.gov.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Advisory Committee Purpose: USDA
supports the responsible development
and application of biotechnology within
the global food and agricultural system.
Biotechnology intersects many of the
policies, programs and functions of
USDA. The charge for the AC21 is twofold: To examine the long-term impacts
of biotechnology on the U.S. food and
agriculture system and USDA; and to
provide guidance to USDA on pressing
individual issues, identified by the
Office of the Secretary, related to the
application of biotechnology in
agriculture. The AC21 will meet in
Washington, DC, up to four (4) times per
year.
Catherine Woteki,
Under Secretary for Research, Education,
Economics.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
form and instructions should be
directed to: Joan Carroll, (703) 305–
2729.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: WIC Financial Management and
Participation Report with Addendum.
OMB Number: 0584–0045.
Form Number: FNS 798 and FNS
798A.
Expiration Date: 09–30–2011.
Type of Request: Revision of a
Currently Approved Collection Form.
Abstract: Section 17(f)(4) of the Child
Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C.
1786(f)(4)) provides that ‘‘State agencies
shall submit monthly financial reports
and participation data to the Secretary’’
(See also 7 CFR 246.25(b)(1)). The WIC
Financial Management and
Participation Report with Addendum
(FNS–798 and FNS–798A) are the forms
State agencies complete to comply with
this requirement. FNS and State
agencies use the reported information
for program monitoring, funds
management, budget projections,
monitoring caseload, policy
development, and responding to
requests from Congress and interested
parties.
In addition, nonentitlement programs,
such as the Special Supplemental
Nutrition Program for Women, Infants,
and Children (WIC), are required to
conduct an annual closeout and
reconciliation of grants. Departmental
regulations at 7 CFR 3016.23(b) require
that ‘‘[a] grantee must liquidate all
obligations incurred under the award
not later than 90 days after the end of
the funding period (or as specified in a
program regulation) to coincide with the
submission of the annual Federal
Financial Report (SF–425).’’ WIC
Program regulations at 7 CFR
246.17(b)(2) instruct State agencies to
‘‘submit to FNS, within 120 days after
the end of the fiscal year, final fiscal
year closeout reports.’’ The final WIC
Financial Management and
Participation Report (FNS–798)
submitted for the year with its
addendum (FNS–798A) are used as a
substitute for the SF–425, because they
maintain the integrity of WIC’s two
grant components (food and nutrition
services and administration (NSA)) as
well as the four NSA grant components
(program management, client services,
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules
or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings
and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings,
delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency
statements of organization and functions are examples of documents
appearing in this section.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Research Service
Renewal of the Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st
Century Agriculture
AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary, Research, Education, and
Economics, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Secretary of Agriculture intends to renew the Advisory
Committee on Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture (AC21) for a 2-
year period.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions should be addressed to
Michael Schechtman, Designated Federal Official, telephone (202) 720-
3817; fax (202) 690-4265; e-mail michael.schechtman@ars.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Advisory Committee Purpose: USDA supports the responsible
development and application of biotechnology within the global food and
agricultural system. Biotechnology intersects many of the policies,
programs and functions of USDA. The charge for the AC21 is two-fold: To
examine the long-term impacts of biotechnology on the U.S. food and
agriculture system and USDA; and to provide guidance to USDA on
pressing individual issues, identified by the Office of the Secretary,
related to the application of biotechnology in agriculture. The AC21
will meet in Washington, DC, up to four (4) times per year.
Catherine Woteki,
Under Secretary for Research, Education, Economics.
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