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Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GENERAL SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[OMB Control No. 9000–0153; Docket 2011–
0079; Sequence 12]
Federal Acquisition Regulation;
Submission for OMB Review; OMB
Circular A–119
Department of Defense (DOD),
General Services Administration (GSA),
and National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA).
ACTION: Notice of request for public
comments regarding an extension to an
existing OMB clearance.
AGENCIES:
Under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
chapter 35), the Regulatory Secretariat
(MVCB) will be submitting to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) a
request to review and approve an
extension of a previously approved
information collection requirement
concerning OMB Circular A–119.
Public comments are particularly
invited on: Whether this collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of functions of the FAR,
and whether it will have practical
utility; whether our estimate of the
public burden of this collection of
information is accurate, and based on
valid assumptions and methodology;
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and ways in which we can
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on those who are to
respond, through the use of appropriate
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
DATES: Submit comments on or before
August 5, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments
identified by Information Collection
9000–0153, OMB Circular A–119, by
any of the following methods:
• Regulations.gov: https://
www.regulations.gov. Submit comments
via the Federal eRulemaking portal by
inputting ‘‘Information Collection 9000–
0153, OMB Circular A–119’’ under the
heading ‘‘Enter Keyword or ID’’ and
selecting ‘‘Search’’. Select the link
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‘‘Submit a Comment’’ that corresponds
with ‘‘Information Collection 9000–
0153, OMB Circular A–119’’. Follow the
instructions provided at the ‘‘Submit a
Comment’’ screen. Please include your
name, company name (if any), and
‘‘Information Collection 9000–0153,
OMB Circular A–119’’ on your attached
document.
• Fax: 202–501–4067.
• Mail: General Services
Administration, Regulatory Secretariat
(MVCB), 1275 First Street, NE.,
Washington, DC 20417. Attn: Hada
Flowers/IC 9000–0153, OMB Circular
A–119.
Instructions: Please submit comments
only and cite Information Collection
9000–0153, OMB Circular A–119, in all
correspondence related to this
collection. All comments received will
be posted without change to https://
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal and/or business confidential
information provided.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Anthony Robinson, Procurement
Analyst, Contract Policy Branch, GSA
(202) 501–2658 or e-mail
anthony.robinson@gsa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Purpose
On February 19, 1998, a revised OMB
Circular A–119, ‘‘Federal Participation
in the Development and Use of
Voluntary Consensus Standards and in
Conformity Assessment Activities,’’ was
published in the Federal Register at 63
FR 8545, February 19, 1998. FAR
Subparts 11.1 and 11.2 were revised and
a solicitation provision was added at
52.211–7, Alternatives to GovernmentUnique Standards, to implement the
requirements of the revised OMB
circular. If an alternative standard is
proposed, the offeror must furnish data
and/or information regarding the
alternative in sufficient detail for the
Government to determine if it meets the
Government’s requirements.
B. Annual Reporting Burden
Respondents: 100.
Responses Per Respondent: 1.
Total Responses: 100.
Hours Per Response: 1.
Total Burden Hours: 100.
Obtaining Copies of Proposals:
Requesters may obtain a copy of the
information collection documents from
the General Services Administration,
Regulatory Secretariat (MVCB), 1275
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20417,
telephone (202) 501–4755. Please cite
OMB Control No. 9000–0153, OMB
Circular A–119, in all correspondence.
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Dated: June 27, 2011.
Millisa Gary,
Acting Director, Federal Acquisition Policy
Division.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Proposed Information Collection
Activity; Comment Request
Title: Regional Partnership Grant
(RPG) Program Data Collection.
OMB No.: 0970–0353.
Description
On September 30, 2007, the
Administration for Children and
Families (ACF) Children’s Bureau
awarded multi-year grants to 53 regional
partnerships grantees (RPGs) to improve
the safety, permanency and well-being
of children affected by
methamphetamine or other substance
abuse who have been removed or are at
risk of removal from their home. The
Child and Family Services Improvement
Act of 2006, the authorizing legislation
for the RPG program, required that a set
of performance indicators be established
to periodically assess the grantees’
outcomes. The legislation mandated that
these performance indicators be
developed through a consultative
process involving ACF, the Substance
Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration (SAMHSA), and
representatives of the State or Tribal
agencies who are members of the
regional partnerships. The legislation
also requires the Secretary of the
Department of Health and Human
services to submit annually to Congress
a report that includes the performance
indicators established under this grant
program.
The final set of RPG performance
indicators was approved by ACF and
disseminated to the funded grantees in
January 2008. It includes a total of 23
indicators across four outcome domains:
Child/youth (9 indicators), adult (7
indicators), family/relationship (5
indicators), and regional partnership/
service capacity (2 indicators). It also
includes a core set of child and adult
demographic elements that will provide
important context needed to properly
analyze, explain and understand the
outcomes. No other national data
collection measures these critical child,
adult, family, and RPG outcomes
specifically for these children and
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families. The data also will have
significant implications for policy and
program development for child wellbeing programs nationwide.
The purpose of this request is to
obtain OMB approval for an extension
of the original three year request which
was approved on March 31, 2009. Fortythree of the original 53 grantees were
awarded for a five-year grant period,
thus necessitating an extension of the
original request in order to continue
data collection for the remainder of the
grant period. The first submission of
RPG grantee data to the RPG data
collection system ocurred in December,
2008, and every six months thereafter.
Data collection will be conducted for
the fifth year of the grant period, ending
September 30, 2012, with data
submission by January 2013. Data
collection may be extended for one year
until January 2014 should grantees
request and be granted no-cost
extensions.
To minimize grantee data collection
and reporting burden, many of the data
elements are already being collected by
counties and States in order to report
Federally-mandated data for the
Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and
Reporting System (AFCARS), the
Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) and
the National Outcome Measures
(NOMs); in addition, all States
voluntarily submit data for the Federal
National Child Abuse and Neglect Data
System (NCANDS). Therefore, most
child welfare data elements included in
the RPG performance measures can be
found in a State’s automated case
management system, which is often a
Federally-funded Statewide Automated
Child Welfare Information System
(SACWIS). TEDS admission and
discharge data are collected by State
substance abuse agencies according to
their own information systems for
monitoring substance abuse treatment
admissions and transmitted monthly or
quarterly to the SAMHSA contractor.
As a result of prior Federal
government reporting requirements,
States are already collecting several data
elements needed by the RPGs. The RPG
lead agency or their state or local
partners are able to download
information from these existing State
child welfare and substance abuse
treatment data systems to obtain data to
monitor their RPG program outcomes,
thereby reducing the amount of primary
data collection needed.
Respondents: RPG Grantees.
ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Number of
respondents
Instrument
Number of
responses
per
respondent
Average
burden hours
per response
Total burden
hours
26
17
2
2
175.50
175.50
9,126
5,967
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours .....................................................
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Private Sector ..................................................................................................
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15,093
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
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other forms of information technology.
Consideration will be given to
comments and suggestions submitted
within 60 days of this publication.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
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Food and Drug Administration
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Request for Notification From Industry
Organizations Interested in
Participating in the Selection Process
for a Nonvoting Industry
Representative and Request for
Nominations for a Nonvoting Industry
Representative on an FDA Advisory
Committee
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Food and Drug Administration,
HHS.
ACTION:
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interested in participating in the
selection of an appropriate nonvoting
member to represent industry interests
must send a letter stating that interest to
FDA by August 5, 2011, for vacancies
listed in the notice. Concurrently,
nomination material for prospective
candidates should be sent to FDA by
August 5, 2011.
DATES:
All letters of interest and
nominations should be submitted in
writing to Gail Dapolito (see FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).
ADDRESSES:
Gail
Dapolito, Center for Biologics
Evaluation and Research (HFM–71),
Food and Drug Administration, 1401
Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852–
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
The Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) is requesting that
any industry organizations interested in
participating in the selection of a
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Title: Regional Partnership Grant (RPG) Program Data Collection.
OMB No.: 0970-0353.
Description
On September 30, 2007, the Administration for Children and Families
(ACF) Children's Bureau awarded multi-year grants to 53 regional
partnerships grantees (RPGs) to improve the safety, permanency and
well-being of children affected by methamphetamine or other substance
abuse who have been removed or are at risk of removal from their home.
The Child and Family Services Improvement Act of 2006, the authorizing
legislation for the RPG program, required that a set of performance
indicators be established to periodically assess the grantees'
outcomes. The legislation mandated that these performance indicators be
developed through a consultative process involving ACF, the Substance
Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), and
representatives of the State or Tribal agencies who are members of the
regional partnerships. The legislation also requires the Secretary of
the Department of Health and Human services to submit annually to
Congress a report that includes the performance indicators established
under this grant program.
The final set of RPG performance indicators was approved by ACF and
disseminated to the funded grantees in January 2008. It includes a
total of 23 indicators across four outcome domains: Child/youth (9
indicators), adult (7 indicators), family/relationship (5 indicators),
and regional partnership/service capacity (2 indicators). It also
includes a core set of child and adult demographic elements that will
provide important context needed to properly analyze, explain and
understand the outcomes. No other national data collection measures
these critical child, adult, family, and RPG outcomes specifically for
these children and
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families. The data also will have significant implications for policy
and program development for child well-being programs nationwide.
The purpose of this request is to obtain OMB approval for an
extension of the original three year request which was approved on
March 31, 2009. Forty-three of the original 53 grantees were awarded
for a five-year grant period, thus necessitating an extension of the
original request in order to continue data collection for the remainder
of the grant period. The first submission of RPG grantee data to the
RPG data collection system ocurred in December, 2008, and every six
months thereafter. Data collection will be conducted for the fifth year
of the grant period, ending September 30, 2012, with data submission by
January 2013. Data collection may be extended for one year until
January 2014 should grantees request and be granted no-cost extensions.
To minimize grantee data collection and reporting burden, many of
the data elements are already being collected by counties and States in
order to report Federally-mandated data for the Adoption and Foster
Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS), the Treatment Episode Data
Set (TEDS) and the National Outcome Measures (NOMs); in addition, all
States voluntarily submit data for the Federal National Child Abuse and
Neglect Data System (NCANDS). Therefore, most child welfare data
elements included in the RPG performance measures can be found in a
State's automated case management system, which is often a Federally-
funded Statewide Automated Child Welfare Information System (SACWIS).
TEDS admission and discharge data are collected by State substance
abuse agencies according to their own information systems for
monitoring substance abuse treatment admissions and transmitted monthly
or quarterly to the SAMHSA contractor.
As a result of prior Federal government reporting requirements,
States are already collecting several data elements needed by the RPGs.
The RPG lead agency or their state or local partners are able to
download information from these existing State child welfare and
substance abuse treatment data systems to obtain data to monitor their
RPG program outcomes, thereby reducing the amount of primary data
collection needed.
Respondents: RPG Grantees.
Annual Burden Estimates
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Number of Average burden
Instrument Number of responses per hours per Total burden
respondents respondent response hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
State, local, and Tribal Government............. 26 2 175.50 9,126
Private Sector.................................. 17 2 175.50 5,967
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours......... .............. .............. .............. 15,093
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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.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
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