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DP09–901, Collaborative Chronic
Disease, Health Promotion, and
Surveillance Program Announcement:
Healthy Communities, Tobacco Control,
Diabetes Prevention and Control, and
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance
System. These cooperative agreements
will end on March 28, 2014, and final
reports on awardee activities are due to
CDC approximately 90 days after the
end of the funding period. OMB
approval is requested for one year to
allow submission of progress reports
relating to the final year of funding
under the current cooperative
agreement.
Fifty-three awardees which consist of
state departments of health in the 50
States, the District of Columbia, Puerto
Rico, and the Virgin Islands will
continue to submit semi-annual
progress reports through a Web-based
management information system (MIS).
There are no changes to the number of
objectives. Awardees will use the
information reported through the
electronic MIS to manage and
coordinate their activities and to
improve their efforts. CDC will use the
information reported through the MIS to
document and monitor each awardee’s
progress and to make adjustments, as
needed, in the type and level of
technical assistance provided to them.
The information collection allows CDC
to oversee the use of federal funds, and
identify and disseminate information
about successful strategies implemented
by awardees. CDC also uses the
information to respond to Congressional
and stakeholder inquiries about awardee
activities, program implementation, and
program impact.
Progress reporting through the MIS is
required for cooperative agreement
awardees. There are no costs to
respondents other than their time. The
total estimated burden hours are 636.
tobacco control program respondents,
the content of the information
collection, the frequency of information
collection, or the estimated burden per
response. However, the total estimated
burden hours will decrease due to
discontinuation of reporting
requirements for three program
components that were originally funded
under the DP09–901 cooperative
agreement: diabetes prevention and
control, state BRFSS activities, and
Healthy Communities. Due to
organizational and funding changes
within CDC, funding for these program
components was discontinued under
the DP09–901 cooperative agreement
and semi-annual reports are no longer
required.
CDC will continue to collect
information about each awardee’s
tobacco control objectives, planning,
activities, resources, partnerships,
strategies, and progress toward meeting
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Type of respondents
Form name
Number of
respondents
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
State Tobacco Control Program .....................
Management Information System ..................
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Kimberly S. Lane,
Deputy Director, Office of Scientific Integrity,
Office of the Associate Director for Science,
Office of the Director, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
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Title: Federally Assisted State
Transmitted (FAST) Levy.
OMB No.: New Collection.
Description: State IV–D child support
enforcement agencies are required to
have procedures to secure assets in
cases where there is a support arrearage
to satisfy any current support obligation
and the arrearage by attaching and
seizing assets of the obligor held in
financial institutions. To assist states in
fulfilling this statutory requirement the
federal Office of Child Support
Enforcement (OCSE) is proposing a new
information collection using the
Federally Assisted State Transmitted
Levy (FAST Levy) application. FAST
Levy is a centralized, secure and
automated method of collecting and
disseminating electronic levy notices
between child support enforcement
agencies and multistate financial
institutions to secure the assets in an
obligor’s account.
The anticipated impact of employing
FAST Levy is the significant reduction
in existing delays to execute a levy
notice, thereby diminishing opportunity
for an obligor to close accounts; increase
collections of past-due payments to state
agencies and families; cut the states’ and
multistate financial institutions’
administrative and implementation
costs of manually executing levy
notices; and strengthen document
security.
The proposed information collection
using the FAST Levy application is
authorized by: (1) 42 U.S.C. 652(a)(7),
which requires OCSE to provide
technical assistance to state child
support agencies to help them establish
effective systems for collecting child
and spousal support; (2) 42 U.S.C. 666
(a)(2) and (c)(1)(G)(ii), which requires
state child support agencies to have
procedures to secure assets of an obligor
to satisfy past due support orders; and
(3) 45 CFR 303.7(a)(5), which requires
state child support agencies to transmit
requests for information and provide
requested information electronically to
the greatest extent possible.
Respondents: Multistate Financial
Institutions and State Child Support
Agencies.
ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
FAST-Levy Response Withhold Record Specifications: Multistate Financial
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Total
burden hours
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ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES—Continued
FAST-Levy Request Withhold Record Specifications: State Child Support
Enforcement Agencies .................................................................................
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 3,810.
Additional Information: Copies of the
proposed collection may be obtained by
writing to the Administration for
Children and Families, Office of
Planning, Research and Evaluation, 370
L’Enfant Promenade SW., Washington,
DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance
Officer. All requests should be
identified by the title of the information
collection. Email address:
infocollection@acf.hhs.gov.
OMB Comment: OMB is required to
make a decision concerning the
collection of information between 30
and 60 days after publication of this
document in the Federal Register.
Therefore, a comment is best assured of
having its full effect if OMB receives it
within 30 days of publication. Written
comments and recommendations for the
proposed information collection should
be sent directly to the following: Office
of Management and Budget, Paperwork
Reduction Project, Email: OIRA_
SUBMISSION@OMB.EOP.GOV, Attn:
Desk Officer for the Administration for
Children and Families.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Final Notice To Announce the
Implementation of Required Electronic
Submission of State or Tribal Plans,
and Program and Financial Reporting
Forms for Mandatory Grant Programs
Office of Administration (OA),
ACF, HHS.
ACTION: Final notice.
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AGENCY:
The Administration for
Children and Families (ACF), Office of
Administration (OA) is issuing final
notice of the implementation of required
electronic submission of State or Tribal
plans, and program and financial
reporting forms for mandatory grant
programs to ACF’s Online Data
SUMMARY:
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Collection system (OLDC). This notice
includes responses to comments
received under the initial notice
published in the Federal Register (78
FR 38989–38891, June 28, 2013). Public
comment on the proposed procedures
closed on August 27, 2013.
This notice also corrects the absence
in the June 28 notice of a reference that
required electronic application
submission also applies to Tribal plans
and reporting.
DATES: Effective October 1, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Karen Shields, Grants Policy Specialist,
Department of Health and Human
Services, Administration for Children
and Families, Division of Grants Policy,
370 L’Enfant Promenade SW.,
Aerospace Building, 6th Floor East,
Washington, DC 20447. Email address:
karen.shields@acf.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ACF has
previously afforded recipients of
mandatory grant programs the option of
submitting State or Tribal plans, and
programmatic and financial reporting
forms, in both electronic and paper
formats. On June 28, 2013, ACF
announced that recipients of mandatory
grant programs will be required to
submit State plans, and programmatic
and financial reporting forms
electronically.
In response to the June notice, the
ACF received several comments. The
following information summarizes the
comments received and the agency
responses.
1. A commenter noted that all
references to ‘‘State’’ should be changed
to include plans and reporting
submitted by Tribes, as well as those
required of States, under mandatory
grants.
We concur. ACF corrects and
apologizes for the error in the original
notice. All references to States in the
earlier notice also apply to plans and
reports required from Tribal grantees
and applicants.
2. A commenter asked why required
electronic submission would not
include submission of reports under a
discretionary grant program.
ACF responds that, at present, the
requirement for electronic submission of
reporting documents, implemented in
this and the June 28 notices, applies
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burden hours
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burden hours
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only to reporting by mandatory grant
programs. An announcement
concerning requirements for electronic
reporting by grantees under
discretionary grant programs will be
made in the Federal Register in the
future. Required electronic submission
of applications to discretionary grant
programs through www.Grants.gov was
announced by ACF in Federal Register
notice 76 FR 66721, October 27, 2011.
3. One commenter asked where
applicants can obtain a copy of the SF–
424M for use by State or Tribal plans,
and another commenter requested
specific instructions for use of the form.
The form is available on the
Grants.gov Web site at: https://
apply07.grants.gov/apply/forms/
sample/SF424_Mandatory_1_2–
V1.2.pdf. ACF Program Offices will
provide detailed instructions to grantees
and applicants affected by the change to
required electronic submission.
4. Two commenters suggested that
ACF continue to accept paper
submissions of plans and reporting
documents when natural disasters,
disruptions of mail service,
unscheduled electrical or system
outages, or other rare events occur that
would prevent electronic submission of
the documents.
We respond that ACF has the
authority to extend the filing deadline
in these situations, upon request from
the grantee. No exemption request from
the electronic filing requirement is
required under these circumstances.
ACF will allow a paper submission via
fax, or as an email attachment, in
situations where the use of mail,
courier, or overnight delivery service
may not be sufficient to meet a specific
deadline.
5. Other commenters requested
clarification of the electronic
submission requirement by asking
whether attachments to plans must also
be submitted electronically to ACF’s
OLDC system.
ACF responds that supplemental
attachments and documentation to any
State or Tribal plan, or to programmatic
or financial reporting forms, may be
uploaded electronically to OLDC.
6. Another commenter that had been
submitting plans and reports in paper
format asked if new users of the OLDC
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Title: Federally Assisted State Transmitted (FAST) Levy.
OMB No.: New Collection.
Description: State IV-D child support enforcement agencies are
required to have procedures to secure assets in cases where there is a
support arrearage to satisfy any current support obligation and the
arrearage by attaching and seizing assets of the obligor held in
financial institutions. To assist states in fulfilling this statutory
requirement the federal Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) is
proposing a new information collection using the Federally Assisted
State Transmitted Levy (FAST Levy) application. FAST Levy is a
centralized, secure and automated method of collecting and
disseminating electronic levy notices between child support enforcement
agencies and multistate financial institutions to secure the assets in
an obligor's account.
The anticipated impact of employing FAST Levy is the significant
reduction in existing delays to execute a levy notice, thereby
diminishing opportunity for an obligor to close accounts; increase
collections of past-due payments to state agencies and families; cut
the states' and multistate financial institutions' administrative and
implementation costs of manually executing levy notices; and strengthen
document security.
The proposed information collection using the FAST Levy application
is authorized by: (1) 42 U.S.C. 652(a)(7), which requires OCSE to
provide technical assistance to state child support agencies to help
them establish effective systems for collecting child and spousal
support; (2) 42 U.S.C. 666 (a)(2) and (c)(1)(G)(ii), which requires
state child support agencies to have procedures to secure assets of an
obligor to satisfy past due support orders; and (3) 45 CFR 303.7(a)(5),
which requires state child support agencies to transmit requests for
information and provide requested information electronically to the
greatest extent possible.
Respondents: Multistate Financial Institutions and State Child
Support Agencies.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of Average burden
Instrument Number of responses per hours per Total burden
respondents respondent response hours
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FAST-Levy Response Withhold Record 5 1 317.5 1,587.5
Specifications: Multistate Financial
Institutions...................................
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FAST-Levy Request Withhold Record 7 1 317.5 2,222.5
Specifications: State Child Support Enforcement
Agencies.......................................
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 3,810.
Additional Information: Copies of the proposed collection may be
obtained by writing to the Administration for Children and Families,
Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, 370 L'Enfant Promenade
SW., Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. All
requests should be identified by the title of the information
collection. Email address: infocollection@acf.hhs.gov.
OMB Comment: OMB is required to make a decision concerning the
collection of information between 30 and 60 days after publication of
this document in the Federal Register. Therefore, a comment is best
assured of having its full effect if OMB receives it within 30 days of
publication. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent directly to the following: Office
of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, Email: OIRA_SUBMISSION@OMB.EOP.GOV, Attn: Desk Officer for the Administration for
Children and Families.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-23884 Filed 9-30-13; 8:45 am]
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