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TABLE 1—ESTIMATED AVERAGE ANNUAL BURDEN—Continued
Instrument/
data collection activity
Pediatric Symptom
Checklist—17.
Client record review .......
Responses
per
respondent
Number of
respondents
Respondent
Total
number of
responses
Hours per
response
Total
annual
burden
hours
Clients age 11–21 h ...........................
Caregivers of clients age 5–17 .........
3,888
6,454
2.12
2.12
8,243
13,683
0.08
0.05
659
684
Clients age 11–21 .............................
Site staff ............................................
3,888
56
2.12
407
8,243
22,794
0.05
0.21
412
4,787
......................
108,477
Total Annual Burden
All ...................................
All .......................................................
14,423
..........................
17,989
a Burden
includes planning and implementation grantees.
agency partners include (1) representatives from MH, child welfare, and juvenile justice and (2) CMHI quality monitors.
clearance sought for CDP is limited to the added burden for a second respondent (Caregiver OR Client age 11 to 17). For clients age
11 to 17, CDP only collects information from either Caregivers OR youth. In addition, clearance is requested for the burden only as OMB approval of CDP has been sought separately.
d Assumes 33% of clients will be age 11 to 17 and that the additional CDP interview for clients age 11 to 17 and their caregiver will be evenly
split between clients and caregivers. Evaluation design requires all participating clients age 5 to 17 to have a caregiver participating in the evaluation.
e Accounts for attrition.
f Assumes 83% of clients will be age 5 to 17.
g Assumes 17% of clients will be age 18 to 21.
h Assumes 50% of clients will be age 11 to 21.
b Core
c OMB
TABLE 2—TOTAL ESTIMATED ANNUAL BURDEN
Number of
respondents
Instrument/data collection activity
Total
number of
responses
Average
annual
burden
(hours)
Stakeholder Interview ..................................................................................................................
SAIS .............................................................................................................................................
SOCEA ........................................................................................................................................
Network analysis survey ..............................................................................................................
GIS ...............................................................................................................................................
Financial mapping interview ........................................................................................................
Benchmark Tool ...........................................................................................................................
Child and family tools (respondent & staff burden) .....................................................................
435
815
1,284
1,070
321
132
24
10,342
435
1,540
1,740
1,070
1,284
132
24
102,253
479
1,258
2,151
446
321
274
960
12,100
Total ......................................................................................................................................
14,423
108,477
17,989
Send comments to Summer King,
SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer,
Room 2–1057, One Choke Cherry Road,
Rockville, MD 20857 or email her a
copy at summer.king@samhsa.hhs.gov.
Written comments should be received
by December 1, 2014.
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
[Docket No. DHS–2014–0046 ]
Summer King,
Statistician.
Agency Information Collection
Activities: DHS OIG Audit of FEMA’s
Assistance to Firefighters Grant
Program, DHS Form 530, DHS Form
531, DHS Form 532
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AGENCY:
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Office of Inspector General,
Office of Audits, DHS.
ACTION: 60-day notice and request for
comments; new collection, 1601—NEW.
The Department of Homeland
Security, Office of Inspector General,
Office of Audits, will submit the
following Information Collection
Request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (Pub. L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter
35).
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Comments are encouraged and
will be accepted until December 1,
2014. This process is conducted in
accordance with 5 CFR 1320.1.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by docket number DHS–
2014–0046, by one of the following
methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Please follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
• Email: dhs.pra@hq.dhs.gov. Please
include docket number DHS–2014–0046
in the subject line of the message.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
information collection is mandatory for
grantees selected in a random sample of
fiscal year 2010 to fiscal year 2012
Assistance to Firefighter (AFG) grants
and Staffing for Adequate Fire and
Emergency Response (SAFER) grants.
The Department of Homeland
Security’s (DHS) Office of Inspector
General (OIG) is conducting an audit to
determine whether the Federal
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Emergency Management Agency’s
(FEMA) oversight and monitoring of
Assistance to Firefighter Grant Program
recipients ensures that grantees comply
with grant requirements and guidance
precluding waste, fraud, and abuse of
grant funds.
The DHS OIG will use the data
collected to determine whether FEMA’s
current monitoring and grant
management efforts comply with
Federal regulations, as well as FEMA’s
Assistance to Firefighter Grant Program
requirements. The DHS OIG will make
recommendations to FEMA to address
any programmatic challenges identified
during the audit.
The Inspector General Act of 1978, as
amended, stipulates that Inspectors
General conduct and supervise audits to
provide a means for keeping the head of
the establishment and the Congress fully
and currently informed about problems
and deficiencies relating to the
administration of such programs and
operations and the necessity for and
progress of corrective action. In
addition, as such, they have access to all
records, reports, audits, reviews,
documents, papers, recommendations,
or other material that relate to programs
and operations with respect to which
that Inspector General has
responsibilities under this Act.
Additionally, financial and
programmatic monitoring requirements
are set forth in 44 CFR Part 13, Uniform
Administrative Requirements for Grants
and Cooperative Agreements to State
and Local Government or 2 CFR Part
215, Uniform Administrative
Requirements for Grants and
Agreements with Institutions of Higher
Education, Hospitals, and Other NonProfit Organizations. Per FEMA grant
guidance and grant award letters, grant
recipients are required to conform to
either 44 CFR Part 13 or 2 CFR Part 215.
Both regulations stipulate that records
must be retained for three years after
submission of the final expenditure
report for the grant.
Finally, both 44 CFR Part 13.43 and
2 CFR Part 215.53 provide the Inspector
General the right of timely and
unrestricted access to any records of
recipients that are pertinent to the
awards, in order to make audits,
examinations, excerpts, transcripts and
copies of such documents. The
collection information will be used by
the DHS OIG to conduct an audit of
FEMA’s oversight and management of
the Assistance to Firefighters Grant
Program—specifically the Assistance to
Firefighters (AFG) and Staffing for
Adequate Fire and Emergency Response
(SAFER) sub-programs. This
information will be used to respond to
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the audit’s objective, which is to
determine the extent to which
Assistance to Firefighter grant recipients
comply with grant requirements and
guidance precluding waste, fraud, and
abuse of grant funds.
The information will be requested in
an email sent to each grantee’s point of
contact information in FEMA’s eGrant
database. DHS Forms 530, 531, and 532
detail the information being collected
from each grantee. Each attachment is
specific to the type of grant awarded.
The email will have one attachment
specific to the grant awarded.
A cover email (Grantee Email from
OIG) provides guidance for submitting
the requested information.
Once the information is collected
from the grantee, the DHS OIG will
analyze this information based on
established criteria to determine if
grantees complied with these criteria to
preclude waste, fraud, and abuse of
grant funds. The information will also
be used to determine if FEMA provided
adequate oversight and monitoring of
these grant programs.
This results of this analysis will be
presented in two audit reports—one for
AFG grants and one for SAFER grants.
These reports will include
recommendations to FEMA based on the
results of the analysis.
The preferred submission method for
collection of this information will be via
electronic mail. However, regular mail
options for hard copies or scanned
copies on electronic media will be
available should the grantee not have
access to the internet.
An email will be sent to the grantee
with the appropriate form for the type
of grant attached. The email (Grantee
Email from OIG) provides guidance to
the grantee on how to respond to this
request.
A specific form will be sent for each
the three types of grants in the sample—
AFG (DHS Form 532), SAFER Hiring
(DHS Form 530), or SAFER Recruitment
and Retention (DHS Form 531). Each
form has questions and document
requests specific to that type of grant.
Each form requests documents that
may be available on the internet. If
information is available on the internet
(for example, grantee procurement
policies) and the grantee provides this
location of this information, the DHS
OIG will download this information
from the Web site.
The burden has been reduced on the
grantee because the DHS OIG is only
requesting information the grantee is
required to retain and does not normally
submit to FEMA including items such
as invoices for items/services
purchased, written procurement
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policies and proof of payment to
vendors for items/services purchased.
Grantees are required to maintain
grant records for three years after the
submission of their final expenditure
report. It is estimated that no more than
28 respondents (five percent) will mail
their records to the DHS Office of
Inspector General. The cost to mail a
five pound box of records to the Office
of Inspector General’s Denver Field
Office using the United States Postal
Service’s Standard Post is $14.33. The
estimated total annual cost burden is
$401.24.
The Office of Management and Budget
is particularly interested in comments
which:
1. Evaluate 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;
2. Evaluate 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;
3. Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
4. 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,
e.g., permitting electronic submissions
of responses.
Analysis
Agency: Office of Inspector General,
Office of Audits, DHS.
Title: DHS OIG Audit of FEMA’s
Assistance to Firefighters Grant
Program.
OMB Number: 1601–NEW.
Frequency: State, Local, or Tribal
Government.
Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal
Government.
Number of Respondents: 556.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 2
hours.
Total Burden Hours: 1112.
Estimated Annual Cost: $401.24.
Dated: September 22, 2104.
Margaret H. Graves,
Deputy Chief Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
[Docket No. DHS-2014-0046 ]
Agency Information Collection Activities: DHS OIG Audit of FEMA's
Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program, DHS Form 530, DHS Form 531,
DHS Form 532
AGENCY: Office of Inspector General, Office of Audits, DHS.
ACTION: 60-day notice and request for comments; new collection, 1601--
NEW.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland Security, Office of Inspector
General, Office of Audits, will submit the following Information
Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted until December 1,
2014. This process is conducted in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.1.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number DHS-
2014-0046, by one of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov.
Please follow the instructions for submitting comments.
Email: dhs.pra@hq.dhs.gov. Please include docket number
DHS-2014-0046 in the subject line of the message.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection is mandatory for
grantees selected in a random sample of fiscal year 2010 to fiscal year
2012 Assistance to Firefighter (AFG) grants and Staffing for Adequate
Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grants.
The Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Office of Inspector
General (OIG) is conducting an audit to determine whether the Federal
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Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) oversight and monitoring of
Assistance to Firefighter Grant Program recipients ensures that
grantees comply with grant requirements and guidance precluding waste,
fraud, and abuse of grant funds.
The DHS OIG will use the data collected to determine whether FEMA's
current monitoring and grant management efforts comply with Federal
regulations, as well as FEMA's Assistance to Firefighter Grant Program
requirements. The DHS OIG will make recommendations to FEMA to address
any programmatic challenges identified during the audit.
The Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, stipulates that
Inspectors General conduct and supervise audits to provide a means for
keeping the head of the establishment and the Congress fully and
currently informed about problems and deficiencies relating to the
administration of such programs and operations and the necessity for
and progress of corrective action. In addition, as such, they have
access to all records, reports, audits, reviews, documents, papers,
recommendations, or other material that relate to programs and
operations with respect to which that Inspector General has
responsibilities under this Act.
Additionally, financial and programmatic monitoring requirements
are set forth in 44 CFR Part 13, Uniform Administrative Requirements
for Grants and Cooperative Agreements to State and Local Government or
2 CFR Part 215, Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and
Agreements with Institutions of Higher Education, Hospitals, and Other
Non-Profit Organizations. Per FEMA grant guidance and grant award
letters, grant recipients are required to conform to either 44 CFR Part
13 or 2 CFR Part 215. Both regulations stipulate that records must be
retained for three years after submission of the final expenditure
report for the grant.
Finally, both 44 CFR Part 13.43 and 2 CFR Part 215.53 provide the
Inspector General the right of timely and unrestricted access to any
records of recipients that are pertinent to the awards, in order to
make audits, examinations, excerpts, transcripts and copies of such
documents. The collection information will be used by the DHS OIG to
conduct an audit of FEMA's oversight and management of the Assistance
to Firefighters Grant Program--specifically the Assistance to
Firefighters (AFG) and Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency
Response (SAFER) sub-programs. This information will be used to respond
to the audit's objective, which is to determine the extent to which
Assistance to Firefighter grant recipients comply with grant
requirements and guidance precluding waste, fraud, and abuse of grant
funds.
The information will be requested in an email sent to each
grantee's point of contact information in FEMA's eGrant database. DHS
Forms 530, 531, and 532 detail the information being collected from
each grantee. Each attachment is specific to the type of grant awarded.
The email will have one attachment specific to the grant awarded.
A cover email (Grantee Email from OIG) provides guidance for
submitting the requested information.
Once the information is collected from the grantee, the DHS OIG
will analyze this information based on established criteria to
determine if grantees complied with these criteria to preclude waste,
fraud, and abuse of grant funds. The information will also be used to
determine if FEMA provided adequate oversight and monitoring of these
grant programs.
This results of this analysis will be presented in two audit
reports--one for AFG grants and one for SAFER grants. These reports
will include recommendations to FEMA based on the results of the
analysis.
The preferred submission method for collection of this information
will be via electronic mail. However, regular mail options for hard
copies or scanned copies on electronic media will be available should
the grantee not have access to the internet.
An email will be sent to the grantee with the appropriate form for
the type of grant attached. The email (Grantee Email from OIG) provides
guidance to the grantee on how to respond to this request.
A specific form will be sent for each the three types of grants in
the sample--AFG (DHS Form 532), SAFER Hiring (DHS Form 530), or SAFER
Recruitment and Retention (DHS Form 531). Each form has questions and
document requests specific to that type of grant.
Each form requests documents that may be available on the internet.
If information is available on the internet (for example, grantee
procurement policies) and the grantee provides this location of this
information, the DHS OIG will download this information from the Web
site.
The burden has been reduced on the grantee because the DHS OIG is
only requesting information the grantee is required to retain and does
not normally submit to FEMA including items such as invoices for items/
services purchased, written procurement policies and proof of payment
to vendors for items/services purchased.
Grantees are required to maintain grant records for three years
after the submission of their final expenditure report. It is estimated
that no more than 28 respondents (five percent) will mail their records
to the DHS Office of Inspector General. The cost to mail a five pound
box of records to the Office of Inspector General's Denver Field Office
using the United States Postal Service's Standard Post is $14.33. The
estimated total annual cost burden is $401.24.
The Office of Management and Budget is particularly interested in
comments which:
1. Evaluate 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;
2. Evaluate 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;
3. Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
4. 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, e.g., permitting electronic
submissions of responses.
Analysis
Agency: Office of Inspector General, Office of Audits, DHS.
Title: DHS OIG Audit of FEMA's Assistance to Firefighters Grant
Program.
OMB Number: 1601-NEW.
Frequency: State, Local, or Tribal Government.
Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 556.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 2 hours.
Total Burden Hours: 1112.
Estimated Annual Cost: $401.24.
Dated: September 22, 2104.
Margaret H. Graves,
Deputy Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-23513 Filed 10-1-14; 8:45 am]
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