Proposed Information Collection Activity; Child Support Annual Data Report and Instructions (OCSE-157), 57433 [2021-22457]
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TABLE 1—OPPORTUNITY BURDEN—Continued
Total number
of respondents
contributing for
50 states
Total number
of responses
per respondent
Average
burden hours
per response
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Instrument
Estimated Opportunity Burden Totals ..................................................
Estimated Total Annual Opportunity
Burden Hours: 1,713.
States also have one designated point
of contact responsible for aggregating
information and submitting the state
Total/annual
burden hours
1,713
response. The recordkeeping burden is
calculated below:
TABLE 2—RECORDKEEPING BURDEN
Total number
of respondents
Total number
of responses
per respondent
NAC Recommendations and State Self-Assessment Survey .......................
50
1
40
2,000
Estimated Recordkeeping Burden Totals ......................................................
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2,000
Instrument
Estimated Total Annual
Recordkeeping Burden Hours: 2,000.
Authority: Pub. L. 113–183.
The Office of Child Support
Enforcement (OCSE), Administration for
Children and Families (ACF), is
requesting approval for a 3-year
extension of the Child Support Annual
Data Report and Instructions (OCSE–
157) with revisions. The current Office
of Management and Budget (OMB)
approval expires on March 31, 2022.
DATES: Comments due within 60 days of
publication. In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, ACF is soliciting
public comment on the specific aspects
of the information collection described
above.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the proposed
collection of information can be
obtained and comments may be
forwarded by emailing infocollection@
acf.hhs.gov. All requests should be
identified by the title of the information
collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
[OMB No.: 0970–0177]
Proposed Information Collection
Activity; Child Support Annual Data
Report and Instructions (OCSE–157)
Office of Child Support
Enforcement, Administration for
Children and Families, HHS.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
AGENCY:
Average
burden hours
per response
Total/annual
burden hours
Description: Each year, states are
required to provide OCSE with child
support information pertaining to case
inventory, performance status, and
accomplishments in the following areas:
paternity establishment, services
requested and provided, medical
support, collections due and
distributed, staff, program expenditures,
non-cooperation and good cause, and
administrative enforcement. The
information collected from the Child
Support Annual Data Report (OCSE–
157) enables OCSE to (1) report child
support enforcement activities to
Congress as required by law, (2)
calculate states’ incentive measures for
performance and assess performance
indicators utilized in the program, and
(3) assist OCSE in monitoring and
evaluating state child support programs.
Respondents: State and Local Child
Support Agencies.
ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Collection instrument
Total number
of annual
respondents
Number of
annual
responses per
respondent
Average
annual burden
hour per
response
Total annual
burden hours
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378
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 378.
Comments: 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
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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
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to comments and suggestions submitted
within 60 days of this publication.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 652(a) and (g),
and 669.
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
[OMB No.: 0970-0177]
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Child Support Annual
Data Report and Instructions (OCSE-157)
AGENCY: Office of Child Support Enforcement, Administration for
Children and Families, HHS.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE), Administration
for Children and Families (ACF), is requesting approval for a 3-year
extension of the Child Support Annual Data Report and Instructions
(OCSE-157) with revisions. The current Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) approval expires on March 31, 2022.
DATES: Comments due within 60 days of publication. In compliance with
the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ACF is
soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the information
collection described above.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the proposed collection of information can be
obtained and comments may be forwarded by emailing
[email protected]. All requests should be identified by the
title of the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: Each year, states are required to provide OCSE with
child support information pertaining to case inventory, performance
status, and accomplishments in the following areas: paternity
establishment, services requested and provided, medical support,
collections due and distributed, staff, program expenditures, non-
cooperation and good cause, and administrative enforcement. The
information collected from the Child Support Annual Data Report (OCSE-
157) enables OCSE to (1) report child support enforcement activities to
Congress as required by law, (2) calculate states' incentive measures
for performance and assess performance indicators utilized in the
program, and (3) assist OCSE in monitoring and evaluating state child
support programs.
Respondents: State and Local Child Support Agencies.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of
Total number of annual Average annual Total annual
Collection instrument annual responses per burden hour per burden hours
respondents respondent response
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 378.
Comments: 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.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 652(a) and (g), and 669.
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
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