80 FR 44970 - Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 144 (July 28, 2015)

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 144 (Tuesday, July 28, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 44970]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-18440]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

Proposed Projects

    Title: Disaster Information Collection Plans.
    OMB No.: NEW.
    Description: This request is for approval of a plan for conducting 
more than one information collection that is very similar, voluntary, 
low-burden and uncontroversial. The Information collections under this 
generic clearance will be activated during a disaster. These forms will 
be used after a disaster to develop a technical assistance plan for 
affected ACF programs.
    Presidential Policy Directive-8 (PPD-8), which was signed into law 
in 2011, provides federal guidance and planning procedures under 
established phases--protection, preparedness, response, recovery, and 
mitigation. The data collection addresses response, and recovery for 
ACF programs with a statutory preparedness planning requirement and 
other programs without that requirement.
    ACF/Office of Human Services Emergency Preparedness and Response 
(OHSEPR) has a requirement under PPD-8, the National Response 
Framework, and the National Disaster Recovery Framework to report 
impacts of disasters to ACF-supported human services programs to the 
HHS Secretary's Operation Center (SOC). ACF/OHSEPR works in conjunction 
with the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR), and 
the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to ensure that impacted 
ACF programs are returned to their normal or close to normal 
operations.
    The primary purpose of the information collection pertains to ACF's 
initiative to provide real time updates during the response and 
recovery phases of a disaster; the information will be used to respond 
to inquiries about human services response and recovery efforts, 
specifically for individuals, children, and families that need support 
from ACF programs. Further, the information collection will be used to 
support ACF/OHSEPR's goal to quickly identify critical gaps, resources, 
needs, and services to support State, local and non-profit capacity for 
disaster case management and to augment and build capacity where none 
exists.
    Respondents: Varies, depending on programmatic impact (could be 
state administrators, or grantees).

Annual Burden Estimates

    The estimate is based on a single disaster per year. The estimate 
is for one state administrator to go through all the applicable 
questions with the Regional and Central Office staff, if applicable.

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                                                           Number of
           Instrument                  Number of         responses per     Burden hours per   Total burden hours
                                      respondents         respondent           response
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Program Specific Disaster                        50                  15                 0.5                  25
 Information Collection.........
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    In compliance with the requirements of Section 506(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 
Planning, Research and Evaluation, 370 L'Enfant Promenade SW., 
Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. Email 
address: [email protected]. 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.
[FR Doc. 2015-18440 Filed 7-27-15; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4184-01-P