81 FR 10628 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 40 (March 1, 2016)

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 40 (Tuesday, March 1, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 10628]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-04410]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    Title: National Directory of New Hires.
    OMB No.: 0970-0166.
    Description: The National Directory of New Hires (NDNH) is a 
centralized directory maintained by the Federal Office of Child Support 
Enforcement. The information maintained in the NDNH is collected 
electronically and used to help child support agencies in locating 
parents and enforcing child support orders. Also, Congress authorized 
specific State and Federal agencies to receive NDNH information for 
authorized purposes to assist in administering certain programs. The 
NDNH is authorized under 42 U.S.C. 653(i)(1).
    The information collection activities pertaining to the NDNH are 
authorized by:
    (1) 42 U.S.C. 653A(b)(1)(A) and (B), requiring employers to report 
all newly-hired employees to the State Directory of New Hires (SDNH);
    (2) 42 U.S.C. 653A(g)(2)(A), requiring every SDNH to transmit the 
new hire information to the NDNH within three business days of the data 
being entered in the SDNH;
    (3) 26 U.S.C. 3304(a)(16)(B), requiring the reporting of wage and 
unemployment compensation information contained in the records of 
agencies administering the State program under part A of title IV of 
the Social Security Act; and
    (4) Requiring the quarterly reporting of wages and other 
compensation under--
     42 U.S.C. 653A(g)(2)(B), by every SDNH; and
     42 U.S.C. 503(h)(1)(A), by State agencies administering 
the State's unemployment laws.
    Respondents: Employers, State IV-A Agencies, State Child Support 
Agencies, and State Workforce Agencies.

Respondents

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                           Number of
              Instrument                   Number of     responses per  Average burden hours per   Total burden
                                          respondents     respondent            response               hours
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New Hire: Employers Reporting Manually       5,130,348            1.40  .025 hours (1.5 minute).      179,562.18
New Hire: Employers Reporting                  595,812           88.62  .00028 hours (1 second).       14,784.24
 Electronically.
New Hire: States......................              54      133,333.33  .016667 hours (1 minute)      120,002.40
QW & UI...............................              53           26.00  .00028 hours (1 second).            0.39
Multistate Employer Form..............           5,127            1.00  .050 hours (3 minutes)..          256.35
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    Estimate Total Annual Burden Hours  ..............  ..............  ........................         314,606
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 314,606 hours.

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, 330 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20201. Attention 
Reports Clearance Officer. All requests should be identified by the 
title of the information collection. Email address: 
[email protected].

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: 
[email protected], Attn: Desk Officer for the Administration 
for Children and Families.

Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-04410 Filed 2-29-16; 8:45 am]
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