Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Intergovernmental Reference Guide (IRG) (Office of Management and Budget No.: 0970-0209)
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Child Support Services (OCSS), is requesting the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve the Intergovernme...
Office of Child Support Services, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
ACTION:
Request for public comments.
SUMMARY:
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Child Support Services (OCSS), is requesting the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve the Intergovernmental Reference Guide (IRG) for an additional three years. The IRG contains State and Tribal child support information that helps State and Tribal child support agencies (CSAs) administer their respective programs. Minor updates are proposed, as described below. The current OMB approval (OMB #: 0970-0209) expires on February 28, 2025.
DATES:
Comments due
January 13, 2025. OMB is required to decide 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.
ADDRESSES:
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Find this particular information collection by selecting “Currently under 30-day Review-Open for Public Comments” or by using the search function. You can also obtain copies of the proposed collection of information by emailing
infocollection@acf.hhs.gov.
Identify all emailed requests by the title of the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description:
The IRG is a centralized and automated repository of State and Tribal profiles that contains high-level descriptions of each CSA program. These profiles provide State, Tribal, and foreign country CSAs with an effective and efficient method for updating and accessing information needed to process intergovernmental child support cases.
Revisions are proposed as a result of feedback from respondents suggesting changes, recommendations from the program team, or from the program team workgroup of interested partners. The workgroup is engaged to evaluate the efficacy of the instruments. Specifically, the following changes are proposed:
Minor edits to change Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) to Office of Child Support Services (OCSS).
Edits to the State profile based on recommendations that were received but not implemented in 2022 when the current version of the profile went through the OMB approval process. OCSS has an overview of those recommendations and OCSS responses available upon request.
Edits to clarify the State profile questions to make it easier for
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respondents to understand and complete them. Some of these edits were based on the comments referenced in the prior bullet and others based on other feedback from program staff and workgroup members.
Addition of questions in the State profile instrument that are designed to help States establish health care coverage and manage the financial aspects of child support services. The new questions pertain to policies and procedures associated with new hire reporting, income withholdings, lump sum payments, medical support, and State electronic funds transfers. The addition of these questions slightly increased the estimated time per response from .3 hours to .5 hours.
Use this for formal legal and research references to the published document.
89 FR 101019
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“Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Intergovernmental Reference Guide (IRG) (Office of Management and Budget No.: 0970-0209),” thefederalregister.org (December 13, 2024), https://thefederalregister.org/documents/2024-29408/submission-for-office-of-management-and-budget-review-intergovernmental-reference-guide-irg-office-of-management-and-bud.
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain
42 U.S.C. 652(a)(7)
45 CFR 301.1