Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collections; Comment Request

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 230 (Tuesday, December 1, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66187-66188]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-31863]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collections; 
Comment Request

    The Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the 
Secretary will periodically publish summaries of proposed information 
collections projects and solicit public comments in compliance with the 
requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995. To request more information on the project or to obtain a copy of 
the information collection plans and instruments, call the OS Reports 
Clearance Officer on (202) 690-6207.
    Comments are invited 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) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to 
minimize the burden of the collection of information or respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology.
    Title and Description of Information Collection: Multi-site 
Evaluation of the Welfare-to-Work Grants Program--Baseline Forms--NEW--
As required by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, DHHS is planning a 
four-year project to evaluate the effectiveness of welfare-to-work 
initiatives undertaken through competitive and formula grants awarded 
by the US Department of Labor. DHHS' Office of the Assistant Secretary 
for Planning and Evaluation, in conjunction with DoL and the US 
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), has designed an 
evaluation that will involve several rounds of data collection from 
grantees and grant program participants. The information collection 
instruments in this request for OMB approval consist of a sample intake 
form, a contact information form, and a study participation consent 
form to be used to gather baseline and administrative information on 
study participants.
    Respondents: Individuals, State and Local Governments, Businesses 
or Other For-profit Organizations, Not-for-profit Institutions; Burden 
Information for the Intake Form--Number of Respondents: 10,000; Number 
of Responses per

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Respondent: one; Average Burden per Response: 5 minutes; Total Burden 
for Intake Form: 830 hours--Burden Information for the Contact 
Information Form--Number of Respondents: 10,000; Number of Responses 
per Respondent: one; Average Burden per Response: 3 minutes; Total 
Burden for Contact Information Form: 500 hours--Burden Information for 
the Consent Form--Number of Respondents: 10,000; Number of Responses 
per Respondent: one; Average Burden per Response: 2 minutes; Total 
Burden for Consent Form: 330 hours. Total Burden: 1,660 hours.
    Send comments to Cynthia Agens Bauer, OS Reports Clearance Officer, 
Room 503H, Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue S.W., Washington, 
DC, 20201. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this 
notice.

    Dated: November 23, 1998.
Dennis P. Williams,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Budget.
[FR Doc. 98-31863 Filed 11-30-98; 8:45 am]
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