Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collections; Comment Request

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 on respondents,

including through the use of automated collection techniques or other

forms of information technology.

Proposed Project 1. Site Visit Protocols for the Multi-Site

Evaluation of the Welfare-to-Work Grant Program--0990-0230--Revision--

This data collection will support the Office of the Assistant Secretary

for Planning and Evaluation in its efforts to further documents the

status of Welfare-to-Work formula and competitive grantees and provide

information on implementation issues as part of the Congressionally

mandated evaluation of the Welfare-to-Work grants program. Respondents:

Individuals, State, Local or Tribal Governments, Non-profit

Insitutions--Burden Information for Staff Interviews--Number of

Responses: 360; Burden per Response: 1 hour; Total Burden for Staff

Interviews: 360 hours--Burden Information for Focus Groups--Number of

Responses: 350; Burden per Response: 1.5 hours; Total Burden for Focus

Groups: 540 hour--Burden Information for Individual Tribal program

Participants--Number of Responses: 50; Burden per Response: .5 hours;

Total Burden for Individual Tribal Program Participants: 30 hours--

Total Burden: 930 hours. Send comments to Cynthia Agens Bauer, OS

Reports Clearance Officer, Room 503H,

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Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue SW, Washington DC, 20201.

Written comments should be received within 60 days of this notice.

Dated: December 29, 1999.

Dennis P. Williams,

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Budget.

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