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) 619-1053.

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.

1. JOBS Evaluation: Five Year Follow-up--New--As a part of the on-

going JOBS program evaluation, the Office of the Assistant Secretary

for Planning and Evaluation is planning a Five-year Recipient Survey

and a Child School Progress Survey. This information will be combined

with other data sources in the process of evaluating the JOBS

program.--Respondents: individuals or households--Burden Information

for Recipient Survey--Respondents: 4,500; Average Burden per Response:

1 hour; Total Burden for Recipient Survey: 4,500 hours--Burden

Information for Child School Progress Survey--Respondents: 2,225;

Average Burden per Response: 15 minutes; Total Burden for Child School

Progress Survey: 563 hours--Total Burden: 5,063 hours.

Send comments to Cynthia Agens Bauer, OS Reports Clearance Officer,

Room 530H, Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue, S.W.,

Washington, DC, 20201. Written comments should be received within 60

days of this notice.

Dated: March 7, 1996.

Dennis P. Williams,

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Budget.

[FR Doc. 96-6168 Filed 3-14-96; 8:45 am]

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