00-879. Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 10 (Friday, January 14, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2414-2415]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-879]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    Title: Objective Progress Report (OPR).
    OMB No.: 0980-0155.
    Description: OPR information is collected to provide the 
Administration for Native Americans with programmatic progress reports 
on discretionary grant projects to meet ANA's legislatively required 
evaluation of grantee locally-determined grant objectives. This 
collection also complies with Department of Health and Human Services 
regulations and policies requiring grantees to submit progress reports 
and agencies to perform grant oversight.
    The information is collected in a narrative format without the use 
of a government form. Grantees compose a narrative explaining the 
status of the funded, grantee-identified project objective(s). Project 
objectives are listed on an Objective Work Plan (OWP) which is approved 
and funded for each

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grant. An enclosure with every grant award provides instructions on 
completing and submitting the OPR.
    Native American Program Specialists use the OPR information to 
perform legislatively required Federal program oversight such as 
evaluate project and grantee performance, identify project outcomes 
suitable for use in program evaluation and Government Performance and 
Results Act (GPRA) analysis, and to identify grantees and projects that 
require more detailed Federal training and/or technical assistance. 
OPRs are used in ANA competitive grant programs such as Social and 
Economic Development Strategies (SEDS), Native American Languages 
Preservation, Environmental Regulatory Enhancement, etc.
    The Administration for Native Americans simplified the way OPR 
information is collected. Until June 1999, OPRs were transcribed onto a 
government designed form where every project objective was listed; 
grantees often worked to fill in space under each objective to 
accommodate the volume of information they believed was required. 
Grantees now use their letterhead and present the level of detail they 
deem appropriate.
    Respondents: State, Local or Tribal Government.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                          Number of
                                                            Number of     responses      Average        Total
                       Instrument                          respondents       per      burden hours  burden hours
                                                                         respondent   per response
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Objective Progress Report (OPR).........................          300             2           1.5           900
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 900.
    Additional Information: Copies of the proposes collection may be 
obtained by writing to the Administration for Children and Families, 
Office of Information Services, Division of Information Resource 
Management Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, S.W., Washington, D.C. 
20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer.
    OMB Comment: OMB is required to made a decision concerning the 
collection of information between 30 to 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, 725 17th Street, 
N.W., Washington, D.C. 20503, Attn: ACF Desk Officer.

    Dated: January 10, 2000.
Bob Sargis,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-879 Filed 1-13-00; 8:45 am]
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