2013-00657. Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request: University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research, and Service-Annual Report

AGENCY:

Administration for Community Living, HHS.

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

The Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AIDD), Administration for Community Living (ACL) is announcing an opportunity to comment on the proposed collection of information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the PRA), Federal agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including each proposed extension of an existing collection of information, and to allow 60 days for public comment in response to the notice. This notice collects comments on the information collection requirements relating to the continuation of an existing collection for University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research, and Service.

DATES:

Submit written comments on the collection of information by March 18, 2013.

ADDRESSES:

To attain the revised set of the data collection tool and to submit written comments on the collection of information by email to [e-mail].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Suad Jama, 202.690.6059.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Section 104 (42 U.S.C. 15004) of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 (DD Act of 2000) directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop and implement a system of program accountability to monitor the grantees funded under the DD Act of 2000. The program accountability system shall include the National Network of University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research, and Service (UCEDDs) authorized under Part D of the DD Act of 2000. In addition to the accountability system, Section 154 (e) (42 U.S.C. 15064) of the DD Act of 2000 includes requirements for a UCEDD Annual Report.

ACL estimates the burden of this collection of information as follows:

Annual Burden Estimates

Instrument	Number of respondents	Nuumber of responses per respondent	Average burden hours per response	Total burden hours
UCEDD Annual Report	67	1	1,412	94,604

Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 94,604.

Dated: January 9, 2013.

Kathy Greenlee,

Administrator.