99-27437. Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request Proposed Project.

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 203 (Thursday, October 21, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 56797]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-27437]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request 
Proposed Project.

    Title: Federal Parent Locator Service.
    OMB No.: 0970-0142.
    Description: The Federal Parent Locator Service is a computerized 
national location network which provides address and social security 
number information to State and local child support enforcement 
agencies upon request for purposes of locating parents to establish 
parentage or establish or enforcement a child support order and to 
assist authorized persons in resolving parental kidnapping and child 
custody and visitation issues. As such, the FPLS services as a conduct 
between child support enforcement offices and Federal and State 
agencies by conducting weekly, biweekly, or monthly matches of the 
collected information with various agencies and distributing the 
information back to the requesting State or local child support office.
    Respondents: State, Local or Tribal Govt.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                  Number of      Average burden
                 Instrument                      Number of      responses per      hours per       Total burden
                                                respondents       respondent        response          hours
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FPLS........................................             200               24                1            4,800
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 4,800.
    In Compliance with the requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Administration for Children and 
Families is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the 
information collection described above. Copies of the proposed 
collection of information can be obtained and comments may be forwarded 
by writing to the Administration for Children and Families, Office of 
Information Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW, Washington, DC 20447.
    Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. All requests should be 
identified by the title of the information collection.
    The Department specifically requests comments 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) 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. 
Consideration will be given to comments and suggestions submitted 
within 60 days of this publication.

    Dated: October 15, 1999.
Bob Sargis,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-27437 Filed 10-20-99; 8:45 am]
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