DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects
Title:
Head Start Program Administrative Practice and Procedure; Appeal Procedures, 45 CFR 1303.
OMB No.:
0980–0242.
Description:
Section 646 of the Head Start Act requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to prescribe a timeline for conducting administrative hearings when adverse actions are taken or proposed against Head Start and Early Head Start grantees and delegate agencies. The Office of Head Start is proposing to renew, without changes, this rule, which implements these requirements and which prescribes when a grantee must submit certain information and what that information shall include.
Respondents:
Head Start and Early Head Start grantees and Delegate Agencies.
Annual Burden Estimates
Instrument
Number of
respondents
Number of
responses
per
respondent
Average
burden
hours per
response
Total burden hours
Rule
20
1
26
520
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours:
520.
In compliance with the requirements of Section 506(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 Administration, Office of Information Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW., Washington, DC 20447,
Attn:
ACF Reports Clearance Officer.
E-mail address: infocollection@acf.hhs.gov
. 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: May 4, 2009.
Janean Chambers,
Reports Clearance Officer.