[Federal Register: August 4, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 150)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Information Collection Activities, Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget
AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of renewal of a currently approved information
collection.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces that the Bureau of Indian Affairs has submitted to the
Office of Management and Budget a request for approval and renewal of
information collections, OMB Control No. 1076-0017, Financial
Assistance and Social Service Program application form 5-6601.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before September 3,
2008.
ADDRESSES: Interested parties are invited to submit written comments
regarding this proposal to the Desk Officer of the Department of the
Interior by facsimile to (202) 395-6566. You may also send comments by
e-mail to: OIRA_DOCKET@omb.eop.gov.
Copies of comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB
Control Number and should be sent to Kevin Sanders, Acting Chief,
Office of Indian Services, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the
Interior, 1849 C Street, NW., MS-4513-MIB, Washington, DC 20240.
Telephone (202) 513-7621.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Copies of the collection of
information form or requests for additional information should be
directed to Kevin Sanders, Office of Indian Services, Bureau of Indian
Affairs, Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street, NW., MS-4513,
Washington, DC 20240. Telephone (202) 513-7621.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The Bureau of Indian Affairs needs the information collected.
Funding of these programs is authorized by 25 U.S.C. 13 to make
determinations of eligibility for the BIA's social service financial
assistance programs: General Assistance, Child Welfare Assistance,
Miscellaneous Assistance, and services only (no cash assistance).
A 60-day notice for public comments was published in the Federal
Register on February 4, 2008 (73 FR 6524). No comments were received
regarding this form.
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II. Request for Comments
The Department of the Interior invites comments being sent to OMB
on:
(a) Whether the collection of information is necessary for the
proper performance of the functions of the BIA, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(b) The accuracy of the BIA's estimate of the burden (including
hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information, including
the validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
(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
those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Please note that an agency may not sponsor or request, and an
individual need not respond to, a collection of information unless it
has a valid OMB Control Number. Please note that an agency may not
sponsor or request, and an individual need not respond to, a collection
of information unless it has a valid OMB Control Number. Please note
that all comments received will be available for public review. Before
including your address, phone number, e-mail address or other
personally identifiable information, be advised that your entire
comment--including your personally identifiable information--may be
made public at any time. While you may request that we withhold your
personally identifiable information, we cannot guarantee that we will
be able to do so. We do not consider anonymous comments. All comments
from representatives of businesses or organizations will be made public
in their entirety.
OMB is required to respond to this request within 60 days after
publication of this notice in the Federal Register, but may respond
after 30 days; therefore, your comments should be submitted to OMB
within 30 days of publication to assure maximum consideration.
Burden means the total time or financial resources expended by
persons to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or provide
information to or for a Federal agency. This includes the time needed
to review instructions; to develop, acquire, install and utilize
technology and systems for the purpose of collection, validating, and
verifying information, processing and maintaining information, and
disclosing and providing information, to search data sources to
complete and review the collection of information; and to transmit or
otherwise disclose the information.
III. Data
Title of the collection of information: Financial Assistance and
Social Service Programs 25 CFR 20, Form BIA 5-6601.
OMB Number: 1076-0017.
Expiration Date: September 30, 2008.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection. The
information is submitted to obtain or retain benefits and for case
management/case planning purposes.
Affected Entities: Individual members of Indian tribes who are
living on a reservation or within a tribal service area.
Frequency of responses: One application per year.
Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 200,000.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 200,000 x 30 min. = 100,000
hours.
Dated: July 28, 2008.
Sanjeev ``Sonny'' Bhagowalia,
Chief Information Officer--Indian Affairs.
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