National Directionary of New Hires

Forms and Documents

Document Name	Status
04 NDNH PRA Supporting Statement 2006 - 01-24-07.doc Supporting Statement A	0000-00-00

IC Document Collections

IC ID	Document Title	Status
9955	New Hire Employer Manual Other-form	Modified
179589	MSEN Form Other-MSEN Form	New
179588	New Hire Employer - Electronic Other-intput tape format	New
179587	NH States Other-output tape format	New
179586	QW and UI Other-tape format	New

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 0970-0166	ICR Reference No: 200704-0970-004
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 200402-0970-006
Agency/Subagency: HHS/ACF	Agency Tracking No:
Title: National Directionary of New Hires
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 06/25/2007
	Date Received in OIRA: 04/11/2007
Terms of Clearance: This ICR is approved consistent with changes made to reclassify burden hours as adjustments. Upon resubmission, ACF should further clarify in the supporting statement how the average annualized cost per respondent was calculated (particularly for the "new hire: states" respondent category).

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	06/30/2010	36 Months From Approved	06/30/2007
Responses	55,731,366	0	60,000,000
Time Burden (Hours)	760,828	0	1,962,431
Cost Burden (Dollars)	25,000,000	0	25,000,000

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Abstract: Public Law 104-193, the "Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996," requires the Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) to operate a National Directory of New Hires (NDNH) to improve the ability of state child support enforcement agencies to locate noncustodial parents and collect child support across state lines. The law requires employers to report newly hired employees to states. States are then required to periodically transmit new hire data received from employers to the NDNH, and to the NDNH, and to transmit wage and unemployment compensation...

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Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 42 USC 653(i) Name of Law: National Directory of New Hires
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

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Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	71 FR 69569	12/01/2006
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	72 FR 7998	02/22/2007
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 5

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
New Hire Employer Manual
QW and UI
NH States
New Hire Employer - Electronic
MSEN Form

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ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	55,731,366	60,000,000	0	0	-4,268,634	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	760,828	1,962,431	0	0	-1,201,603	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	25,000,000	25,000,000	0	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: The reported burden hours are less in this submission for three reasons: 1) OCSE had inaccurately included Federal agency burden hours in the previous submission. 2) The burden time for a manual report by an employer was re-determined and reduced from 2.5 minutes to 1.5 minutes based on experiments of sending a one-page fax or mailing one piece of paper. 3) The burden time for data entry clerks at the SDNH was re-determined and reduced from four minutes to one minute based on information received from States on actual time that it takes a clerk to enter a New Hire Report. 4) The methodology for computing cost was incorrect for the previous submission.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $4,700,000

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? Uncollected

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? Uncollected

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? Uncollected

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

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Common Form ICR:  No

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On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).

The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:

(i) Why the information is being collected;

(ii) Use of information;

(iii) Burden estimate;

(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);

(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and

(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.

(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.

Certification Date: 04/11/2007

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