To satisfy any current and past-due support payments by an obligor, state child support enforcement agencies are statutorily required to attach and seize an obligor’s assets that are held in financial institutions. State child support enforcement agencies are required to enter into data matching agreements with financial institutions doing business in their state to locate obligors’ accounts. State child support enforcement agencies use information from the data match to help enforce the support obligation. The Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) operates the multistate financial institution data match program through the OCSE’s Federal Parent Locator Service (FPLS).
OCSE operates Federally Assisted State Transmitted (FAST) Levy. FAST Levy is a secure and automated method of collecting and disseminating electronic levy notices between state child support enforcement agencies and financial institutions. FAST Levy helps child support agencies secure financial assets more quickly and efficiently.
This request is for a revision to the approved information collection: Multistate Financial Institution Data Match and Federally Assisted State Transmitted Levy (MSFIDM/FAST Levy) (OMB #0970-0196). ACF made minor edits to the MSFIDM and FAST Levy record specifications to clarify language. These changes do not require respondents to reprogram; therefore, there is no impact on the previously approved burden estimate.
The MSFIDM Record Specifications and Election Form include minor program changes to clarify language. These changes do not affect the respondents using the automated SFTP method of transmission, and OCSE does not anticipate that any potential new respondents will select the SFTP. There are fewer MSFIs using the portal for MSFIDM due to mergers, acquisitions and multiple financial institutions using a single authorized transmitter. As a result, OCSE adjusted the number of respondents from the previous MSFIDM information collection approval from 192 to 184. This change also results in a decrease in the associated burden estimate from 64 to 61.1 hours, annually.
An average of 15 MSFIDM participants annually submit Election Forms to update transmitter or contact information since the previous approval, which required an adjustment to decrease the burden from the previous estimate of 30.
OCSE revised the FAST Levy Record Specifications to clarify language, but these changes do not affect current state agency and MSFI respondents. Other changes represent OCSE programming to accept “ANSI X9.129 standard format.” These changes pertain to OCSE capability and do not affect financial institutions that use “X9.” The anticipated number of FAST Levy respondents decreased from the previous approval, which also accounted for reprogramming requirements that are no longer required; therefore, the overall burden estimate for the FAST Levy Record Specifications decreased from approximately 5,196 to 3,326 hours, annually.
The total burden estimate for the MSFIDM/FAST Levy information collection decreased from 5,275 to 3,394.6 hours, annually.
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Camille Wilson 202 565-0162 camille.wilson@acf.hhs.gov
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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:
(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;
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.