This collection
is approved for six months. The agency must during that time
initiate discussions with its grantees and OMB to discuss and
remedy the shortcoming of this information collection as identified
in the public comments. The agency must acknowledge and accomodate
the financial burdens this collection imposes on its grantees and
the full hour burden of this collection, including training. The
agency must work to identify programs and grants for which this
collection is duplicative of information already available to the
agency. The agency must republish both Federal Register notices
required by the PRA for resubmission to OMB. The next submission
must include all instructions and guidelines issued to grant
recipients to impose this requirements and copies of and response
to all comments the agency receives that are related to this
collection, including those received prior to the comment
period.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
04/30/2003
04/30/2003
10/31/2001
472
0
320
1,180
0
5,920
133,000
0
133,000
To satisfy the requirements of the
GMRA, USAID needs to obtain country-specific financial reporting
from grantees and all parties having cooperative agreements. The
primary use of this information will be to track expenditures in
countries where USAID has no direct hire presence overseas but will
apply to countries where USAID has an in-country presence as well.
OMB has previously authorized the collection of such information
for USAID.
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.