Required by federal statute and
regulation. Each State Protection and Advocacy System must prepare
and submit to public comment a Statement of Goals and Priorities
(SGPs). The final version of this SGP, following the required
public input for the coming fiscal year is submitted to ADD. The
information in the SGP will be aggregated into a national
prospective profile of where Protection and Advocacy Systems are
going. It will provide ADD with a tool for monitoring of the public
input requirement. Further it will provide an overview of program
direction, and permit ADD to track accomplishments against
goals/targets, ......
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.