This ICR is approved as revised by ACF. As part of this revision, we understand ACF plans to add a new data element beginning in FY 2011 to the LIHEAP Household Report -- Long Format for Assisted Households. We note a PRA violation for FY 2007 and remind ACF to submit timely.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
10/31/2011
36 Months From Approved
248
0
0
10,700
0
0
10,664
0
0
The data are needed to comply with statutory requirements and Congressional requests for data under the Human Services Amendments of 1994 (Pub. Law 103-252). The data will be included as part of the Department's annual LIHEAP report to Congress. The data are also used to measure LIHEAP targeting performance under the Government Performance Results Act of 1993. The respondents include states, direct-grant Indian tribes and tribal organizations, and insular areas which receive LIHEAP grants from the Department. The reports provide basic oversight data.
US Code:
42 USC 8624
Name of Law: Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1981
LIHEAP grantees collect and report data on LIHEAP assisted households as part of their household application process. OCS prepares the data on assisted households for the Department's Annual LIHEAP Report to Congress, as required by Section 2610(a)(4) and (5) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 8629(b) and Section 2605(c)(1)(G) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 8624). In addition, the data are used for Congressional oversight and in response to Congressional and White House queries on caseload statistics and demographic characteristics of LIHEAP households. Finally, the data elements on heating assisted households containing at least one member who is elderly or a young child are used in calculating LIHEAP targeting performance measures, and the data on assisted households are used in calculating a LIHEAP efficiency measure in response to OMB's Program Assessment Rating Tool.
$27,729
No
No
Uncollected
Uncollected
Uncollected
Uncollected
Robert Sargis 2026907275
No
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.