OMB Justification Memo

United States

Department of

Agriculture

Food and

Nutrition

Service

3101 Park

Center Drive

Alexandria, VA

22302-1500

April 24, 2015

TO: Julie Wise

OMB Desk Officer

THROUGH: Rachelle Ragland-Greene

FNS Information Collection Officer, Planning and Regulatory Affairs

Food and Nutrition Service

FROM: Lael Lubing

Director, Grants and Fiscal Policy Division

Food and Nutrition Service

SUBJECT: Request for Approval to Add Grant to OMB Docket #0584-0512

The Uniform Grant Application for Non-Entitlement Discretionary Grants, OMB Number 0584-0512 allows the Food and Nutrition Service to add programs to the list of approved programs that use this generic clearance process periodically, provided that approval is obtained in advance.

The Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) is requesting OMB approval to add the grant information collection: SNAP Recipient Integrity Information Technology Grants to the list of approved grants. FNS intends to award grants to State agencies to implement or improve SNAP Intentional Program Violation investigation case management and tracking systems designed to assist with the prevention, detection, and prosecution of SNAP recipient integrity. We are requesting to use 526 hours of the currently approved 123,903 hours and 61 responses for State agencies to respond to the Request for Applications to operate these grants.

	Approved	Currently Available	Requested for use with this IC	Difference (Remaining)
Responses	4,761	1,805	61	1,744
Hours	123,903	84,220	526	83,694

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