The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) of 1996, Section 324, requires the Federal Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) to develop a standardized form to collect child support payments from an obligor's employer. The form, which promotes standardization, expires 5/31/2007, and ACF is taking this opportunity to revise the form and its instructions.
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Pub.L. 104 - 193 324
Name of Law: Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconcillation Act of 1996
OCSE is requesting a revision to the previous clearance. The annual hour burden has been eliminated on state child support enforcement agencies, tribes and courts since submission of the 2007 version of this form due to increased use of technology and that the information collection is accounted for in OMB # 0980-0271 which addresses information collection for CSE systems and therefore eliminated the calculation of 221,095 burden hours submitted in the last form revision.
The proposed form and instruction changes were made for consistency and clarity in light of numerous comments suggesting the changes and are captured in Appendix G.
OCSE's initiative to facilitate the electronic transmission of Income Withholding for Support forms (e-IWO) between CSE agencies and employers/income withholders has become more widely used since 2007. Currently used by 22 states and over 100 employers/income withholders, the e-IWO initiative decreases costs and increases child support collections. As the number of transmissions sent via e-IWO increases, CSE agencies and employers will experience even more cost savings.
Previous iterations of the IWO omitted employers and CPs or attorneys or PCAs issuing IWOs on behalf of CPs as respondents; however, upon further review it has been determined that the impact on employers and CPs should be included in this information collection. This is based on the requirement that employers complete the "Notification of Termination/Income Status" section of the IWO and that CPs or attorneys or PCAs issuing IWOs on behalf of CPs do not have the information required to complete the IWO contained in an automated system and therefore are required to manually issue IWOs to employers/income withholders. The annual burden estimates for employers and CPs is captured in section A12.
Although the burden for states, courts and tribes was eliminated, the employers and Non-IV-D CPs were added to this clearance, increasing the estimated total annual burden hours from 221,095 to 476,351
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Uncollected
Robert Sargis 2026907275
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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.
Form Attachment A Non-IV-D-CPs
Attachment G - Summary of Comments-Responses.doc
Attachment H - Safeguarding and Disclosure of Confidential Information.pdf
IWO