The objective of the third study in this IPERA-mandated series (this study series was previously titled NSLP/SBP Access, Participation, Eligibility, and Certification Study) is to calculate updated, nationally-representative estimates of annual erroneous payments in the school meals programs by replicating the "APEC methodology" (which was implemented in APEC I and APEC II) using data collected in School Year 2017-2018 for the continental states and the District of Columbia.
US Code:
42 USC 1766, Sections 4 and 10)
Name of Law: Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act of 1966
EO: EO 13520 Name/Subject of EO: Reducing Improper Payments
PL:
Pub.L. 107 - 300 17
Name of Law: Improper Payments Information Act (IPIA) of 2002
PL:
Pub.L. 111 - 204 1508
Name of Law: Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act (IPERA) of 2010
PL:
Pub.L. 112 - 248 4053
Name of Law: Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act (IPERIA) of 2012
PL:
Pub.L. 111 - 296 305
Name of Law: Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010
This collection is a reinstatement of a previously approved information collection. It adds 13,042 burden hours and 59,016 responses to OMB's inventory as a program change. When this collection was discontinued, it had 5,363 burden hours and 7,974 responses, so this reinstatement reflects an increase from APEC II (approximately 7,679 burden hours and 51,042 responses).
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.