The focus group
with employers revealed that employers could use forms that contain
the OMB expiration date as long as there is a clear explanation of
what the OMB expiration date refers to (i.e., it does not refer to
a termination of income withholding). Per the results of this focus
group, ACF agrees to use the revised IWO form which includes the
OMB expiration date along with an explanation of what this date
does and does not mean. However, because employers expressed
reservations that they would not be able to efficiently withhold
income if forms did not contain both the child's name and date of
birth information, ACF may continue to collect this
information.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
10/31/2010
36 Months From Approved
10/31/2007
15,577,826
0
216,000
221,095
0
980,230
0
0
0
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 and
is used for title IV-D and non-IV-D cases that require income
withholding, expires 5/31/2007, and the Administration for Children
and Families is taking this opportunity to revise the form and its
instructions. Overall, the language and format of the form have
been edited, modified, and made easier to read and comprehend. The
two-page form provides a detailed legal description of the
established order, support amounts, and remittance information an
employer needs to withhold payments from an obligor who owes child
support. One of the new fields on the form is for the attachment of
lump sum payments by employers. This addition allows the issuing
entity to instruct the employer with respect to the attachment and
remittance of lump sum payments. Fields for child's name and date
of birth have been moved to the front of the form, allowing the
employer community to easily identify who the form is for and to
avoid implementation of duplicate orders. Other changes that have
enhanced the form include: a simplified title, clear identification
of who is sending the form, and modifications to allow the employer
to easily report employee terminations.
PL:
Pub.L. 104 - 193 324 Name of Law: Personal Responsibility and
Work Opportunity Reconcillation Act of 1996
We estimate that it will take 6
seconds to generate the form with the increased use of automation.
For the prior submission, the form was manually generated and it
was estimated that it took 5 minutes and 4 seconds to generate each
form; therefore, the hour burden was reduced from 980,230 to
221,095. The responses have been calculated based on a FY 2005
caseload of 12 million with orders.
$0
No
No
Uncollected
Uncollected
Uncollected
Uncollected
Saleda Perryman
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.
10-19-07 memo.pdf
05 IWO PRA supporting_statement_5-07-07_vfinal.doc
IWO